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 26 March 2013

Parksville/Qualicum Beach Tuesday bird walk, March 26, 2013

                  Red-tailed Hawk: John Purves Photo.
 
The Tuesday bird walk went to the Plummer Road side of the Englishman River Estuary in Parksville. The morning was sunny and warm with calm winds off the Strait of Georgia. Large numbers of Pine Siskins were with us throughout the morning. We saw huge flocks of Red Crossbills in the forest and huge rafts of seabirds on the Strait. A Red-tailed Hawk perched close to the trail giving us great views to finish off a perfect morning of birding. A special thanks to John Purves for leading this mornings bird walk!
Nineteen birders saw and heard the following fifty-four species.
Canada Geese
Brant
American Widgeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Greater Scaup
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Harlequin Duck
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Red-necked Grebe
Horned Grebe
Western Grebe
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Pelagic Cormorant
Common Murre
Great Blue Heron
Belted Kingfisher
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Black Oystercatcher
Eurasian-collared Dove
Mew Gull
California Gull
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Violet-green Swallow
Anna’s Hummingbird
Northern Flicker
Steller’s Jay
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Pacific Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
Red-winged Blackbird
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Purple Finch
Pine Siskins
House Finch 

The Tuesday bird walk on April 02 will be going to the Shelly Road side of the Englishman River Estuary in Parksville.
                                  Western Grebe: John Purves.

Good birding
Neil Robins
Parksville

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