The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store
Weekly Bird Report
Nanaimo Bird Report, March 17, 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 17, 2019
This week’s Sunday bird walk went the Nanaimo river Estuary in South Nanaimo. The weather was sunny with calm winds. A Greater Yellowlegs was seen on a Gravel Bar on the River at the start of the walk. Violet-green Swallows, Rough-wing Swallows and Tree Swallows were seen all morning flying over head and roosting on the stumps near the nesting boxes. A Glaucous Gull was spotted flying just above the river giving us great views. Many Common Raven were seen flying and talking throughout the morning. A Western Meadowlarks were heard and seen. Several Bewick’s Wrens were heard singing and then seen high up on the bushes near the trail.
Fourteen birders saw and heard the following thirty- one species:
Trumpeter Swans
Canada Geese
American Widgeon
Mallard
Green-wing Teal
Common Merganser
Belted Kingfisher
Bald Eagle
Mew Gull
Glaucous Gull
California Gull
Iceland(Thayer’s) Gull
Glaucous-wing Gull
Greater Yellowlegs
Common Raven
Northwestern Crow
Western Meadowlark
European Starling
Anna’s Hummingbird
Bewick’s Wren
Spotted Towhee
American Robin
Violet-green Swallow
Rough-wing Swallow
Tree Swallow
Northern Flicker
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Song Sparrow
Purple Finch
House Finch
Tree Swallow: Ralph Hocken Photo:
Parksville/Qualicum Beach Tuesday Bird Walk, March 12, 2019,
The Tuesday bird walk went to Columbia Beach in French Creek. The morning was sunny but cool with very strong winds off the Strait of Georgia. The highlight of the morning was thousands upon thousands of Gulls either on the Strait or flying, including Glaucous Gulls, Mew Gulls, California Gulls, Iceland(Thayer's) Gulls, Herring Gulls and Glaucous-winged Gulls. There was also vast numbers of Brant Geese on the Strait. One Glaucous Gull was seen not five feet from the shore giving us great views. Many flocks of Surf Scoters, White-winged Scoters and Long-tailed Ducks heading up the Strait. A Cooper’s Hawk was perched in a tree not far from the trail checking us over for the longest time. The Herring Spawn has arrived!
Twenty-two birders including visiting birders from Ottawa and Washington State saw and heard the following fifty-seven species:
Canada Geese
Brant
American Wigeon
Eurasian Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Greater Scaup
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Red-breasted Merganser
Common Merganser
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Western Grebe
Common Murre
Marbled Murrelet
Brandt’s Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Belted Kingfisher
Greater Yellowlegs
Black Turnstone
Black Oystercatcher
Killdeer
Black-bellied Plover
Dunlin
Bald Eagle
Cooper’s Hawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Glaucous Gull
Mew Gull
California Gull
Iceland(Thayer's) Gull
Herring Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Northern Flicker
Common Raven
Northwestern Crow
Anna’s Hummingbird
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bushtit
American Robin
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Purple Finch
House Finch
Pine Siskin
House Sparrow
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 March 19, 2019 will be going to the Little Qualicum River Estuary in north Qualicum Beach. Meet at the Parksville Community Park (near the Lions Club playground parking lot) in Parksville at 9:00 am, or at the Brant viewing platform in north Qualicum Beach at about 9:25am.
The Sunday Bird Walk on March 24, 2019 will be going to the Bowen Park in Nanaimo. Meet at the Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store (6314 Metral Drive in Nanaimo) at 9:00am or at the main Parking lot by the Bowing Green at Bowen Park at about 9:15am.
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Science And Teck lecture Series:
VIU
Buttertubs Bird banding
Wednesday March 20th--at 7:00 PM
Bld: 255-Room 203
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Please Note:
Check this site (www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com) early Tuesday and Sunday on stormy mornings to see if the walks have been cancelled!
Good birding
Neil Robins
THE BACKYARD WILDBIRD & NATURE STORE
6314 Metral Drive
Nanaimo, B.C. V9T-2L8
Phone: 250-390-3669Email: thebackyard@shaw.ca
www.thebirdstore.blogspot.c
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