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 November 23, 2004:
A LARK SPARROW was seen along San Malo Crescent near the mud flats in Parksville. It was seen feeding near the park bench over looking the estuary.
An ALBINO SCAUP was seen in the duck ponds at Morningstar Golf Course.
Sunday November 21:
A EURASIAN WIGEON was seen on Cottle Lake in Nanaimo.
Nine Sunday birders went on the Sunday Bird Walk to the Little Qualicum Estuary and found the following fifty-two species:
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Trumpeter Swan
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Bald Eagle
Black-bellied Plover
Black Oystercatcher
Black Turnstone
Sanderling
Dunlin
Bonaparte's Gull
Mew Gull
California Gull
Thayer's Gull
Western Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Common Murre
Marbled Murrelet
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Steller's Jay
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
European Starling
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Purple Finch
House Finch
Pine Siskin
Love Bird
Friday November 19:
BUFFLEHEADS, HOODED and COMMON MERGANGERS, BLACK and WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, GREAT BLUE HERONS, a MUTE SWAN, CANADA GEESE, MALLARDS, BALD EAGLES, KILLDEER, BLACK TURNSTONES, HERRING, THAYERS, GLAUCOUS and GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULLS, NORTHWESTERN CROWS, EUROPEAN STARLINGS, SPOTTED TOWHEE, SONG SPARROWS, DARK-EYED JUNCOS, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS and HOUSE FINCHES were seen at the Little Qualicum River Estuary,
Thursday November 18:
A BARRED OWL was seen at on the trail that goes through the center of the park, near the Bay, at the north end of Neck Point Park in Nanaimo.
Four SANDHILL CRANES were see flying over Westwood Lake area heading south.
A MOURNING DOVE was seen at feeders in the 2800 block of River Road in Chemainus.
A PILEATED WOODPECKER was seen feeding at the suet feeders in the 1000 block of Smithers in Parksville.
Wednesday November 17:
A BARRED OWL, NORTHERN FLICKERS, COMMON GOLDENEYES, COMMON MERGANSERS, HARLEQUIN DUCKS, eight BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS, a DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT and over fifty BLACK TURNSTONES were seen at Neck Point Park in Nanaimo.
A COOPERS HAWK was seen hunting a Hairy Woodpecker along Tamarack Drive in Qualicum Beach.
Three TRUMPETER SWANS, two DARK-EYED JUNCOS, one NORTHERN FLICKER, one EVENING GROSBEAK and two STELLAR JAYS were spotted in the 700 block of Ermineskin Avenue in Parksville.
Five RUDDY DUCKS were seen on Quennell Lake in Cedar.
ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRDS are coming in the 300 block of Nottingham Drive 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]
This Sunday Bird Walk November 28, will be going to the Neck Point Park in Nanaimo.
Meet at the Bird Store at 9:00 a.m. or at the parking lot at Neck Point Park at about 9:20 a.m.
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We are planning our fourth Seabird Boat Tour with Beachcombers
Excursions aboard the 41' M.V. Terry Wayne on November 27, 2004.
The plan is to leave Beachcomber Marina at 9:00 a.m. for six hours of
birding on the Strait of Georgia. We will go past Lasqueti Island, over to
the Little Qualicum River Estuary,
returning to Beachcomber Marina at 3:00 p.m.
The cost is $40.00 per person.
There is still space on the boat for a few more people. If you would like to join
us, please email Neil at [email protected] or call me at (250) 954-1928 as
soon as convenient and I will finalize the plans.
The trip is dependent on the weather,
**********************************************************
Good Birding!
Neil Robins
Nanaimo
British Columbia
Canada
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 November 23, 2004:
A LARK SPARROW was seen along San Malo Crescent near the mud flats in Parksville. It was seen feeding near the park bench over looking the estuary.
An ALBINO SCAUP was seen in the duck ponds at Morningstar Golf Course.
Sunday November 21:
A EURASIAN WIGEON was seen on Cottle Lake in Nanaimo.
Nine Sunday birders went on the Sunday Bird Walk to the Little Qualicum Estuary and found the following fifty-two species:
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Trumpeter Swan
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Bald Eagle
Black-bellied Plover
Black Oystercatcher
Black Turnstone
Sanderling
Dunlin
Bonaparte's Gull
Mew Gull
California Gull
Thayer's Gull
Western Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Common Murre
Marbled Murrelet
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Steller's Jay
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
European Starling
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Purple Finch
House Finch
Pine Siskin
Love Bird
Friday November 19:
BUFFLEHEADS, HOODED and COMMON MERGANGERS, BLACK and WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, GREAT BLUE HERONS, a MUTE SWAN, CANADA GEESE, MALLARDS, BALD EAGLES, KILLDEER, BLACK TURNSTONES, HERRING, THAYERS, GLAUCOUS and GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULLS, NORTHWESTERN CROWS, EUROPEAN STARLINGS, SPOTTED TOWHEE, SONG SPARROWS, DARK-EYED JUNCOS, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS and HOUSE FINCHES were seen at the Little Qualicum River Estuary,
Thursday November 18:
A BARRED OWL was seen at on the trail that goes through the center of the park, near the Bay, at the north end of Neck Point Park in Nanaimo.
Four SANDHILL CRANES were see flying over Westwood Lake area heading south.
A MOURNING DOVE was seen at feeders in the 2800 block of River Road in Chemainus.
A PILEATED WOODPECKER was seen feeding at the suet feeders in the 1000 block of Smithers in Parksville.
Wednesday November 17:
A BARRED OWL, NORTHERN FLICKERS, COMMON GOLDENEYES, COMMON MERGANSERS, HARLEQUIN DUCKS, eight BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS, a DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT and over fifty BLACK TURNSTONES were seen at Neck Point Park in Nanaimo.
A COOPERS HAWK was seen hunting a Hairy Woodpecker along Tamarack Drive in Qualicum Beach.
Three TRUMPETER SWANS, two DARK-EYED JUNCOS, one NORTHERN FLICKER, one EVENING GROSBEAK and two STELLAR JAYS were spotted in the 700 block of Ermineskin Avenue in Parksville.
Five RUDDY DUCKS were seen on Quennell Lake in Cedar.
ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRDS are coming in the 300 block of Nottingham Drive 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]
This Sunday Bird Walk November 28, will be going to the Neck Point Park in Nanaimo.
Meet at the Bird Store at 9:00 a.m. or at the parking lot at Neck Point Park at about 9:20 a.m.
**********************************************************
We are planning our fourth Seabird Boat Tour with Beachcombers
Excursions aboard the 41' M.V. Terry Wayne on November 27, 2004.
The plan is to leave Beachcomber Marina at 9:00 a.m. for six hours of
birding on the Strait of Georgia. We will go past Lasqueti Island, over to
the Little Qualicum River Estuary,
returning to Beachcomber Marina at 3:00 p.m.
The cost is $40.00 per person.
There is still space on the boat for a few more people. If you would like to join
us, please email Neil at [email protected] or call me at (250) 954-1928 as
soon as convenient and I will finalize the plans.
The trip is dependent on the weather,
**********************************************************
Good Birding!
Neil Robins
Nanaimo
British Columbia
Canada
