The Backyard's Weekly Bird Walk locations are found in the Backyard Bird Report at the very end of the most recent report. Any cancellations will be posted by 8am the day of the walk.

Monday 1 November 2010

Canvasback Duck, Northern Shoveler at Morningstar Ponds

Hi birders,

I went out birding with John Purves this afternoon, we went to the Morningstar Ponds, near French Creek,we saw-- Canada Goose,American Wigeon, Mallard, a
Northern Shoveler, a Canvasback, several Ring-necked Duck, two Greater Scaup, Bufflehead ,Common Merganser, Bald Eagle, a Redtailed Hawk. We saw the other birds on the following list at Pebble Beach.
Canada Goose
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Canvasback
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Bufflehead
Common Merganser
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Red-throated Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Western Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Black-bellied Plover
Black Oystercatcher
Black Turnstone
Dunlin
Mew Gull
Californian Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Marbled Murrelet
Pileated Woodpecker
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
European Starling
Song Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Purple Finch

Good birding
Neil Robins
Parksville
British Columbia

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