“Nanaimo bird report”
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Sunday Bird Walk, May 06, 2017, 2017:
The Sunday
bird walk went to Legacy Marsh in upper Lantzville. The morning was sunny with
calm winds. Two Hutton’s Vireos were seen just off the road at the start of the
walk. Three Western Tanagers were seen during the morning. Their were two Cooper’s Hawks
flying high overhead. We saw a Orange-crowned Warbler singing on a small tree about four feet off the trail. The warbler entertained us royally as it climbed
up the tree. Hammonds Flycatchers,
a Willow Flycatcher and Pacific-slope Flycatchers were heard and seen during the
walk And to complete a great morning of birding, we spotted a first of the season
MacGillivray’s
Warbler just off the trail.
Orange-crowned Warbler:
Ralph Hocken Photo:
Nineteen
birders including a visiting birder from Australia saw and heard the following fifty-two
species:
Canada
Geese
Mallard
Wood Duck
Hooded Merganser
Great
Blue Heron
Turkey
Vulture
Bald Eagle
Red-tail
Hawk
Cooper ’s
Hawk
Eurasian
Starling
Band-tailed
Pigeon
Rufous Hummingbird
Anna’s
Hummingbird
Downy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern
Flicker
Red-breasted
Sapsucker
Northwestern
Crow
Common Raven
House Wren
Bewick's
Wren
Pacific
Wren
Marsh Wren
Swainson’s
Thrush
American
Robin
Barn
Swallow
Violet-green
Swallow
Chestnut-backed
Chickadee
Red-breasted
Nuthatch
Hammonds Flycatcher
Willow
Flycatcher
Pacific-slope
Flycatcher
Hutton’s
Vireo
Warbling
Vireo
Cassin's
Vireo
Cooper’s Hawk
Orange-crowned
Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
MacGillivray’s
Warbler
Black-throated Grey Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Western
Tanager
Song
Sparrow
Fox
Sparrow
White-crowned
Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed
Cowbird
Purple
Finch
American
Goldfinch
Pine Siskin
MacGillivray’s Warbler:
Ralph Hocken Photo.
Saturday,
May 06:
A Sooty
Grouse was seen on the Westwood Ridges above Westwood Lake in Nanaimo.
A Gray Jay
was seen up on Little Mountain in Parksville.
Friday,
May 05:
A Spotted
Sandpiper, Blue-winged Teal and green-wing teal were seen on the Plummer Road
side of the Englishman River in Parksville.
A
Black-headed Grosbeak was seen at the Morrell Sanctuary in Nanaimo.
A
Black-headed Grosbeak was spotted at a backyard feeder along Meridian Way in
Parksville.
A Whimbrel was seen this
afternoon at Pipers Lagoon in Nanaimo.
Parksville/Qualicum Beach Tuesday bird walk, May 02:
The Tuesday bird walk went to Lot Ten in north Qualicum Beach. The morning was cloudy with sunny periods and calm winds. We heard a Hammond's Flycatcher singing and were finally able to see him as he moved in just above us near the trail. A Warbling Vireo and a Wilson's Warbler in a short bush gave us great views. We spotted a female Hairy Woodpecker feeding along a tree trunk next to the trail. A little further on the trail we saw a male Downy Woodpecker also feeding on a tall tree. We heard American Robins mobbing a bird and then spotted a Barred Owl in plain view, ignoring the mobbing robins. Three small shrew were seen along the trail.
Hairy Woodpecker: Ralph Hocken Photo:
Seventeen birders including visiting birders from the United Kingdom and Ontario saw and hear the following thirty-five species.
Canada
Geese,
Brant,
Mallard,
Green-wing Teal,
Gadwall,
American Wigeon,
Northern Pintail,
Surf Scoter,
White-winged Scoter,
Harlequin
Duck,
Common
Merganser,
Red-breasted Merganser,
Common Loon,
Great Blue Heron,
Turkey Vulture,
Bald Eagle,
Cooper’s Hawk,
Dunlin,
Killdeer,
Black Oystercatcher,
Bonaparte's Gull,
California Gull,
Thayer’s Gull,
Glaucous-winged Gull,
Belted Kingfisher,
Eurasian-collared Dove,
California
Quail,
Ring-necked Pheasant,
Rufous
Hummingbird,
Anna’s Hummingbird,
Downy Woodpecker,
Hairy Woodpecker,
Northern Flicker,
Pileated Woodpecker,
Pacific-slope Flycatcher,
Northwestern Crow,
Common
Raven,
Violet-green Swallow,
Brown Creeper,
Chestnut-backed Chickadee,
Red-breasted Nuthatch,
Bushtit,
Ruby-crowned
Kinglet,
Golden-crowned Kinglet,
Bewick’s
Wren,
Pacific Wren,
American Robin,
European Starling,
Yellow-rumped Warbler,
Black-throated Grey Warbler,
Townsend’s
Warbler,
Wilson's
Warbler,
Orange-crowned Warbler,
Red-winged Blackbird,
Spotted
Towhee,
Savannah
Sparrow,
Song Sparrow,
White-crowned Sparrow,
Brown-headed Cowbird,
Dark-eyed
Junco,
House
Finch,
Purple Finch
American
Goldfinch
Wilson’s Warbler: Ralph
Hocken Photo:
The Tuesday bird walk on May 09, 2017
will be going to the Shelly Road side of the Englishman River in Parksville. Meet
at the Parksville Community Park at the parking lot near the Lions Club Kids
playground at 9:00 a.m. or on ocean side of Shelly Road off highway 19a at
about 9:10 a.m.
The Sunday bird walk on May 14,
2017 will be going to Neck Point Park in Nanaimo. Meet at the Backyard Wildbird & Nature
Store at 9:00 a.m. or the Neck Point Park parking lot off Hammond Bay Road at about 9:15 A.M.
Good
birding
Neil
Robins
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