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Tuesday bird walk, January 09, 2018:

The Tuesday Bird Walk went to Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park in Parksville.

The morning was mostly sunny but there was a very strong wind off the Strait of Georgia. Two Brant and a large flock of American Widgeons greeted us at the start of the walk. Two Golden-crowned Sparrows were seen feeding on the trail not far from us. A large number of Northern Pintail flew overhead heading up the Strait.  A flock of White-winged Scoters were spotted hiding in the high waves offshore.  Common Murre heading up the Strait all morning.  California Gulls and Mew Gulls flew high overhead.  A Yellow-rumped Warbler was spotted high up in a conifer tree. Two Ruby-crowned Kinglets were feeding in low bushes just off the trail.

 

                                                               Ruby-crowned Kinglet: Ralph Hocken Photo.

Twenty-five birders saw and heard the following forty species:

Brant

American Widgeon

Mallard

Harlequin Duck

Northern Pintail

Surf Scoter

White-winged Scoter

 Bufflehead

Common Goldeneye

Red-breasted Merganser

Common Loon

Pacific Loon

Horned Grebe

Red-necked Grebe

Western Grebe

Ancient Murrelet

Common Murre

Double-crested Cormorant

Bald Eagle

California Gull

Mew Gull
Iceland-Thayer's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Common Raven
Northwestern Crow

Steller’s Jay

Northern Flicker

Pileated Woodpecker

American Robin

Varied Thrush

Anna’s Hummingbird

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Golden-crowned Kinglet
Yellow-rumped Warbler

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Beswick’s Wren

Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

 

The Tuesday Bird walk on January 16, 2018, will be going Deep Bay. 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 lot at the Deep Bay Marina at about 9:35 a.m. 

Good Birding

Neil Robins

 

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