The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store
Nanaimo Bird Report
March 29, 2024
“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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Merlin (R. Hocken)
Friday March 29, 2024:
A Merlin has returned to Forest Park neighbourhood in the hospital area.
A female Rufous Hummingbird was also reported in the hospital area.
Tuesday March 26, 2024:
The Tuesday Bird Walk went to Rathtrevor Provincial Park in Parksville. Weather was cloudy with light showers to start but cleared up to a sunshine by the end of the walk. Temperature was 6C, winds were calm and the tide was going out but only to 3.7m. A few highlight from the water were Western Grebes in the middle of the strait, a male Rufous Hummingbird displaying, and a few Pigeon Guillemot on the water.
13 birders saw and heard the following 53 species:
Brant
Canada Goose
American Wigeon
Mallard
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Bufflehead
Common Merganser
Red-necked Merganser
California Quail
Common Loon
Pacific Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Western Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Bald Eagle
Black Oystercatcher
Dunlin
Black-bellied Plover
Bonaparte's Gull
Short-billed Gull
Thayer’s Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Common Murre
Pigeon Guillemot
Anna’s Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Common Raven
American Crow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Bushtit
Brown Creeper
Bewick’s Wren
Pacific Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Yellow-rumped Warbler
European Starling
Spotted Towhee
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
House Finch
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
Red-breasted Sapsucker (R. Hocken)
Sunday March 24, 2024:
The Sunday Bird Walk went to Legacy Marsh in upper Lantzville. Weather was sunny but also foggy to start. Temperature was 1C and no wind. A few highlights from the walk were great views of a few Red-breasted Sapsuckers during the walk, Hutton’s Vireo, and a visit by a Merlin and Turkey Vulture.
13 birders saw and heard the following 32 species:
Wood Duck
Mallard
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Turkey Vulture
Merlin
Anna’s Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Northern Flicker
Hutton’s Vireo
Common Raven
Steller’s Jay
Tree Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Bewick’s Wren
Pacific Wren
Marsh Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
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, March 31, 2024.
There will be NO Sunday Bird Walk this Easter Sunday.
The Tuesday Bird Walk, April 2, 2024.
The Tuesday Bird Walk will be going to Springwood 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 end of Despard Avenue and Chestnut Street at 9:10am. Weather Cooperating.
Good birding! Colin Bartlett
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