Parksville/Qualicum Beach Tuesday bird walk, January 15, 2019

Parksville/Qualicum Beach Tuesday bird walk, Englishman River Estuary, Shelly Road side, January 15, 2019.

The morning was very foggy with calm winds.  A lone female Common Goldeneye was spotted on the river. Many American Wigeons and Green-wing Teal were seen through the fog near the shore on the estuary. We heard and saw a great number of Bald Eagles during the morning.  An Anna's Hummingbird was perched on a tree giving us great views.  A large flock of Pine Siskins landed on the top of a short tree.  A Lincoln’s Sparrow, Song Sparrows, A Fox Sparrow, several Purple Finch and  House Finch were seen along the trail.

Lincoln’s Sparrow: Ralph Hocken Photo.

Seventeen birders saw and heard the following forty-six species:

Canada Geese

American Wigeon

Northern Pintail

Mallard
Bufflehead

Common Goldeneye

Common Merganser

Green-wing Teal

Mew Gull

Iceland (Thayer’s) Gull

Glaucous-winged Gull

 Great Blue Heron

Virginia Rail

California Quail

Belted Kingfisher

Bald Eagle

Cooper’s Hawk

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Northern Harrier

Eurasian-collared Dove
Chestnut-backed Chickadee

 Red-breasted Nuthatch

 Anna's Hummingbird

  Downy Woodpecker

Red-breasted Sapsucker

Northwestern Crow

 Common Raven

  Bewick's Wren

Pacific Wren

 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
 Golden-crowned Kinglet

Bushtit

 Brown Creeper

American Robin

Varied Thrush

European Starling

White-crowned Sparrow

Golden-crowned Sparrow

Spotted Towhee

Lincoln’s Sparrow

Song Sparrow 

Fox Sparrow

Purple Finch

 House Finch

Pine Siskin

House Sparrow

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 January 20 2019 will be going to the Nanaimo River estuary in south 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 January 22, 2019 will be going to the Plummer Road side of the Englishman River in Parksville. Meet at the Parksville Community Park (near the Lions Club playground parking lot) in Parksville at 9:00 am, or end of corner of Plummer Road and Shorewood Drive at about 9:15 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