The Tuesday bird walk went to the Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park in
Parksville. The morning was cloudy with a calm wind off the Strait of
Georgia. Light rain started just as we
were finishing the walk. Over three
hundred Dunlin, several Black-bellied Plovers and one Sanderling were
seen feeding along the shoreline. Hundreds
of Mew Gulls, California Gulls, Iceland(Thayer's)
Gulls and Glaucous-winged Gulls noisily filled the shore all morning. A very large raft of thousands of Brant, Greater
Scaup, Lesser Scaup, Surf Scoters, White-winged Scoters, Black Scoters and Long-tailed Ducks were seen further offshore. Pacific Loons and Common
Loons were spotted even further offshore. As we were doing the tally at the end
of the walk a Northern Harrier did a fly pass!
Dunlin: Ralph Hocken Photo.
Seventeen birders including visiting birders from Edmonton saw and heard
the following fifty-six species:
Canada
Goose
Brant
American Widgeon
Green-wing Teal
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Greater Scaup
Lesser
Scaup
Surf Scoter
White-winged
Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Common
Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Pacific
Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Common Murre
Pigeon Guillemot
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic
Cormorant
Brandt’s
Cormorant
Great Blue
Heron
Bald Eagle
Northern
Harrier
Mew Gull
California Gull
Iceland(Thayer's}
Gull
Herring
Gull
Glaucous-winged
Gull
Black
Oystercatcher
Dunlin
Black-bellied Plover
Sanderling
Northern
Flicker
Northwestern Crow
Common
Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Anna’s
Hummingbird
Brown
Creeper
Pacific
Wren
Bewick’s Wren
Golden-crowned
Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Varied
Thrush
European
Starling
Spotted
Towhee
Fox Sparrow
Song
Sparrow
Golden-crowned
Sparrow
Dark-eyed
Junco
Please Note
Check this site (www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com) early Tuesday and Sunday on stormy mornings to see if the walks have been cancelled!
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 20, 2018 will be going to the Little Qualicum River Fish Hatchery. Meet at the Parksville Community Park (near
the Lions Club playground parking lot) in Parksville at 9:00 am, or at the Brant
viewing platform in north Qualicum Beach at about 9:20 am.
Good birding
Neil Robins
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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