The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store Weekly Bird Report
Nanaimo Bird Report, March 31, 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.
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Sunday Bird Walk, March 24, 2019 :
This week’s Sunday bird walk went to Nanoose Bay. The weather was sunny with calm winds. The highlight of the morning was the sighting of a American Pipit along the estuary, close to the Canada Geese. A Red-tailed Hawk, a
Coopers
Hawk and a Turkey
Vulture were seen over head.
Seventeen birders saw and heard the following forty-two species:
Canada
Geese
American
Widgeon
Green-wing
Teal
Mallard
Northern
Pintail
Common
Goldeneye
Red-necked
Grebe
Horned
Grebe
Bufflehead
Common
Merganser
Red-breasted
Merganser
Pacific
Loon
Common
Loon
Double-crested
Cormorant
Mew
Gull
California
Gull
Glaucous-winged
Gull
Belted
Kingfisher
American
Pipit
Violet-green
Swallow
Tree
Swallow
Yellow-rumped
Warbler
Killdeer
Bald
Eagle
Red-tailed
Hawk
Coopers
Hawk
Turkey
Vulture
Northwestern
Crow
Collard
Dove
California
Quail
European
Startling
American
Robin
Ruby
crowned Kinglet
Chestnut-backed
Chickadee
Spotted
Towhee
White-crowned
Sparrow
Song
Sparrow
Red-wing
Blackbird
Brewers
Blackbird
Purple
Finch
Dark-eyed
Junco
Song
Sparrow
Pine Siskin
American Pipit: Ralph Hocken Photo:
Parksville/Qualicum Beach Tuesday
Bird Walk, March 26, 2019:
The Tuesday Bird Walk went to Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park in Parksville. The morning was cloudy with calm winds off the Strait of Georgia. We were entertained by very large flocks of Dunlin and Black-bellied Plovers along the shoreline at the start of the walk. Hundreds of Common and Pacific Loons were on the Strait all morning. Many flocks of Brant Geese were seen on the Strait. Several Surf Scoters were seen flying low over the water heading up the Strait. A Pigeon Guillemot was spotted not far from shore. Golden-crowned Kinglets and Ruby-crowned Kinglets were seen just off the trail. A Hutton’s Vireo was heard singing high up in the tall trees along the trail.
The Tuesday Bird Walk went to Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park in Parksville. The morning was cloudy with calm winds off the Strait of Georgia. We were entertained by very large flocks of Dunlin and Black-bellied Plovers along the shoreline at the start of the walk. Hundreds of Common and Pacific Loons were on the Strait all morning. Many flocks of Brant Geese were seen on the Strait. Several Surf Scoters were seen flying low over the water heading up the Strait. A Pigeon Guillemot was spotted not far from shore. Golden-crowned Kinglets and Ruby-crowned Kinglets were seen just off the trail. A Hutton’s Vireo was heard singing high up in the tall trees along the trail.
Sixteen birders including two
visiting birders from Smithers saw and heard the following fifty-three species:
Canada Goose
Brant,
Mallard,
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Pigeon Guillemot
Common Murre
Brandt’s Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Mew Gull
California Gull
Iceland(Thayer's) Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Bald Eagle
Coopers Hawk
Virginia Rail
Dunlin
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Northern Flicker
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Anna’s Hummingbird
Brown Creeper
Pacific Wren
Bewick’s Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hutton’s Vireo
American Robin
European Starling
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Purple Finch
House Finch
Dark-eyed Junco
Canada Goose
Brant,
Mallard,
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Pigeon Guillemot
Common Murre
Brandt’s Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Mew Gull
California Gull
Iceland(Thayer's) Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Bald Eagle
Coopers Hawk
Virginia Rail
Dunlin
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Northern Flicker
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Anna’s Hummingbird
Brown Creeper
Pacific Wren
Bewick’s Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hutton’s Vireo
American Robin
European Starling
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Purple Finch
House Finch
Dark-eyed Junco
Hutton’s
Vireo: Ralph Hocken, Photo:
Monday, March 25:
A Virginia Rail, A Yellow-rumped Warbler. Sharp-shinned Hawk, Wood Duck and Wood Ducks were seen at Buttertubs Marsh in Nanaimo
Please
Note:A Virginia Rail, A Yellow-rumped Warbler. Sharp-shinned Hawk, Wood Duck and Wood Ducks were seen at Buttertubs Marsh in Nanaimo
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 April 02, 2019 will be going to the Little Qualicum River Fish Hatchery. Meet at the Parksville Community Park (near the Lions Club playground parking lot) in Parksville at 9:00 am, or at the Brant Viewing area in north Qualicum Beach at about 9:15 am.
The Sunday Bird Walk on April
07, 2019 will be going to Buttertubs Marsh in Nanaimo. Meet
at the Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store (6314 Metral Drive in Nanaimo) at
9:00 am or at the parking lot at Buttertubs Marsh off Bowen Park Road at about 9:15am.
Good birdingNeil Robins
THE BACKYARD WILDBIRD & NATURE STORE
6314 Metral Drive
Nanaimo, B.C. V9T-2L8
Phone: 250-390-3669
Email: thebackyard@shaw.ca
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