The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store

 The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store

Nanaimo Bird Report

March 27, 2025
“EXPLORE NATURE” --- GO BIRDING:
To report your sightings phone the Store at 250-390-3669 or e-mail us at birding@thebackyard.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 (J. Morrison)

Wednesday March 26, 2025:

Yellow-rumped Warbler was heard singing at 10:30 this morning near the Little Qualicum River Falls RP trail head parking lot off Meadowood.

TUESDAY March 25, 2025:

The Tuesday Bird Walk went to the Shelly Road side of the Englishman River Estuary in Parksville. Weather was cloudy, 10c, and tide was going out. A few highlights from the walk were three Greater Yellowlegs right in front of us, along with a pair of Red Crossbills feeding in a stump right beside the trail for us to watch. Northern Shrike was seen in the field and a Barred Owl was seen and heard as one of the birders was near the parking lot.

14 birders saw and heard the following 61 species:

Brant

Canada Goose

Gadwall

American Wigeon

Eurasian Wigeon

Mallard

Northern Pintail

Surf Scoter

White-winged Scoter

Bufflehead

Common Goldeneye

Common Merganser

Red-breasted Merganser

Common Loon

Pacific Loon

Horned Grebe

Red-necked Grebe

Pelagic Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Bald Eagle

Killdeer

Black Oystercatcher

Greater Yellowlegs

Dunlin

Short-billed Gull

Thayer’s Gull

California Gull

Glaucous-winged Gull

Barred Owl

Eurasian Collared Dove

Anna’s Hummingbird

Belted Kingfisher

Downy 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

Northern Shrike

American Robin

Varied Thrush

European Starling

Spotted Towhee

Song Sparrow

Fox Sparrow

Lincoln’s Sparrow

Golden-crowned Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Red-winged Blackbird

Red Crossbill

House Finch

Purple Finch

Pine Siskin

Yellow-rumped Warbler - Audubon (R. Hocken)

Sunday March 23, 2025:

The Sunday Bird Walk was canceled due to the weather.

Birding Notes:

The 2025 Brant Wildlife Festival, hosted by the Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Region, will take place from Friday April 4th through Monday April 7th. Make sure to check out our calendar of events at https://brantfestival.bc.ca/event-calendar/

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.

Sunday Bird Walk, March 30, 2025.

The Sunday Bird Walk will be going to Maki Road Trail in Nanaimo.

Meet at The Backyard Wildbird & Nature Store at 9:00 am or at the end of Maki Road, parking by Living Forest Campground (by Rona in south Nanaimo) at 9:15 am. Weather cooperating.

Tuesday Bird Walk, April 1, 2025.

The Tuesday Bird Walk will be making the trip a little farther north, going to Deep Bay.

We will meet directly at the parking lot by the Deep Bay Marina at 9:00 am. Weather Cooperating.

Good birding! Colin Bartlett