Parksville/Qualicum Beach Tuesday bird walk, October 30, 2018

The Tuesday bird walk went to Deep Bay. 

The morning was cloudy with very calm winds on the Strait of Georgia.  One Trumpeter Swan was spotted not far from us on the bay. A Brandt’s Cormorant was spotted on the Strait.   Flocks of Canada Geese, American Widgeon and Northern Pintail flew overhead heading down the Strait. Several flocks of Surf Scoters, White-winged Scoters and Black Scoters were seen on the Strait all morning. Five Pigeon Guillemots and four Marbled Murrelets were seen resting on the water not far from us. The seabirds are back for the winter!  A lone Willow Flycatcher, a Ruby-crowned Kinglet and a Golden-crowned Kinglet  were seen in a tree near the trail.

Willow Flycatcher: Ralph Hocken Photo:

Eighteen birders saw and heard the following fifty- four Species:

Trumpeter Swan

Canada Geese

American Widgeon

Mallard

Northern Pintail

Green-wing Teal

Bufflehead

Harlequin Duck

Surf Scoter

White-winged Scoter

Black Scoter

Long-tailed Duck

Greater Scaup

Ring-necked Duck

Common Merganser

Red-breasted Merganser
Pacific Loon

Common Loon

Red-necked Grebe

Horned Grebe

Western Grebe

Pelagic Cormorant

Double-crested Cormorant

Brandt’s Cormorant

Pigeon Guillemot

Marbled Murrelet

Belted Kingfisher

Great Blue Heron

Bald Eagle

Killdeer

Bonaparte’s Gull

Mew Gull

California Gull

Iceland Gull(Thayer's Gull)

Glaucous-winged Gull

Eurasian-collared Dove

Rock Pigeon

Northwestern Crow

Common Raven

Northern Flicker

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Willow Flycatcher

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Anna’s Hummingbird

American Robin

European Starling

Spotted Towhee

Song Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

Golden-crowned Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Purple Finch

House Finch

Black Scoter:  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 November 04, 2018 will be going to Nanaimo River Estuary in Nanaimo. Meet at the Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store, 6314 Metral Drive in Nanaimo at 9:00 a.m. or at the end of Raines Road at about 9:30 am.

The Tuesday Bird Walk on November 06, 2018 will be going to The Little Qualicum River Estuary.  Meet at the Parksville Community Park (near the Lions Club playground parking lot) in Parksville at 9:00 am, or at the parking lot at the Brant Viewing Platform in north Qualicum Beach at about 9:20 am.

Good birding

Neil Robins

THE BACKYARD WILDBIRD & NATURE STORE

6314 Metral Drive

Nanaimo, B.C. 

V9T-2L8

Phone: 250-390-3669
Email: thebackyard@shaw.ca

www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com

Nanaimo bird Report, October 28, 2018.

Nanaimo bird Report, October 28, 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 on October 28, 2018 

was cancelled because of the rain and wind.

Saturday, October 27:  

Nineteen Greater White-fronted Geese were seen at Morningstar ponds in French Creek.  

Friday, October 26:  

A Short-eared Owl and a Palm Warbler were seen at the Nanaimo River Estuary in south Nanaimo.

A Tropical Kingbird was perched in a tree at the Air Park in Courtenay.

Greater White-fronted Geese, a Northern Shoveler and a California Quail were seen at Buttertubs Marsh in Nanaimo.  

Wednesday, October 24:

Three Long-billed Dowitchers were seen at the Nanaimo River near the Living Forest Campground in south Nanaimo.

Parksville/Qualicum Beach Tuesday bird walk, 

October 23, 2018: 

The Tuesday bird walk went to Columbia Beach in French Creek. The first of the morning was foggy so we birded French Creek first and then as the fog lifted we made our way over to the Strait. A large flock of Canada Geese were resting and singing on the French Creek Estuary. We saw a Fox Sparrow singing from a bush just off the trail.  There were many House Finch and Pine Siskins feeding in the bushes along the trail. Four Long-tailed Ducks and a White-wing Scoter landed on the Strait not far from the shore.  A Western Grebe was seen with a large flock of Horned Grebes. Red-necked Grebes were also seen on the Strait. Many Bonaparte's Gulls were seen heading up the Strait flying in single file.    Long-tailed duck: Ralph Hocken Photo:

Twelve birders saw and heard the following sixty-one species:

Canada Geese

American Wigeon

Mallard

Green-winged Teal

Harlequin Duck

Surf Scoter

White-winged Scoter

Long-tailed Duck

Bufflehead

Common Merganser

Red-breasted Merganser

Horned Grebe

Red-necked Grebe

Western Grebe

Rock Pigeon Common Murre Eurasian-collared Dove

Anna's Hummingbird

Black Oystercatcher

Black-bellied Plover

Killdeer

Black Turnstone

Dunlin

Bonaparte's Gull

Mew Gull

Ring-billed Gull

California Gull

Iceland Gull

Glaucous-winged Gull

Pacific Loon

Common Loon

Pelagic Cormorant

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Bald Eagle

Belted Kingfisher

Pileated Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Northwestern Crow

Common Raven California Quail Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Ruby crowned Kinglet American Pipit McGillvary’s Warbler Yellow rumped Warbler Bewick's Wren

American Robin

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

House Finch

Purple Finch

Pine Siskin

American Goldfinch

Fox Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

White-crowned Sparrow

Golden-crowned Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Spotted Towhee

House Sparrow

                                                      Fox Sparrow: Ralph Hocken Photo:

A Palm Warbler was seen at the Nanaimo River Estuary in south Nanaimo. 

