NANAIMO BIRD REPORT “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 and location of your sighting.
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Sunday, May 03, 2015:
The Sunday
bird walk went to Bowen Park in Nanaimo. The morning was warm in the sunshine
and much cooler in the forest. The highlights included a close look at a Cassin’s
Vireo singing just off the trail. A Pacific-slope Flycatcher flew down and
perched on a branch above us for a few minutes. We heard a Barred Owl calling,
but we were not able to find the owl. We watched a Anna's Hummingbird fly catch
twice during the morning a very neat sighting.
Anna’s Hummingbird: Ralph Hocken Photo.
Twelve birders saw and heard the following twenty-five species:
Mallard
Bald Eagle
Barred Owl
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Anna's Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Northern
Flicker
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Bewick's Wren
Pacific Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Brown Creeper
American
Robin
Varied Thrush
European
Starling
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Cassin’s
Vireo
Pacific-slope
Flycatcher
Spotted Towhee,
Song
Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Chipping
Sparrow
House Sparrow
Pacific-slope Flycatcher: Ralph Hocken Photo.
Friday, May
01:
American Pipits were seen at the Englishman
River in Parksville.
A Wilson’s
Snip was spotted at the Cottonwood Golf Course in south Nanaimo.
Thursday,
April 30:
Two Sooty
Grouse were heard and seen along Westwood Ridge in Nanaimo.
Wednesday,
April 29:
One
hundred and fifty Greater White-fronted Geese were seen flying over Departure
Bay in Nanaimo.
Tuesday,
April 28:
The
Tuesday bird walk went to the Top Bridge Trail in Parksville. The morning
started out very windy with light rain showers and turned sunny making for a
very pleasant morning of birding. We were greeted with the songs of Chipping
Sparrow at the start of the walk and throughout the morning. Three Long-billed
Dowitchers flew low over overhead giving us great views. We saw Turkey
Vultures and Bald Eagles fly overhead during the morning. Orange-crowned
Warblers, Yellow-rumped Warblers Black-throated Gray Warblers, Townsend’s
Warblers and a Yellow Warbler sang and were seen during the walk. We heard a
MacGillivray's Warbler sing near the ponds. Pacific-slope Flycatcher were often
heard during the walk. Four American Goldfinch put on a great show singing and
flying close overhead.
MacGillivray's Warbler: Ralph Hocken Photo.
Nineteen
birders saw and heard the following thirty-nine species:
Mallard
Common
Merganser
Long-billed
Dowitcher
Turkey
Vulture
Bald
Eagle
Rufous
Hummingbird
Anna’s
Hummingbird
Pileated
Woodpecker
Northern
Flicker
Downy
Woodpecker
Northwestern
Crow
Common
Raven
Violet-green
Swallow
Tree
Swallow
Chestnut-backed
Chickadee
Bewick's
Wren
Pacific
Wren
Ruby-crowned
Kinglet
Varied
Thrush
American
Robin
Eurasian-collared
Dove
European
Starling
Orange-crowned
Warbler
Yellow-rumped
Warbler
Black-throated
Gray Warbler
Townsend’s
Warbler
Yellow
Warbler
MacGillivray's
Warbler
Pacific-slope
Flycatcher
Warbling
Vireo
Spotted
Towhee
Chipping
Sparrow
Song
Sparrow
White-crowned
Sparrow
Dark-eyed
Junco
House
Finch
Purple
Finch
American
Goldfinch
Monday,
April 20:
A Sooty Grouse was heard
trumpeting by Westwood Ridge 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 May 05, 2015
will be going to the Plummer Road side of the Englishman River in Parksville. Meet at
the Parksville Community Park by the Lions Club playground parking lot at 9
a.m. or at the corner of Plummer Road and Shorewood Drive in Parksville at
about 9:10 a.m.
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The Sunday bird walk on Sunday, May 10 will be going to the
Moorecroft Regional Park in Nanoose Bay. Meet at the Birdstore at 9:00 a.m. or
at the parking lot at Moorecroft Park off Stewart Road(off Northwest Bay Road)
in Nanoose Bay ( look for Moorecroft sign) at about 9:25 a.m.
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British Columbia Rare Bird Alert link--- http://www.bcbirdalert.blogspot.ca/
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A must read for those of us who live along the Strait of Georgia.
THE SEA AMONG US
THE AMAZING STRAIT OF GEORGIA
RICHARD BEAMISH AND GORDON McFARLANE
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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
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