The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store
Nanaimo Bird Report
September 21, 2021
“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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Parasitic Jaeger (R. Hocken)
Tuesday September 21:
The Tuesday Bird Walk went to Deep Bay. The weather was sunny with some cloud and the tide was out. A few highlights from the walk were watching a few Parasitic Jaegers chasing Bonaparte Gulls, lots of Red-necked Grebes, and a Peregrine Falcon that flew over at the beginning of the walk.
12 Birders saw and heard the following 44 species:
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
Black Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Common Loon
Pacific Loon
Red-necked Grebe
Horned Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Turkey Vulture
Peregrine Falcon
Killdeer
Black Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Black Turnstones
Western Sandpiper
Parasitic Jaeger
Bonaparte Gull
Mew Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Pigeon Guillemot
Marbled Murrelet
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared Dove
Anna’s Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
American/Northwestern
Crow
Steller’s Jay
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
American Robin
American Pipit
European Starling
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
House Finch
House Sparrow
Sunday September 19, 2021:
The Sunday Bird Walk went to Neck Point Park. The weather was cloudy with showers and a few sunny breaks. The birding was a little quiet and not to much activity on the water. A few highlights were a couple of Turkey Vultures that flew low and close to us on the board walk, heard and saw a Western Tanager and Golden-crowned Kinglets.
5 Birders saw and heard the following 29 species:
Surf
Scoter
Horned
Grebe
Double-crested
Cormorant
Pelagic
Cormorant
Great
Blue Heron
Cooper’s
Hawk
Turkey
Vulture
Black
Oystercatcher
Black
Turnstone
Bonaparte’s
Gull
Mew Gull
California
Gull
Glaucous-winged
Gull
Anna’s
Hummingbird
Northern
Flicker
Common
Raven
American/Northwestern
Crow
Steller’s
Jay
Chestnut-backed
Chickadee
Red-breasted
Nuthatch
Brown
Creeper
Bewick’s
Wren
Golden-crowned
Kinglet
Ruby-crowned
Kinglet
European
Starling
Western
Tanager
Spotted
Towhee
Song
Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Monday September 20, 2021:
8 Sandhill Cranes were seen in the Hilliers Estate Farm field just off Hilliers Road N in Qualicum Beach.
Sunday September 19, 2021:
4 Common Snipe were seen at Buttertubs Marsh.
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. The
walks are weather pending.
Please check our blog (www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com) for any cancelations.
Covid-19 Precautions
·
Do not attend if you feel ill.
·
Please respect social distancing, 2 meters or 6
feet.
·
Wear your mask when unable to maintain social
distancing.
Thank you.
The Tuesday Bird Walk, September 28, 2021
This
Tuesday Bird Walk will be going to Englishman River Estuary – Shelly Road.
Meet at the Parksville Tourist Information Center parking lot, located by Hwy 19A, Northwest Bay Road and Franklin’s Gull Road in Parksville, at 9:00 am or meet at the end of Shelly Road at 9:10.
The Sunday Bird Walk September 26, 2021
This Sunday Bird Walk will be going to Nanoose Bay
Estuary in Nanoose Bay.
Meet at The Backyard Wildbird & Nature Store at 9:00am or at the end of Nanoose Beach Road at 9:15 am. Weather pending.
Good birding! Colin Bartlett
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