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Sunday bird walk (1 Viewer)

Neil Robins

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Nanaimo Sunday Bird Walk, north side of the Englishman River Estuary, Parksville
August 25, 2002, 8:50 a.m. to 12:05 p.m.

Weather: sunny, calm winds, about 20º C, high tide 7:19 a m.

Observers: Sunday birders (18 of us including a visitor from Germany and two first timers)

Number of Species: 61

Highlights: We watched in anticipation as a very dark gull with a unusual flight pattern made it’s way to shore and landed in a flock of California Gulls. We watched as he had a bath and then began to preen himself. After close examination through our scopes, we identified the dark brown bird as a Parasitic Jaeger--the first one ever seen on a Sunday Birdwalk. It was an awesome sighting! Surprisingly enough many of the Black-bellied and Semipalmated Plover were still in breeding plumage. Black & Vaux’s Swifts and a large flock of Black-throated Gray Warblers showed up near the parking lot, just before we left.

Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Common Merganser
Bald Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk
California Quail
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Lesser Yellowlegs
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Parasitic Jaguar
Bonaparte's Gull
Mew Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Rock Dove
Band-tailed Pigeon
Black Swift
Vaux's Swift
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Willow Flycatcher
Hutton's Vireo
Steller's Jay
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bushtit
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Bewick's Wren
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Orange-crowned Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Western Tanager
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Black-headed Grosbeak
Brewer's Blackbird
Purple Finch
House Finch
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch

Sunday bird walks are presented by
THE BACKYARD WILDBIRD & NATURE STORE
#6 - 6404 Metral Drive, 390-3669

Good Birding
Neil Robins
Nanimo
Vancouver Island
B.C.
Canada
 
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