The Tuesday bird walk
went to the Plummer Road side of the Englishman River Estuary in
Parksville. The morning was cloudy with
strong winds off the Strait of Georgia. We heard and then saw a Cassin’s Vireo. Chestnut-backed
Chickadees flew in the bushes just off the trail. Several Cedar Waxwings flew in and landed in the
tall trees near the trail. A large flock
of Canada Geese, several Northern Pintails, Mallards, Green-winged Teal and an American
Widgeon were resting along the mudflats. Large
numbers of Western Sandpipers, Least Sandpipers, Semipalmated Plover and Killdeer
were feeding along the mudflats. White-winged
Scoters, a Double-crested Cormorant, a Pelagic Cormorant and three Common Loons
were seen on the Strait.
Twenty-one birders
including visiting birders from Ontario, Washington and Alberta saw and heard
the following thirty-nine species:
Canada Geese
Mallard
Green-winged
Teal
White-winged
Scoter
American
Widgeon
Harlequin
Duck
Northern Pintail
Double-crested
Cormorant
Pelagic
Cormorant
Great-blue
Heron
Heermann’s
Gull
California
Gull
Glaucous-winged
Gull
Common Loon
Western
Sandpiper
Semipalmated
Plover
Least
Sandpiper
Killdeer
Cooper’s Hawk
Turkey
Vulture
Anna’s
Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northwestern
Crow
Common Raven
Steller’s Jay
Eurasian-collared
Dove
Cassin’s
Vireo
Chestnut-backed
Chickadee
American
Robin
Cedar Waxwing
Brewer’s
Blackbird
Spotted
Towhee
Savannah
Sparrow
Song
Sparrow
American
Goldfinch
House Finch
Purple Finch
The Tuesday Bird walk on September 19, 2017, will be going to the
Little Qualicum River Estuary in Qualicum Beach. Meet at the Parksville Community
Park (at the parking lot in front of the Lions Club Playground) at 9:00 a.m. or
at the Brant Viewing Platform in north Qualicum Beach at about 9:20 a.m.
Good birding
Neil Robins
THE BACKYARD WILDBIRD & NATURE STORE
314 Metral Drive
Nanaimo B.C.
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Phone: 250-390-3669
Fax: 250-390-1633
Email: thebackyard@shaw.ca
Blog: www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com
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