Nanaimo bird report, July 12, 2015

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, June 12, 2015:

The Sunday bird walk went to the Ladysmith Harbour in Ladysmith. The morning was cloudy and the winds were calm. We watched the Purple Martins out in full force.  We watched them from the marina dock as they flew to their nestboxes to feed their fledglings. The majority of the nest boxes had six young to feed. Several American Goldfinch were feeding near the trail. A Black Oystercatcher flew along the shoreline, calling as it went by.

Purple Martin pair: Ralph Hocken Photo.

Five birders saw and heard the following twenty-one species:

Great Blue Heron

Belted Kingfisher

Black Oystercatcher

Bald Eagle

Glaucous-winged Gull

Eurasian-collared Dove

 Northern Flicker

Downy Woodpecker

  Northwestern Crow

Common Raven

Purple Martin

Barn Swallow

Violet-green Swallow

  Chestnut-backed Chickadee

American Robin

Spotted Towhee

Song Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

House Finch

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

 

Saturday, July 11:

A Chukar was spotted along Lake Heights Place in Nanaimo. 

Thursday July 09:

Well over forty Common Nighthawks and more than twenty Black Swifts flew over Kite Way in Nanaimo. 

Two Eastern Kingbirds were seen near a pond in Coombs. 

Wednesday July, 01:

Glaucous-winged Gulls, Thayer’s Gulls, Mew Gulls, five  Ring-billed Gulls twelve Bonaparte Gulls and several Common Mergansers, were seen on the water at Union Bay.

Ring-billed Gull: Ralph Hocken Photo. 

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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 walks will resume on September 08, 2015

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The Sunday bird walk on July 19, 2015 will be going to Buttertubs Marsh in Nanaimo.  Meet at the Birdstore at 9:00 a.m. or at the parking lot at Buttertubs off Bowen 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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Good birding
Neil Robins

THE BACKYARD WILDBIRD & NATURE STORE
6314 Metral Drive
Nanaimo  B.C.
V9T-2L8
Phone: 250-390-3669
Fax: 250-390-1633
Email:  thebackyard@shaw.ca
Blog:  www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com