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.

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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

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 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

Phone: 250-390-3669

Fax: 250-390-1633

Email: thebackyard@shaw.ca

Blog: www.thebirdstore.blogspot.co