Sunday Bird Walk: McGregor Marsh, April 11/04, 8:45 am to 11:30 am.

Weather: Calm winds, Sunny blue skies, about 25?C.

Observers: Twenty-one Sunday Birders.

Highlights: The songs of Purple Finch and Orange-crowned Warblers
followed us around all morning. Several male Rufous Hummingbirds
entertained us with their courtship displays!

Number of Species: 38

Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Ring-necked Duck
Hooded Merganser
Bald Eagle
Cooper's Hawk
California Quail
Rufous Hummingbird
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Steller's Jay
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Violet-green Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bushtit
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Bewick's Wren
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Purple Finch
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin

The next Sunday bird walk will be going to Morell Sanctuary
Meet at the bird store at 8:30 am or at the parking lot at Morell at
about 8:45 am.

Good birding
Neil Robins
Nanaimo