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Tuesday, 31 July 2018
Sunday, 29 July 2018
Nanaimo bird Report,July 29, 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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The
Sunday bird walk went to the Plummer Road side of the Englishman River in
Parksville. The morning was sunny and
very hot!
Two Pileated Woodpeckers were seen feeding
on the trunk of a big tree next to the trail. Several Killdeer, a Least Sandpiper, a Western
Sandpiper and two Semipalmated Plovers were seen on the mudflats. A large number of Canada Geese, two Surf
Scoters, two Pigeon Guillemots and a Marbled Murrelett were seen on the Strait
of Georgia..
Nine birders including a
visiting birder from California saw and heard the following forty-six species:
Canada Geese
Common Merganser
Surf Scoter
Pigeon Guillemot
Marbled Murrelett
Marbled Murrelett
Great Blue Heron
Killdeer
Least Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Plover
California Gull
Mew Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Bald Eagle
Merlin
Rufous Hummingbird
Anna’s Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Eurasian-collared Dove
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Pacific-sloped Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Pacific Wren
Bewick's Wren
Bushtit
American Robin
Swainson’s Thrush
Cedar Waxwing
Western Tanager
European Starling
Yellow Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Warbling Vireo
Spotted Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Purple Finch
Dark-eyed Junco
American Goldfinch
Saturday, July 28:
A Great Horned Owl was seen visiting a backyard in the
700 block of Victoria Road in south Nanaimo.
Monday, July 23:
A Pacific Slope Flycatcher, a Willow flycatcher, a Coopers Hawk, a Belted
Kingfisher a Yellow-rumped Warbler, a Cassin’s Vireo, a Warbling Vireo A Greater Yellowlegs, a Turkey Vulture and a Bald Eagle were seen at Rivers
Edge Park in Parksville:
A White Raven was spotted between the east and west sides of Morningstar
Creek along highway 19 in Parksville.
Please Note
Please check this site (www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com) early Tuesday and Sunday
mornings to see if the walks have been cancelled!
The Tuesday bird walks will resume in the fall.
The Sunday bird walk on August 05, 2018 will be going to Bowen Park in Nanaimo. Meet at the Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store, 6314 Metral Drive in Nanaimo at 9:00 am or at the main parking lot near the lawn bowling green at Bowen Park off Bowen Road at about 9:15 am.
Good birding
Neil Robins
THE BACKYARD WILDBIRD & NATURE STORE
314 Metral Drive
Nanaimo B.C.
V9T-2L8
V9T-2L8
Phone: 250-390-3669
Fax: 250-390-1633
Email: thebackyard@shaw.ca
Sunday, 22 July 2018
Nanaimo
bird Report,July 22, 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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The Sunday bird walk went to Neck Point Park in Nanaimo.
The morning was sunny and very hot!
Two Warbling Vireos were spotted low in the bushes next to
the trail, giving us great views. Several California Gulls, Double-crested
Cormorants and Pelagic Cormorants were seen heading up the Strait of Georgia
during the walk. A Black-throated Gray Warbler was feeding a Brown-headed
Cowbird in a tree next to the trail. Three Chestnut-backed Chickadees and a Brown
Creeper were seen feeding in a bush near the trail.
Warbling
Vireo: Ralph Hocken Photo:
Thirteen birders including two visiting birders from California saw and heard the following twenty-eight species:
Canada Geese
White-winged Scoters
Double-crested Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Turkey Vulture
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Warbling Vireo
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Bushtit
Brown Creeper
Bewick’s Wren
Anna’s Hummingbird
Swainson’s Thrush
American Robin
European Starling
Brown-headed Cowbird
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Black-throated Gray Warbler: Ralph Hocken Photo:
Tuesday, July 17:
A Pacific-slope
Flycatcher is nesting with young chicks in the 1800 block of Ballenas Road in
Nanoose Bay.
Sunday, July 15:
A Leucistic Great Blue
Heron was seen at the Newcastle Marina in Nanaimo.
Saturday, July 07:
A pair of Lewis Woodpeckers was seen in a
backyard along Boy’s Road in Duncan.
Please
Note
Please
check this site (www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com) early Tuesday and
Sunday mornings to see if the walks have been cancelled!.
The Tuesday bird walks will
resume in the fall.
The Sunday bird walk
on July 29, 2018 will be going to the Plummer Road side of the Englishman River
in Parksville. Meet at The Backyard
Wildbird and Nature Store, 314 Metral Drive in Nanaimo, at 9:00 am or at the corner of
Plummer Road and Shorewood Drive in Parksville at 9:25 am.
