“Nanaimo bird report”
Explore Nature ---go Birding
To report your sightings call the birdstore at
250-390-3669 or e-mail
Please remember when reporting a sighting please
leave your name and phone number with the date and location of the sightings.
Sunday Bird Walk, May 14, 2017, 2017:
The Sunday bird walk went to Neck Point Park in
Nanaimo. The morning was cloudy with rain showers and a few periods of sunshine.
We heard a Western Tanager at the start of the walk. Two Marbled Murrelets were seen just off shore. A Common Murre was seen resting on the rocks at
the point. We had great views of four Killer Whales offshore heading up the
Strait of Georgia. We watched a Pacific Wren gathering nesting materials and then
heading into the nesting hole just off the trail. An Orange-crowned Warbler was spotted feeding
on a tree near the trail
Eighteen birders including a visiting birder
from the United Kingdom saw and heard the following thirty-five species:
Canada Geese
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
Pacific loon
Common Loon
Pelagic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Marbled Murrelet
Common Murre
Glaucous-wing Gull
Bald Eagle
Turkey Vulture
Belted Kingfisher
Black Oystercatcher
Northern Flicker
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Orange-crowned Warbler
Pacific Wren
Warbling Vireo
Cassin’s Vireo
Northwestern Crow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Pacific Wren
Bewick’s Wren
Bushtit
Anna’s Hummingbird
American Robin
Western Tanager
European Starling
Spotted Towhee
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
American
Goldfinch
Orange-crowned Warbler: Ralph Hocken Photo:
There have been many reports of Black-headed
Grosbeaks visiting backyard feeders on central Vancouver Island.
Friday, May 12:
Two
Western Kingbirds were seen and photographed at Neck Point Park.
Thursday, May 11:
. A Western Tanager visited a Backyard along
Louise Road in Ladysmith.
Wednesday, May 10:
A Virgina
Rail was seen in the Brookwood Marsh in Nanaimo
Parksville/Qualicum Beach Tuesday bird walk, May 09:
The
Tuesday bird walk on May 09, 2017 went to the Shelly Road side of the
Englishman River in Parksville. The morning was cloudy with calm winds. A
singing Warbling Vireo greeted us at the start of the walk. We heard Pacific-slope
Flycatchers singing in the forest for most of the morning. A Pacific Loon was
heading up the Strait of Georgia. An adult Killdeer with a fledgling was
spotted along the shore at low tide. We spotted a Wilson's Warbler feeding just
off the trail. A Sharp-shinned Hawk and a Turkey Vulture were circling
high overhead. We saw a pair of Yellow Warblers feeding in a short tree
near the trail. Barred Owls were seen perched in a tree at the end of the
walk.
Yellow
Warbler: Ralph Hocken Photo:
Fifteen
birders including a visiting birder from Australia saw and heard the following
fifty-nine species:
Canada
Geese
Mallard
Surf Scoter
Harlequin
Duck
Common
Merganser
Pelagic
Cormorant
Pacific
Loon
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Barred
Owl
Killdeer
Black Oystercatcher
Mew Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Belted Kingfisher
Eurasian-collared Dove
Band-tailed
Pigeon
California
Quail
Rufous
Hummingbird
Anna’s Hummingbird
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Willow
Flycatcher
Northwestern
Crow
Common
Raven
Violet-green Swallow
Barn
Swallow
Brown Creeper
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Bushtit
Bewick’s
Wren
Pacific Wren
American
Robin,
Swainson’s
Thrush
European
Starling
Warbling
Vireo
Yellow-rumped
Warbler
Black-throated Grey Warbler
Yellow
Warbler
Wilson's
Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Red-winged Blackbird
Spotted
Towhee
Chipping
Sparrow
Savannah
Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Brown-headed Cowbird
Dark-eyed
Junco
House
Finch
Purple Finch
American
Goldfinch
Red
Crossbill
Pine
Siskin
Killdeer: Ralph Hocken Photo:
Twenty
Whimbrels were seen in Victoria over Hillside and Shelburne.
Two
Whimbrels were seen at Piper’s Lagoon in Nanaimo.
The Tuesday bird walk on May 16, 2017
will be going to the Top Bridge Trail in Parksville. Meet at the Parksville
Community Park at the parking lot near the Lions Club Kids Playground at 9:00
a.m. or at the Top Bridge Trail parking area along Industrial Way
near Tuan Road in Parksville at about 9:10 a.m.
The Sunday bird walk on May 21, 2017 will
be going to Linley Valley in Nanaimo. Meet at the Backyard Wildbird &
Nature Store at 9:00 a.m. or the end of Burma Road off Lost Lake Road at about 9:15 A.M.
Good birding
Neil Robins
THE BACKYARD WILDBIRD & NATURE STORE
314 Metral Drive
Nanaimo B.C.
V9T-2L8
V9T-2L8
Phone: 250-390-3669
Fax: 250-390-1633
Email: thebackyard@shaw.ca
No comments:
Post a Comment