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.

Monday October 18, 2004:
A WHITE-THROATED SPARROW was observed for around ten minutes in a backyard in Royston beside the Trent River near the old Island Highway.
Seven WESTERN MEADOWLARKS, eight GREATER SCAUP, one MERLIN and four PECTORAL SANDPIPERS were sighted at the Nanaimo River Estuary in south Nanaimo.
A HEMIT THRUSH was seen along the Cable Bay Trail in Cedar.
Two COMMON MURRE and one WESTERN GREBE were spotted off shore at Dodds Narrows in Cedar.

Sunday October 17:
Sunday Bird Walk: Rock City Road, October 17, 2004
Observers Four hardy Sunday birders
Number of Species: 20
Band-tailed Pigeon
Anna's Hummingbird
Northern Flicker
Steller's Jay
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bushtit
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Varied Thrush
European Starling
Spotted Towhee
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
House Finch
Pine Siskin

Tuesday October 12:
A pair of LONG-TAILED JAEGERS were seen on the water, not far off shore at Neck Point in Nanaimo.
ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRDS are coming to feeders along Parton Drive in Nanaimo.

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 October 24, will be going to Buttertubs Marsh.
Meet at the Bird Store at 8:30 a.m. or at the parking lot on the Bowden Road side of Buttertubs Marsh at about 8:45 a.m.

Good Birding!
Neil Robins
Nanaimo
British Columbia