The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store

 The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store

Nanaimo Bird Report

May 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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Wood Duck (R. Hocken)

Tuesday May 28, 2024:

The Tuesday Bird Walk was planned to go to Springwood Park in Parksville this week but was canceled again due to wet weather we thought was going to happen.

A flock of 30 plus Black Swifts were seen high over Piper’s Lagoon.

Western Wood-Pewee was heard singing in the trees near MacGillivray Avenue and Harrison Way on Gabriola Island.

Monday May 27, 2024:

3 Evening Grosbeaks were seen in a backyard feeder at the Seabreeze modular home park on Maki Road, Nanaimo.

Sunday May 26, 2024:

The Sunday Bird Walk went to Legacy Marsh in upper Lantzville. Weather was overcast and threatening to rain but never did, 10C. A few highlights from the walk were a quick view of a MacGillivray’s Warbler, a good look at a couple of Cedar Waxwings, and Black-headed Grosbeak.

8 birders saw and heard the following 41 species:

Wood Duck

Mallard

Turkey Vulture

Pied-billed Grebe

Eurasian Collared Dove

Rufous Hummingbird

Anna’s Hummingbird

Northern Flicker

Red-breasted Sapsucker

Warbling Vireo

Cassin’s Vireo

Hammond’s Flycatcher

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Western Flycatcher

Willow Flycatcher

Barn Swallow

Common Raven

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Brown Creeper

Pacific Wren

American Robin

Swainson’s Thrush

Cedar Waxwing

Townsend’s Warbler

Black-throated Gray Warbler

Orange-crowned Warbler

Wilson’s Warber

Yellow Warbler

MacGillivray’s Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Western Tanager

Black-headed Grosbeak

Spotted Towhee

Chipping Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Red-winged Blackbird

Purple Finch

American Goldfinch

Pine Siskin

Sunday May 19, 2024:

Cedar Waxwings were seen at Diver’s Lake, Nanaimo, at the east marsh area.

Cedar Waxwing (S. Petersen)

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, June 2, 2024.

The Sunday Bird Walk will be going to Bowen Park in Nanaimo.

Meet at The Backyard Wildbird & Nature Store at 9:00am or at the upper parking lot near the main entrance at 9:15am. Weather cooperating.

The Tuesday Bird Walk, June 4, 2024.

The Tuesday Bird Walk will be going to the Shelly Road side of the Englishman River Estuary 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 Shelly Road about 9:10am. Weather Cooperating.

Good birding! Colin Bartlett