Nanaimo Bird Report February 11 2019

There is no scheduled bird walk for Sunday February 17 due to the holiday weekend. The store will be closed on Monday February 18 for Family Day. Thank-you and sorry for an inconvienece.

The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store Weekly Bird Report Nanaimo Bird Report, February 14 2019 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 was seen and location of your sighting. *********************************************************** Please Note Please check this site (www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com) early Tuesday and Sunday mornings to see if the walks have been cancelled! ***********************************************************

Sunday Bird Walk, Feb 10 2019 The Sunday bird walk went to Nanoose Bay.  Red-breasted Merganser: Ralph Hocken Photo: Fourteen birders saw and heard the following forty species: Canada Geese Mallard American Widgeon Green-wing Teal Northern Pintail Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Red-breasted Merganser Killdeer Bald Eagle Mew Gull Glaucous-winged Gull Northwestern Crown Common Raven Chestnut-backed Chickadee American Robin Spotted Towhee Red-winged Blackbird Song Sparrow Starling Purple Finch Pine Siskin Red-tail Hawk Golden-crowned Kinglet White-crowned Sparrow Varied Thrush Dark-eyed Junco Brown Creeper Fox Sparrow Eurasian-collared Dove February 9 2019 A bohemian waxwing was spotted travelling with a flock of Cedar Waxwings at Buttertubs Marsh in Nanaimo. Photo: Bohemian Waxwing (K. MacDonald) Tuesday Bird Walk, Februray 12, 2019 The bird walk was cancelled due to weather. Please NoteCheck 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 February 19, 2019 will be going to Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park in Parksville. Meet at the Parksville Community Park (near the Lions Club playground parking lot) in Parksville at 9:00 am, or at the main parking lot at Rathtrevor at about 9:10 am. The Sunday Bird Walk on February 24, 2019 will be going to Buttertubs Marsh in Nanaimo. Meet at the Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store (6314 Metral Drive in Nanaimo) at 9:00am or at the parking lot at Buttertubs on the Bowen Road side about 9:15am. Good birding Colin Bartlett