Parksville/Qualicum Beach Tuesday bird walk, December
04, 2018
The Tuesday bird walk went to the Little Qualicum River Estuary.
The morning was clear
with calm winds on the Strait of Georgia. This bird walk turned out to be a
whale of a walk as we were entertained for most of the morning with the sight of
the whales breaching and blowing. There where were at least five Humpback
Whales. Many Green-wing Teal, Red-breasted Mergansers, Common Mergansers, Red-necked
Grebes, Horned Grebes, Brandt’s Cormorants, Pelagic Cormorants, Double-crested
Cormorants, Pacific and Pacific Loons
were on the Strait. Over two hundred Trumpeter Swans, six Snow Geese, a large
flock of Canada Geese and one Cackling Geese were seen at the mouth of the
Little Qualicum River. Three Lone-billed Dowitchers, a flock of Killdeer and
many Black Turnstone were seen on the estuary. A large flock of Western
Grebe were seen near the far horizon at the end of the walk.
Trumpeter Swans: Ralph Hocken Photo:
Twenty-one birders including a visiting birder from California saw and
heard the following fifty-five species:
Trumpeter Swans
Canada Geese
Cackling Geese
Snow Geese
Mallard
Harlequin Duck
American Widgeon
Northern Pintail
Long-tail Duck
Surf Scoter
White-wing Scoter
Black Scoter
Bufflehead
Barrow’s Goldeneye
Common Goldeneye
Northern Pintail
Green-wing Teal
Red-breasted Merganser
Common Merganser
Hooded Merganser
Western Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Horned Grebe
Brandt’s Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Great Blue Heron
Bonaparte’s Gull
Mew Gull
Iceland Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Bald Eagle
Lone-billed Dowitcher
Killdeer
Black Turnstone
Northern Flicker
Downy Woodpecker
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
California Quail
Eurasian-collared Dove
American Robin
Bushtit
Chestnut-backed
Chickadee
Anna’s Hummingbird
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
House Finch
Purple Finch
The Tuesday Bird Walk on December 11, 2018 will be going to Columbia Beach in French Creek. Meet at the
Parksville Community Park (near the Lions Club playground parking lot) in
Parksville at 9:00 am, or at the parking area along Admiral Trylon Bld. off Columbia
Drive at French Creek at about 9:15 am.
Good birding
Neil Robins
THE BACKYARD WILDBIRD & NATURE STORE
314 Metral Drive
Nanaimo B.C.
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Email: thebackyard@shaw.ca
Blog: ww.thebirdstore.blogspot.com
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