The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store
Nanaimo Bird Report
June 13, 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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Warbling Vireo (J. Morrison)
Tuesday June 11, 2024:
The Tuesday Bird Walk went to Springwood Park in Parksville. Weather was sunny with a few clouds, 16C. A few highlights from the walk were Great Horned Owl and young, Cedar Waxwings and MacGillivray’s Warbler.
11 birders saw and heard the following 35 species:
Bald Eagle
Turkey
Vulture
Great Horned
Owl
Rufous
Hummingbird
Pileated
Woodpecker
Red-breasted
Sapsucker
Warbling
Vireo
Western
Flycatcher
Willow
Flycatcher
Violet-green
Swallow
Common Raven
American Crow
Chestnut-backed
Chickadee
Red-breasted
Nuthatch
Brown
Creeper
Bushtit
Bewick’s
Wren
Pacific Wren
Swainson’s
Thrush
American
Robin
Cedar
Waxwing
Orange-crowned
Warbler
Yellow
Warbler
Yellow-rumped
Warbler
Black-throated
Gray Warbler
MacGillivray’s
Warbler
Black-headed
Grosbeak
Spotted
Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-crowned
Sparrow
Chipping
Sparrow
Red
Crossbill
House Finch
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
15 birders saw and heard the following 32 species:
Mallard
Turkey
Vulture
Barred
Owl
Rock
Dove
Band
Tailed Pigeon
Anna’s
Hummingbird
Pileated
Woodpecker
Northern
Flicker
Red-breasted
Sapsucker
Western
Flycatcher
Hutton’s
Vireo
Common
Raven
American
Crow
Chestnut-backed
Chickadee
Red-breasted
Nuthatch
Bushtit
Brown
Creeper
Bewick’s
Wren
Pacific
Wren
Golden-crowned
Kinglet
Swainson’s
Thrush
American
Robin
Cedar
Waxwing
Yellow-rumped
Warbler
Orange-crowned
Warbler
Yellow
Warbler
Spotted
Towhee
Song
Sparrow
Chipping
Sparrow
Dark-eyed
Junco
House
Finch
American Goldfinch
American Pipits made a quick visit to a backyard in Fanny Bay on Hwy 19A by the government wharf.
Saturday June 8, 2024:
Bullock’s Oriole was seen at Buttertubs Marsh by the fallen pine tree down the trail from the Jingle Pot entrance.
Friday June 7, 2024:
Evening Grosbeak was seen in a backyard in the Stephenson Point area.
Bullock Oriole (R. Hocken)
If you have any birds to report or need help identifying, just email or call the store, birding@thebackyard.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 16, 2024.
The Sunday Bird Walk will be going to Morden Colliery Provincial Park in south Nanaimo.
Meet at The Backyard Wildbird & Nature Store at 9:00am or at the end of Morden Road, off Hwy 19, in the park parking lot at 9:15am. Weather cooperating.
The Tuesday Bird Walk, June 18, 2024.
The
Tuesday Bird Walk will be going to the Little Qualicum Fish Hatchery
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 fish hatchery parking lot, off Claymore Road, at 9:10am. Weather Cooperating.
Good birding! Colin Bartlett
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