Parksville/Qualicum
Beach, Tuesday bird walk December 12, 2017:
The Tuesday went to the Shelly Road side of the
Englishman River Estuary in Parksville. The morning was cloudy with calm
winds. The highlight of the morning was the sighting of two Common Redpolls
feeding in a tall birch tree next to the trail. We heard a flock of Red
Crossbills fly overhead. We saw a Golden-crowned Kinglet and a
Ruby-crowned Kinglet moving very quickly in the trees along the trail. A
large flock of Brant Geese were spotted on the ocean. Ten Gadwall were seen
near the shore line. We had great views of a Hairy Woodpecker feeding in
a tall conifer. A Brandt’s Cormorant, several Barrow’s Goldeneye, Common
Goldeneye and Red-breasted Mergansers were seen just offshore.
Twenty-two birders including two visiting
birders from St. Albert, Alberta saw and heard the following fifty-four
species:
Canada Geese
Brandt Geese
American Widgeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Gadwall
Surf Scoter
White-wing Scoter
Bufflehead
Barrow’s Goldeneye
Common Goldeneye
Red-breasted Merganser
Common Merganser
Hooded Merganser
Common Loon
Pacific Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Brandt’s Cormorant
Common Murre
Belted Kingfisher
Killdeer
Great Blue Heron
Mew Gull
California Gull
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Bald Eagle
Merlin
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Northern Shrike
Anna's Hummingbird
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Steller’s Jay
American Robin
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Brown Creeper
Bewick's Wren
Pacific Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
European Starling
Spotted Towhee
Brewers Blackbird
Song Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Common Redpoll
Red Crossbill
House Finch
Pine Siskin
Northern Shrike: Ralph Hocken Photo:
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
19, 2017, will be going to the Plummer Road side of the
Englishman River 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
corner of Plummer Road and Shorewood Drive on the oceanside of Highway 19A in
Parksville 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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