Nanaimo bird Report, Sept 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.
“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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September
18:
A flock
of 25 plus Sandhill Cranes were seen flying south over Beck lake in
south Nanaimo.
September
18:
Orange-crowned Warbler seen foraging in a backyard on Honeysuckle
terrace in central Nanaimo.
Sunday Bird Walk, September 23, 2018
The
Sunday bird walk went to Neck Point Park. It was a nice day with a little
breeze of the walk. It was a quiet start with not must chatter going on. At
Sunset beach we saw 3 Spotted Sandpipers amongst the rocks along the bank. Also
not much was flying out on the water but was able to enjoy the Black
Turnstones.
There is
that one last sighting at the end of the walk that we call our parking lot bird
and for this walk the bird seen was a Cooper’s Hawk.
Spotted Sandpiper: Photo
by Ralph Hocken
Thirteen birders saw and heard 30 species:
Common Loon
Pacific Loon
Canada Goose
Double-crested
Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Harlequin Duck
Mallard
Great Blue
Heron
Surf Scoter
Cooper’s Hawk
Turkey Vulture
Black Turnstone
Spotted Sandpiper
Glaucous-winged Gull
Eurasian Collared
Dove
Anna’s Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Common Raven
Northwestern Crow
Chestnut-backyard
Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Bewick’s Wren
Golden-crowned
Kinglet
American Robin
Song Sparrow
Spotted Towhee
Purple Finch
Backyard bird
sightings:
It’s a sure sign of
fall when the Dark-eyed Juncos begin to return. In the past week there have
been reports of the juncos returning in flocks to backyard feeders. At my
feeding station it went from 2 juncos to 20 plus as a flock arrived on Tuesday September
25.
We are also hearing
about flocks of Pine Siskin’s visiting the feeders, so this may be a high year
for them.
Golden-crowned
Sparrows, Song Sparrows and a few Fox Sparrows are making their fall return.
Dark-eyed Junco feeding in
window feeder: Photo Nicole Renaud
Parksville/Qualicum
Beach Tuesday bird walk, September 25, 2018.
The
Tuesday bird walk went to Columbia Beach. It was another beautiful calm
fall morning. The return of several Eagles was a welcome site. A
Pigeon Guillemot and Common Murre were seen not too far off shore. A
small group of Bonaparte’s Gull’s were found among the other gulls.
There were also many Savannah Sparrow feeding in the seaweed along the
shoreline. In the meadow area at the mouth of French Creek we spotted a
Ruby-crowned Kinglet and an Orange-crowned Warbler.
Bald Eagle: Ralph
Hocken photo
17 birders saw and heard the following 44 species:
Bald Eagle
Turkey Vulture
Mallard
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Harlequin Duck
Common Merganser
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Double-crested
Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Pigeon Guillemot
Common Murre
Greater Yellowlegs
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Black Oystercatcher
Black Turnstone
Boneparte’s Gull
Iceland/Thayer’s Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Belted Kingfisher
Eurasian-collared
Dove
Northern Flicker
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Anna’s Hummingbird
Spotted Towhee
European Starling
Bewick’s Wren
Orange-crowned
Warbler
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned
Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
House Sparrow
House Finch
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
Enjoy birding,
Rhonda Fleming
The Tuesday
Bird Walk on October 2, 2018 will be going to Rathtrevor Beach
Provincial Park in Parksville. Meet at the Parksville Community Park (near the
Lions Club parking lot) in Parksville at 9:00 am, or at the main parking lot at
Rathtrevor Park at about 9:10 am.
The Sunday
Bird Walk on September 30, 2018 will be going to the Shelley
road side of the Englishman River Estuary in Parksville. Meet at the
Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store, 6314 Metral Drive in Nanaimo at 9:00 a.m.
or at the parking lot at the end of Shelley road in Parksville at 9:20 am.
Good birding, Colin
THE BACKYARD WILDBIRD
& NATURE STORE
6314 Metral Drive
Nanaimo, B.C.
V9T-2L8
Email: thebackyard@shaw.ca
