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
Website: www.thebirdstore.ca
Birding Vancouver Island: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcbirdingvanisland
Please remember, when reporting a sighting, to leave your name and phone
number, along with the date and location of your sighting.
Sunday January 08, 2007:
The Sunday bird walk went to Bowen Park in Nanaimo. Sixteen birders found the following twenty-seven species. CANADA GOOSE, MALLARD, MERLIN, BALD EAGLE, GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL, ROCK PIGEON, NORTHERN FLICKER, STELLER'S JAY, NORTHWESTERN CROW, COMMON RAVEN, CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEE, WINTER WREN, BEWICK'S WREN, AMERICAN ROBIN, VARIED THRUSH, EUROPEAN STARLING, SONG SPARROW, DARK-EYED JUNCO, HOUSE FINCH, PURPLE FINCH, PINE SISKIN, BELTED KINGFISHER, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, BROWN CREEPER, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH,and a HOUSE SPARROW.
A COOPER'S HAWK was spotted perched in a tree in Barrington Park next to the 3300 block of Barrington Road in Nanaimo
Friday January 05:
50 TRUMPETER SWANS were seen at Brannen Lake in Nanaimo.
Thursday January 04:
Eight CALIFORNIA QUAIL were seen under a bird feeder near Fairwinds in Nanoose Bay
An ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD was seen at feeders in the 2800 block of Parker Road in Nanoose Bay.
Wednesday January 03:
Twelve BAND-TAILED were flying over Fairwinds in Nanoose Bay.
Tuesday January 02:
Two AMERICAN KESTRAL were seen at Cottonwood Golf Course nea the Nanaimo Airport in Cassidy.
Sunday December 31:
A male NORTHERN HARRIER was spoted at the Englishman River Estuary in Parksville.
A MERLIN was perched on a backyard fence along Forest Turn in upper Lantzville.
Saturday December 30:
A flock of over forty EVENING GROSBEAKS are visiting feeders in Comox.
Thursday December 28:
A CEDAR WAXWING, 50 MALLARDS, 40 ROCK PIGEONS, 13 HOUSE SPARROWS, 12 STELLER'S JAYS, 15 AMERICAN ROBINS, 8 SONG SPARROWS, 16 DARK-EYED JUNCOS, one VARIED THRUSH, seven GREATER SCAUP, one GREAT BLUE HERON, 10 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS, four COMMON MERGANGERS, two BUFFLEHEADS, 13 PURPLE FINCH, and three PINE SISKINS were seen at Buttertubs Marsh in Nanaimo.
ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRDS, DOWNY WOODPECKER, NORTHERN FLICKERS, STELLER'S JAYS, NORTHERWESTERN CROWS, CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEES, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, BEWICKS WREN, AMERICAN ROBINS, VARIED THRUSH, EUROPEAN STARLINGS, SPOTTED TOWHEES, FOX SPARROWS, SONG SPARROWS, DARK-EYED JUNCOS, PURPLE FINCH, HOUSE FINCH and HOUSE SPARROWS were coming to feeders in the 2100 block of Lancashire Avenue 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
www.thebirdstore.ca
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Arrowsmith Naturalists
Monthly Meeting,
" Member's Night" Hosted by Will Lemmon.
Monday, January 22, 2007@ 7:30 pm.
Springwood Middle School,
Parksville
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Nanaimo Field Naturalists
Monthly Meeting
Wednesday, January 24, 2007 @ 7:30 PM,
Bowen Park Activity Centre,
Nanaimo.
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The Nanoose Naturalists
Monthly Meeting
Thursday, January 11, 2007 @ 7:00 pm
Nanoose Library,
Nanoose Bay
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EVERYONE IS WELCOME ON THE WEDNESDAY MORNING BIRD WALK, sponsored by the BACKYARD WILDBIRD AND NATURE STORE. We will be “Fair Weather Birders”--snow, rain and/or heavy winds will deter us. We will leave The Parksville Civic and Technology Centre on Jensen Avenue and McCarter Street at 9 a.m. every Wednesday, and go to a different area in and around Parksville/Qualicum Beach each week. BRING YOUR BINOCULARS AND JOIN US FOR A MORNING OF BIRDING.
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The Wednesday Bird Walk on January 10, 2007 will be going to Englishman River Estuary, Shelly Road side.
We will meet at the east parking lot of The Parksville Civic and Technology Centre at Jensen Avenue and McCarter Street at 9:00 am in Parksville or at the end of Shelly Road ( Ocean side of highway 19a) at about 9:10 am. **********************************************
EVERYONE IS WELCOME ON THE SUNDAY MORNING BIRD WALK, sponsored by the BACKYARD WILDBIRD AND NATURE STORE. We leave the store at 9 a.m. and go to a different area in and around Nanaimo each week. BRING YOUR BINOCULARS AND JOIN US FOR A MORNING OF BIRDING.
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The Sunday Bird Walk on January 14, 2007 will be going to Nanoose Estuary in Nanoose Bay. Weather permitting--torrential rains and snow will deter us!
Meet at the Bird Store at 9:00 a.m. or at the parking area behind the Pentacostal Church Camp off Arlington Road and Highway 19., at about 9:20 a.m.
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Good Birding!
