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
Website: www.thebirdstore.ca
Please remember, when reporting a sighting, to leave your name and phone
number, along with the date and location of your sighting.
Sunday August 20, 2006:
The Sunday Bird Walk went to McGregor Marsh, in Nanaimo. Eighteen birders
found the following twenty-six species:
Great Blue Heron
Wood Duck
Mallard
Cooper's Hawk
Merlin
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Cassin's Vireo
Cedar Waxwing
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bushtit
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Western Tanager
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Red Crossbills
Purple Finch
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Saturday August 19:
A CASSIN'S VIREO and a BLACK-THROATED WARBLER were seen in a yard along
Northwest Bay Road in Nanoose Bay.
A pair of adult CALIFORNIA QUAIL with nine little tennis-ball sized chicks
were visiting a yard along Ventura Drive in Nanaimo.
Friday August 18:
A large flock of CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEES and several ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRDS
are visiting feeders in the 5600 block of Lost Lake Road in Nanaimo.
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES are coming to feeders in a yard just north of the
Little Qualicum River.
A pair of RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES are making frequent visits to feeders in
the 1000 block of Forgotten Drive in the San Pareil area of Parksville.
Two TURKEY VULTURES were seen at Neck Point Park in Nanaimo.
Thursday August 17:
Twelve TURKEY VULTURES were seen at the foot of Tweedhope Road in
Lantzville--six were soaring on thermals, three were perched on trees and
three were in the front yard.
Wednesday August 16:
A BARRED OWL was seen at the campground on Gabriola Island.
Tuesday August 15:
Over eighty BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, twenty CALIFORNIA GULLS, two
BONAPART'S GULLS, four KILLDEER, two BLACK TURNSTONES and two WESTERN
SANDPIPERS were seen on a gravel bar in front of the Pebble Beach Townhouse
complex at French Creek.
ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRDS, HOUSE FINCHES, AMERICAN GOLDFINCH, PILEATED, DOWNY and
HAIRY WOODPECKERS, STELLAR'S JAYS, AMERICAN ROBINS SPOTTED TOWHEES,
CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEES and NORTHERN FLICKERS
are visiting a yard in the 3300 block of Barrington Road in Nanaimo.
A NORTHERN HARRIER was seen near the corner of Lantzville Road and Sabastion
Road in Lantzville.
One GREAT HORNED OWL, three PILEATED WOODPECKERS and four HAIRY WOODPECKERS
were seen near a cabin on central Mudge Island.
Monday August 14:
A female KINGFISHER was seen feeding a young KINGFISHER at Lost Lake in
Nanaimo.
Sunday August 13:
A family of ten CALIFORNIA QUAIL were seen at feeders and then resting in
the
garden in the Chartwell area of Qualicum Beach
Over six COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen near the Government Weigh Scales in
Parksville.
BLACK SWIFTS were spotted above Ballenas School in Parksville.
Saturday August 12:
A WESTERN SCREECH OWL was seen on central Mudge Island,
Twenty-four BLACK TURNSTONES and a pair of BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS were spotted
on a gravel bar on the south side of the government wharf in Ladysmith.
Two BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS were seen off the point at Deep Bay.
Friday August 11:
Two WOOD DUCKS were seen at Lost Lake in Nanaimo.
A juvenile SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER was spotted at the Englishman River
Estuary in Parksville.
Thursday August 10:
A CALIFORNIA GULL was seen at Buckley Bay.
Six DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS were seen between Denman and Hornby Islands.
Eight KILLDEER, two SEMI-PALMATED PLOVERS, a large flock of LEAST
SANDPIPERS, four WESTERN SANDPIPERS and eight SANDERLINGS, 200
GLACOUS-WINGED GULLS, CALIFORNIA GULLS, 30 CANADA GEESE, 20 MALLARDS and a
fishing BELTED KINGFISHER were seen at low tide on the mud flats at the
Englishman River Estuary in Parksville.
Two COMMON LOONS, TWO DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, three RED-BREASTED
MERGANSERS and two BONAPART'S GULLS were seen on the Georgia Strait near the
Englishman River Estuary in Parksville.
Monday August 07:
One BLACK SCOTER, four COMMON MERGANSERS, eight BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, two
BLACK TURNSTONES and twelve BONAPART'S GULLS were seen at Deep Bay.
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
www.thebirdstore.ca
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The Nanoose Naturalists
Monthly Meeting
Thursday, September 14, 7:00 pm
Nanoose Library,
Nanoose Bay
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Arrowsmith Naturalists
Monthly Meeting,
Joe Crichton, (Birdwatching Tours) will give a slide presentation on
"The Birds of Costa Rica".
Monday, September 25, 7:30 pm.
Springwood School,
Parksville
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Nanaimo Field Naturalists
Monthly Meeting
Wednesday, September 27, 7:30 PM,
Bowen Park Activity Centre,
Nanaimo.
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The Sunday Bird Walk on August 27 will be going to Buttertubs Marsh in
Nanaimo.
Meet at the Backyard Wildbird Store at 8:30 am, or at the parking lot on the
Bowen Road side of Buttertubs Marsh 8:45 am.
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Good Birding!
Neil Robins
Nanaimo
British Columbia
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