Tuesday bird walk, April 03, 2018

Parksville/Qualicum Beach Tuesday Bird Walk, April 03, 2018

The Tuesday bird walk went to Columbia Beach. The morning was cloudy with calm winds. There were a large number of Brant Geese, Pacific Loons and Common Loons not far from shore.  Flocks of Greater Scaup, Surf Scoters, White-winged Scoters and Long-tailed Ducks were seen flying up the Strait of Georgia.  A pair of Marbled Murrelet were seen far off shore.  Black Oystercatchers, Black Turnstones, Killdeer, Black-bellied Plovers and Dunlin were seen close to shore.  A House Finch was spotted singing next to the trail.  A Fox Sparrow flew in to a bush next to us giving us great views.

Black Turnstone: Ralph Hocken Photo:

Sixteen birders saw and heard the following sixty species:

Canada Geese

Brant

American Wigeon

Eurasian Wigeon

Harlequin Duck

Northern Pintail

Mallard

Ring-neck Duck
Greater Scaup

Surf Scoter

White-winged Scoter

Long-tailed Duck

Bufflehead

Barrow’s Goldeneye

Common Goldeneye

Common Merganser

Red-breasted Merganser

Pacific Loon

Common Loon

Horned Grebe

Red-necked Grebe

Marbled Murrelet

                                                                    Common Murre

Double-crested Cormorant

Pelagic Cormorant

Belted Kingfisher

Black Oystercatcher

Black Turnstone

Killdeer

Black-bellied Plover

Dunlin

Bonaparte's Gull

Mew Gull

California Gull

Iceland(Thayer's) Gull

Glaucous-winged Gull

Bald Eagle

Merlin

Eurasian-collared Dove

California Quail

Northern Flicker

Common Raven

Northwestern Crow

Anna’s Hummingbird

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Bewick’s Wren

Pacific Wren

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

American Robin

European Starling

Spotted Towhee

Fox Sparrow

Song Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

Golden-crowned Sparrow

Red-wing Blackbird

Dark-eyed Junco

House Finch
House Sparrow

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 Sunday Bird Walk on April 08, 2018 will be going to the Nanaimo River Estuary in south Nanaimo. Meet at the Bird store at 9:00 am or at the end of Raines Road at about 9:30 a.m. 

The Tuesday Bird Walk on April 10, 2018 will be going to Springwood Park in Parksville.  Meet at the Parksville Community Park (near the Lions Club playground parking lot) in Parksville at 9:00 am, or at the west end of Despard Avenue at about 9:10 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

www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com