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.

Wednesday August 23, 2006:
A family of eleven CALIFORNIA QUAIL have been visiting a backyard each
afternoon in the 1100 block of Walkem Road in Ladysmith. The quail come in,
eat and hunker down in the shade of the fruit trees for a while.

Tuesday August 22:
One OSPREY, a BALD EAGLE and a RED-TAILED HAWK were seen flying over the end
of Kaye Road in Parksville.

Monday August 21:
A pair of OSPREY were spotted flying over Nanaimo Lakes Road by the dam in
Nanaimo.

Sunday August 20:
A MERLIN was seen and photgraphed at the Beaver Pond near Enos Lake in
Nanoose Bay.
BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLERS, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS, a WARBLING VIREO,
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH, DOWNY WOODPECKER, BEWICK'S WRENS, WINTER WRENS,
CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEES, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES, DARK-EYED JUNCOS,
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS and SPOTTED TOWHEES were seen on the Cable Bay Trail
in Cedar,
Twelve CALIFORNIA QUAIL were seen at the end of Evergreen Street in
Parksville.

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.
A female PEREGRINE FALCON was seen over the Breton Page Road in Ladysmith.

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
*************************************
The Nanoose Naturalists
Monthly Meeting
Thursday, September 14 at 7:00 pm
Nanoose Library,
Nanoose Bay
**********************************
Arrowsmith Naturalists
Monthly Meeting,
Joe Crichton, (Birdwatching Tours) will give a slide presentation on
"The Birds of Costa Rica".
Monday, September 25 at 7:30 pm.
Springwood School,
Parksville
**********************************
Nanaimo Field Naturalists
Monthly Meeting
Wednesday, September 27 at 7:30 PM,
Bowen Park Activity Centre,
Nanaimo.
**************************************
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.
**************************************
There will be no Sunday Bird Walk on September 03, 2006
The Sunday Bird Walks will resume on September 10.
**************************************
Good Birding!
Neil Robins
Nanaimo
British Columbia
********************************



--
No virus found in this outgoing message.
Checked by AVG Free Edition.
Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.5/426 - Release Date: 8/23/2006