Nanaimo Bird Report - August 23 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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The Tuesday bird walks will resume on September 08, 2015

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NANAIMO BIRD REPORT

August 23 2015

Warbling Vireo (Photo: Ralph Hocken)

This week the Sunday bird-walk went to Buttertubs Marsh. There were at least five warbling vireo spotted, all with varying shades of yellow. One of them was a bright yellow and was spotted feeding from a tent caterpillar nest.

 Next Sunday’s bird walk (August 30 2015) will be going to the Englishman River Estuary (Plummer rd. side).

Meet at the store at 9:00am, or meet at the trailhead on Plummer rd. (by the sub-division) at approximately 9:20am.

Happy birding!

August 16 2015

Bairds Sandpiper and some Killdeer were spotted at Columbia Beach

August 18

Red-necked phalarope (Photo: Ralph Hocken)

The following birds were spotted at Deep Bay:

Pacific Loon

Common Loon

Horned Grebe

Red-necked Grebe

Surf Scoter

Bonaparte’s Gulls

Red- necked phalarope

August 19 2015

50 nighthawks were seen at Rathtrevor Beach

A Bairds Sandpiper was spotted at Englishman River Estuary (Plummer. rd side)

August 20

Northern Saw Whet Owl was heard calling on Christy rd. in Ladysmith

August 21

The following birds were seen at the Englishman River Estuary (Plummer rd. side):

Cedar Waxwings

Belted Kingfisher

Yellow Warbler

Killdeer

Least Sandpiper

Western Sandpiper

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Common Merganser

Hooded Merganser

August 22 2015

Black Oystercatcher (Photo: Ralph Hocken)

Three black oyster catchers were spotted at Pipers Lagoon

August 23 2015

The following birds were seen at Buttertubs marsh:

Yellow Warbler

Spotted Towhee

Song Sparrow

Red-winged Blackbird

House Finch

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

Purple Finch

Fox Sparrow

Band Tailed Pigeon

Canada Goose

Mallard

Hooded Merganser

Pied-billed Grebe

Great Blue Heron

Turkey Vulture

Eurasian-collard Dove

Anna’s Hummingbird

Belted Kingfisher

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Willow Flycatcher

Northwestern Crow

Common Raven

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Bushtit

Bewick’s Wren

Marsh Wren

American Robin

Ring-necked Duck

Wood Duck

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Brown Creeper

Warbling Vireo

Cedar Waxwing

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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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British Columbia Rare Bird Alert link--- http://www.bcbirdalert.blogspot.ca/
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Good birding!


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