Parksville/ Qualicum Beach Tuesday Bird Walk, March 21,
2017
The
Tuesday Bird Walk went to 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:
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)
Good birding
Neil
Robins
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