The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store
Nanaimo Bird Report
November 30, 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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Tuesday November 30, 2021:
The Tuesday Bird Walk was to go to the Little Qualicum River Estuary but was canceled due to the weather, which turned out to be nicer and forecasted.
Here is a list of 52 birds seen at Little Qualicum River Estuary on November 12, 2019:
Canada Geese
American Widgeon
Mallard
Green-winged Teal
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-wing Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Barrow’s Goldeneye
Common Goldeneye
Red-breasted Merganser
Common Merganser
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Red-necked Grebe
Horned Grebe
Pelagic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Copper’s Hawk
Merlin
Killdeer
Black Turnstone
Black Bellied Plover
Black Oystercatcher
Bonaparte’s Gull
Mew Gull
Thayer’s Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Pigeon Guillemot
Common Murre
Marbled Murrlets
Eurasian-collared Dove
Anna’s Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Northern Shrike
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Brewer’s Blackbird
Red-winged Blackbird
House Finch
Sunday November 28, 2021:
The Sunday Bird Walk was canceled due to weather and again the weather was nicer that forecasted. Two birders did go out and the weather was light shower, light breeze and it was almost high tide. A few highlights were, Eurasian Wigeon, Trumpeter Swans and a Pigeon Guillemot.
33 species were seen and heard:
Trumpeter Swan
Mallard
Bufflehead
American Wigeon
Eurasian Wigeon
Green-winged Teal
Northern Pintail
Common Goldeneye
Horned Grebe
Common Loon
Pelagic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Short-billed Gull
Thayer’s Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Pigeon Guillemot
Anna’s Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
American Crow
Common Raven
Steller’s Jay
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bewick’s Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Spotted Towhee
Dark-eyed Junco
Song Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Pine Siskin
Sunday November 28, 2021:
Townsend’s Warbler continues to be a backyard visitor to a suet feeder and two Barred Owls were heard calling in the early evening at the same location on Honeysuckle Terrace in Nanaimo.
(S. Germain)
Seen in Port Alberni on Wallace Street visiting a backyard suet feeder.
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
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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, DECEMBER 7, 2021
This
Tuesday Bird Walk will be going to Deep Bay.
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 marina parking lot at 9:20 am. Weather Cooperating.
The Sunday Bird Walk, December 5, 2021
The Sunday Bird walk will be going to the Nanoose Bay Estuary, again.
Meet at The Backyard Wildbird & Nature Store at 9:00am or at the end of Nanoose Beach Road off of Arlington Road and the island highway in Nanoose at 9:15 am. Weather Cooperating
Good birding! Colin Bartlett
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