Tuesday Bird Walk
Parksville/Qualicum Beach
On June 25 the Tuesday bird walk went to the Englishman River
Estuary, Shelly road, in Parksville. The morning was sunny and winds were light.
Highlight of the walk was a Great Horned Owl roosting in a tree near the trail
entrance off of Mills street. There was plenty of other birds to see at that
location including, House Finch, Purple Finch, American Goldfinch, Pine
Siskin’s, Yellow Warbler, and Bushtits.
Great Horned Owl, photo by Hans Laue
Fifteen birders including birders from Texas saw and heard the
following forty five (45) species:
Canada Goose
Mallard
Common Merganser
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Great Horned Owl
Killdeer
Anna’s Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Northern Flicker
Downy Woodpecker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Pacific-sloped Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Common Raven
Northwestern Crow
Violet-green Swallow
Tree Swallow
Warbling Vireo
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Bushtit
Bewick’s Wren
Pacific Wren
American Robin
Swainson’s Thrush
European Starling
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Western Tanager
Brewer’s Blackbird
Browned-headed Cowbird
Spotted Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red Crossbill
House Finch
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
Pine Siskin
The Sunday Bird Walk: next Sunday walk will be on July
28.
The Tuesday Bird Walk on July 2, 2019 will be going to Lot 10 in Qualicum Beach. Meet at the Parksville Community Park (near the Lions Club playground parking area) in Parksville at 9:00 am or at the end of Kinkade road, left off hwy19a when traveling up island, at 9:20 a.m.
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
Colin Bartlett
The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store
6314 Metral Drive V9T-2L8
Phone: 250-390-3669
Email: thebackyard@shaw.ca
Blog: www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com
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