The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store
Nanaimo Bird Report
June 5, 2026
“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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American Dipper (John Morrison)
Tuesday June 2, 2026:
The Tuesday Bird Walk went to the Little Qualicum River Fish Hatchery in Qualicum Beach. Weather was sunny and 19C. A few highlights from the walk were American Dipper, Common Merganser, and Spotted Sandpiper seen in the river and a few Red-breasted Sapsuckers along the walk, or one that followed us around.
14 birders saw and heard the following 42 species:
Common Merganser
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Bald Eagle
Turkey Vulture
Spotted Sandpiper
Glaucous-winged Gull
Band-tailed Pigeon
Anna’s Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Western Flycatcher
Hammond’s Flycatcher
Willow’s Flycatcher
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Warbling Vireo
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Brown Creeper
Pacific Wren
House Wren
American Dipper
American Robin
Swainson’s Thrush
Cedar Waxwing
Orange-crowned Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Yellow Warbler
MacGillivray’s Warbler
Wilsons’s Warbler
Western Tanager
Black-headed Grosbeak
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Brown-headed Cowbird
Purple Finch
Pelagic Cormorant (Ralph Hocken)
Sunday May 31, 2026:
The Sunday Bird Walk went to Neck Point Park in Nanaimo. Weather was sunny and very windy on the water side, 12C, and tide was going out. A few highlights from the walk were Wood Duck in the ponds by the parking lot, Violet-green Swallow feeding low over the beach and a Yellow-rumped Warbler was heard at the parking lot.
13 birders, including a birder from the United Kingdom, saw and heard the following 28 species.
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Brant’s Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Glaucous-winged Gull
Rock Pigeon
Anna’s hummingbird
Western Flycatcher
Violet-green Swallow
Warbling Vireo
American Crow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Brown Creeper
Bewick’s Wren
Pacific Wren
American Robin
Swainson’s Thrush
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Brown-headed Cowbird
American Goldfinch
If you have any bird sightings 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, June 7, 2026:
Sunday Bird Walk will be going to Buttertubs Marsh, in Nanaimo.
Meet directly at the parking lot on Jingle Pot Road at 9:00am. Weather cooperating.
Tuesday Bird Walk, June 9, 2026:
Tuesday
Bird Walk will be going to the Shelly Road side of the Englishman River
Estuary in Parksville.
Meet at the parking lot located at the end of Shelly Road at 9:00 am. Weather cooperating.
Good birding! Colin Bartlett
