The Tuesday bird walk
went to Deep Bay. The morning was cloudy and with rain for the first half of
the walk and then turned clear and sunny, making for a pleasant bird walk. Hundreds
of Surf Scoters, White-winged Scoters
and singing Black Scoters were seen on the Strait of Georgia. We spotted the first of the season Long-tailed
Ducks just offshore. Three Pigeon Guillimots, seven Ancient Murrelets and four Marbled Murrelets were
seen on the Strait during the walk. We
watched a Merlin chasing a flock of crows high above a conifer tree near the
trail. Two Black Turnstones and seven Black
Oystercatchers were seen on the gravel bar near the shore.
Long-tailed Duck: Ralph Hocken Photo:
Ten birders saw and
heard the following fifty-three species:
American Widgeon
Northern Pintail
Mallard
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Greater Scaup
Common Merganser
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Red-necked Grebe
Horned Grebe
Western Grebe
Pigeon Guillimot
Ancient Murrelet
Marbled Murrelet
Pelagic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Belted Kingfisher
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Cooper’s Hawk
Merlin
Black Turnstone
Black Oystercatcher
Killdeer
Bonaparte’s Gull
Mew Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Eurasian-collared Dove
Rock Pigeon
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Northern Flicker
Steller's Jay
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
White-crowned Sparrow
Anne’s Hummingbird
American Robin
European Starling
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Brewer’s Blackbird
House Finch
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
Black Scoter: Ralph
Hocken Photo:
The Tuesday Bird walk on October 17, 2017,
will be going to the
Little Qualicum River Estuary in Qualicum . 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 9:15 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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