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, phone
number along with the date and location of your sighting.
Tuesday February 15, 2005:
A OSPREY was spotted soaring above Highway One near the Forestry Museum in north Duncan.
HUTTON'S VIREO, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, FOX SPARROWS and about forty AMERICAN ROBINS were seen along the Walley Creek Trail just off Hammond Bay Road in north Nanaimo.
Monday February 14:
"RARE BIRD ALERT"
A NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was seen along the Walley Creek Trail between Frank Ney Elementary School and the adjacent playground. It was spotted in the riparian alders and open understory of the blackberry and salmonberry along the creek in north Nanaimo,( just north of Hammond Bay Road between Williamson and Entwhistle Roads).
Twelve EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen at the Pryde Vista Golf Course in Nanaimo.
Sunday February 13:
"RARE BIRD ALERT"
A ROCK WREN was spotted at the Butterball Road beach access in Eaglecrest area of Qualicum Beach.
Sunday Bird Walk -- Buttertubs Marsh
Observers: Twenty-seven Sunday birders
Number of Species:42
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Virginia Rail
American Coot
Glaucous-winged Gull
Rock Dove
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Steller's Jay
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bushtit
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Bewick's Wren
Marsh Wren
American Robin
Varied Thrush
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Spotted Towhee
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Purple Finch
House Finch
Pine Siskin
Evening Grosbeak
House Sparrow
Saturday February 12:
The following forty-one species were seen at the Nanoose Estuary:
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Brandt's Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Canada Goose
American Wigeon
Green-winged Teal
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Greater Scaup
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Common Merganser
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Black Oystercatcher
Mew Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Thayer's Gull
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Steller's Jay
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
European Starling
Brown Creeper
Bewick's Wren
Winter Wren
Bushtit
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Pine Siskin
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Friday Febuary 11:
COMMON and RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, VARIED THRUSH and forty BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS were seen at Schooner Cove in Nanoose Bay.
Thursday February 10:
Several EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen at Buttertubs Marsh in Nanaimo.
Wednesday February 09:
Four VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS were spotted along Doumont Road and Brennan Lake in north Nanaimo.
A RED CROSSBILL was seen near the Parksville Train Station.
One HUTTON'S VIREO was sighted at Woodstream Park in the Departure Bay area, off Bay Street in Nanaimo.
Monday February 07:
Four SWALLOWS were seen along Doumont Road in north Nanaimo.
The first sighting of a TURKEY VULTURE for this year was over Hammond Bay Road in Nanaimo.
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]
********************************************
Nanaimo Field Naturalists Meeting
February 23, 7:30 p.m.
Bowen Park Activity Centre
"Season of the Grizzlies"
by
Fred Seiler of Terrace B.C.
Visitors Welcome
*************************************************************
This Sunday Bird Walk February 20, 2005 will be going to Nanaimo River Estuary (WEATHER PERMITTING).
Meet at the store, 6404 Metral Drive at 9:00 a.m. or at the end of Raines Road (turn left off Cedar Road just after crossing the Nanaimo River Bridge onto Raines Road) about 9:30a.m.
Good Birding!
Neil Robins
Nanaimo
British Columbia
Canada
:news:
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, phone
number along with the date and location of your sighting.
Tuesday February 15, 2005:
A OSPREY was spotted soaring above Highway One near the Forestry Museum in north Duncan.
HUTTON'S VIREO, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, FOX SPARROWS and about forty AMERICAN ROBINS were seen along the Walley Creek Trail just off Hammond Bay Road in north Nanaimo.
Monday February 14:
"RARE BIRD ALERT"
A NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was seen along the Walley Creek Trail between Frank Ney Elementary School and the adjacent playground. It was spotted in the riparian alders and open understory of the blackberry and salmonberry along the creek in north Nanaimo,( just north of Hammond Bay Road between Williamson and Entwhistle Roads).
Twelve EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen at the Pryde Vista Golf Course in Nanaimo.
Sunday February 13:
"RARE BIRD ALERT"
A ROCK WREN was spotted at the Butterball Road beach access in Eaglecrest area of Qualicum Beach.
Sunday Bird Walk -- Buttertubs Marsh
Observers: Twenty-seven Sunday birders
Number of Species:42
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Virginia Rail
American Coot
Glaucous-winged Gull
Rock Dove
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Steller's Jay
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bushtit
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Bewick's Wren
Marsh Wren
American Robin
Varied Thrush
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Spotted Towhee
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Purple Finch
House Finch
Pine Siskin
Evening Grosbeak
House Sparrow
Saturday February 12:
The following forty-one species were seen at the Nanoose Estuary:
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Brandt's Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Canada Goose
American Wigeon
Green-winged Teal
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Greater Scaup
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Common Merganser
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Black Oystercatcher
Mew Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Thayer's Gull
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Steller's Jay
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
European Starling
Brown Creeper
Bewick's Wren
Winter Wren
Bushtit
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Pine Siskin
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Friday Febuary 11:
COMMON and RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS, VARIED THRUSH and forty BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS were seen at Schooner Cove in Nanoose Bay.
Thursday February 10:
Several EVENING GROSBEAKS were seen at Buttertubs Marsh in Nanaimo.
Wednesday February 09:
Four VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS were spotted along Doumont Road and Brennan Lake in north Nanaimo.
A RED CROSSBILL was seen near the Parksville Train Station.
One HUTTON'S VIREO was sighted at Woodstream Park in the Departure Bay area, off Bay Street in Nanaimo.
Monday February 07:
Four SWALLOWS were seen along Doumont Road in north Nanaimo.
The first sighting of a TURKEY VULTURE for this year was over Hammond Bay Road in Nanaimo.
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]
********************************************
Nanaimo Field Naturalists Meeting
February 23, 7:30 p.m.
Bowen Park Activity Centre
"Season of the Grizzlies"
by
Fred Seiler of Terrace B.C.
Visitors Welcome
*************************************************************
This Sunday Bird Walk February 20, 2005 will be going to Nanaimo River Estuary (WEATHER PERMITTING).
Meet at the store, 6404 Metral Drive at 9:00 a.m. or at the end of Raines Road (turn left off Cedar Road just after crossing the Nanaimo River Bridge onto Raines Road) about 9:30a.m.
Good Birding!
Neil Robins
Nanaimo
British Columbia
Canada
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