The Tuesday bird walk went to the Shelly Road side of the
Englishman River Estuary in Parksville. The morning was cloudy and smokie with
a light breeze off the Strait of Georgia. We spotted a Barred Owl as it moved along
the forest. It stopped to look us over, giving us great
views. We watched as Cedar Waxwings, a Black-throated Gray Warbler, an Orange-crowned
Warbler, a Cassin’s Vireo and a Willow Flycatcher came and went as they fed on
a berry tree just off the trail. We saw
a Merlin perched on a big snag near the strait. One Pigeon Guillemot and two Marbled Murrelets
were seen near the shore heading down the Strait of Georgia. Three River Otters were seen walking along a
gravel bar. We spotted Two Pacific White- sided Dolphins swimming just off shore
going down the Strait.
We watched
in fascination as five Killer Whales headed up the Strait, diving and surfacing
above the water. Much to our enjoyment they turned around and headed
down the Strait, doubling our pleasure. We were entertained for about forty-five
minutes. It was a Whale of a Bird
Walk this morning!
Seventeen
birders saw and heard the following forty-three species:
Canada
Geese
Mallard
Northern
Pintail
Gadwall
Harlequin
Duck
Red-necked
Grebe
Common Loon
Double-crested
Cormorant
Pigeon Guillemot
Marbled
Murrelet
Merlin
Sharp-shinned
Hawk
Barred Owl
Great Blue
Heron
California
Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Black-bellied
Plover
Killdeer
Belted
Kingfisher
Northern
Flicker
California Quail
Steller’s Jay
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed
Chickadee
Red-breasted
Nuthatch
Brown
Creeper
Bushtit
Berwick’s
Wren
American Robin
Cedar
Waxwing
Anna’s
Hummingbird
Rufous
Hummingbird
Black-throated
Gray Warbler
Orange-crowned
Warbler
Cassin’s Vireo
Willow Flycatcher
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
House Finch
Purple Finch
American
Goldfinch
Five Killer
Whales
Two Pacific
White-sided Dolphins
Three River Otters
The Tuesday Bird walk on September 12, 2017, will be going to the
Plummer Road side of the Englishman River Estuary in Parksville. Meet at the
Parksville Community Park (at the Lions Club Playground parking lot) at 9:00 a.m.
or at the corner of Plummer Road and Shorewood Drive on the Oceanside of Highway
19a at about 9:10 a.m.
Good birding
Neil Robins
THE BACKYARD WILDBIRD & NATURE STORE
314 Metral Drive
Nanaimo B.C.
V9T-2L8
Phone: 250-390-3669V9T-2L8
Fax: 250-390-1633
Email: thebackyard@shaw.ca
Blog:
www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com
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