Nanaimo bird report, August 26, 2018

Nanaimo bird Report, August 26, 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, August 26, 2018

The Sunday bird walk went to Neck Point Park in Nanaimo. The morning was cloudy with calm winds. Two Belted Kingfishers were flying near shore at the start of the walk. Two Black Oystercatchers flew into the rocky outcrop just off shore.  Several flocks of Double-crested Cormorants and Pelagic Cormorant were seen heading up the Strait of Georgia. We spotted a Yellow Warbler and a Wilson’s Warbler just off the trail. Two Black-throated Gray Warblers and a Orange-crowned Warbler put on a very exciting show for us as they chased each other in low bushes next to the trail.

 

                                          Black-throated Gray Warbler : Ralph Hocken Photo:

Fifteen birders saw and heard the following twenty-five species:

Common Merganser

Double-crested Cormorant

Pelagic Cormorant

Black Oystercatcher

Bald Eagle

Turkey Vulture

  Great Blue Heron

Glaucous-winged Gull

Belted Kingfisher

Common Raven

Northwestern Crow 

Northern Flicker

Downy Woodpecker

 Yellow Warbler

Wilson’s Warbler

Black-throated Grey Warbler

Orange-crowned Warbler

 Chestnut-backed Chickadee

  Flycatcher—species unknown!

Red-breasted Nuthatch

  Brown Creeper

  Bewick's Wren

Spotted Towhee

American Goldfinch

 Dark-eyed Junco

                                           Orange-crowned 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! 

Please Note

The Sunday Bird Walk on September 02, 2018 is cancelled.

The Tuesday Bird Walk resumes on September 04, 2018 and will be going to the Shelly Road side of the Englishman River Estuary in Parksville. Meet at the Parksville Community Park (near the Lions Club playground parking lot) in Parksville at 9:00 a.m., or at the end of Shelly Road on the Oceanside of Highway 19a at about 9:10 a.m.

The Sunday Bird Walk on September 09, 2018 will be going to the Plummer Road side of the Englishman River in Parksville. Meet at the Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store, 6314 Metral Drive in Nanaimo at 9:00 a.m. or at the corner of Plummer Road and Shorewood Drive in Parksville at about  9:25 a.m.

Good birding

Neil Robins

THE BACKYARD WILDBIRD &  NATURE STORE

314 Metral Drive

Nanaimo B.C. 

V9T-2L8

Phone: 250-390-3669

Email: thebackyard@shaw.ca

www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com