Good birding
Neil Robins
THE BACKYARD WILDBIRD & NATURE STORE
314 Metral Drive
Nanaimo B.C.
V9T-2L8
V9T-2L8
Phone: 250-390-3669
Fax: 250-390-1633
Email: thebackyard@shaw.ca
Sunday, 15 July 2018
Nanaimo bird Report,July 15, 2018.
Nanaimo bird Report,July 15, 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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The Sunday bird walk went to Buttertubs Marsh in Nanaimo.
The morning was sunny and very hot!
We saw several Pied-billed Grebes with one sitting on a nest. We watched a female Wood Duck swimming on the marsh with three small chicks not far from us. We heard Common Yellowthroats singing throughout the morning. Bald Eagles and Turkey Vultures flew high over head. Two Orange-crowned Warblers entertained us just off the trail. A Bewick’s Wren was spotted on a snag next to the trail.
Seventeen birders including visiting birders from California and Utah saw and heard the following twenty-nine species:
Canada Geese
Mallard
Pied-billed Grebe
Wood Duck
Hooded Merganser
Great blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Turkey Vulture
Eurasian-collared Dove
Band-tailed Pigeon
Northern Flicker
Orange-crowned Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Northwestern Crow
Purple Martin
Violet-green Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Marsh Wren
Bewick’s Wren
Bushtit
Anna’s Hummingbird
American Robin
Spotted Towhee
Red-wing Blackbird
Dark-eyed Junco
House Finch
House Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Please Note
The Sunday bird walk on July 22,2018 will be going to Neck Point Park in Nanaimo. Meet at THE BACKYARD WILDBIRD & NATURE STORE
Please Note
Please check this site (www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com) early Tuesday and Sunday mornings
to see if the walks have been cancelled!.
The Sunday bird walk on July 22,2018 will be going to Neck Point Park in Nanaimo. Meet at THE BACKYARD WILDBIRD & NATURE STORE
314 Metral Drive at 9:00 am or at the Parking lot at Neck Point off Hammond Bay Road at about 9:15 am.
Good birding
Neil Robins
THE BACKYARD WILDBIRD & NATURE STORE
314 Metral Drive
Nanaimo B.C.
V9T-2L8
V9T-2L8
Phone: 250-390-3669
Fax: 250-390-1633
Email: thebackyard@shaw.ca
Sunday, 8 July 2018
The Sunday Bird Walk on July 15, 2018
PLEASE NOTE THE TUESDAY BIRD WALK ON JULY 15, WILL BE GOING TO BUTTERTUBS MARSH IN NANAIMO!
The Sunday Bird Walk on July 15, 2018 will be going to Buttertubs Marsh in Nanaimo.
Meet at the Bird Store at 9:00 a.m. or at Buttertubs parking lot of the
Bowen Road entrance at about 9:15 a.m.
Nanaimo bird report July 08, 2018
Nanaimo bird Report,July 08, 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,
July 08 2018
The Sunday bird walk went to Hemer Park in Cedar. We
had great views of a Swainson's Thrush singing from a tree near the trail. Swainson's Thrush, Yellow Warbler and Orange-crowned
Warblers were singing throughout the morning.
A Western Wood Pewee was spotted perched
on a branch just off the trail. Three Cedar Waxwings flew over the viewing
platform. We spotted Mallards, Wood Ducks
and a Hooded Merganser on the water of the pond.
Thirteen birders saw and heard the following
thirty-five species:
Mallard
Wood Duck
Hooded Merganser
Hooded Merganser
Bald Eagle
Turkey Vulture
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Hairy Woodpecker
Anna’s Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Western Wood Pewee
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Hammond’s Flycatcher
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Marsh Wren
Bewick’s Wren
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
Cedar WaxwingWarbling Vireo
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Common Yellowthroat
Western Tanager
Black-headed Grosbeak
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
American Goldfinch
Hairy Woodpecker: Ralph Hocken Photo:
Please Note
Please check this site (www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com) early Tuesday and Sunday mornings to see if the walks have been cancelled!.
Please check this site (www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com) early Tuesday and Sunday mornings to see if the walks have been cancelled!.
The Sunday Bird Walk on July 15, 2018 will be going to Buttertubs Marsh in Nanaimo.
Meet at the Bird Store at 9:00 a.m. or at Buttertubs parking lot of the
Bowen Road entrance at about 9:15 a.m.
Good birding
Neil Robins
THE BACKYARD WILDBIRD & NATURE STORE
314 Metral Drive
Nanaimo B.C.
V9T-2L8
Email: thebackyard@shaw.ca
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