Nanaimo
bird report”
Explore Nature--Go Birding”
To report your sightings call the birdstore at
250-390-3669 or e-mail thebirdstore@shaw.ca
Please remember when reporting a sighting please leave your name and phone number with the date and location of the sightings.
Sunday
Bird Walk, March 26, 2017
The Sunday bird walk went to Neck Point Park in
Nanaimo. The morning was cloudy with heavy rain and very strong winds off the
Strait of Georgia. We heard a Yellow-rumped Warbler
singing at the start of the walk. Harlequin Ducks, Bufflehead and Common
Mergansers were on the Strait. A Downy Woodpecker was seen feeding on a bush
just off the trail. American Robins were plentiful throughout the morning.
American Robins: Ralph Hocken Photo:
Eight birders saw and heard the following fifteen
species:
Harlequin Duck
Bufflehead
Common Merganser
Common Merganser
Glaucous-winged
Gull
Northern Flicker
Downy Woodpecker
Northwestern Crow
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Chestnut-backed
Chickadee
Brown Creeper
Bushtit
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American
Robin
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Saturday, March 25:
Turkey Vultures have been seen over Colbourne Road in Nanaimo
and Meridian Way in Parksville.
A Common Snipe was seen at Buttertubs Marsh in Nanaimo.
Thursday, March 23:
Rufous Hummingbirds have been seen at feeders
along Dolphin Drive in Nanoose Bay, along Morell Circle in Nanaimo, in the 800
block of Harewood Mines Road in Nanaimo, on Meridian Way in Parksville, the top
of Colbourne Road in Nanaimo, in Ladysmith and two were seen at the Little
Qualicum Village. They are back! Spring MUST be here!
Wednesday, March 22:
”Rare Bird Alert”
An Indigo Bunting was seen visiting suet feeders in the
4900 block of Nicholas Street in Port Alberni.
A Yellow-rumped Warbler was seen visiting a suet feeder
near Christopher and McGirr in Nanaimo.
Parksville/Qualicum
Beach, Tuesday Bird Walk, March 21, 2017
The Tuesday bird walk went to the Columbia
Beach. The
morning was cloudy with light rain and a light wind off the Strait Of Georgia. We saw hundreds of Brant Geese offshore from Columbia Beach.
Thousands of Mew
Gulls, California
Gulls, Thayer's
Gulls, Glaucous-winged
Gulls and newly arrived Bonaparte's
Gulls were in the area all morning.
Numerous Pacific
Loons and Common
Loons were seen on the Strait of Georgia. A
Brandt's Cormorant, a Common
Murre and a Pigeon Guillemot were observed
further offshore. Over twenty Long-tailed Ducks were
heading up the Strait. Black Turnstones, Black-bellied Plovers were resting
along the many big rocks along the shoreline. Song Sparrows, a White-crowned Sparrow, a Golden-crowned Sparrow and an Anna’s Hummingbird were seen just off the road.
There are thousands of Surf Scoters, Gulls, Dunlin and Plovers at Parksville Bay
today.
Bonaparte's
Gulls in flight; Ralph Hocken Photo:
Twenty-one birders saw and heard the following
forty-four species:
Canada Geese
Brant
Mallard
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Red-necked Grebe
Horned Grebe
Brandt's Cormorant
Double-crested
Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Bald Eagle
Black Turnstone
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Black Oystercatcher
Bonaparte's Gull
Mew Gull,
California Gull
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Common Murre
Pigeon Guillemot
Eurasian-collared Dove
Northern Flicker
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
American Robin
Anna’s Hummingbird
Spotted Towhee
Red-wing Blackbird
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
House Finch
House Sparrow
Brandt’s Cormorant:
Ralph Hocken Photo:
Bird walks this week
The Tuesday bird walk on March 28, 2017 will be going to the Somass Estuary in Port Alberni. Meet at The Parksville Community Park at the parking lot near the Lions Kids Playground at 8:30 a.m. or meet at the parking lot along Alberni Inlet & third Avenue in Port Alberni at about 9:15 a.m.(Follow Highway 4 into Port Alberni, go right to the tee intersection, turn left along third Avenue and park at the parking lot next to the Alberni Inlet
The Tuesday bird walk on March 28, 2017 will be going to the Somass Estuary in Port Alberni. Meet at The Parksville Community Park at the parking lot near the Lions Kids Playground at 8:30 a.m. or meet at the parking lot along Alberni Inlet & third Avenue in Port Alberni at about 9:15 a.m.(Follow Highway 4 into Port Alberni, go right to the tee intersection, turn left along third Avenue and park at the parking lot next to the Alberni Inlet
The Sunday bird walk on April 02, 2017,
will be going to Shelly Road side of the Englishman River in Parksville. Meet at
the Birdstore at 9:00 a.m. or at the end of Shelly Road off highway 19a in
Parksville at about 9:25 a.m.
Revive the Nanaimo
Naturalists’ Club
Monday April 3rd 2017
at 7 PM Vancouver Island University,
Building 180- Room
134.
All welcome
Enjoy a great
presentation by John Neville and help to get a naturalists’ club going again in
Nanaimo
Good birding
Neil Robins
THE BACKYARD WILDBIRD & NATURE STORE
314 Metral Drive
Nanaimo
V9T-2L8
Phone: 250-390-3669
Phone: 250-390-3669
Fax: 250-390-1633
Email: thebackyard@shaw.ca
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