The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store
Nanaimo Bird Report
April 11, 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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Red-necked Grebe (R. Hocken)
Tuesday April 9, 2024:
The Tuesday Bird Walk went to Columbia Beach in French Creek. Weather was sunny with a steady breeze on the water. 9C and the tide was out. A few highlights from the walk were Black-bellied Plover in breeding plumage, Greater Yellowlegs, a Bald Eagle on the nest and Anna’s Hummingbirds.
11 birders saw and heard the following 44 species:
Brant
American Wigeon
Mallard
Surf Scoter
Bufflehead
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Common Loon
Red-necked Grebe
Pelagic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Killdeer
Black Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Greater Yellowlegs
Short-billed Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared Dove
Anna’s Hummingbird
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Violet-green Swallow
Common Raven
American Crow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bewick’s Wren
Pacific Wren
American Robin
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
House Finch
Pine Siskin
House Sparrow
Marsh Wren (R. Hocken
Sunday April 7, 202
Virginia Rail was seen and heard at Divers Lake in the southwest corner by the small marsh.
The Sunday Bird Walk went to Buttertubs Marsh in Nanaimo. Weather started off sunny and calm but ended with a steady rain shower, 8C. A few highlights from the walk were Virgina Rail, Rufous Hummingbird, Northern Rough-winged Swallow and Purple Martin.
16 birders heard and saw the following 45 species:
Canda Goose
Mallard
Wood Duck
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Cooper’s Hawk
Bald Eagle
Virginia Rail
Eurasian Collared Dove
Rufous Hummingbird
Anna’s Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Downy Woodpecker
Violet-green Swallow
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Purple Martin
Common Raven
American Crow
Steller’s Jay
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bushtit
Bewick’s Wren
Marsh Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Varied Thrush
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Brewer’s Blackbird
Red-winged Blackbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Pine Siskin
House Sparrow
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, April 14, 2024.
The Sunday Bird Walk will be going to Maki Road Trail in south Nanaimo.
Meet at The Backyard Wildbird & Nature Store at 9:00am or meet at the end of Maki Road, by Living Forest Campground, at 9:15 am. Weather cooperating.
The Tuesday Bird Walk, April 16, 2024.
The
Tuesday Bird Walk will be Going to Little Qualicum Fish Hatchery, located
in Qualicum Beach.
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 Little Qualicum Fish Hatchery on Claymore Road, located off Laburnum Road, Qualicum Beach about 9:15am. Weather Cooperating.
Good birding! Colin Bartlett
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