The Tuesday bird walk
went to the Columbia Beach in French Creek. The morning was foggy with calm
winds. We spotted hundreds of Pacific Loons and Common Loons through the fog, on the
water not far from shore. Ten Western Grebes and two Pigeon Guillemots were
seen further off shore. A Bald Eagle was
perched high in a conifer tree. A Merlin
was being chased by a feisty Anna’s Hummingbird. Several Black Oystercatchers were seen along
the shore line. Large numbers of Black-bellied
Plovers and Black Turnstones as well as Iceland Gulls, Mew Gulls, California
Gulls, Glaucous-winged Gulls and two Herring Gulls were roosting along the
gravel bar along with two Greater Yellowlegs .
Greater Yellowlegs: Ralph Hocken Photo:
Twenty-one birders saw
and heard the following forty-one species:
Surf Scoter
Common Merganser
Pacific Loon
Common Merganser
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Western Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Western Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue
Heron
Pigeon Guillemot
Pigeon Guillemot
Bald Eagle
Merlin
Greater
Yellowlegs
Black-bellied
Plover
Killdeer
Black Oystercatcher
Black Turnstone
Killdeer
Black Oystercatcher
Black Turnstone
Western
Sandpiper
Iceland
Gull
Mew Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Mew Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Glaucous-winged
Gull
Belted Kingfisher
Belted Kingfisher
Eurasian-collared
Dove
Steller’s Jay
Steller’s Jay
Northern
Flicker
Northwestern Crow
Northwestern Crow
Common
Raven
Anna’s
Hummingbird
Chestnut-backed
Chickadee
American Robin
American Robin
Cedar
Waxwing
Spotted
Towhee
American Pipit
American Pipit
Fox Sparrow
White-crowned
Sparrow
Song
Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
House Finch
Black-bellied Plover: Ralph Hocken Photo:
The Tuesday Bird walk on October 03, 2017,
will be going to Rathtrevor Beach Provincial in Parksville . 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 main parking lot at Rathtrevor Park at about
9:10 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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