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 May 17, 2005:
One BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK and a YELLOW WARBLER were seen just off Corfield Road in Parksville.
Monday May 16:
A BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK was spotted in the 10800 block of Chemainus Road in Saltair.
Sunday May 15:
The Sunday Bird Walk went to McGregor Marsh, in north Nanaimo. 17 birders found the following 49 species:
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Hooded Merganser
Bald Eagle
Cooper's Hawk
Ruffed Grouse
California Quail
Rufous Hummingbird
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Cassin's Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Violet-green Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bushtit
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Bewick's Wren
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
European Starling
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Western Tanager
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Black-headed Grosbeak
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Purple Finch
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Friday May 13:
Over 20 RED CROSSBILLS, an Albino SPOTTED TOWHEE and a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH were seen in a yard in the 2300 block of Evanshire Crescent in Nanoose Bay.
Sharp-shinned Hawk, Band-tailed Pigeon, Rufous Hummingbird, Downy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Steller's Jay, Red-breasted Nuthatch, European Starlings, Varied Thrush, Spotted Towhee, Fox Sparrow, Song Sparrows, White-crowned Sparrows, Golden-crowned Sparrows, Black-headed Grosbeaks, Brewer's Blackbirds, Purple Finch
House Finch, Red Crossbill, Pine Siskin, American Goldfinch and Evening Grosbeak have been coming to a yard in the
90 block of Beaver Road at Lake Cowichan.
12 RED CROSSBILLS were seen at feeders along Brodys Place off Lost Lake Road in north Nanaimo.
Thursday May 12:
A TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was spotted in a yard in the 2500 block of Cameo Drive on Gabriola Island.
Wednesday May 11:
Twelve RED CROSSBILLS were seen at feeders in Fairwinds near Schooner Cove in Nanoose Bay.
Monday May 09:
Two YELLOW WARBLERS, one COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, one GREAT BLUE HERON and one RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD were seen at Buttertubs Marsh.
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]
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Arrowsmith Naturalists Monthly Meeting
May 24, 7:30 pm
Springwood Middle School,
Parksville
"Ideas and Reasons for Rainwater Management
on South Eastern Vancouver Island"
By
Gordon Buckingham
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Nanaimo Field Naturalists Monthly Meeting
May 25, 7:30 PM,
Bowen Park Activity Centre,
Nanaimo.
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Nanoose Bay Field Naturalists Monthly Meeting
June 09, 7 pm.
Nanoose Bay Library,
" Nature in Oceanside"
By
Tony Markle
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There will be no Sunday Bird Walk this Sunday May 22, 2005.
The Sunday Bird Walks will resume on May 29, 2005.
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Good Birding!
Neil Robins
Nanaimo
British Columbia
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 May 17, 2005:
One BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK and a YELLOW WARBLER were seen just off Corfield Road in Parksville.
Monday May 16:
A BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK was spotted in the 10800 block of Chemainus Road in Saltair.
Sunday May 15:
The Sunday Bird Walk went to McGregor Marsh, in north Nanaimo. 17 birders found the following 49 species:
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Hooded Merganser
Bald Eagle
Cooper's Hawk
Ruffed Grouse
California Quail
Rufous Hummingbird
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Cassin's Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Violet-green Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bushtit
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Bewick's Wren
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
European Starling
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Western Tanager
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Black-headed Grosbeak
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Purple Finch
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Friday May 13:
Over 20 RED CROSSBILLS, an Albino SPOTTED TOWHEE and a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH were seen in a yard in the 2300 block of Evanshire Crescent in Nanoose Bay.
Sharp-shinned Hawk, Band-tailed Pigeon, Rufous Hummingbird, Downy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Steller's Jay, Red-breasted Nuthatch, European Starlings, Varied Thrush, Spotted Towhee, Fox Sparrow, Song Sparrows, White-crowned Sparrows, Golden-crowned Sparrows, Black-headed Grosbeaks, Brewer's Blackbirds, Purple Finch
House Finch, Red Crossbill, Pine Siskin, American Goldfinch and Evening Grosbeak have been coming to a yard in the
90 block of Beaver Road at Lake Cowichan.
12 RED CROSSBILLS were seen at feeders along Brodys Place off Lost Lake Road in north Nanaimo.
Thursday May 12:
A TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was spotted in a yard in the 2500 block of Cameo Drive on Gabriola Island.
Wednesday May 11:
Twelve RED CROSSBILLS were seen at feeders in Fairwinds near Schooner Cove in Nanoose Bay.
Monday May 09:
Two YELLOW WARBLERS, one COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, one GREAT BLUE HERON and one RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD were seen at Buttertubs Marsh.
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]
*********************************************************
Arrowsmith Naturalists Monthly Meeting
May 24, 7:30 pm
Springwood Middle School,
Parksville
"Ideas and Reasons for Rainwater Management
on South Eastern Vancouver Island"
By
Gordon Buckingham
*********************************************************
Nanaimo Field Naturalists Monthly Meeting
May 25, 7:30 PM,
Bowen Park Activity Centre,
Nanaimo.
*********************************************************
Nanoose Bay Field Naturalists Monthly Meeting
June 09, 7 pm.
Nanoose Bay Library,
" Nature in Oceanside"
By
Tony Markle
******************************************************
There will be no Sunday Bird Walk this Sunday May 22, 2005.
The Sunday Bird Walks will resume on May 29, 2005.
*******************************************************
Good Birding!
Neil Robins
Nanaimo
British Columbia
