Sunday Bird Walk: Legacy Marsh, upper Lantzville, August 10/03, 8:45
a.m. to noon

Weather: Cloudy and cool to start, then warmer through-out the morning.
Calm winds and about 20? C

Observers: Twenty-four Sunday birders.

Highlights: At the start of the walk, from the road, we had a number of
great sightings: female Western Tanagers, a Hairy Woodpecker, many
Cedar Waxwings and three Pileated Woodpeckers all putting on a great
show for us. We had long studied looks at a Merlin, on a snag across the
marsh, as he flew down twisting and turning to catch dragonflies and
flying back to his perch to eat them.

Number of Species: 44
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Wood Duck
Mallard
Red-tailed Hawk
Merlin
California Quail
Virginia Rail
Killdeer
Band-tailed Pigeon
Black Swift
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Steller's Jay
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bushtit
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Bewick's Wren
Marsh Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Western Tanager
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Black-headed Grosbeak
Red-winged Blackbird
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch

THE BACKYARD WILDBIRD & NATURE STORE
390-3669
e-mail: thebackyard at shaw.ca

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The August 17, the Sunday walk will be going to the Englishman
River Estuary in Parksville. Meet at the store at 8:30 a.m. or at end of
Shelly
Road just north of the Englishman River on Highway 19A at
about 9:00 a.m.
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Good birding!
Neil Robins
Nanaimo
British Columbia
Canada