Neil Robins
Well-known member
Nanaimo Bird Report, February 18, 2018.
This Sunday’s bird walk, February 18, 2018 was cancelled due to the weather.
Please Note
Check this site early Tuesday and Sunday mornings on stormy mornings to see if the walks have been cancelled!
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February 16, 2018
A Common Teal was seen and photographed today, February 16, 2018 at the Mud Flats on the Plummer Road side of the Englishman River Estuary in Parksville.
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Parksville/Qualicum Beach, Tuesday bird walk, February 13, 2018:
The Tuesday bird walk went to Columbia Beach. The morning was cloudy with a strong wind off the Strait of Georgia. There were large numbers of Brant Geese, Greater Scaup, Surf Scoters and White-winged Scoters, Long-tailed Ducks and Harlequin Ducks on the Strait during the morning. A Eurasian Widgeon was seen in with a flock of American Widgeon on the French Creek estuary. A pair of Ring-necked Ducks were spotted on the pond near French Creek. A Pigeon Guillemot and several Common Murre were seen just offshore. A House Finch was singing his heart out from a tree along the trail. A flock of six Red Crossbills were spotted flying overhead. We saw several Anna’s Hummingbirds perched on trees near the trail during the walk.
Sixteen birders saw and heard the following fifty-one species:
Brant
Eurasian Widgeon
American Widgeon
Northern Pintail
Mallard
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow’s Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Brandt’s Cormorant
Pigeon Guillemot
Common Murre
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Black Oystercatcher
Mew Gull
California Gull
Iceland-Thayer's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Northern Flicker
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
European Starling
Eurasian-collared Dove
Anna’s Hummingbird
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
American Robin
Spotted Towhee
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red Crossbill
House Finch
House Sparrow
A Rufous Hummingbird was seen at a hummingbird feeder in the 6300 block of Metral Drive in Nanaimo.
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Please Note
Check this site (www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com)early Tuesday and Sunday on stormy mornings to see if the walks have been cancelled!
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The Tuesday Bird Walk on February 20, 2018 will be going to the Shelly Road side of the Englishman River. Meet at the Parksville Community Park (near the Lions Club playground parking lot) in Parksville at 9:00 am, or at the end of Shelly Road on the ocean side of Highway 19Aat about 9:10 am.
The Sunday Bird walk on February 25 , 2018, will be going Buttertubs Marsh in Nanaimo. Meet at the Backyard Bird Store at 9:00 a.m. or at Buttertubs Marsh on the Bowen Road side of Buttertubs at about 9:10 a.m.
Good birding
Neil Robins
THE BACKYARD WILDBIRD & NATURE STORE
314 Metral Drive
Nanaimo B.C.
V9T-2L8
Phone: 250-390-3669
Fax: 250-390-1633
Email: [email protected]
Blog: www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com
This Sunday’s bird walk, February 18, 2018 was cancelled due to the weather.
Please Note
Check this site early Tuesday and Sunday mornings on stormy mornings to see if the walks have been cancelled!
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February 16, 2018
A Common Teal was seen and photographed today, February 16, 2018 at the Mud Flats on the Plummer Road side of the Englishman River Estuary in Parksville.
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Parksville/Qualicum Beach, Tuesday bird walk, February 13, 2018:
The Tuesday bird walk went to Columbia Beach. The morning was cloudy with a strong wind off the Strait of Georgia. There were large numbers of Brant Geese, Greater Scaup, Surf Scoters and White-winged Scoters, Long-tailed Ducks and Harlequin Ducks on the Strait during the morning. A Eurasian Widgeon was seen in with a flock of American Widgeon on the French Creek estuary. A pair of Ring-necked Ducks were spotted on the pond near French Creek. A Pigeon Guillemot and several Common Murre were seen just offshore. A House Finch was singing his heart out from a tree along the trail. A flock of six Red Crossbills were spotted flying overhead. We saw several Anna’s Hummingbirds perched on trees near the trail during the walk.
Sixteen birders saw and heard the following fifty-one species:
Brant
Eurasian Widgeon
American Widgeon
Northern Pintail
Mallard
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow’s Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Brandt’s Cormorant
Pigeon Guillemot
Common Murre
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Black Oystercatcher
Mew Gull
California Gull
Iceland-Thayer's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Northern Flicker
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
European Starling
Eurasian-collared Dove
Anna’s Hummingbird
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
American Robin
Spotted Towhee
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red Crossbill
House Finch
House Sparrow
A Rufous Hummingbird was seen at a hummingbird feeder in the 6300 block of Metral Drive in Nanaimo.
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Please Note
Check this site (www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com)early Tuesday and Sunday on stormy mornings to see if the walks have been cancelled!
*************************************************************
The Tuesday Bird Walk on February 20, 2018 will be going to the Shelly Road side of the Englishman River. Meet at the Parksville Community Park (near the Lions Club playground parking lot) in Parksville at 9:00 am, or at the end of Shelly Road on the ocean side of Highway 19Aat about 9:10 am.
The Sunday Bird walk on February 25 , 2018, will be going Buttertubs Marsh in Nanaimo. Meet at the Backyard Bird Store at 9:00 a.m. or at Buttertubs Marsh on the Bowen Road side of Buttertubs at about 9:10 a.m.
Good birding
Neil Robins
THE BACKYARD WILDBIRD & NATURE STORE
314 Metral Drive
Nanaimo B.C.
V9T-2L8
Phone: 250-390-3669
Fax: 250-390-1633
Email: [email protected]
Blog: www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com
