The Nanaimo Bird Alert
provided by
The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store
To report your sightings phone
The Bird Alert at: 390-3029 or
The Store at: 390-3669
e-mail: [email protected]
Please remember, when reporting a sighting, to leave your name and phone
number, along with the date and location of your sighting.
Tuesday December 27, 2005:
A flock of twenty AMERICAN COOTS paid a surprise visit to Long Lake in Nanaimo. They landed near the apartments at the north end of the lake and began diving and feeding right away.
Monday December 26:
An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER along with CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEES, BUSHTITS and an ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD were seen coming to feeders in the 200 block of Dawkins Lane in Nanaimo.
Two BRANT GEESE were spotted in the field backing onto the parking area at the waterfront at Parksville Beach.
Saturday December 24:
A PEREGRINE FALCON, a RED-TAILED HAWK and a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK were seen in the field behind the 700 block of Ermineskin Avenue in Parksville.
A SANDHILL CRANE that was first seen on December 23, was still in the same area-- along Northwest Bay Road, in the field just over the railway tracks, east of the Petro-Can gas station.
A female WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL, BUSHTITS and a TOWNSENDS WARBLER were seen in a backyard in the 200 block of Dawkins Lane in Nanaimo.
Friday December 23:
A SANDHILL CRANE was spotted in the Nanoose Bay wetland across from the Petro-can gas station--about 200 yards along Northwest Bay Road.
A WILSON'S SNIPE was seen in the 800 block of Field Crescent in Parksville.
Thursday December 22:
An ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD was seen at the feeders in the 1300 block of Lanyon Drive in Parksville.
Twenty PINE SISKINS, fifteen CALIFORNIA QUAIL, ten AMERICAN GOLDFINCH and two NORTHERN HARRIERS were seen in the fields behind the 700 block of Ermineskin Avenue in Parksville.
Tuesday December 20:
A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen after sunset in the 3500 block of Oakridge Drive in Nanaimo.
Monday December 19:
One BAND-TAILED PIGEON was seen in the 3200 block of West Road ( across from Shady Mile Market Garden) in Nanaimo.
ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRDS have been seen in the 2300 block of East Wellington Road in Nanaimo.
Saturday December 18:
A flock of two hundred DUNLIN were seen on Snake Island.
For further information on these sightings or for help in identifying a
bird please call:
The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store
@ (250) 390-3669
Toll Free @ 1-888-249-4145
e-mail: [email protected]
************************************************
CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT:
Nanaimo CBC
Wednesday, December 28
Backyard feeder counters
and bird counters needed!
Contact: Bill Merilees
Phone 758-1801.
Colin Bartlett
Phone 390-3669
E-mail: [email protected]
*************************************************
Preliminary results for the Nanoose/Lantzville
CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT
Saturday December 17, 2005
TOTAL SPECIES --114
INDIVIDUALS --13,437
WEATHER:
Cold - low minus 4, high plus 7. Sunny and clear after early morning
fog. Zero precip. Very light wind. Inland water mostly iced over.
UNCOMMON BIRDS SEEN:
1-American Kestrel
2-American Coot
1-Spotted Sandpiper
2-Rock Sandpiper
3-Bonaparte's Gull
2- Western Screech Owl
1-Snowy Owl
6-Northern Saw-whet Owl
101-Cedar Waxwing
5-Pine Grosbeak
4-Evening Grosbeak
HIGH COUNT--BIRDS SEEN:
432-Pacific Loon
36-Common Murre
105Red-breasted Nuthatch
3268-American Robin
428-Varied Thrush
LOW COUNT--BIRDS SEEN:
2-Wood Duck
1-Red-throated Loon
1- Gull
1-Marsh Wren
2-Hermit Thrush
3-American Goldfinch
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Preliminary results for the
Parksville /Qualicum Beach Christmas Bird Count,
Sunday, December 18, 2005
Mostly clear overnight, patchy morning
fog, partly sunny skies, with cloud slowly moving in over the day,
light winds off the water but still bitterly cold with very little
open water inland.
