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 when reporting a sighting to leave your name, phone
number along with the date and location of your sighting.

Tuesday November 30, 2004:
ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRDS are coming to feeders along Tyee Drive on Gabriola Island
A Merlin was seen in the 4900 block of Brody's Place in north Nanaimo.

Monday November 29:
The LARK SPARROW was last seen along San Malo Crescent near the mud flats in
Parksville at 8:00 a.m. It was seen feeding near the park benches that are over looking the estuary.
A SNOW GOOSE was seen along White Road in Cedar.

Sunday November 28:
Two ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRDS were spotted in the 2500 block of Glenayr Drive in Nanaimo.
A WESTERN MEADOWLARK was seen perched on a hydro line near the Marshall Stevenson wildlife sanctuary near the Little Qualicum River Estuary.
Seven AMERICAN GOLDFINCH were seen along the 10 block of Prideux Street in Nanaimo.
Fourteen Sunday birders went on Sunday Bird Walk to Neck Point Park in Nanaimo and found the following forty species:
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Brandt's Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Mallard
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Bald Eagle
Merlin
Black Oystercatcher
Spotted Sandpiper
Black Turnstone
Mew Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Marbled Murrelet
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Steller's Jay
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Varied Thrush
European Starling
Spotted Towhee
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Pine Siskin

Saturday November 27:
A possible SNOW BUNTING has been coming to a yard in the 2200 block of Fern Road in Nanaimo.

Thursday November 25:
Two SANDHILL CRANES were seen in a field near the Petro-Can along Lakes Road in Duncan.

Friday November 19:
AN AMERICAN KESTRAL was seen perched on a hydro line along Northwest Bay Road not far from the Woodlands Nursery.


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 Walks will resume again in Febuary.

Here are some birding links:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcbirdingvanisland ( Vancouver Island)
http://www.birding.bc.ca/ ( British Columbia)
http://www.web-nat.com/bic (Canada)
http://www.birdforum.net ( Great Britian & Europe)
http://birdingonthe.net (North America)

Good Birding!
Neil Robins
Nanaimo
British Columbia