Nanaimo bird report, December 03, 2017

Nanaimo bird report, November 26, 2017:

BIRD REPORT
“EXPLORE NATURE”---GO BIRDING:
To report your sightings phone the Store at 250-390-3669 or 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 bird walk, December 03, 2017  

The Sunday bird walk went to Nanoose Bay. The morning was cloudy and cool. Two Trumpeter Swans flew high over head. Several Varied Thrush were spotted high in a conifer tree just off the trail. A Hairy Woodpecker was seen feeding in a tall tree.  A Red-breasted Sapsucker was seen perched in a tall conifer. Two Ruby-crowned Kinglets were seen chasing each other near the trail. Many Double-crested Cormorants, Pelagic Cormorants and a Brandt’s Cormorant were seen resting on the oyster beds offshore. Common Mergansers, Red-breasted Mergansers and Hooded Mergansers were seen on the Nanoose Bay during the morning.

                                             Ruby-crowned Kinglet: Ralph Hocken Photo.
            
Twelve birders saw and heard the following forty-seven species:

Trumpeter Swan

Mallard

Northern Pintail

American Wigeon

Eurasian Wigeon

Green-wing Teal

Surf Scoter

White-wing Scoter

Black Scoter

Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye

Common Merganser

Red-breasted Merganser

Hooded Merganser

Horned Grebe

Red-necked Grebe

Common Loon

Double-crested Cormorant

Pelagic Cormorant

Brandt’s Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Belted Kingfisher

Killdeer

Black Oystercatcher

Bald Eagle

Mew Gull

                                                   California Gull
                                            Glaucous-winged Gull

Northwestern Crow

Common Raven

California Quail

European Starling

Anna’s Hummingbird

Hairy Woodpecker

Red-breasted Sapsucker

Pacific Wren

Berwick's Wren

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

American Robin

Varied Thrush

Spotted Towhee

Golden-crowned Sparrow

Song Sparrow

House Finch

Purple Finch

Dark-eyed Junco 

Pine Siskin

Red-breasted Sapsucker: Ralph Hocken Photo:

Wednesday, November 29:

Two Turkey Vultures were seen circling above Highway19a near French Creek.

Monday, November 27:

A Palm Warbler was seen in a backyard at Eaglecrest in Qualicum 

Beach

Please Note

Check this site early Tuesday and Sunday mornings on stormy mornings to see if the walks have been cancelled!

The Tuesday bird walk on December 05, 2017 will be going to Columbia Beach in French Creek, depending on the weather! 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 parking area off Admiral Tryon Blvd. (turn onto Columbia Drive off highway 19a then turn right onto Admiral Tryon Blvd.  Go about one hundred yards and turn left to the parking area) at about 9:15 a.m.

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The Sunday walk on December 10, 2017 will be going to Buttertubs Marsh in Nanaimo, depending on the weather. Meet at the bird store at 9:00 a.m. or at the Buttertubs Marsh, main parking lot off Bowen 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.
V9T-2L8
Phone: 250-390-3669
Fax: 250-390-1633
Email: thebackyard@shaw.ca
Blog:http://thebirdstore.blogspot.ca