-Low of –4 C, high of +4 C.
-38 birders made up 8 teams in the field. Feedercount numbers still
to come.
-18 Brant
-12 Cackling Geese
-9 Wood Ducks way inland at Bell Lake (group seen here on 2 other
previous years)
-1024 Greater Scaup
-Scoters: 2014 Surf, 458 White-Winged, 314 Black
-290 Red-Breasted Merganser
-1 Red-throated Loon, 1 Yellow-billed Loon
-Grebes:1 Pied-billed, 87 Horned, 55 Red-neck,3 Eared,6 Western
-10 Brandt's Cormorant
-195 Bald Eagles (14 years low 155, high 645)
-1 Kestrel
-2 Peregrine
-296 BB Plover
-7 Sanderling
-1738 Dunlin
-Gulls: 2 Herring, 1 Western, an amazing 782 Thayers most off the PV
waterfront, low Gull numbers overall only ~ 2800
-13 Marbled, 6 Ancient Murrelet & possible ~ 100 more too far out
for positive ID
-only ~ 450 American Robins (they're all South of here in
Nanoose!)
-2 Anna's Hummers
-1 Hutton's Vireo
-19 Cedar Waxwing
-1 Brown Headed Cowbird
-a pitiful 2 Red Crossbills and 16 Pine Siskins
-58 American Goldfinches
Total Species: 112 (14 year low of 89, high of 116)
Total Individuals: about 26,000
**************************************
The Sunday Bird Walks will resume on Febuary 05, 2006!
**************************************
Good Birding! "HAPPY NEW YEAR"
Neil Robins
Nanaimo
British Columbia
**********************************
"Laughing Falcon"
Birdwatching in Costa Rica
from Feb 17 to March 4, 2006
$3,250, plus air, all inclusive.
Joe Crichton, 250-468-1728 [email protected]
Birding tours in Costa Rica since 1994!
COSTA RICA BIRD PHOTOGRAPHS
**********************************************
provided by
The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store
To report your sightings phone
The Bird Alert at: 390-3029 or
The Store at: 390-3669
e-mail: [email protected]
Please remember, when reporting a sighting, to leave your name and phone
number, along with the date and location of your sighting.
Tuesday December 27, 2005:
A flock of twenty AMERICAN COOTS paid a surprise visit to Long Lake in Nanaimo. They landed near the apartments at the north end of the lake and began diving and feeding right away.
Monday December 26:
An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER along with CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEES, BUSHTITS and an ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD were seen coming to feeders in the 200 block of Dawkins Lane in Nanaimo.
Two BRANT GEESE were spotted in the field backing onto the parking area at the waterfront at Parksville Beach.
Saturday December 24:
A PEREGRINE FALCON, a RED-TAILED HAWK and a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK were seen in the field behind the 700 block of Ermineskin Avenue in Parksville.
A SANDHILL CRANE that was first seen on December 23, was still in the same area-- along Northwest Bay Road, in the field just over the railway tracks, east of the Petro-Can gas station.
A female WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL, BUSHTITS and a TOWNSENDS WARBLER were seen in a backyard in the 200 block of Dawkins Lane in Nanaimo.
Friday December 23:
A SANDHILL CRANE was spotted in the Nanoose Bay wetland across from the Petro-can gas station--about 200 yards along Northwest Bay Road.
A WILSON'S SNIPE was seen in the 800 block of Field Crescent in Parksville.
Thursday December 22:
An ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD was seen at the feeders in the 1300 block of Lanyon Drive in Parksville.
Twenty PINE SISKINS, fifteen CALIFORNIA QUAIL, ten AMERICAN GOLDFINCH and two NORTHERN HARRIERS were seen in the fields behind the 700 block of Ermineskin Avenue in Parksville.
Tuesday December 20:
A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen after sunset in the 3500 block of Oakridge Drive in Nanaimo.
