The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store

Nanaimo bird report, March 04, 2018:

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, March 04, 2018

The Sunday bird walk went to Nanoose Bay. The morning was sunny with calm winds. We spotted a flock of Evening Grosbeaks high atop a very tall conifer tree just off the trail. Three Eurasian Wigeon’s were seen resting along the shore line. Buffleheads were very plentiful on the bay all morning. Large numbers of Green-wing Teal were spotted along the shore. A Northern Shrike was perched in a bush overlooking the shore. 

Evening Grosbeak: John Purves Photo:

Fourteen birders saw and heard the following thirty-eight species:

Brant Geese

Canada Geese

Eurasian Wigeon

American Widgeon

Green-wing Teal

Mallard

Surf Scoter

Northern Pintail

 Horned Grebe

Bufflehead

Red-breasted Merganser

Pacific Loon

Common Loon

Pelagic Cormorant

Mew Gull

Thayer's Gull

California Gull

Glaucous-winged Gull

Killdeer

Bald Eagle

Northern Shrike

Northwestern Crow

Turkey Vulture

Common Raven

European Startling

American Robin

                                                         Red-winged Blackbird

Evening Grosbeak

Pacific Wren

Bewick’s Wren

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Spotted Towhee

White-crowned Sparrow

Golden-crowned Sparrow

Song Sparrow

House Finch

Dark-eyed Junco

Parksville/Qualicum Beach, Tuesday bird walk, February 27, 2018:

The Tuesday bird walk went to the Little Qualicum River Estuary in north Qualicum Beach.  The morning was cloudy with a strong wind off the Strait of Georgia. One Black-bellied Plover and five Black Oystercatchers were seen along the shore at the Brant Viewing Platform off Highway 19A. Long-tailed Ducks,  Red-necked Grebes, Horned Grebes, Common Loons and Pacific Loons were seen further off shore. Six Orca’s ( Killer Whales) were seen far off shore and entertained us for a long time. A mixed flock of Surf Scoters, White-winged Scoters and Black Scoters were spotted just past the gravel bar at the estuary.  Large numbers of Northern Pintail, Greater Scaup were seen just off shore.  A Herring Gull and a Western Gull were perched in with a huge mixed flock of Gulls.

Black Oystercatcher: Ralph Hocken Photo. 

Twenty-one birders including visiting birders from Seattle, Calgary and Red Deer saw and heard the following forty-five species:

Canada Geese

Brant

Mallard

American Widgeon

Northern Pintail

Greater Scaup

Long-tailed Duck

Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter

Black Scoter

Bufflehead

Common Goldeneye

Common Merganser

Red-breasted Merganser

Red-necked Grebe

Horned Grebe

Common Loon 

Pacific Loon

Brandt’s Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Black-bellied Plover

Black Oystercatcher

Killdeer

Mew Gull

California Gull

Iceland(Thayer's) Gull

Herring Gull

Western Gull

Glaucous-winged Gull

Common Murre
Ancient Murrelet

Bald Eagle

Northwestern Crow

Common Raven

American Robin

Anna’s Hummingbird

Rufous Hummingbird

Brewer’s Blackbird

Red-winged Blackbird

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Spotted Towhee

Song Sparrow

Golden-crowned Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

House Sparrow

Surf, White-winged and Black Scoters: Ralph Hocken Photo: 

Please Note

Check this site (www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com)early Tuesday and Sunday on stormy mornings to see if the walks have been cancelled!

The Tuesday Bird Walk on March 06, 2018 will be going to the Plummer Road side of the Englishman River. Meet at the Parksville Community Park (near the Lions Club playground parking lot) in Parksville at 9:00 am, or at the corner of Plummer Road and Shorewood Drive on the ocean side of Highway 19A at about 9:10 am.

The Sunday Bird Walk on Marsh 11, 2018 will be going to Neck Point in Nanaimo. Meet at the Birdstore at 9:00 AM. Or  the parking lot at Neck Point off Hammond Bay Road at about 9:15 AM.

Good birding

Neil Robins

THE BACKYARD WILDBIRD & NATURE STORE

314 Metral Drive

Nanaimo B.C.
V9T-2L8

Phone: 250-390-3669

Fax: 250-390-1633

Email: thebackyard@shaw.ca

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