Nanaimo bird Report,April 29, 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.
“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, April
29, 2018
The Sunday bird walk went to Morrell
Sanctuary in Nanaimo. The morning was cloudy with rain showers all morning. We
heard and saw Orange-crowned Warblers, Yellow-rumped
Warblers and Townsend's Warbler during the walk. We heard two California Quail
singing off the trail. A Mallard and a Wood Duck were seen on the lake.
Twelve birders
including visiting birders from St. Albert saw and heard the following twenty-three
species:
Mallard
Wood Duck
Rufous Hummingbird,
Pileated Woodpecker,
California Quail
Northwestern Crow,
Common Raven,
Brown-headed Cowbird
Chestnut-backed Chickadee,
Red-breasted Nuthatch,
Brown Creeper,
Berwick’s Wren,
Pacific Wren,
Golden-crowned Kinglet,
American Robin,
Orange-crowned Warbler,
Yellow-rumped Warbler,
Townsend's Warbler,
Spotted Towhee,
Song Sparrow,
Dark-eyed Junco,
Purple Finch,
Pine Siskin,
California
Quail: Ralph Hocken Photo.
A pair of
Blue-wing Teal were seen at Buttertubs Marsh in Nanaimo.
Saturday, April 28:
A Yellow-Headed Blackbird is visiting a yard in the 700 block of
Ermineskin Avenue Parksville.
Thursday, April 26:
A Canvasback Duck was
seen at the Morningstar Ponds in French Creek.
Parksville/Qualicum Beach Tuesday Bird Walk, April 24, 2018
The Tuesday bird walk went to the Plummer
Road side of the Englishman River in Parksville. The morning was clear with
calm winds. We watched a Wilson’s
Warbler feeding in a short bush just across the river from us. Least
Sandpipers, Western Sandpipers and a Semipalmated Sandpiper were seen feeding
on the mudflats. A Hump-backed Whale
was spotted heading down the Strait of Georgia. Eight Band-tailed Pigeons, Turkey
Vultures, Bald Eagles, a Merlin and a Cooper’s Hawk flew overhead during the
morning. Two Black Oystercatchers, four Black-bellied Plovers a Dunlin, a Killdeer, a Long-billed Dowitcher and a
Short-billed Dowitcher were seen feeding on the mudflats. A
Eurasian Teal was seen feeding on the mudflats with a flock of Green-wing
Teal at the end of the walk.
Wilson’s
Warbler: Ralph Hocken Photo:
Twenty-eight
birders including visiting birders from Penticton, Chicago and Ontario saw and
heard the following sixty- three species:
Canada Geese
Brant
Mallard
Gadwall
Green-wing Teal
Eurasian Teal
Pied-billed
Grebe
Red-neck Grebe
Bufflehead
American Wigeon
Northern
Pintail
Surf Scoter
Common
Merganser
Red-breasted
Merganser
Pacific loon
Common Loon
Common Murre
Doubled-crested
Cormorant
Long-billed
Dowitcher
Short-billed
Dowitcher
Least Sandpiper
Western
Sandpiper
Semipalmated
Sandpiper
Black Oystercatcher
Black Oystercatcher
Black-bellied
Plover
Dunlin
Killdeer
Great Blue
Heron
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Merlin
Cooper’s Hawk
Glaucous-winged
Gull
Band-tailed
Pigeon
Eurasian-collared
Dove
Rufous
Hummingbird
Anna’s
Hummingbird
Northern
Flicker
Northwestern
Crow
Common Raven
Violet-green
Swallow
Barn Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted
Nuthatch
Bushtit
Ruby-crowned
Kinglet
Golden-crowned
Kinglet
Bewick’s Wren
Pacific Wren
American Robin
Townsend’s
Solitaire
Yellow-rumped
Warbler
Wilson’s
Warbler
Orange-crowned
Warbler
Red-winged
Blackbird
Spotted Towhee
Chipping
Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned
Sparrow
Golden-crowned
Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
Long-billed Dowitcher:
Ralph Hocken Photo:
Monday, April 23:
A
very large flock of Northern Rough-wing Swallows were seen at the Nanaimo
Airport.
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 May 01, 2018 will be going to
Moorcroft Regional Park in Nanoose Bay. Meet at the Parksville Community
Park (near the Lions Club playground parking lot) in Parksville at 9:00 am, or
at the parking lot at Moorcroft at 1563
Stewart Rd, (off Northwest Bay Road, follow signs to Moorcroft )at about 9:20
am.
The
Sunday Bird Walk on May 06, 2018 will be going to Neck Point Park
in Nanaimo. Meet at the Bird store at
9:00 am or at parking lot at Neck Point off Hammond Bay Road in Nanaimo at 9:20
am.
Good birding
Neil Robins
THE BACKYARD WILDBIRD
& NATURE STORE
314 Metral Drive
Nanaimo B.C.
V9T-2L8
V9T-2L8
Email: thebackyard@shaw.ca
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