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, December 21, 2014:
The Sunday bird walk went to the Nanaimo River Estuary in south Nanaimo. The morning was partly cloudy with sunny periods and calm winds.
Highlights included seeing a Northern Harrier fly low over the field next to the parking area. We had many great looks at a Rough-legged Hawk Perched at the top of a short bush close to us. We saw fourteen Western Meadowlarks with two of them perch on a log looking straight at us giving us awesome views of their bright yellow breasts. A Cooper’s Hawk and two Red-tailed Hawks perched for a long time giving us ample time to study them.
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, December 21, 2014:
The Sunday bird walk went to the Nanaimo River Estuary in south Nanaimo. The morning was partly cloudy with sunny periods and calm winds.
Highlights included seeing a Northern Harrier fly low over the field next to the parking area. We had many great looks at a Rough-legged Hawk Perched at the top of a short bush close to us. We saw fourteen Western Meadowlarks with two of them perch on a log looking straight at us giving us awesome views of their bright yellow breasts. A Cooper’s Hawk and two Red-tailed Hawks perched for a long time giving us ample time to study them.
Western Meadowlark: Ralph
Hocken Photo.
Seven
birders saw and heard the following forty-three species:
Trumpeter
Swan
Canada
Geese
Mallard
American
Wigeon
Bufflehead
Pied-billed
Grebe
Horned
Grebe
Common
Goldeneye
Northern Pintail
Red-breasted Merganser
Common Merganser
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Rough-legged
Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
Mew Gull
California
Gull
Thayer’s Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Downy
Woodpecker
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
European Starling
Western Meadowlark
American Robin
Bewick’s
Wren
Ruby-crowned
Kinglet
Chestnut-backed
Chickadee
Red-winged
Blackbird
Spotted Towhee
Savannah
Sparrow
Fox
Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
White-crowned
Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Purple Finch
American
Goldfinch
House
Finch
Rough-legged Hawk with prey: John
Purves Photo.
A
Townsend’s Warbler was spotted in a backyard along Kenwill Drive in Nanaimo.
Tuesday,
December 16:
The
Tuesday bird walk went to Deep Bay. The morning was filled with light rain and
the Strait of Georgia was calm. The highlights included seeing a Eurasian
Wigeon in with a huge flock of American Wigeon next to the parking lot. Large
numbers of singing Black Scoters along with many White-winged Scoters were not
far from shore. Fifteen Long-tailed Ducks, two Marbled Murrelets, two Common Murre and a
Pigeon Guillemot were diving and surfacing just off the Point not far from
shore giving great views.
Black Scoter: Ralph Hocken
photo.
Eighteen
birders including a visiting birder from Manitoba saw and heard the following
forty-seven species:
Canada Geese
Eurasian
Wigeon
American
Wigeon
Mallard
Harlequin Duck
Greater
Scaup
Surf Scoter
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black
Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Marbled
Murrelet
Common
Murre
Pigeon
Guillemot
Pacific Loon
Common
Loon
Horned Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic
Cormorant
Brandt’s
Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Dunlin
Mew Gull
Thayer’s
Gull
California
Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian
Collared-Dove
Steller’s
Jay
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Chestnut-backed
Chickadee
European Starling
European Starling
Spotted Towhee
Dark-eyed
Junco
Golden-crowned
Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Fox
Sparrow
House
Sparrow
House
Finch
Thursday,
December 18:
A
Rough-legged Hawk was seen at the Nanaimo River Estuary in south Nanaimo.
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Sunday, December 28-- The Nanaimo Christmas Bird Count (CBC)
Please contact Rhys Harrison at 248-5305 or rhysharrison@shaw.ca
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Sunday, December 28-- The Nanaimo Christmas Bird Count (CBC)
Please contact Rhys Harrison at 248-5305 or rhysharrison@shaw.ca
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Tofino Shorebird Festival 8th Annual
May 1-3, 2015
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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 December 23, 2014 will be going to the Shelly Road side of the Englishman River 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 off the Oceanside of highway 19a at about 9:10 a.m.
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The Sunday bird walk on December 28, 2014 will be going to Nanoose Bay. Meet at the Bird Store at 9:00 a.m. or at the beach near the Church Camp off Arlington Road at about 9:15 a.m.
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 December 23, 2014 will be going to the Shelly Road side of the Englishman River 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 off the Oceanside of highway 19a at about 9:10 a.m.
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The Sunday bird walk on December 28, 2014 will be going to Nanoose Bay. Meet at the Bird Store at 9:00 a.m. or at the beach near the Church Camp off Arlington Road at about 9:15 a.m.
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British Columbia Rare Bird Alert link--- http://www.bcbirdalert.blogspot.ca/
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WildResearch link---http://www.wildresearch.ca/
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West coast environment link—http://coastaltarsands.ca/w1/videos/
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“READ AN INTERESTING NEW BOOK “
THE SEA AMONG US
THE AMAZING STRAIT OF GEORGIA
RICHARD BEAMISH AND GORDON McFARLANE
British Columbia Rare Bird Alert link--- http://www.bcbirdalert.blogspot.ca/
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WildResearch link---http://www.wildresearch.ca/
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West coast environment link—http://coastaltarsands.ca/w1/videos/
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“READ AN INTERESTING NEW BOOK “
THE SEA AMONG US
THE AMAZING STRAIT OF GEORGIA
RICHARD BEAMISH AND GORDON McFARLANE
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Good birding
Neil Robins
THE BACKYARD WILDBIRD & NATURE STORE
6314 Metral Drive
Nanaimo B.C.
V9T-2L8
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