Nanaimo bird report, August 27, 2017

Nanaimo bird report”

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                                             Sunday Bird Walk, August 27 2017:

The Sunday bird walk went to the Buttertubs Marsh in Nanaimo.  The morning was sunny with cool winds.  Wood Ducks, Green-wing Teal, Hooded Merganser and two Pied-billed Grebes were seen at the start of the walk. We had great views of a Cooper’s Hawk perched at the top of a conifer tree next to the trail. Two Cedar Waxwings were spotted at the top of a snag, giving us great looks.  A Western Tanager stopped at the top of a tree long enough to give us a good look at it.

Pied-billed Grebe: Ralph Hocken Photo.

Twenty-two birders including a visiting birder from Seattle saw and heard following twenty-nine species:

Canada Geese

Mallard,

Wood Duck

Green-wing Teal

Hooded Merganser

Pied-billed Grebe

Great Blue Heron,

Turkey Vulture,

Cooper’s hawk

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Glaucous-winged Gull

Eurasian-collared Doves

Rock Doves

Tree Swallow

Northern Flicker

Anna’s Hummingbird

Orange-crowned Warbler

Cedar Waxwing

Northwestern Crow

Common Raven

California Quail

Chestnut-backed Chickadee,

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Marsh Wren

Western Tanager

Spotted Towhee

Song Sparrow

Purple Finch

American Goldfinch

House Finch

House Sparrow.

 

Western Tanager: Ralph Hocken Photo. 

Wednesday August 23

A Great Horned Owl was seen at Neck Point Park on the trail near the last Beach. 

                   The Tuesday Birdwalks will resume on September 5, 2017.

The Sunday Birdwalk on September 03, 2017 will be going to the Nanaimo River Estuary in south Nanaimo.  Meet at the Birdstore at 9:00 a.m. or at end of Raines Road at about 9:30 a.m

Good birding

Neil Robins

THE BACKYARD WILDBIRD & NATURE STORE

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Email: thebackyard@shaw.ca

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