The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store

 

The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store

Nanaimo Bird Report

March 17, 2022

“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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Brant (R. Hocken)

Tuesday March 15, 2022:

The Tuesday Bird Walk went to Rathtrevor Provincial Park in Parksville. The weather was sunny, with a light cool breeze and the tide was going out. Highlights from the walk were Brant, a lone Black Oystercatcher nearby that provide a good view, Common and Pacific Loons that were changing to breeding plumage and a Red-necked Grebe.

13 birders saw and heard the following 46 species:

Brant

Canada Goose

American Wigeon

Mallard

Northern Pintail

Surf Scoter

White-winged Scoter

Long-tailed Duck

Bufflehead

Common Goldeneye

Common Merganser

Red-breasted Merganser

Common Loon

Pacific Loon

Horned Grebe

Red-necked Grebe

Double-crested Cormorant

Pelagic Cormorant

Bald Eagle

Black Oystercatcher

Killdeer

Dunlin

Short-billed Gull

Iceland (Thayer’s) Gull

Glaucous-winged Gull

Common Murre

Anna’s Hummingbird

Northern Flicker

Pileated Woodpecker

Common Raven

American Crow

Chestnut-backed chickadee

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Bewick’s Wren

Pacific Wren

Brown Creeper

Golden-crowned Kinglet

American Robin

Varied Thrush

European Starling

Spotted Towhee

Song Sparrow

Golden-crowned Sparrow

Dark-eye Junco

Purple Finch

Pine Siskin

Yellow-rumped Warbler (R. Hocken)

Monday March 12, 2022:

A report of a Yellow-rumped Warbler was seen at Buttertubs Marsh.

Sunday March 13, 2022:

Our first report of a Rufous Hummingbird was seen on Gabriola Island.

Unfortunately, there was no Sunday Bird Walk this week.

Rufous Hummingbird (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, March 22, 2022

This Tuesday Bird Walk will be going to Nanoose Bay Estuary.

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 parking area at the end of Nanoose Beach Road (off the Island Hwy) by the beach entrance at 9:10. Weather Cooperating

The Sunday Bird Walk, March 20, 2022

The Sunday Bird walk will be going to Buttertubs Marsh.

Meet at The Backyard Wildbird & Nature Store at 9:00am or at the end of Buttertubs Drive in Nanaimo at 9:10 am. Weather Cooperating

Good birding! Colin Bartlett