Nanaimo bird report, July 23, 2017

Nanaimo bird report”

Explore Nature ---Go Birding

To report your sightings call the birdstore at 250-390-3669 or e-mail

thebirdstore@shaw.ca

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

Sunday Bird Walk, July 23, 2017:

The Sunday bird walk went to the Plummer Road side of the Englishman River in Parksville. The morning was sunny but there was a strong wind off the Strait of Georgia. A Cedar Waxwing was spotted at the top of a tall Fir tree at the beginning of the walk.  A Black Oystercatcher, fifteen Long-billed Dowitchers, a large number of Least Sandpipers and Western Sandpipers, two Semi-palmated Plovers and several Killdeer were seen on the mud flats. Four Black-bellied Plovers were feeding along the tide line. Mew Gulls, Bonaparte Gulls

and California Gulls were seen on the Strait.

Semi-palmated Plover: Ralph Hocken Photo:

Fourteen birders including visiting birders from Alberta and California saw and heard the following thirty-four species:

Common Merganser

Great Blue Heron

Bald Eagle

Turkey Vulture

Black Oystercatcher

Long-billed Dowitcher

Least Sandpiper

Western Sandpiper

Semi-palmated Plover

Black-bellied Plover

Killdeer

Belted Kingfisher

Mew Gull

Bonaparte Gull

California Gull

Glaucous-winged Gull

Eurasian-collared Dove

Bushtit

Anna’s Hummingbird

Northern Flicker

Northwestern Crow

Violet-green Swallow

Pacific-slope Flycatcher

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Swainson's Thrush

American Robin

Cedar Waxwing

Orange-crowned Warbler

Spotted Towhee

Song Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

House Finch

American Goldfinch

Purple Finch  

Cedar Waxwing: Ralph Hocken Photo.

Tuesday July 18.

Sixteen Common Nighthawks were seen over McLeary Street and Kennedy Street in Nanaimo.

Six Common Nighthawks were seen over Meridian Way in Parksville.

The Tuesday Birdwalks will resume on September 5/17

The Sunday Birdwalk on July 30, 2017 will be going to the Nanaimo River Estuary in south Nanaimo. Meet at the Birdstore at 9:00 a.m. or at the end of Raines Road at about 9:30 a.m. 

Good birding

Neil Robins

THE BACKYARD WILDBIRD & NATURE STORE

314 Metral Drive

 Nanaimo B.C.
V9T-2L8

Phone: 250-390-3669

Fax: 250-390-1633

Email: thebackyard@shaw.ca

Blog: www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com