Nanaimo bird report, August 13, 2017

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Sunday Bird Walk, August 13, 2017

The Sunday bird walk went to Neck Point Park in Nanaimo.  The morning was cloudy with strong winds—AND no smoke!  A Marbled Murrelet, a Pigeon Guillemot, a Brandt’s Cormorant and a large number of Double-crested Cormorants and Pelagic Cormorants were seen offshore on the Strait of Georgia. We watched a Bewick's Wren preening itself on a tree not far from the trail.  A Cooper’s Hawk flew overhead at the end of the walk.

Bewick’s Wren: Ralph Hocken Photo.

Fifteen birders saw and heard the following twenty-three species:

Canada Geese,

Marbled Murrelet

Pigeon Guillemot

Brandt’s Cormorant

Double-crested Cormorant,

Pelagic Cormorant

Bald Eagle

Cooper’s Hawk

Turkey Vulture

Great Blue Heron

Heermann’s Gull

California Gull,

Glaucous-winged Gull

Common Raven

Northwestern Crow

Northern Flicker

Anna’s Hummingbird

Chestnut-backed Chickadee,

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Bewick's Wren

Song Sparrow

House Finch

Spotted Towhee

Brandt’s Cormorant: Ralph Hocken Photo:

The Tuesday Birdwalks will resume on September 5, 2017.

The Sunday Birdwalk on August 20, 2017 will be going to the Plummer Road side of the Englishman River Estuary in Parksville.  Meet at the Birdstore at 9:00 a.m. or at corner of Plummer Road and Shorewood Drive in Parksville at about 9:25 a.m.

Good birding

Neil Robins

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 Nanaimo B.C.
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