Nanaimo bird Report,May 13, 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, May 13, 2018
The Sunday bird walk
went to the Beaver Ponds in Nanoose Bay. The morning was sunny and warm. Turkey
Vultures and Bald Eagles were seen throughout the morning. We had great views
of a Wilson’s Warbler right next to the trail. Tree Swallows and Violet-green
Swallows flew overhead. A Cassin’s Vireo
was heard singing for the longest time near the trail. A Townsend’s Warbler and a Black Throated-grey
Warbler were seen just off the trail in the same tree. Willow Flycatchers, Pacific-sloped
Flycatchers, Western Tanagers and Black-headed Grosbeaks were heard for most of
the morning.
Black-headed
Grosbeak: Ralph Hocken Photo:
Fourteen birders saw and heard the
following thirty-eight species:
Canada Geese
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Common Raven
Northwestern Crow
Rufous Hummingbird
Anna’s Hummingbird
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
American Robin
Swanson’s Thrush
European Starling
Brown Creeper
Bewick’s Wren
Cassin’s Vireo
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Black Throated-grey Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Townsend’s Warbler
Willow Flycatcher
Pacific-sloped Flycatcher
Western Tanager
Black-headed Grosbeak
Spotted Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
House Finch
Purple Finch
Dark-eyed Junco
American Goldfinch
Pine Siskin
Tree
Swallow: Ralph Hocken Photo.
A
Black-headed Grosbeak is visiting feeders along Meridian Way in Parksville.
Friday, May 11:
A
Black-headed Grosbeak is visiting feeders at the end of Lakeside Drive in the Cinnabar
Valley.
Wednesday, May 09:
Red Crossbills
and Evening Grosbeaks are visiting feeders along Elizabeth Way in Lantzville.
A pair of
Evening Grosbeaks is visiting a back yard in the 800 block of Douglas Avenue in
Nanaimo.
Parksville/Qualicum Beach Tuesday Bird Walk,
May 08, 2018:
The
Tuesday bird walk went to Little Qualicum River Fish Hatchery with a brief stop
at the Brant Viewing Tower in Qualicum Beach. The morning was sunny. The
walk was two and a half miles long, taking two hours and fifty minutes. Two
Blue-wing Teal, White-winged Scoters, Common Merganser, Red-breasted Merganser
and Pacific Loons in breeding plumage were seen offshore at the viewing
platform. We saw an American Dipper feeding it’s young at the fish
hatchery. We heard a Western Tanager singing and a Swanson’s Thrush
calling near the trail. A Red-breasted Sapsucker was spotted near the
trail. A Yellow-rumped Warbler, a Warbling Vireo and an Orange-crowned
Warbler were seen in a tall Big-leaf Maple tree. We heard and saw and
heard Pacific-slope Flycatchers, Hammond’s Flycatchers and Willow Flycatchers
through out the morning. Six Turkey Vultures flew over head at the end of
the walk.
Western Tanager: Ralph
Hocken Photo:
Eighteen birders saw and heard the following
fifty-three species:
Harlequin
Duck
Blue-wing
Teal
White-winged
Scoter
Common
Merganser
Red-breasted
Merganser
Common
Murre
Pacific
Loon
Common
Loon
Red-necked
Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Turkey
Vulture
Bald
Eagle
Red-tailed
Hawk
American
Dipper
Iceland
Gull
Mew
Gull
Ring-billed
Gull
California
Gull
Glaucous-wing
Gull
Belted
Kingfisher
Eurasian-collared
Dove
Red-breasted
Sapsucker
Northern
Flicker
Pileated
Woodpecker
Northwestern
Crow
Violet-green
Swallow
Barn
Swallow
Tree
Swallow
Chestnut-backed
Chickadee
Pacific
Wren
Ruby-crowned
Kinglet
American
Robin
Rufous
Hummingbird
Swanson’s
Thrush
European
Starling
Western
Tanager
Yellow-rumped
Warbler
Black-throated
Grey Warbler
Orange-crowned
Warbler
Wilson’s
Warbler
Yellow
Warbler
Cassin’s
Vireo
Warbling
Vireo
Pacific-slope
Flycatcher
Hammond’s
Flycatcher
Willow
Flycatcher
Spotted
Towhee
Chipping
Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned
Sparrow
House
Finch
Purple
Finch
American
Goldfinch
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 May 15, 2018 will be going to the Top Bridge
Trail in Parksville. Meet at the Parksville Community Park (near the
Lions Club playground parking lot) in Parksville at 9:00 am, or at the top
bridge trail entrance (look for sign) at Industrial Way and Tuan Road at about
9:10 am.
The Sunday Bird Walk on May 20, 2018 will be
going to Linley Valley in Nanaimo. Meet at the Bird store at 9:00 am or at
the Burma Road entrance to Linley Valley, off Lost Lake Road in north Nanaimo at
about 9:20 am.
Good birding
Neil Robins
THE BACKYARD
WILDBIRD& NATURE STORE
314 Metral Drive
Nanaimo B.C.
V9T-2L8
V9T-2L8
Phone: 250-390-3669Fax:
250-390-1633
Email: thebackyard@shaw.ca
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