NANAIMO
BIRD REPORT
" EXPLORE NATURE---GO BIRDING"
To
report your sightings phone the Store at 250-390-3669 or e-mail us at
Please
remember, when reporting a sighting, to leave your name and phone number along
with the date, the species and location of your
sighting.
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Sunday,
July 06, 2014:
The
Sunday bird walk went to Hemer Park in Cedar. The morning was cloudy with light
showers but we did have a few sunny periods. We spotted a Barred Owl after we
spotted an American Robin mobbing him.
A
Western Tanager caught our attention as it flew into the bushes. We had great
looks at two Pacific-slope Flycatchers in the Cedar Trees.
Barred Owl: Ralph Hocken
Photo.
Three
birders saw and heard the following forty-one species:
Mallard,
Wood Duck, Hooded Merganser, Bald Eagle, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Barred Owl, Turkey
Vulture, Glaucous-winged Gull, Great Blue Heron, Rufous Hummingbird,
Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Willow Flycatcher, Northwestern Crow, Common Raven,
Violet-green Swallow, Tree Swallow, Purple Martin, Barn Swallow, Cliff
Swallow, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Brown Creeper,
Pacific Wren, Marsh Wren, Bewick’s Wren, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Swainson's
Thrush, American Robin, Cedar Waxwing, Orange-crowned Warbler, Wilson’s
Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Western Tanager, Spotted Towhee, Song Sparrow,
Dark-eyed Junco, European Starling, Red-winged Blackbird, American Goldfinch,
House Finch and House Sparrow.
Pacific-sloped
Flycatcher: Ralph Hocken Photo.
An
American Pipit was seen in a backyard in the Parkland subdivision in
Nanaimo.
Friday,
July 04:
Two
Greater Yellowlegs and forty Least and Western Sandpipers were seen on the mud
flats on the Plummer Road side of the Englishman River Estuary in
Parksville
.A
Western Tanager, a Cedar Waxwing, an American Goldfinch and a Black-headed
Grosbeak were seen at the Bluff in Linley Valley west.
Wednesday,
July 02:
Thirty-seven
American White Pelicans were seen flying over the south end of Chesterman Beach
in Tofino.
A
white Common Raven (who looks huge, because of his color) was seen flying just
west of the traffic circle at Memorial Drive and Rupert Street in Qualicum
Beach.
Tuesday,
July 01:
The
Tuesday bird walk went to Springwood Park in Parksville. The morning was very
warm but cooled in the forest. We saw and heard a Yellow-rumped Warbler as it
was feeding high up in the canapé. We watched a family of Chestnut-backed
Chickadees feeding high up near the top of the trees. Several Brown Creepers
were spotted climbing and feeding along the trunks of the trees. Willow
Flycatchers were singing from the top of the shrubs near the road. There were
Common Yellowthroats as we walked along the road.
Western
Tanager: Ralph Hocken Photo.
Fifteen
birders saw and heard the following thirty-eight species:
Turkey
Vulture, Bald Eagle, Glaucous-winged Gull, Band-tailed Pigeon, Anna's
Hummingbird, Rufous Hummingbird, Northern Flicker, Willow
Flycatcher, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Northwestern Crow,
Common Raven, Violet-green Swallow, Chestnut-backed
Chickadee, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Brown Creeper, Bewick's Wren, Pacific Wren,
Bushtit, Swainson's Thrush,
American
Robin, Cedar Waxwing, European Starling, Warbling Vireo, Yellow-rumped Warbler,
Orange-crowned Warbler, Yellow Warbler, McGillivray's Warbler, Common
Yellowthroat, Western Tanager, Spotted Towhee, Brown-headed Cowbird, Song
Sparrow, White-crowned
Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Black-headed Grosbeak, Purple Finch and American
Goldfinch.
Saturday,
June 28:
A
male and female Bullock’s Oriole was seen in the west marsh of Buttertubs Marsh
in Nanaimo.
Saturday,
June 21:
A
Spotted Sandpiper was seen in Biggs Park in Nanaimo.
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Everyone
is welcome to join us for a 2-3 hour bird walk on the Sunday and
Tuesday
mornings. We leave from the Store at 9 a.m. on Sunday Mornings and go to a
different location in and around Nanaimo and from the Parksville Beach Community
Park at 9 a.m. on Tuesdays and go to different areas in and around the Oceanside
area.
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The
Tuesday bird walk on July 09, 2014 will be going to the Shelly Road side of the
Englishman River Estuary in Parksville. Meet at Parksville Bay Community Park at
the parking lot near the Lion’s Playground at 9:00 a.m. or at end of Shelly Road
on the ocean side of highway 19a at about 9:10 a.m.
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The
Sunday bird walk on July 13, 2014 will be going to Neck Point in Nanaimo. Meet
at the Bird Store at 9:00 a.m. or the parking lot at Neck Point Park off Hammond
Bay Road at about 9:30 a.m.
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West
coast environment link--
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Good
birding
Neil Robins
THE BACKYARD WILDBIRD & NATURE STORE
6314
Metral Drive
Nanaimo B.C.
V9T-2L8
Phone: 250-390-3669
Fax:
250-390-1633
Email: thebackyard@shaw.ca
Blog:
www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com
