The Nanaimo Bird Alert
provided by
The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store
To report your sightings phone
The Bird Alert at: 390-3029 or
The Store at: 390-3669
e-mail: thebackyard at shaw.ca

Please remember to leave your name, phone
number along with the date and location of your sighting.

Tuesday June 01, 2004:
RED CROSSBILLS were seen at the bike shop near the bird store feeding their young.
A MOURNING DOVE has been seen in the 5600 block of Lost Lake Road.
A pair of BULLOCK'S ORIOLES was seen near the old foundation at Buttertubs Marsh in Nanaimo.

Monday May 31:
A HAIRY WOODPECKER was seen along Wren Road in Parksville.

Sunday May 30:
"RARE BIRD ALERT"
A ROCK WREN was seen again in the 700 block of Ermineskin Road in Parksville.
Twelve Sunday birders went on the Sunday Bird Walk to Morden Colliery Provincial Park
and found the following thirty-seven species:
Barred Owl
Black Swift
Rufous Hummingbird
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Willow Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Cassin's Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Common Raven
Violet-green Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Bewick's Wren
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Western Tanager
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Black-headed Grosbeak
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbirb
Northern Rough-winged Swallows
Band-tailed Pigeon
Turkey Vultures
California Quail
Northwestern Crow
Vaux's Swift

Saturday May 29:
"RARE BIRD ALERT"
A ROCK WREN was seen in the 700 block of Erminskin Road in Parksville.
A PARASITIC JAEGER was seen offshore at the Little Qualicum River and on shore were RED CROSSBILLS.
A BLACK HEADED GROSBEAK was seen in the 3000 block of Northwest Bay Road in Nanoose Bay.

Friday May 28:
A MOURNING DOVE was spotted along Maki Road in south Nanaimo.
A CHUKAR was seen with CALIFORNIA QUAIL at the Cowichan Estuary near Duncan.

Wednesday May 26:
Seven pairs of BLUE-WINGED TEAL and four PECTORAL SANDPIPERS were seen at the Englishman River Estuary in Parksville.


For further information on these sightings or for help in identifying a
bird please call:

The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store
at (250) 390-3669
Toll Free at 1-888-249-4145
e-mail: thebackyard at shaw.ca


This Sunday bird walk June 06, will be going to Neck Point Park.
Meet at the store at 8:30 am or at Neck Point Park parking lot at about 8:45 am.

Please report your Purple Martins sightings to Bruce Cousens,
Phone/msg./fax: (250) 758-2922; E-mail: pmartins at island.net

Good Birding!
Neil Robins
Nanaimo
British Columbia