Parksville/Qualicum Beach Tuesdaybird walk, May 01, 2018

Parksville/Qualicum Beach Tuesday Bird Walk, May 01, 2018

The Tuesday bird walk went to Moorcroft Regional Park in Nanoose Bay.  The morning was sunny with strong winds. A Dunlin and four singing Black Oystercatchers were seen along the rocky shores.   Six Pacific Loons and two Marbled Murrelet’s were seen offshore. We saw a Killer Whale breeching off shore.  We heard a Swainson’s Thrush calling just off the trail.  A Pacific-slope Flycatcher was spotted perched near the trail. Orange-crowned Warblers, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Black-throated Gray Warblers and Townsend’s Warblers entertained us all morning.

Pacific-slope Flycatcher: Ralph Hocken Photo:

Thirty birders including visiting birders from South Africa saw and heard the following thirty-nine species:

Brant

Harlequin Duck

Red-breasted Merganser

Mew Gull

Glaucous-winged Gull

Marbled Murrelet

Pacific loon

Common Loon

Dunlin

Black Oystercatcher

Turkey Vulture

Bald Eagle

Red-tailed Hawk

Common Raven

Northwestern Crow

Anna’s Hummingbird

Downy Woodpecker

Pileated Woodpecker

Red-breasted Sapsucker

Northern Flicker
Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Brown Creeper

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Pacific Wren

American Robin

Swainson’s  Thrush

Pacific-slope Flycatcher

Orange-crowned Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Black-throated Gray Warbler

Townsend’s Warbler

                                              Red-winged Blackbird

                                                 Spotted Towhee

Song Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Purple Finch

American Goldfinch  

Black-throated Warbler: 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 06, 2018 will be going to Neck Point Park in Nanaimo.  Meet at the Bird store at 9:00 am or at parking lot Neck Point off Hammond Bay Road in Nanaimo at about 9:20 am.

The Tuesday Bird Walk on May 08, 2018 will be going to the Little Qualicum River Fish Hatchery in north Qualicum Beach.  Meet at the Parksville Community Park (near the Lions Club playground parking lot) in Parksville at 9:00 am, or at the Brant Viewing Platform along Highway 19a in North Qualicum Beach at about 9:20 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