Long-billed Dowitcher: Ralph Hocken Photo.
The early birders went to Columbia Beach and French Creek this morning. The morning started off cloudy and then turned warm and muggy. There were three Long-billed Dowichers, a Greater Yellowlegs, Least Sandpipers, Wester Sandpipers and three Spotted Sandpipers in the ponds at French Creek. Surf Scoters, White-winged Scoters, Common Mergansers,
Double-crested Cormorants, Pelagic Cormorants, a Bonaparte's Gull, a Ring-billed Gull, a California Gull, a Herring Gull, several Glaucous-winged Gulls, a Caspian Tern, two Pigeon Guillemots and Marbled Murrelets were seen from the shore at Columbia Beach.
Seven birders saw and heard the following fifty-six species of birds.
Canada Goose
Mallard
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Common Merganser
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
Black Turnstone
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Caspian Tern
Pigeon Guillemot
Marbled Murrelet
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared Dove
Rufous Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Willow Flycatcher
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Pacific Wren
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
European Starling
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Western Tanager
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
Red Crossbill
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Good birding
Neil Robins
Parksville
British Columbia
Monday early birding....
The early birders go birding on Mondays at 7:30 a.m. We will meet at the usual meeting spot at the Parksville Bay near the Lions playground at 7:30 am.
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