This is the sunday bird walk report for June 20, 1999,( from 0845 am to
1150 am.)At MacGregor Marsh located just off Rutherford Road in North
Nanaimo.In the time spent birding, there was a steady rain the whole
time, there were six of us out.

We saw and heard a total of 34 species:

Pied-billed Grebe---1
Mallard-------1 female
Great Blue Heron---3
Merlin----1
California Quail---1
Black Swift---1
Rufus Hummingbird---4
Belted Kingfisher---1 male
Northern Flicker ----3
Pileated Woodpecker---4
Willow Flycatcher---3 heard
Pacific-slope Flycatcher--3 heard
Northerwestern Crow ----6
Warbling Vireo----1
Swainson's Thrush ----7 heard
American Robin----15
European Starling---6
Red-breasted Nuthatch----1 heard
Brown Creeper--1 heard
Bushtit------12
Violet-green Swallow----20
Chestnut-backed Chickadee--6
Pine Siskin ----20
Am. Goldfinch---8
Purple Finch---3 heard
Orange-crowned Warbler---3 heard 1 seen
Wilson's Warbler---1 heard
Song Sparrow---2
White-crowned Sparrow---2
Spotted Towhee---3
Black-headed Grosbeak----6 heard 2 seen
Red-winged Blackbird----20
Brewers Blackbird---1
Except for the rain it was a very good walk,the highlight's had to be
the black swift and the rich melancholies song's of the Black-headed
Grosbeak, the area was filled with the sounds of the rain dropping and
the birds singing.

Neil Robins
Nanaimo
Vancouver Island
British Columbia.
"Sunday bird walks are presented by"
THE BACKYARD WILDBIRD & NATURE STORE
NANAIMO,(250) 390-3669