Neil Robins
Well-known member
NANAIMO BIRD REPORT
” GO BIRDING--EXPLORE NATURE”
Please remember, when reporting a sighting to leave your name and phone number along with the date, the species and location of your sighting.
To report your sightings phone the Store at 250-390-3669 or e-mail us at [email protected]
Sunday July 28, 2013:
The Sunday bird walk went to the Englishman River Estuary, Plummer Road side in Parksville.. The morning was sunny and warm with a cool wind blowing off the Strait of Georgia. The highlight of the morning was the sighting of a Peregrine Falcon as it flew over us at the waters edge. We watched as it flew to the mudflats, pick up a shorebird and headed out of sight to feed on the prey.
Eighteen birders, including a birder from California saw and heard the following thirty-eight species: Canada Goose, Common Merganser,, Common Loon, Great Blue Heron, Marbled Murrelet, Bald Eagle, Peregrine Falcon, Northern Harrier, Turkey Vulture, Killdeer, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper, Semipalmated Plover, Black-bellied Plovers, California Gull, Bonaparte Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull, Belted Kingfisher, Black-throated Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, Warbling Vireo, Rufous Hummingbird, Northern Flicker, Northwestern Crow, Common Raven, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Bewick's Wren, Willow Flycatcher, Cedar Waxwing, American Robin, Swainson's Thrush, European Starling, Black-headed Grosbeak, Spotted Towhee, White-crowned Sparrow, House Finch, and American Goldfinch.
Five American Black Ducks were seen at the Cottonwood Golf Course in south Nanaimo.
Wednesday, July 17:
A Great Horned Owl was seen along the East Wellington Overpass on Highway 19, in Nanaimo.
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Everyone is welcome to join us for a 2-3 hour bird walk on the Sunday and Tuesday mornings. We leave from the Store at 9 a.m. Sunday Mornings and go to a different location in and around Nanaimo and from the Parksville Beach Community Park at 9 a.m. on Tuesdays and go to different areas in and around the Oceanside area.
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We will not be doing the Tuesday Bird Walks over the summer months. They will resume on September 03, 2013.
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Sunday Bird Walk on August 04 will be going to Bowen Park in Nanaimo. We will meet at the bird store at 9:00 a.m. or at 9:20 am in the parking lot at Bowen Park near the bowling green off Bowen Road.
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Good birding
Neil Robins
Nanaimo
THE BACKYARD WILDBIRD & NATURE STORE
6314 Metral Drive
Nanaimo B.C.
V9T-2L8
Phone: 250-390-3669
Fax: 250-390-1633
Email: [email protected]
Blog: www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com
” GO BIRDING--EXPLORE NATURE”
Please remember, when reporting a sighting to leave your name and phone number along with the date, the species and location of your sighting.
To report your sightings phone the Store at 250-390-3669 or e-mail us at [email protected]
Sunday July 28, 2013:
The Sunday bird walk went to the Englishman River Estuary, Plummer Road side in Parksville.. The morning was sunny and warm with a cool wind blowing off the Strait of Georgia. The highlight of the morning was the sighting of a Peregrine Falcon as it flew over us at the waters edge. We watched as it flew to the mudflats, pick up a shorebird and headed out of sight to feed on the prey.
Eighteen birders, including a birder from California saw and heard the following thirty-eight species: Canada Goose, Common Merganser,, Common Loon, Great Blue Heron, Marbled Murrelet, Bald Eagle, Peregrine Falcon, Northern Harrier, Turkey Vulture, Killdeer, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper, Semipalmated Plover, Black-bellied Plovers, California Gull, Bonaparte Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull, Belted Kingfisher, Black-throated Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, Warbling Vireo, Rufous Hummingbird, Northern Flicker, Northwestern Crow, Common Raven, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Bewick's Wren, Willow Flycatcher, Cedar Waxwing, American Robin, Swainson's Thrush, European Starling, Black-headed Grosbeak, Spotted Towhee, White-crowned Sparrow, House Finch, and American Goldfinch.
Five American Black Ducks were seen at the Cottonwood Golf Course in south Nanaimo.
Wednesday, July 17:
A Great Horned Owl was seen along the East Wellington Overpass on Highway 19, in Nanaimo.
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Everyone is welcome to join us for a 2-3 hour bird walk on the Sunday and Tuesday mornings. We leave from the Store at 9 a.m. Sunday Mornings and go to a different location in and around Nanaimo and from the Parksville Beach Community Park at 9 a.m. on Tuesdays and go to different areas in and around the Oceanside area.
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We will not be doing the Tuesday Bird Walks over the summer months. They will resume on September 03, 2013.
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Sunday Bird Walk on August 04 will be going to Bowen Park in Nanaimo. We will meet at the bird store at 9:00 a.m. or at 9:20 am in the parking lot at Bowen Park near the bowling green off Bowen Road.
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Good birding
Neil Robins
Nanaimo
THE BACKYARD WILDBIRD & NATURE STORE
6314 Metral Drive
Nanaimo B.C.
V9T-2L8
Phone: 250-390-3669
Fax: 250-390-1633
Email: [email protected]
Blog: www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com