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The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store

Nanaimo Bird Report

April 19, 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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Mountain Bluebird (J. Morrison) 

Tuesday April 18, 2023:

Report of Mountain Bluebirds seen at the Englishman River Estuary in Parksville.

The Tuesday Bird Walk did not go out this week, but here is a list of birds from a walk at the Englishman River Estuary, Shelly Road, on April 26, 2022. 71 species seen and heard.

Brant

Canada Goose

Gadwall

American Wigeon

Mallard

Northern Shoveler

Green-winged Teal

Harlequin Duck

Common Merganser

Red-breasted Merganser

California Quail

Double-crested Cormorant

Pelagic Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Turkey Vulture

Bald Eagle

Coopers Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Merlin

American Kestrel

Virginia Rail

Black-bellied Plover

Killdeer

Dunlin

Bonaparte’s Gull

Short-billed Gull

California Gull

Glaucous-winged Gull

Eurasian Collared Dove

Anna’s Hummingbird

Rufous Hummingbird

Belted Kingfisher

Pileated Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Red-breasted Sapsucker

Hammond’s Flycatcher

American Crow

Common Raven

Violet-green Swallow

Tree Swallow

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Brown Creeper

Bewick’s Wren

Pacific Wren

Bushtit

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Golden-crowned Kinglet

American Dipper

Townsend’s Solitaire

American Robin

Hermit Thrush

European Starling

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Orange-crowned Warbler

Black-throated Gray Warbler

Townsend’s Warbler

Spotted Towhee

Song Sparrow

Golden-crowned Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow

Lincoln’s Sparrow

Savanah Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Brewer’s Blackbird

House Finch

Purple Finch

Pine Siskin

American Goldfinch

Brown Creeper (R. Hocken)

Sunday April 16, 2023:

The Sunday Bird Walk went to Morrell Wildlife Sanctuary on Nanaimo Lakes Road in Nanaimo. The weather was cloudy and wet, with steady rain to start but stopped near the end of the walk. It was a little quiet with the weather, but we enjoyed watching Yellow-rumped Warblers, Wood Ducks and Anna’s Hummingbird.

6 dedicated birders saw and heard 21 species.

Canada Goose

Wood Duck

Mallard

Common Goldeneye

Anna’s Hummingbird

Northern Flicker

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Brown Creeper

Pacific Wren

Ruby-crowned kinglet

American Robin

Varied Thrush

Hermit Thrush

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Townsend’s Warbler

Spotted Towhee

Song Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Red Crossbill

Purple Finch

Saturday April 15, 2023:

Yellow-rumped Warblers were seen at Oliver Woods Park in Nanaimo.

Yellow-rumped Warbler (J. Morrison)

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, April 25, 2023

Unfortunately, this Tuesday Bird Walk will be CANCELLED.

The Sunday Bird Walk, April 23, 2023

This week’s Sunday Bird Walk will be going to Maki Road Trail in south Nanaimo.

Meet at The Backyard Wildbird & Nature Store at 9:00am or at the end of Maki Road, located off of HWY 19A, by the Living Forest Campground 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