Parksville/Qualicum Beach Tuesday bird walk, June 27, 2017

 Please note-- This is the final Tuesday bird walk of the season.

The Tuesday bird walks will resume on September 5, 2017. 

The Tuesday bird walk went to Lot Ten in north Qualicum Beach. The morning was sunny and very warm, but cooler in the forest.  A Barred Owl was spotted deep in the forest after we heard many loud noisy birds likely mobbing him at the start of the walk. Several Warbling Vireos, a Common Yellowthroat, a Black-throated Gray Warbler, a MacGillivray’s Warbler, Townsend’s Warbler  and Swainson's Thrush’s made appearances during the morning.  A Spotted Sandpiper was spotted feeding along the edge of the river. We watched as two Northern Rough-winged Swallows flew into their nest hole in the bank of the river.  A  Black-headed Grosbeak was singing continually from the top of a very tall conifer tree.

Nine birders including a visiting birder from California saw and heard the following thirty-three Species:

Bald Eagle

Barred Owl

Turkey Vulture

Spotted Sandpiper

Belted Kingfisher

Common Raven

Northwester Crow

Anna’s Hummingbird

Rufous Hummingbird

 Red-breasted Sapsucker

Northern Flicker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

 Pacific-slope Flycatcher

Willow Flycatcher

 Warbling Vireo

 Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Violet-green Swallow

 Chestnut-backed Chickadee

 Pacific Wren

  Swainson's Thrush

American Robin

Black-throated Gray Warbler

MacGillivray’s Warbler

Townsend’s Warbler

Wilson’s Warbler

Orange-crowned Warbler

                                                            Common Yellowthroat

 Spotted Towhee

 Song Sparrow

 Black-headed Grosbeak

European Starling 

Good birding

Neil Robins

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