The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store
Nanaimo Bird Report
October 12, 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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Greater White-fronted Goose (R. Hocken)
Tuesday October 11, 2022:
The Tuesday Bird Walk went up to the Little Qualicum River Estuary with a stop at the Brant viewing stand. The weather was sunny, winds calm, tide going out and 15 degrees. A few highlights from the walk were, a Greater White-fronted Goose that flew low right in front of the viewing platform following a group of Canada Geese, a Yellow-billed Loon near the mouth of the river, and a small flock of 6 Brant flying up the strait. We also saw a pod of Orcas moving south and two Humpback Whales which look to be feeding.
12 birders saw and heard the following 54 bird species:
Brant
Canada Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
American Wigeon
Mallard
Green-winged Teal
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Common Loon
Pacific Loon
Yellow-billed Loon
Red-necked Grebe
Horned Grebe
Western Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Red-tailed Hawk
Bald Eagle
Cooper’s Hawk
Killdeer
Black Oystercatcher
Black Turnstone
Least Sandpiper
Baird’s Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Bonaparte’s Gull
Short-billed Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Thayer’s Gull
California Gull
Common Murre
Eurasian Collared Dove
Anna’s Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Common Raven
American Crow
American Robin
European Starling
Golden-crowned Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer’s Blackbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
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Sunday October 9, 2022
The Sunday Bird Walk was cancelled for the Thanksgiving Weekend.
A lone Turkey Vulture was seen soaring by the cliffs on Gabriola Island.
Monday October 10, 2022:
Varied Thrush was heard and seen on Gabriola Island.
If you have any birds to report or need help identifying, just email or call the store, thebackyard@shaw.ca or 250-390-3669, toll-free 1-888-808-BIRD (2473).
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.
The Tuesday Bird Walk, October 18, 2022
The
Tuesday Bird Walk will be Going to Columbia Beach in French Creek.
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 on Admiral Tryon Blvd, off Columbia Drive and Hwy 19A, at 9:15. Weather cooperating.
The Sunday Bird Walk, October 16, 2022
This week’s Sunday Bird Walk will be going to Buttertubs
Marsh in Nanaimo.
Meet at The Backyard Wildbird & Nature Store at 9:00am or at the marsh entrance at the end of Buttertubs Drive off Bowen Road at 9:15 am. Weather cooperating.
For cancelled bird walks due to weather, please check The Backyard blog at www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com on the day of the bird walk. A notice will be up before 8:00am if there is a cancelation.
Good birding! Colin Bartlett
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