The first Tuesday bird walk of the season went to the
Shelly Road side of the Englishman River Estuary in Parksville. The morning was
mostly cloudy with calm winds. We spotted a family of Brown Creepers
moving up the trunk of a tall Big Leaf Maple Tree at the start of
the walk. The seabirds are beginning to arrive for the
winter----Surf Scoters, Common Loons, Horned Grebes, Red-necked Grebes, Pelagic Cormorants
Common Murre and a Marbled Murrelet were all seen on the Strait of Georgia.
A Barn Swallow, a Purple Martin, a Vaux’s Swift and
a Black Swift were seen overhead. A
Yellow Warbler, several Orange-crowned Warblers,
a Wilson’s Warbler,
a Common Yellowthroat,
a Warbling Vireo,
a Willow Flycatcher and
a Lincoln's Sparrow was seen near the end of a
great walk.
Yellow Warbler, Ralph Hocken
Photo.
Eleven birders saw and heard the following fifty-one
species:
Canada Geese
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Surf Scoter
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Pelagic
Cormorant
Common Murre
Marbled Murrelet
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Sharp-shinned
Hawk
Great Blue Heron
Mew Gull
Thayer’s Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Killdeer
Band-tailed Pigeon
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Barn Swallow
Purple
Martin
Vaux’s
Swift
Black Swift
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Bushtit
Bewick's Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Anna’s Hummingbird
Yellow Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Warbling Vireo
Willow Flycatcher
Spotted Towhee
Lincoln's Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
House Finch
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
Pine Siskin
The Tuesday bird walk on
September 13, 2016 will be going to the Little Qualicum River Estuary in
Qualicum Beach. Meet at the Parksville Community Park at the parking lot near
the Lions Club playground at 9:00 a.m. in Parksville, or at the
Brant Viewing Platform in north Qualicum Beach at about 9:20
a.m.
Good
birding
Neil
Robins
Parksville
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