The Backyard Wildbird
and Nature Store
Nanaimo Bird Report
May 23, 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: Rose-breasted Grosbeak (internet)
Sunday May 17, 2020
Rose-breasted Grosbeak was seen at the end of Lockinvar Lane on Gabriola Island.
Western Tanager and 2 Evening Grosbeaks were seen in a backyard on Plummer Road in San Pareil Parksville
Monday May 18, 2020:
House Wren was heard singing in the area of Eagle Crescent and Thunderbird Drive Nanaimo.
Tuesday May 19, 2020:
Mandarin Duck continues to be seen at the Morning Star Pond, and has been seen with ducklings and a female Wood Duck.
Thursday May 21, 2020:
Cinnamon Teal was seen at the Nanaimo River Estuary from the Maki Road side.
Friday May 22, 2020:
Barred Owl was heard calling in the early hours in the hospital area of Forest Drive and Honeysuckle Terrace.
Photo: Evening Grosbeak (Malcolm)
Backyard
Feeder Notes:
With juvenile birds now beginning to leave the nest we begin to receive more inquiries about what bird is this. For some bird species the juvenile birds will look completely different than the adults such as the Spotted Towhee and Dark-eyed Junco. These juveniles along with some others look like an LBB (little brown bird) with no unique markings. Many identification guides only show the adult birds in breeding plumage when they look their best so it can be hard to identify the juveniles. One way is to observe the bird and watch whom it is associating but look at the shape, size and habits to help with the identification. There is one exception to using association to identify and that is the Brown-headed Cowbird. This species will lay their eggs in another birds nest and the host birds will do all the work. Juvenile Cowbird can be twice the size as their host parents.
If you are looking for a good online app to use try Merlin by The Cornell Lab.
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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 Springwood Park in Parksville on one of the Tuesday Bird Walks last May. Forty species were seen and heard:
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Coopers Hawk
Anna's Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Northwestern Crow
Bewick’s Wren
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
European Starling
Tree Swallow
Brown Creeper
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Townsend’s Warbler
Western Tanager
Spotted Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Brown-headed Cowbird
Red-winged Blackbird
Dark-eyed Junco
Black-headed Grosbeak
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
Pine Siskin
Photo: Spotted Towhee juvenile (R. Hocken)
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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