Sunday Bird Walk, June 04, 2017:
The Sunday bird walk went to Morden Colliery Park
in south Nanaimo.
The morning was
mostly sunny and the winds were calm. We watched in fascination as a pair of Red-breasted
Sapsuckers came and went into a nest hole in a snag not far from the trail. Swainson’s Thrush and Pacific-slope Flycatchers
were heard singing all morning. A Swainson’s
Thrush was spotted on a perch on a branch just above the trail. We heard a Warbling Vireo singing near the
river and we finally saw him feeding in a tall tree right above us. Two Cedar Waxwings flew in and looked us over
not five feet above us.
Red-breasted Sapsucker: Ralph Hocken Photo:
Twenty birders saw and heard the following thirty-two
species:
Common Merganser
Bald Eagle
Turkey Vulture
European Starling
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Belted Kingfisher
Orange-crowned Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Swainson’s Thrush
Common Raven
Northwestern Crow
Northern Rough-wing Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Pacific Wren
Bewick’s Wren
Brown Creeper
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Warbling Vireo
Rufous Hummingbird
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
Black-headed Grosbeak
Spotted Towhee
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Cedar Waxwing: Ralph
Hocken Photo;
Saturday, June 03,
2017:
A Bullock’s Oriole was
seen in a backyard near Ermineskin Avenue and Despard Avenue in Parksville.
Friday, June 02, 2017
A House Wren was seen
near Extension Ridge in Chase River.
Thursday, June 01,
2017:
A Bullock’s Oriole
was seen in a backyard in the 2700 block of Horth Road in Nanaimo.
Parksville/Qualicum Beach Tuesday bird walk,
May 30, 2017:
The Tuesday Birdwalk went to Springwood Park in Parksville. The morning was cloudy with a light rain shower. Highlights included the sighting of a McGillivray's Warbler, a Yellow Warbler, a Black-Throated Warbler and a colourful Western Tanager.
Sixteen birders saw and heard the following forty species:
Killdeer
Bald Eagle
Barred Owl
California Quail
European Starling
Band-Tail Pigeon
Eurasian-Collared Dove
Anna's Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Northern Flicker
Willow Flycatcher
Pacific-Slope Flycatcher
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Barn Swallow
Violet-Green Swallow
Chestnut-Backed Chickadee
Red-Breasted Nuthatches
Brown Creeper
Bewick's Wren
Pacific Wren
Bushtit
Swainson's Thrush
Pileated Woodpecker
American Robin
Orange-Crowned Warbler
McGillivray's Warbler
Townsend Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Black-Throated Gray Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Warbling Vireo
Western Tanager
Spotted Towhee
Brown-Headed Cowbird
Song Sparrow
White-Crowned Sparrow
Dark-Eyed Junco
Black-Headed Grosbeak
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
The Tuesday Birdwalk went to Springwood Park in Parksville. The morning was cloudy with a light rain shower. Highlights included the sighting of a McGillivray's Warbler, a Yellow Warbler, a Black-Throated Warbler and a colourful Western Tanager.
Sixteen birders saw and heard the following forty species:
Killdeer
Bald Eagle
Barred Owl
California Quail
European Starling
Band-Tail Pigeon
Eurasian-Collared Dove
Anna's Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Northern Flicker
Willow Flycatcher
Pacific-Slope Flycatcher
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Barn Swallow
Violet-Green Swallow
Chestnut-Backed Chickadee
Red-Breasted Nuthatches
Brown Creeper
Bewick's Wren
Pacific Wren
Bushtit
Swainson's Thrush
Pileated Woodpecker
American Robin
Orange-Crowned Warbler
McGillivray's Warbler
Townsend Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Black-Throated Gray Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Warbling Vireo
Western Tanager
Spotted Towhee
Brown-Headed Cowbird
Song Sparrow
White-Crowned Sparrow
Dark-Eyed Junco
Black-Headed Grosbeak
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
Western Tanager: Ralph Hocken Photo:
The Tuesday Birdwalk on June 6/17 will be going to The Englishman River Estuary, Shelly Road Side. Meet at The Parksville Community Park at the parking lot in front of the Lion's Playground at 9 a.m. or at the end of Shelly Road on the Oceanside of Highway 19a at 9:10 a.m.
The Tuesday Birdwalk on June 6/17 will be going to The Englishman River Estuary, Shelly Road Side. Meet at The Parksville Community Park at the parking lot in front of the Lion's Playground at 9 a.m. or at the end of Shelly Road on the Oceanside of Highway 19a at 9:10 a.m.
The Sunday
Birdwalk on June 11/17 will be going to Hemer Provincial Park in Cedar. Meet at the Birdstore at 9:00 a.m. or at the
parking lot at Hemer Park at about 9:25 a.m. (Hemer
Provincial Park is
located on Holden Lake. Take the Cedar Road
turnoff from Hwy 1 and follow directional signs to the park, which is situated on Hemer Road)
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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