Parksville/Qualicum Beach Tuesday bird walk, May 15, 2018

Parksville/Qualicum Beach Tuesday Bird Walk,

May 15, 2018:

  The Tuesday bird walk went to The Top Bridge Trail in Parksville. The morning was sunny and very warm. We spotted a flock of Bushtits and a Brown Creeper at the start of the walk.  A Black-throated Grey Warbler was seen singing at the top of a very tall tree. We saw a Rufous Hummingbird and Anna’s Hummingbird perched high up in a tall tree.  Bald Eagles and Turkey Vultures were soaring overhead during the walk.  A Black-and-White Warbler was seen just off the trail.  Western Tanagers, Black-headed Grosbeaks and Swanson’s Thrush were heard throughout the morning.  A very fast Peregrine Falcon was spotted chasing prey.  A MacGillivray’s Warbler entertained us for ten minutes from his perch just off the trail.

                                          MacGillivray’s Warbler: Ralph Hocken Photo:

Eighteen birders saw and heard the following thirty-nine species:

Bald Eagle

Peregrine Falcon

Turkey Vulture

Rock Pigeon

Rufous Hummingbird

Anna’s Hummingbird

Northern Flicker

Pileated Woodpecker

Red-breasted Sapsucker

Northern Flicker

Northwestern Crow

Common Raven

Purple Martin

Violet-green Swallow

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Bewick's Wren

Brown Creeper

Bushtit

Golden-crowned Kinglet

American Robin
Western Tanager

Black-headed Grosbeak

Swanson’s Thrush

MacGillivray’s Warbler

Orange-crowned Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Townsend’s Warbler

Black-throated Grey Warbler

Black-and-White Warbler

Pacific-slope Flycatcher

Warbling Vireo

Spotted Towhee

Chipping Sparrow

Song Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Pine Siskin

American Goldfinch  

                                                       Bushtit: Ralph Hocken 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 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.

The Tuesday Bird Walk on May 22, 2018 will be going to the 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

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