The Backyard Wildbird
and Nature Store
Nanaimo Bird Report
November 21, 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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Steller’s Jay (J. Morrison)
NOTICES
- The Sunday and Tuesday Bird Walks have been postponed until further notice. Please check www.thebirdstore.blogspot.ca for updates.
-
Access to the Nanaimo
River Estuary by Raines Road is closed due to Covid-19
concerns.
Tuesday November 17, 2020:
The Tuesday Bird Walk was going to Columbia Beach but was cancelled due to high winds and heavy rain.
Bufflehead (R. Hocken)
Sunday November 8, 2020:
The Sunday Bird Walk went to the Maki Road Trail. Weather was overcast with sunny breaks and was a cool day at 5 degrees. A few highlights on the walk were Cooper’s Hawk perched in the snag in the marsh, a mixed flock of Dunlin and Black-bellied Plovers on the sandbanks at the mouth of the Nanaimo River and a flock of Double-crested Cormorants flying over the Nanaimo Estuary. Trumpeter Swans were heard but not seen.
16 Birders saw and heard the following 46 species:
Trumpeter
Swan
Canada
Goose
American
Wigeon
Mallard
Northern
Pintail
Bufflehead
Common
Goldeneye
Barrow’s
Goldeneye
Common
Merganser
Hooded
Merganser
Double-crested
Cormorant
Great
Blue Heron
Northern
Harrier
Copper’s
Hawk
Red-tail
Hawk
Bald
Eagle
Dunlin
Black-bellied
Plover
Bonaparte’s
Gull
Mew
Gull
Thayer’s
Gull
California
Gull
Glaucous-winged
Gull
Anna's
Hummingbird
Belted
Kingfisher
Northern
Flicker
Pileated
Woodpecker
American
Crow
Common
Raven
Steller’s
Jay
Chestnut-backed
Chickadee
Red-breasted
Nuthatch
Bushtit
Pacific
Wren
Bewick’s
Wren
Ruby-crowned
Kinglet
American
Robin
Spotted Towhee
Song
Sparrow
Fox
Sparrow
Golden-crowned
Sparrow
Dark-eyed
Junco
Red-wing
Blackbird
Purple
Finch
Pine
Siskin
House Sparrow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (R. Hocken)
Sunday November 8, 2020:
A Snow Bunting was seen at Piper’s Lagoon, Nanaimo.
The Backyard Bird Walks
Our bird walks go out Sunday mornings in Nanaimo and
Tuesday mornings in Parksville and Qualicum Beach area, are easy walks that go
for two to three hours (back for lunch is the plan). Bring binoculars and a
field guide.
Please
check our blog (www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com) for any cancelations.
Covid-19 Precautions
·
Please
do not attend if you have traveled outside of Canada in the last 14 days.
·
Do
not attend if you have been sick or in contact with someone possibly sick in
the last 14 days.
·
Please
respect social distancing, 2 meters or 6 feet.
·
Wear
your mask when unable to maintain social distancing.
Thank you.
The Tuesday Bird Walk
SORRY
CANCELED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
The Sunday Bird Walk
SORRY
CANCELED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Good birding! Colin Bartlett
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