The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store
Nanaimo Bird Report
October 20, 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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Wednesday October 20, 2021:
2 Redhead and a Canvasback were seen on Diver’s Lake in Nanaimo.
Tuesday October 19, 2021:
The Tuesday Bird Walk went to Little Qualicum River Estuary with a stop at the Brant viewing hut first. The weather was good with light clouds, some sunny breaks and a light breeze. Some highlights from the walk were, Western Grebe, marbled Murrelet, Rhinoceros Auklet and a Downy Woodpecker easily visible in a tree by the parking lot. Interest no Steller’s Jays were heard.
12 Birders saw and heard the following 52 species:
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Harlequin Duck
Northern Shoveler
Greater Scaup
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Common Merganser
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Red-necked Grebe
Horned Grebe
Western Grebe
Pelagic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Bald Eagle
Killdeer
Black Turnstone
Dunlin
Black Oystercatcher
Bonaparte’s Gull
Short-billed Gull
Thayer’s Gull
Herring Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Marbled Murrelet
Rhinoceros Auklet
Eurasian Collared Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Crow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Brewer’s Blackbird
Red-winged Blackbird
Pine Siskin
Tuesday October 19, 2021:
A Redhead was seen at Diver’s Lake in Nanaimo, past the fishing dock in the southeast corner.
Redhead (R. Hocken)
Sunday October 17, 2021:
The Sunday Bird Walk went to the Nanaimo River Estuary. The weather was good, cloudy with sunny breaks, a light breeze, and no rain. A few highlights from the walk were a flock of 40+ Snow Geese flying in formation overhead. A Wilson’s Snipe made a fly past, and a juvenile Norther Shrike was harassing a flock of White-crowned and Golden-crowned Sparrows. We did not see a Northern Harrier on the walk but one was seen later.
10 birders saw and heard the following 38 species:
Snow
Goose
American
Wigeon
Mallard
Northern
Pintail
Green-winged
Teal
Common
Merganser
Pied-billed
Grebe
Great
Blue Heron
Bald
Eagle
Merlin
Wilson’s
Snipe
Short-billed
Gull
California
Gull
Glaucous-winged
Gull
Belted
Kingfisher
Downy
Woodpecker
Northern
Flicker
Northern
Shrike
Common
Raven
American
Crow
Steller’s
Jay
Chestnut-backed
Chickadee
Bewick’s
Wren
Ruby-crowned
Kinglet
American
Robin
European
Starling
Spotted
Towhee
Fox
Sparrow
Song
Sparrow
Savannah
Sparrow
Golden-crowned
Sparrow
White-crowned
Sparrow
Dark-eyed
Junco
Brewer’s
Blackbird
Red-winged
Blackbird
House
Finch
Purple
Finch
American Goldfinch
Sunday October 17, 2021:
A Northern Harrier
was seen at the parking lot of the Nanaimo River Estuary being chased by a
raven.
Friday October 15, 2021:
Hermit Thrush was seen at Diver’s Lake, 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. 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, October 26, 2021
This
Tuesday Bird Walk will be going to Englishman River Estuary, Shelley 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 the Shelley Road in Parksville at 9:10 am, weather cooperating.
The Sunday Bird Walk October 24, 2021
The Sunday Bird walk will be going to the Neck Point Park.
Meet at The Backyard Wildbird & Nature Store at 9:00am or at Neck Point parking lot at 9:10 am. Weather pending.
Good birding! Colin Bartlett
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