The Tuesday bird walk
went to the Plummer Road side of the Englishman River Estuary in
Parksville. The morning was cloudy with strong winds off the Strait of
Georgia. We heard and then saw a Cassin’s
Vireo. Chestnut-backed Chickadees flew in the bushes just off the
trail. Several Cedar Waxwings flew in and landed in the tall trees near
the trail. A large flock of Canada Geese, several Northern Pintails,
Mallards, Green-winged Teal and an American Wigeon were resting along the
mudflats. Large numbers of Western Sandpipers, Least Sandpipers,
Semipalmated Plover and Killdeer were feeding along the mudflats.
White-winged Scoters, a Double-crested Cormorant, a Pelagic Cormorant and three
Common Loons were seen on the Strait.
Twenty-one birders
including visiting birders from Ontario, Washington and Alberta saw and heard
the following thirty-nine species:
Canada
Geese
Mallard
Green-winged
Teal
White-winged
Scoter
American
Wigeon
Harlequin
Duck
Northern
Pintail
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic
Cormorant
Great-blue
Heron
Heermann’s
Gull
California
Gull
Glaucous-winged
Gull
Common Loon
Western
Sandpiper
Semipalmated
Plover
Least
Sandpiper
Killdeer
Cooper’s
Hawk
Turkey
Vulture
Anna’s
Hummingbird
Belted
Kingfisher
Northern
Flicker
Hairy
Woodpecker
Northwestern
Crow
Common
Raven
Steller’s
Jay
Eurasian-collared
Dove
Cassin’s
Vireo
Chestnut-backed
Chickadee
American
Robin
Cedar
Waxwing
Brewer’s
Blackbird
Spotted
Towhee
Savannah
Sparrow
Song
Sparrow
American
Goldfinch
House Finch
Purple
Finch
The Tuesday Bird walk on September 19, 2017, will be going to the
Little Qualicum River Estuary in Qualicum Beach. Meet at the Parksville
Community Park (at the parking lot in front of the Lions Club Playground) at
9:00 a.m. or at the Brant Viewing Platform in north Qualicum Beach at about
9:20 a.m.
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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