Sunday, October 21:

A Red-breasted Sapsucker and a Downy Woodpecker were spotted at Buttertubs Marsh in Nanaimo.

 The Backyard and Nature Birdstore has had many reports of American Goldfinch visiting feeders in Nanaimo.

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 Tuesday Bird Walk on October 30, 2018 will be going to Deep Bay.  Meet at the Parksville Community Park (near the Lions Club playground parking lot) in Parksville at 9:00 am, or at the parking lot along the dock at Deep Bay at about 9:35 am.

The Sunday Bird Walk on November 04, 2018 will be going to Nanaimo River Estuary in Nanaimo. Meet at the Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store, 6314 Metral Drive in Nanaimo at 9:00 a.m. or at the end of Raines Road at about 9:30 am.

Good birding
Neil Robins

THE BACKYARD WILDBIRD& NATURE STORE

6314 Metral Drive

Nanaimo, B.C. 

V9T-2L8

Phone: 250-390-3669
Email: thebackyard@shaw.ca

www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com

The Sunday bird walk, October 28, 2018 has been cancelled due to the weather.

“Please Note”
The Sunday bird walk, October 28, 2018 has been cancelled due to the weather.

                                  Good birding

                                   Neil Robins

THE BACKYARD WILDBIRD & NATURE STORE

6314 Metral Drive

Nanaimo B.C.V9T-2L8

Phone: 250-390-3669

Email: thebackyard@shaw.ca

Blog: ww.thebirdstore.blogspot.com

Parksville/Qualicum Beach Tuesday bird walk, October 23, 2018

The Tuesday bird walk went to Columbia Beach in French Creek. The first of the morning was foggy so we birded

French Creek first and then as the fog lifted we made our way over to the Strait. A large flock of Canada Geese were resting and singing on the French Creek Estuary. We saw a Fox Sparrow singing from a bush just off the trail.  There were many House Finch and Pine Siskins feeding in the bushes along the trail. Four Long-tailed Ducks and a White-wing Scoter landed on the Strait not far from the shore.  A Western Grebe was seen with a large flock of Horned Grebes. Red-necked Grebes were  also seen on the Strait. Many Bonaparte's Gulls were seen heading up the Strait flying in single file. Long-tailed duck: Ralph Hocken Photo:

Twelve birders saw and heard the following sixty-one species:

Canada Geese

American Wigeon

Mallard

Green-winged Teal

Harlequin Duck

Surf Scoter

White-winged Scoter

Long-tailed Duck

Bufflehead

Common Merganser

Red-breasted Merganser

Horned Grebe

Red-necked Grebe

Western Grebe

Rock Pigeon Common Murre Eurasian-collared Dove

Anna's Hummingbird

Black Oystercatcher

Black-bellied Plover

Killdeer

Black Turnstone

Dunlin

Bonaparte's Gull

Mew Gull

Ring-billed Gull

California Gull

Iceland Gull

Glaucous-winged Gull

Pacific Loon

Common Loon

Pelagic Cormorant

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Bald Eagle

Belted Kingfisher

Pileated Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Northwestern Crow

Common Raven California Quail Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Ruby crowned Kinglet American Pipit McGillvary’s Warbler Yellow rumped Warbler Bewick's Wren

American Robin

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

House Finch

Purple Finch

Pine Siskin

American Goldfinch

Fox Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

White-crowned Sparrow

Golden-crowned Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Spotted Towhee

House Sparrow

Fox Sparrow: 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 October 28, 2018 will be going to Nanaimo River Estuary in Nanaimo. Meet at the Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store, 6314 Metral Drive in Nanaimo at 9:00 a.m. or at the end of Raines Road at about 9:30 am.

The Tuesday Bird Walk on October 30, 2018 will be going to Deep Bay.  Meet at the Parksville Community Park (near the Lions Club playground parking lot) in Parksville at 9:00 am, or at the parking lot along the dock at Deep Bay at about 9:35 am.

Good birding

Neil Robins

THE BACKYARD WILDBIRD& NATURE STORE

6314 Metral Drive

Nanaimo, B.C. 

V9T-2L8

Phone: 250-390-3669
Email: thebackyard@shaw.ca

www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com