Monday December 19:
One BAND-TAILED PIGEON was seen in the 3200 block of West Road ( across from Shady Mile Market Garden) in Nanaimo.
ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRDS have been seen in the 2300 block of East Wellington Road in Nanaimo.
Saturday December 18:
A flock of two hundred DUNLIN were seen on Snake Island.
For further information on these sightings or for help in identifying a
bird please call:
The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store
@ (250) 390-3669
Toll Free @ 1-888-249-4145
e-mail: [email protected]
************************************************
CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT:
Nanaimo CBC
Wednesday, December 28
Backyard feeder counters
and bird counters needed!
Contact: Bill Merilees
Phone 758-1801.
Colin Bartlett
Phone 390-3669
E-mail: [email protected]
*************************************************
Preliminary results for the Nanoose/Lantzville
CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT
Saturday December 17, 2005
TOTAL SPECIES --114
INDIVIDUALS --13,437
WEATHER:
Cold - low minus 4, high plus 7. Sunny and clear after early morning
fog. Zero precip. Very light wind. Inland water mostly iced over.
UNCOMMON BIRDS SEEN:
1-American Kestrel
2-American Coot
1-Spotted Sandpiper
2-Rock Sandpiper
3-Bonaparte's Gull
2- Western Screech Owl
1-Snowy Owl
6-Northern Saw-whet Owl
101-Cedar Waxwing
5-Pine Grosbeak
4-Evening Grosbeak
HIGH COUNT--BIRDS SEEN:
432-Pacific Loon
36-Common Murre
105Red-breasted Nuthatch
3268-American Robin
428-Varied Thrush
LOW COUNT--BIRDS SEEN:
2-Wood Duck
1-Red-throated Loon
1- Gull
1-Marsh Wren
2-Hermit Thrush
3-American Goldfinch
***************************************
Preliminary results for the
Parksville /Qualicum Beach Christmas Bird Count,
Sunday, December 18, 2005
Mostly clear overnight, patchy morning
fog, partly sunny skies, with cloud slowly moving in over the day,
light winds off the water but still bitterly cold with very little
open water inland.
-Low of –4 C, high of +4 C.
-38 birders made up 8 teams in the field. Feedercount numbers still
to come.
-18 Brant
-12 Cackling Geese
-9 Wood Ducks way inland at Bell Lake (group seen here on 2 other
previous years)
-1024 Greater Scaup
-Scoters: 2014 Surf, 458 White-Winged, 314 Black
-290 Red-Breasted Merganser
-1 Red-throated Loon, 1 Yellow-billed Loon
-Grebes:1 Pied-billed, 87 Horned, 55 Red-neck,3 Eared,6 Western
-10 Brandt's Cormorant
-195 Bald Eagles (14 years low 155, high 645)
-1 Kestrel
-2 Peregrine
-296 BB Plover
-7 Sanderling
-1738 Dunlin
-Gulls: 2 Herring, 1 Western, an amazing 782 Thayers most off the PV
waterfront, low Gull numbers overall only ~ 2800
-13 Marbled, 6 Ancient Murrelet & possible ~ 100 more too far out
for positive ID
-only ~ 450 American Robins (they're all South of here in
Nanoose!)
-2 Anna's Hummers
-1 Hutton's Vireo
-19 Cedar Waxwing
-1 Brown Headed Cowbird
-a pitiful 2 Red Crossbills and 16 Pine Siskins
-58 American Goldfinches
Total Species: 112 (14 year low of 89, high of 116)
Total Individuals: about 26,000
**************************************
The Sunday Bird Walks will resume on Febuary 05, 2006!
**************************************
Good Birding! "HAPPY NEW YEAR"
Neil Robins
Nanaimo
British Columbia
**********************************
"Laughing Falcon"
Birdwatching in Costa Rica
from Feb 17 to March 4, 2006
$3,250, plus air, all inclusive.
Joe Crichton, 250-468-1728 [email protected]
Birding tours in Costa Rica since 1994!
COSTA RICA BIRD PHOTOGRAPHS
**********************************************
