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 28, 2017:
The Sunday bird walk went to Buttertubs Marsh in
Nanaimo. The morning sunny and the winds were calm.
A Bald Eagle, a Red-tailed Hawk, a Cooper’s Hawk and
several Turkey Vultures were seen soaring high overhead. Common Yellowthroats were heard singing
through the morning. We had great views
of a Yellow Warbler as it entered it’s nest just off the trail. We watched as a Bushtit flew out of it’s nest and perched on a limb
to watch us. Many Purple Martins were resting on the Osprey nest in the middle
of the marsh.
Purple Martin: Ralph Hocken Photo:
Eighteen birders saw and heard the following forty
species:
Canada Geese
Wood Duck
Hooded Merganser
Great blue Heron
Virginia Rail
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Turkey Vulture
European Starling
Eurasian-collared Dove
Band-tailed Pigeon
Northern Flicker
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Common Raven
Northwestern Crow
Purple Martin
Violet-green Swallow
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Marsh Wren
Bewick’s Wren
Bushtit
Rufous Hummingbird
Anna’s Hummingbird
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
Black-headed Grosbeak
Spotted Towhee
Red-wing Blackbird
Brewer’s Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Dark-eyed Junco
Purple Finch
House Finch
House Sparrow
Song Sparrow
A Western
Kingbird and a Caspian Tern were seen from the Plummer Road side of the
Englishman River in Parksville.
A family
of four Great Horned owls was seen at Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park in
Parksville.
Saturday May 27:
A
Yellow-headed Blackbird was seen flying at the Rutherford down towards the
Marsh.
A yellow-rumped Warbler was seen visiting suet
feeders along Honey Suckle Terrace near the Hospital in Nanaimo.
Parksville/Qualicum
Beach Tuesday bird walk, May 23:
The
Tuesday bird walk went to Moorecroft Regional Park in Nanoose Bay. The morning
was sunny and warm. Turkey Vultures, Bald
Eagles and a Cooper’s Hawk flew high overhead. We saw and heard several
Orange-crowned Warblers, a Yellow-rumped Warbler, a Townsend’s Warbler and a Wilson’s Warbler during the
walk. A Warbling Vireo was feeding high up in the tall trees over the
trail giving us great looks. We heard and then saw a Great
Horned Owl fly from its perch not far from the trail. A Willow
Flycatcher, hunting insects, flew from its perch over the marsh, giving us
great views. We heard several Pacific-slope Flycatchers and Hammond’s
Flycatchers on the walk through the forest. A Western Tanager flew in
over the marsh and landed in a tall snag giving us excellent views. A
Yellow-rumped Warbler and a Townsend’s
Warbler were seen just above us at the end of the
walk.
Western Tanager: Ralph
Hocken Photo:
Seventeen
birders including visiting birders from New Jersey-USA, Whitecourt and St.
Albert saw and heard the following
forty-four
species:
Mallard
Surf
Scoter
Pelagic
Cormorant
Pacific
Loon
Black
Oystercatcher
Mew Gull
Herring
Gull
Glaucous-winged
Gull
Turkey
Vulture
Bald
Eagle
Cooper’s
Hawk
Great
Horned Owl
Common
Raven
Northwestern
Crow
Anna’s
Hummingbird
Rufous
Hummingbird
Red-breasted
Sapsucker
Downy
Woodpecker
Hairy
Woodpecker
Pileated
Woodpecker
Chestnut-backed
Chickadee
Ruby-crowned
Kinglet
Brown
Creeper
Red-breasted
Nuthatch
American
Robin
Swainson’s
Thrush
Western
Tanager
Black-headed
Grosbeak
Willow
Flycatcher
Pacific-slope
Flycatcher
Hammond’s
Flycatcher
Warbling
Vireo
Orange-crowned
Warbler
Yellow-rumped
Warbler
Townsend’s
Warbler
Wilson’s
Warbler
Spotted
Towhee
Song
Sparrow
White-crowned
Sparrow
Chipping
Sparrow
Song
Sparrow
Dark-eyed
Junco
Purple
Finch
American
Goldfinch
Great Horned Owl: Hans Laue Photo:
The Tuesday bird walk on May 30, 2017 will be going to Springwood Park
in Parksville. Meet at the Parksville Community Park at the parking lot next to
the Lion’s Club Kids playground at 9:00 a.m. or at the west end of Despard
Avenue in Parksville at about 9:10 a.m.
The Sunday Birdwalk on June 04, 2017 will be going to the Morden
Colliery Historic Provincial Park in south Nanaimo. Meet at the Birdstore at
9:00a.m. or at Morden Colliery Park at about 9:25 a.m. (take Highway One south
to Morden Road turn left and follow the park signs to Morden Colliery.)
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
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