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.

Tuesday 7 February 2012

Nanaimo bird report, February 07, 2012




















Golden-crowned Kinglet: Ralph Hocken Photo.


The Tuesday bird walk went to the Englishman River Estuary on the Shelly Road side. The morning was foggy with calm winds. The highlights included seeing a "white-tailed" Chestnut-backed Chickadee. We watched a Northern Harrier fly low in and out of the fog over the estuary . We spotted four Golden-crowned Kinglets feeding low in the bushes next to the trail.
Seventeen birders in the fog saw and heard the following thirty-three species:
Canada Goose
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Killdeer
Mew Gull
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Anna's Hummingbird
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Bewick's Wren
Pacific Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
House Finch
Evening Grosbeak

Neil Robins
Parksville
British Columbia

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