Neil Robins
Nanaimo
British Columbia
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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
Website: www.thebirdstore.ca
Birding Vancouver Island: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcbirdingvanisland
Please remember, when reporting a sighting, to leave your name and phone
number, along with the date and location of your sighting.
Sunday January 08, 2007:
The Sunday bird walk went to Bowen Park in Nanaimo. Sixteen birders found the following twenty-seven species. CANADA GOOSE, MALLARD, MERLIN, BALD EAGLE, GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL, ROCK PIGEON, NORTHERN FLICKER, STELLER'S JAY, NORTHWESTERN CROW, COMMON RAVEN, CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEE, WINTER WREN, BEWICK'S WREN, AMERICAN ROBIN, VARIED THRUSH, EUROPEAN STARLING, SONG SPARROW, DARK-EYED JUNCO, HOUSE FINCH, PURPLE FINCH, PINE SISKIN, BELTED KINGFISHER, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, BROWN CREEPER, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH,and a HOUSE SPARROW.
A COOPER'S HAWK was spotted perched in a tree in Barrington Park next to the 3300 block of Barrington Road in Nanaimo
Friday January 05:
50 TRUMPETER SWANS were seen at Brannen Lake in Nanaimo.
Thursday January 04:
Eight CALIFORNIA QUAIL were seen under a bird feeder near Fairwinds in Nanoose Bay
An ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD was seen at feeders in the 2800 block of Parker Road in Nanoose Bay.
Wednesday January 03:
Twelve BAND-TAILED were flying over Fairwinds in Nanoose Bay.
Tuesday January 02:
Two AMERICAN KESTRAL were seen at Cottonwood Golf Course nea the Nanaimo Airport in Cassidy.
Sunday December 31:
A male NORTHERN HARRIER was spoted at the Englishman River Estuary in Parksville.
A MERLIN was perched on a backyard fence along Forest Turn in upper Lantzville.
Saturday December 30:
A flock of over forty EVENING GROSBEAKS are visiting feeders in Comox.
Thursday December 28:
A CEDAR WAXWING, 50 MALLARDS, 40 ROCK PIGEONS, 13 HOUSE SPARROWS, 12 STELLER'S JAYS, 15 AMERICAN ROBINS, 8 SONG SPARROWS, 16 DARK-EYED JUNCOS, one VARIED THRUSH, seven GREATER SCAUP, one GREAT BLUE HERON, 10 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS, four COMMON MERGANGERS, two BUFFLEHEADS, 13 PURPLE FINCH, and three PINE SISKINS were seen at Buttertubs Marsh in Nanaimo.
ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRDS, DOWNY WOODPECKER, NORTHERN FLICKERS, STELLER'S JAYS, NORTHERWESTERN CROWS, CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEES, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, BEWICKS WREN, AMERICAN ROBINS, VARIED THRUSH, EUROPEAN STARLINGS, SPOTTED TOWHEES, FOX SPARROWS, SONG SPARROWS, DARK-EYED JUNCOS, PURPLE FINCH, HOUSE FINCH and HOUSE SPARROWS were coming to feeders in the 2100 block of Lancashire Avenue 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
www.thebirdstore.ca
*********************************
Arrowsmith Naturalists
Monthly Meeting,
" Member's Night" Hosted by Will Lemmon.
Monday, January 22, 2007@ 7:30 pm.
Springwood Middle School,
Parksville
*************************************
Nanaimo Field Naturalists
Monthly Meeting
Wednesday, January 24, 2007 @ 7:30 PM,
Bowen Park Activity Centre,
Nanaimo.
**********************************
The Nanoose Naturalists
Monthly Meeting
Thursday, January 11, 2007 @ 7:00 pm
Nanoose Library,
Nanoose Bay
**********************************
EVERYONE IS WELCOME ON THE WEDNESDAY MORNING BIRD WALK, sponsored by the BACKYARD WILDBIRD AND NATURE STORE. We will be “Fair Weather Birders”--snow, rain and/or heavy winds will deter us. We will leave The Parksville Civic and Technology Centre on Jensen Avenue and McCarter Street at 9 a.m. every Wednesday, and go to a different area in and around Parksville/Qualicum Beach each week. BRING YOUR BINOCULARS AND JOIN US FOR A MORNING OF BIRDING.
**********************************
The Wednesday Bird Walk on January 10, 2007 will be going to Englishman River Estuary, Shelly Road side.
We will meet at the east parking lot of The Parksville Civic and Technology Centre at Jensen Avenue and McCarter Street at 9:00 am in Parksville or at the end of Shelly Road ( Ocean side of highway 19a) at about 9:10 am. **********************************************
EVERYONE IS WELCOME ON THE SUNDAY MORNING BIRD WALK, sponsored by the BACKYARD WILDBIRD AND NATURE STORE. We leave the store at 9 a.m. and go to a different area in and around Nanaimo each week. BRING YOUR BINOCULARS AND JOIN US FOR A MORNING OF BIRDING.
*************************************
The Sunday Bird Walk on January 14, 2007 will be going to Nanoose Estuary in Nanoose Bay. Weather permitting--torrential rains and snow will deter us!
Meet at the Bird Store at 9:00 a.m. or at the parking area behind the Pentacostal Church Camp off Arlington Road and Highway 19., at about 9:20 a.m.
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Good Birding!
Neil Robins
Nanaimo
British Columbia
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