Nanaimo bird report, May 27, 2018

Nanaimo bird Report,May 20, 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.
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Sunday bird walk, May 27, 2018 
The Sunday bird walk went to the Shelly Road side of the Englishman River in Parksville. The morning was sunny and warm. A Townsend’s Warbler was spotted on a log across the river.  Common Mergansers, a Double-crested Cormorant and Surf Scoters were seen on the Strait of Georgia.  A  Violet-green Swallow was perched at the top of a very tall tree, giving us great views.  A Hermit Thrush flew across the trail into the bushes. Three Warbling Vireos were seen just off the trail.  

                                    Hermit Thrush: Ralph Hocken Photo:                                 :

Twenty-six birders including ten visiting birders from the United Kingdom saw and heard the following forty-nine species:

Canada Geese

Mallard

Double-crested Cormorant

Surf Scoter

Killdeer

Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture

Bald Eagle
Glaucous-winged Gull

Band-tailed Pigeon

Eurasian-collared Dove

Rufous Hummingbird

Anna’s Hummingbird

Northern Flicker

Pileated Woodpecker

Willow Flycatcher

Pacific-slope Flycatcher

Bushtit

Brown Creeper

Northwestern Crow

Common Raven

Barn Swallow

Violet-green Swallow

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Bewick’s Wren

Hermit Thrush

Swainson’s Thrush

American Robin

California Quail

European Starling

Black-head Grosbeak

Cassin’s Vireo

Warbling Vireo

Townsend’s Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Orange-crowned Warbler

Yellow Warbler

Western Tanager

Spotted Towhee

Song Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow

Red-wing Blackbird

Dark-eyed Junco

Purple Finch

American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Parksville/Qualicum Beach Tuesday Bird Walk,

May 22, 2018:  

  The Tuesday bird walk went to Springwood Park in Parksville. The morning was sunny and very warm, but it cooled off when we entered the forest. Swainson's Thrush’s entertained us all morning.  Turkey Vultures and Bald Eagles flew overhead. We had great views of three McGillivray's Warblers perched and singing on the walk.  A Western Tanager was seen high up in the tall tree near the trail.  A Pileated Woodpecker was spotted flying into its nest hole along the edge of the forest.  Willow Flycatchers and Pacific-slope Flycatchers were heard during the walk.  A Common Yellowthroat gave us great views in the bushes just off the road.  A juvenile Great Horned Owl was spotted perched in a tree back in the bushes.  An adult Great Horned Owl was being mobbed by American Robins along the trail at the end of the walk.

Great Horned Owl: Lynda Stevens Photo:

Twenty birders saw and heard the following forty species:

Turkey Vulture

Bald Eagle

Great Horned Owl

Eurasian-collared Dove

California Quail

Anna's Hummingbird

Rufous Hummingbird

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Pileated Woodpecker

Willow Flycatcher
Pacific-slope Flycatcher

Northwestern Crow

Common Raven

                                                        Violet-green Swallow
                                             Chestnut-backed Chickadee 
                                                                      Bewick's Wren

Pacific Wren

Swainson's Thrush

American Robin

European Starling

Brown Creeper

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Warbling Vireo

Cassin’s Vireo

Orange-crowned Warbler

Yellow Warbler

Black-throated Gray Warbler

McGillivray's Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Wilson's Warbler

Western Tanager

Spotted Towhee

Chipping Sparrow

Song Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Black-headed Grosbeak

American Goldfinch

Common Yellowthroat: Ralph Hocken Photo:

Thursday, May 24:

Thirty-five Cedar Waxwings were seen on the trail by the Living Forest campground in south Nanaimo:

                                                Cedar Waxwings: Linda Stevens Photo:

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 29, 2018 will be going to the Lot Ten in Qualicum Beach.  Meet at the Parksville Community Park (near the Lions Club playground parking lot) in Parksville at 9:00 am, or at the end of Kinkade Road on the forest side of highway 19A in north Qualicum Beach at about 9:20 am.

The Sunday Bird Walk on June 03, 2018 will be going to Morden Colliery Historic Provincial Park in Cedar.  Meet at the Bird Store at 9:00 a.m. or at the park on the Oceanside side of Trans Canada Highway 1 at the end of Morden Road in south Nanaimo at about 9:25 a.m.

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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