Subject: Sunday Bird Walk Nanaimo B.C. August01/99
Date: Aug 2 08:54:04 1999
From: Dan Victor - dcv at scn.org


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From: "bartlett" cpbartle at direct.ca
Subject: Sunday Bird Walk Nanaimo B.C. August01/99
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 99 23:21:23 PDT

The Sunday Bird Walk, August 1/99.
The walk today went to MacGregor marsh located at the top of the hill on =
Rutherford road in Nanaimo B.C.. Temperature was about 20 degrees celsius=
and sunny.
30 species were seen and heard on the walk:
great blue heron
wood duck
turkey vulture
bald eagle
California quail
rufous hummingbird
pileated woodpecker
northern flicker
pacific-slope flycatcher
willow flycatcher
common raven
northwestern crow
chestnut-back chickadee
red-breasted nuthatch
bushtit
bewicks wren
American robin
swainson=92s thrush
cedar waxwing
orange-crowned warbler
wilson warbler
red-winged blackbird
white-crowned sparrow
chipping sparrow
spotted towhee
black-headed grosbeak
house finch
purple finch
American goldfinch
pine siskin

The Sunday Bird Walks are presented by The Backyard Wildbird & Nature
Store, located at #6-6404 Metral Drive Nanaimo, British Columbia. If you
would like information on these sightings or about birding in Nanaimo
contact us at: phone # (250) 390-3669, fax (250) 390-1633, email
cpbartle at direct.ca, or call the Nanaimo bird alert at (250) 390-3029.
Happy birding!