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, November 09, 2014:
The
Sunday bird walk went to the Nanaimo River Estuary in south Nanaimo. The
morning started with light rain but soon cleared up making for a pleasant
morning of birding. The highlights included seeing two flocks of Trumpeter
Swans, Northern Shrikes and two Snow Geese. We watched as a Short-eared Owl was
joined by another Short-eared Owl. They both flew overhead close enough
to give us great views. We spotted a Peregrine Falcon perched in a tall conifer
tree, then flew over head. Two Cooper’s Hawks flew above us circling and then
flew south. Fourteen Western Meadowlarks landed in a snag not far from us.
Short-eared Owl: Ralph Hocken Photo.
Thirteen birders saw and heard the following forty-four species:
Trumpeter Swan
Canada Geese
Snow Goose
Mallard
American Widgeon
Bufflehead
Barrow’s Goldeneye
Common Goldeneye
Northern Pintail
Green-wing Teal
Common Merganser
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Peregrine Falcon
Short-eared Owl
Cooper’s Hawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
Northern Shrike
Mew Gull
Thayer’s Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
European Starling
Western Meadowlark
American Robin
March Wren
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Red-wing Blackbird
Song Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Purple Finch
House Finch.
Saturday, November 08:
A Varied Thrush was spotted along Honeysuckle Terminal in Nanaimo.
Friday, November 07:
A Northern Pygmy Owl was seen and heard near Thunderbird Drive and
Eagle Crescent in Nanaimo.
Thursday, November 06:
A
Northern Saw-whet Owl was seen in the Deerwood Estates in Nanaimo.
Wednesday, November 05:
A Rufous
Hummingbird is visiting feeders near Dogwood and First Avenue in Ladysmith.
Tuesday, November 04:
The
Tuesday bird walk went to Rathtrevor Provincial Park in Parksville. The morning
was sunny with a light breeze off the Strait of Georgia making for a great
morning of birding. The highlight of the morning was the sighting of a
Rhinoceros Auklet on the Strait. Hundreds of Dunlin and a large number of
Black-bellied Plovers were feeding long the tide line and on the tide pools. We
spotted Common Murre, Marbled Murrelet, Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye and
Western Grebes further offshore. A Ring-billed Gull was spotted in with the
other gull species near the shore.
Dunlin and Black-bellied
Plovers in Flight: Ralph Hocken Photo.
Eleven birders saw and heard the following thirty-four species:
Canada Goose
American Widgeon
Harlequin Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Surf Scoter
White-wing Scoter
Red-breasted Merganser
Common Merganser
Horned Grebe
Red-neck Grebe
Western Grebe
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Rhinoceros Auklet
Common Murre
Marbled Murrelet
Dunlin
Black-bellied Plover
Ring-billed Gull
Mew Gull
California Gull
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Northern Flicker
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Anna’s Hummingbird
Pacific Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Common
Goldeneye: Ralph Hocken Photo.
Saturday, November 01:
A Snow Bunting was seen near Williamson and Vistaview in Nanaimo
Sunday
October 26:
A Mountain Bluebird was seen at the Art Gallery in
San Pariel on the Plummer Road side of the Englishman River Estuary in
Parksville.
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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 November 11, 2014 will be going to the Shelly Road
side of the Englishman River Estuary in Parksville.
Meet at the parking lot near the Lions Club Playground in Parksville
Community Park at 9:00 a.m. or at the end of Shelly Road (ocean side) at about
9:10 a.m.
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The Sunday bird walk on November 16, 2014 will be going to the
Plummer Road side of the Englishman River Estuary in Parksville. Meet at the
Bird Store at 9:00 a.m. or at the corner of Plummer Road and Shorewood Drive in
Parksville at about 9:30 a.m.
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British Columbia rare bird alert link--- http://www.bcbirdalert.blogspot.ca/
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WildResearch link---
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West coast environment link—http://coastaltarsands.ca/w1/videos/
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What's more important than the right to breathe fresh air, drink
clean water and eat healthy food?"-- David Suzuki
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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
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