The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store
Nanaimo Bird Report
November 16, 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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Long-tailed Duck (J. Morrison)
Tuesday November 14, 2023:
The Blue Jay is still visiting the feeders at Bird Sanctuary Drive and Rockland Road in Nanaimo.
The Tuesday Bird Walk went to Columbia Beach in French Creek. Weather was sunny, light wind, 3C and tide was high and going out. A few highlights from the walk were Western Grebe, Greater Yellowlegs that were nice and close to see and a large flock of Long-tailed Ducks out on the water.
11 birders saw and heard the following 48 species:
American Wigeon
Mallard
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Common Loon
Pacific Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Western Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Killdeer
Black Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Dunlin
Black Turnstone
Greater Yellowlegs
Short-billed Gull
California Gull
Thayer’s Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Marbled Murrelet
Eurasian Collared Dove
Anna’s Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Common Raven
American Crow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
American Robin
European Starling
Spotted Towhee
Golden-crowned Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
House Finch
Pine Siskin
House Sparrow
Juvenile Cooper’s Hawk (R. Hocken)
Sunday November 12, 2023:
The Sunday Bird Walk went to the Nanoose Estuary at the end of Nanoose Beach Road. The weather was cloudy with a strong wind, 8C, tide was high and going out. A few highlights from the walk were Eurasian Wigeon, Dunlin put on a good show as we started out and we watched as an Anna’s Hummingbird put the run on a Dark-eyed Junco.
11 birders saw and heard the following 32 species:
Canada Goose
American Wigeon
Eurasian Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
White-winged Scoter
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Red-breasted Merganser
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Copper’s Hawk
Bald Eagle
Black Oystercatcher
Dunlin
Short-billed Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Anna’s Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Common Raven
American Crow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bushtit
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
Spotted Towhee
Golden-crowned Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
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 Sunday Bird Walk, November 19, 2023
The Sunday Bird Walk will be going to Buttertubs Marsh in Nanaimo.
Meet at The Backyard Wildbird & Nature Store at 9:00am or at the parking lot by Jingle Pot and 3rd Street, at 9:10am. Weather cooperating.
The Tuesday Bird Walk, November 21, 2023
The Tuesday Bird Walk will be going to Rathtrevor Provicial Park in 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 main parking lot by the beach entrance, at 9:10am. Weather Cooperating.
Good birding! Colin Bartlett
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