Nanaimo bird report, November 05, 2017

Nanaimo bird report, November 05, 2017

BIRD REPORT
“EXPLORE NATURE”---GO BIRDING:
To report your sightings phone the Store at 250-390-3669Or e-mail us at thebackyard@shaw.ca
Please remember, when reporting a sighting, to leave your name and phone number along with the date, the species and location of your sighting.

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Sunday, November 05, 2017:  

This Sunday’s Bird Walk went to the Shelly Road side of the Englishman River in Parksville. We heard a Trumpeter Swan and a flock of Canada Geese singing. We saw a Eurasian Wigeon in with a flock of American Wigeon near the shore. A Varied Thrush was spotted at the start of the walk. We had great sightings of a Western Meadowlark and a Northern Shrike along the community park fence line. A large flock of Harlequin Ducks and Common Goldeneye were seen just off shore.

Common Goldeneye: Ralph Hocken Photo:

Ten birders saw and heard the following sixty-one species:

Trumpeter Swan

Canada Geese

Eurasian Wigeon 

American Wigeon
Western Meadowlark

Mallard 

Northern Pintail 

Harlequin Duck

Common Goldeneye

Bufflehead

Green-wing Teal 

Gadwall

Surf Scoter

White-winged Scoter

Hooded Merganser

Common Merganser 

Red-breasted Merganser

 Common Loon

Horned Grebe 

Pelagic Cormorant

Double-crested Cormorant 

Great Blue Heron 

Bald Eagle 

Cooper’s Hawk

Merlin

Northern Shrike

Dunlin

Black-bellied Plover

Killdeer

Bonaparte’s Gull

Mew Gull

California Gull 

Iceland Gull

Glaucous-winged Gull 

Anna's Hummingbird 

Belted Kingfisher 

Northern Flicker 

Red-breasted Sapsucker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Steller's Jay 

Northwestern Crow 

Common Raven

Chestnut-backed Chickadee 

Red-breasted Nuthatch 

Pacific Wren 

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 

American Robin

Varied Thrush

European Starling 

Spotted Towhee 

Fox Sparrow  

Song Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow 

Chipping Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco 

Brewer's Blackbird 

Purple Finch

House Finch

Pine Siskin

Parksville/Qualicum Beach Tuesday Bird Walk, October 31:

The Tuesday bird walk went to the Brandt viewing platform and Lot Ten in north Qualicum Beach. The morning was clear and sunny with calm winds, making for a very pleasant bird walk.  The highlight of the morning was when we sighted four Humpbacked Whales far offshore. The whales entertained us royally for an hour as we watched them spout and breach.  Two Western Grebes were spotted in with a flock of Buffleheads not far from shore.  A Long-tailed Duck flew just above the water heading down the Strait Of Georgia.  Red-breasted Mergansers, Common Mergansers and Black Scoters were seen not far from shore.  At Lot Ten we watched large numbers of Glaucous-winged Gulls feeding on fish carcasses along the river banks.

Bufflehead: Ralph Hocken Photo:

Thirteen birders saw and heard the following forty-one species:

Canada Geese

Harlequin Duck
Bufflehead

                                                       Red-breasted Merganser

Common Merganser

Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe 

Western Grebe

Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron 

Belted Kingfisher

Pigeon Guillemot

Black-bellied Plover
Black Oystercatcher
Bonaparte’s Gull

Mew Gull 

California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Bald Eagle 

Pileated Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Red-breasted Sapsucker

Eurasian-collared Dove 

Steller’s Jay

Northwestern Crow

                                                       Common Raven

                                              American Robin

                                               Varied Thrush

                                             Bewick’s Wren

                                               Pacific Wren
                                     Chestnut-backed Chickadee

                                                Fox Sparrow

                                               Song Sparrow

                                             Spotted Towhee

                                              Dark-eyed Junco                                     

                                  Glaucous-winged Gull: Ralph Hocken Photo: 

Everyone is welcome to join us for a 2-3 hour bird walk on Sunday & Tuesday. We leave from the Store at 9 a.m. on Sunday Mornings and go to a different location in and around Nanaimo.  We leave from the Parksville Community Park at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday mornings and go to a different location in the Oceanside area.   *******************************************************************

The Tuesday bird walk on November 07, 2017 will be going to the Englishman River, Plummer Road side 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 corner of Plummer Road and Shorewood Drive at about 9:10 a.m.

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The Sunday walk on November 12, 2017 will be going to Neck Point Park in Nanaimo . Meet at the bird store at 9:00 a.m. or at parking lot at Neck Point in Nanaimo off Hammond Bay Road at about 9:15 a.m.

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Good birding

Neil Robins

THE BACKYARD WILDBIRD & NATURE STORE

6314 Metral Drive
Nanaimo B.C.
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Phone: 250-390-3669
Fax: 250-390-1633
Email: thebackyard@shaw.ca
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