The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store
Nanaimo Bird Report
October 8, 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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Peregrine Falcon (R. Hocken)
Tuesday October 8, 2024:
The Tuesday Bird Walk went to the Shelly Road side of the Englishman River Estuary in Parksville. The weather was overcast with a light shower and ended in the sun at 14C. A few highlights from the walk were a Peregrine Falcon perch atop a tree, two Greater Yellowlegs flew in close on the shore and a flock of Cedar Waxwings were hanging out at the Mill Street entrance.
11 birders saw and heard the following 47 species:
Canada Goose
American
Wigeon
Eurasian
Wigeon
Mallard
Harlequin
Duck
Surf Scoter
Common
Merganser
Common Loon
Pacific Loon
Red- necked
Grebe
Great Blue
Heron
Bald Eagle
Cooper’s
Hawk
Peregrine
Falcon
Killdeer
Greater
Yellowlegs
Short-bill Gull
California
Gull
Glaucous-winged
Gull
Common Murre
Anna’s
Hummingbird
Belted
Kingfisher
Pileated
Woodpecker
Northern
Flicker
Common Raven
American
Crow
Chestnut-backed
Chickadee
Red-breasted
Nuthatch
Brown
Creeper
Bushtit
Pacific Wren
Bewick’s
Wren
Ruby-crowned
Kinglet
Golden-crowned
Kinglet
American Robin
Cedar
Waxwing
European
Starling
Spotted
Towhee
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s
Sparrow
White-crowned
Sparrow
Golden-crowned
Sparrow
Dark-eyed
Junco
Red
Crossbill
House Finch
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
Monday October 6, 2024:
Great Horned Owl was heard calling in the hospital area on Cresent View Drive and Forest Drive.
American Kestrel (R. Hocken)
Sunday October 6, 2024:
The Sunday Bird Walk went to Buttertubs Marsh in Nanaimo. Weather was overcast with sun and 15C. Highlights from the walk was an American kestrel that was perched atop the dead snags along the dyke, great views of a Pileated Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker and a Red-breasted Sapsucker that were working the trees right beside the group during the walk.
13 birders saw and heard the following 45 species:
Canada Goose
Wood duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Hooded Merganser
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
American Kestrel
Killdeer
American Coot
Virginia Rail
Glaucous-winged Gull
Band-tailed Pigeon
Anna’s Hummingbird
Northern Flicker
Downy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Common Raven
American Crow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Bewick’s Wren
Marsh Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Pipit
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
House Finch
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Steller’s Jay was seen in a backyard on Honeysuckle Terrace in Nanaimo.
Saturday October 5, 2024:
Great Horned Owl was heard calling in the area of Forest Drive and Crescent View Drive Nanaimo.
Wednesday October 2, 2024:
Western Meadowlark was seen at Pipers Lagoon in Nanaimo.
Birding Notes:
Who’s new in the backyard this week. At my house a Steller’s
Jay arrived and has been seen for a few days now. Hopefully it will stay a
while for the peanuts, although it better be quick before the squirrels find
the peanuts. There has been a Barred Owl regularly hanging out in my backyard the
past month but this week I have been hearing a Great Horned Owl now calling and
the Barred Owl has either left or is very quiet.
The bird feeders are a little busier with more sparrows
arriving and the House Finch and a few American Goldfinch are steady visitors
at the bird feeders with the sunflower chip.
The chickadees have been quiet at the feeders lately,
must be a good crop of natural seed, but the Bushtits have been busy visiting
the suet feeder, along with the Northern Flickers and Downy Woodpeckers.
Birds to watch for in the backyard, Fox, Song and Golden-crowned Sparrows.
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, October 13, 2024.
The Sunday Bird Walk is CANCELLED this Thanksgiving long weekend.
The Tuesday Bird Walk, October 15, 2024.
The
Tuesday Bird Walk will be going to the Little Qualicum River Estuary
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 Brant viewing stand on HWY19A, between Crescent Road W and Beach Terrace, at 9:15am. We will then go to the estuary meeting at the end of Surfside Drive about 9:45am. Weather cooperating.
Good birding! Colin Bartlett
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