The Backyard Wildbird
and Nature Store
Nanaimo Bird Report
May 17, 2020
“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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Photo: Barred Owl (J. Morrison)
Friday May 8, 2020
Barred Owl was seen in Bowen
Park. (Look for Barred Owls near the fish channels)
Saturday May 9, 2020:
Osprey and Olive-sided Flycatcher were seen at
Legacy Marsh in upper Lantzville.
Northern Shoveler and Blue-winged Teal were seen in the
Morning Star Pond in French Creek.
House Wren was seen at
Colbourne Drive and Broadmoor Place Nanaimo.
Tuesday May 12, 2020:
Peregrine Falcon pair was seen at the
bottom of Blueback Road and Icarus Drive in Nanaimo.
Thursday May 14,
2020:
Whimbrel was seen at Columbia
Beach in French Creek.
Friday May 15, 2020:
Cinnamon Teal was seen at the
Nanaimo River Estuary from the Maki Road side.
Sunday May 17, 2020:
Seen
at Legacy Marsh in upper Lantzville, Pacific-slope
Flycatcher, Warbling Vireo, Western Tanager, MacGillivray’s Warbler, Yellow
Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler,
Common Yellowthroat, and Black-headed Grosbeaks.
Photo: Cinnamon Teal (J. Morrison)
Backyard
Feeder Notes:
Not too much different happening at the
backyard feeder this past week other than there seems to be a few less birds
visiting. With the adults feeding their young insects I figure in about two
weeks there will be more activity at the feeders as the young leave the nests.
At the store’s bird feeders we mostly see
White-crowned Sparrows, Dark-eyed Juncos, Spotted Towhees and House Sparrows. These
few species have been busy bathing as much as they have been feeding. At home
the feeders are busy with finches, House Finch, Pine Siskin’s, occasional visit
from the Black-headed Grosbeak but no American Goldfinch.
We have received more reports of Western
Tanagers and Black-headed Grosbeaks visiting backyard feeders again this past
week, and just waiting for the first Common Nighthawks to arrive.
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The Sunday and Tuesday Bird Walks
temporarily postponed
Please watch for
further updates when the walks will resume.
Here
is a list of birds seen in Bowen Park on one of the Sunday Bird Walks in August
2017. Twenty four species were seen and heard:
Mallard
Barred
Owl
Rock
Pigeon
American
Dipper
Glaucous-winged
Gull
Anna’s
Hummingbird
Western
Tanager
Purple
Martin
Northern
Flicker
Pileated
Woodpecker
Red-breasted
Sapsucker
Northwestern
Crow
Common
Raven
California
Quail
Orange-crowned
Warbler
Chestnut-backed
Chickadee
Pacific-slope
Flycatcher
Red-breasted
Nuthatch
Brown
Creeper
Bushtit
Song
Sparrow
Dark-eyed
Junco
American
Robin
Spotted
Towhee
Photo: Western Tanager (J. Morrison)
Good birding!
Colin Bartlett
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Wildbird and Nature Store
6314 Metral Drive V9T-2L8
Phone: 250-390-3669
6314 Metral Drive V9T-2L8
Phone: 250-390-3669
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