[Neil Robins]

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: thebackyard@shaw.ca

Please remember when reporting a sighting to leave your name, phone
number along with the date and location of your sighting.

Tuesday August 17, 2004:
A PILEATED WOODPECKER has been coming to feeders all summer in the 4900 block of Lost Lake Road in Nanaimo.

Monday August 16:
Five COMMON TERNS were spotted at Columbia Beach.
Two young FRANKLIN'S GULLS, along with 180 BONAPART'S GULLS were seen at Craig Bay in Parksville.

Sunday August 15:
The Sunday bird walk went to Legacy Marsh in upper Lantzville, seven Sunday birders found the following thirty-three speces:
Pied-billed Grebe
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Hooded Merganser
Bald Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Common Snipe
Band-tailed Pigeon
Vaux's Swift
Northern Flicker
Willow Flycatcher
Cassin's Vireo
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Violet-green Swallow
Barn Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bushtit
Brown Creeper
Golden-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch

Saturday August 14:
Four OSPREY, two RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRDS, 42 GREAT BLUE HERONS and a flock of 13 RAVENS were seen at Jack Point Park in south Nanaimo
.
Friday August 13:
Three RING-BILLED GULLS, three BLACK TURNSTONES, and over twelve BONAPARTS GULLS, were seen along Columbia Beach.
Five SEMI-PALIMATED PLOVERS and a large flock of KILLDEER was seen along the Englishman River Estuary.

Thursday August 12:
29 CALIFORNIA QUAIL were seen in Smugglers Hill Drive in Nanaimo.

Tuesday August 10:
Two WILD TURKEYS were spotted along Fulford Road on Salt Spring Island.

Monday August 09, 2004:
:RARE BIRD ALERT:
The
WANDERING TATTLER first seen on the Sunday bird walk to Englishman River Estuary Plummer Road side was again seen today in the same area-- look from the boardwalk towards the gravel bars near the Art Gallery. The tattler was seen in with a flock of Black-bellied Plovers.

Sunday August 08:
"RARE BIRD ALERT"
A RINGED-TURTLE DOVE was spotted in the Madrona Point area coming to feeders. Has anyone heard of any reports of escaped RINGED-TURTLE DOVES in this district? Confirmation of this sighting would be appreciated


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: thebackyard@shaw.ca

This Sunday Bird walk on August 22, will be going to Neck Point Park. Meet at the store at 8:30 a.m. or at the parking lot at Neck Point Park at about 8:45 a.m.

Good Birding!
Neil Robins
Parksville
British Columbia