The Backyard Wildbird
and Nature Store
Nanaimo Bird Report
November 19, 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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Snowy Owl (R. Hocken)
Friday November 19, 2021:
Snowy Owl has been seen on top of Garden Works nursery in Nanaimo.
Thursday November 18, 2021:
About 24 Anna’s Hummingbirds have been visiting a feeder on San Perial Drive in Parksville. We have had a few reports of an increase in hummingbird activity and numbers at the feeders lately.
The Tuesday Bird Walk went to Columbia Beach in French Creek. The weather was sunny with a cool breeze. A few highlights from the walk were, Long-tailed Duck, Marbled and Ancient Murrelet, Common Murre, Dunlin and Black-bellied Plover. There was a lot of bird activity on the water but also a few porpoises.
10 Birders saw and heard the following 47 species:
Canada Goose
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
Black Scoter
White-wing Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow’s Goldeneye
Red-breasted Merganser
Common Merganser
Common Loon
Pacific Loon
Red-neck Grebe
Horned Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Bald Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk
killdeer
Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Dunlin
Bonaparte’s Gull
Short-billed Gull
California Gull
Thayer’s Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Common Murre
Ancient Murrelet
Marbled Murrelet
Rock Pigeon
Anna’s Hummingbird
American Crow
Steller’s Jay
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bushtit
Golden-crowned Kinglet
European Starling
Spotted Towhee
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Pine Siskin
House Sparrow
Sunday November 14, 2021:
The
Sunday Bird Walk was cancelled due to the heavy rain and winds.
Anna’s Hummingbird male (R. Hocken)
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, November 23, 2021
This
Tuesday Bird Walk will be going to Englishman River Estuary – Plummer 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 trail
head at Plummer Road and Shorewood Drive in Parksville at 9:10am.
The Sunday Bird Walk Cancelled this week
The Sunday Bird walk is cancelled this week but will
resume on November 28.
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
Website: www.thebackyard.ca
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