Parksville/Qualicum beach Tuesday bird walk, April 26, 2016

The Tuesday bird walk went to the Top Bridge Trail in Parksville. The morning was cloudy with calm winds. A Chipping Sparrow greeted us at the parking lot and was seen throughout the morning. We heard and then saw five Red Crossbills high up in a tree.   A young Trumpeter Swan flew over heading down island. We watched as a Brewer’s Blackbird chased a Sharp-shinned Hawk.  We heard and then caught a quick glimpse of a Wilson’s Warbler.  Black-throated Gray Warblers and Pacific-slope Flycatchers were singing for most of the morning.  An American Dipper was preening itself on a log near the Bridge.

                                               Sharp-shinned Hawk, Ralph Hocken Photo:

 

Fourteen Birders saw and heard the following thirty-seven species:

Trumpeter Swan

Canada Goose

Bald Eagle

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Rufous Hummingbird

Anna’s Hummingbird

Pileated Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Northwestern Crow

Common Raven

Violet-green Swallow

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Bewick's Wren

Pacific Wren

American Robin

American Dipper

Band-tailed Pigeon

European Starling

Orange-crowned Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Black-throated Gray Warbler

Wilson’s Warbler

Pacific-slope Flycatcher

Cassin’s Vireo

Spotted Towhee

Chipping Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Golden-crowned Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Brown-headed Cowbird

Purple Finch

American Goldfinch

Red Crossbill

Pine Siskin

                                                   Trumpeter Swan: Ralph Hocken Photo: 

The Tuesday bird walk on May 03, 2016 will be going to the Little Qualicum River Fish Hatchery in north Qualicum Beach. Meet at the Parksville Community Park near the Lions Club Kids Playground in Parksville at 9:00 a.m. or at the Brant viewing platform (along highway 19a near the Strait of Georgia) in north Qualicum Beach at about 9:20 a.m. 

Good birding

Neil Robins

Parksville.

 

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