Nanaimo bird report, April 29, 2018

Nanaimo bird Report,April 29, 2018

BIRD REPORT
“EXPLORE NATURE”---GO BIRDING:
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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-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

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Nanaimo B.C.
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Phone: 250-390-3669
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