The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store
Nanaimo Bird Report
April 28, 2023
“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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Hermit Thrush
Tuesday April 25, 2023:
Report of Hermit Thrush seen along Hammond Bay Road in the woods near Pipers Pub.
The Tuesday birding group went to the Brant Viewing Stand in Qualicum Beach and the Little Qualicum Estuary. Weather was overcast, 8C to start and 11C at the finish. Highlights were a flock of Greater White-fronted Geese circling overhead before joining a lone Brant on a gravel bar, Horned and Red-necked Grebes in bright breeding plumage and a good showing of 15 waterfowl species.
Fifteen birders saw and/or heard the following 60 species:
Greater White-fronted Goose
Brant
Canada Goose
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
Black Scoter
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
California Quail
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Black Oystercatcher
Greater Yellowlegs
Black Turnstone
Dunlin
Wilson’s Snipe
Bonaparte's Gull
Short-billed Gull
California Gull
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Marbled Murrelet
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Anna's Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
American Crow
Common Raven
Violet-green Swallow
Barn Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bushtit
American Robin
European Starling
American Pipit
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
House Finch
Savanah Sparrow (J. Morrison)
Sunday April 23, 2023:
The Sunday Bird Walk went to Maki Road Trail in south Nanaimo. Weather was overcast and 7C. highlights were Greater White-fronted Geese flying over, Orange-crowned Warblers singing, and a few Greater Yellowlegs calling.
Twenty birders saw and heard 58 species.
Greater White-fronted Goose
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Common Merganser
Hooded Merganser
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Merlin
American Coot
Dunlin
Black-bellied Plover
Greater Yellowlegs
Short-billed Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Rufous Hummingbird
Anna’s Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Hutton’s Vireo
Common Raven
American Crow
Violet-green Swallow
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Bewick’s Wren
Pacific Wren
Bushtit
Ruby-crowned kinglet
American Robin
Hermit Thrush
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Western Tanager
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
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Brown-headed Cowbird (J. Morrison)
The bird activity is very busy now, with the return of Rufous Hummingbirds, White-crowned Sparrow, swallows and more. Watch for Western Tanagers, Hermit Thrush, Wilson’s Warblers and Black-headed Grosbeaks returning to your backyard.
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, May 2, 2023
The Tuesday Bird Walk will be going to Springwood Park, Parksville.
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 Despard Avenue at 9:10. Weather cooperating.
The Sunday Bird Walk, April 30, 2023
This week’s Sunday Bird Walk will be going to Legacy Marsh in upper Lantzville.
Meet at The Backyard Wildbird & Nature Store at 9:00am or at the corner of Normarel Drive and Sywash Ridge Road at 9:10am. Normarel Drive is located near the top of Superior Road, Lantzville. 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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