NANAIMO BIRD REPORT “EXPLORE NATURE---GO BIRDING"
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, August 24, 2014:
The
Sunday bird walk went to the Plummer Road side of the Englishman River Estuary
in Parksville. The morning was sunny and warm. The highlight of the morning was
a Merlin who entertained us as it chased a flock of European Starlings and
spooked the shorebirds. We caught glimpses
of a Lincoln’s Sparrow and two Orange-crowned Warblers just off the trail. There
were Long-billed Dowitchers, Killdeer, Greater Yellowlegs, Western
Sandpipers, Least Sandpipers, Semi-palmated Sandpipers and Semi-palmated
Plovers feeding on the mud flats. We
spotted a Common Loon on the Strait of Georgia.
Eleven
birders including a visiting birder from Calgary saw and heard the following
forty-two species:
Canada Geese, Mallard, Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal, Common
Merganser, Pelagic Cormorant, Common Loon, Great Blue Heron, Bald Eagle,
Merlin, Turkey Vulture, Black Oystercatcher, Long-billed Dowitcher, Killdeer,
Greater Yellowlegs, Western Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Semi-palmated
Sandpipers, Semi-palmated Plovers, Bonaparte's
Gull, California Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull, Band-tailed Pigeon, Eurasian
Collared Dove, Anna's Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher, Northern Flicker, Northwestern
Crow, Common Raven, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Bewick's
Wren, American Robin, European Starling, Cedar Waxwing, Orange-crowned Warbler,
Spotted Towhee, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Golden-crowned Sparrow, White-crowned
Sparrow, House Finch and American Goldfinch.
Merlin:
Ralph Hocken Photo.
Saturday, August 23:
A Western Screech Owl was heard and seen along Morrell Circle in
Nanaimo.
Monday, August 18:
Four
Common Murre, four Pigeon Guillemot's, two Common Loons, one Pacific Loon, ten
Red-necked Grebes and a Marbled Murrelet were seen offshore from the viewing
platform in north Qualicum Beach.
Red-necked Grebe: Ralph
Hocken Photo.
Four Pileated Woodpeckers are feeding on suet feeders in the 5100
block of Broughton Place in Nanaimo.
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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 Tuesday September 02, 2014.
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The Sunday bird walk on August 31, 2014 will be going to Buttertubs
Marsh in Nanaimo. Meet at the Bird Store at 9:00 a.m. or at the parking lot at
Buttertubs March on the Bowen Road side at about 9:20 a.m.
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Nanoose Naturalists Meeting, September 11,
2014-- 7:00 P.M.
Nanoose Library Hall in Nanoose Bay.
Guest Speaker- Paula Wild- topic Cougars
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WildResearch link---
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West coast environment link—http://coastaltarsands.ca/w1/videos/
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What's more important than the right to breathe fresh air, drink
clean water and eat healthy food?"-- David Suzuki
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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
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