The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store

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