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 July 16, 2006:
The Sunday Bird Walk went to Neck Point Park in Nanaimo.
Eighteen birders, found the following twenty-eight species:
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Mallard
Common Merganser
Bald Eagle
Spotted Sandpiper (four)
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Caspian Tern
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Rock Pigeon
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Cedar Waxwing
California Quail
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bushtit
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Bewick's Wren
American Robin
European Starling
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Saturday July 15:
Two BARRED OWLS were seen sitting on a gate and sign in the 3200 block of
Grant Road in Courtney.
200 LEAST SANDPIPERS, ten SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPERS, 50 WESTERN SANDPIPERS,
40 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, one GREATER YELLOWLEG and several BARN SWALLOWS
were seen at the Nanaimo River Estuary in south Nanaimo.
Four COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were seen flying over the 2500 block of Glenayr Drive
in the Departure Bay area of Nanaimo.
Friday July 14:
A SPOTTED SANDPIPER, ten LEAST SANDPIPERS, three KILLDEER were seen at the
Drainage
Pond along Kaye Road in Parksville.
A yellow variant HOUSE FINCH was seen in a yard in south Wellington.
A TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was seen in the watershed area behind Springwood
School along
Despard Road in Parksville.
Thursday July 13:
Four BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAKS were seen at feeders in Duncan.
Several CEDAR WAXWINGS were seen along Renz Road in Parksville.
Wednesday July 12:
A EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE was seen in the 8000 block of Southwind Drive in
Lantzville.
Tuesday July 11:
A family of BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAKS are visiting feeders in the 200 block of
Dawkins Lane
in Nanaimo.
Monday July 10:
Six PINE SISKINS were seen along Glen Oaks Drive in Nanaimo.
GREAT BLUE HERON, TURKEY VULTURE, GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL, ROCK and BAND-TAILED
PIGEONS, BLACK SWIFTS, NORTHERN FLICKER, PILEATED WOODPECKER, WILLOW
FLYCATCHERS, NORTHWESTERN CROWS, COMMON RAVENS, WARBLING VIREOS, CEDAR
WAXWINGS, VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS, TREE SWALLOWS, BARN SWALLOWS, AMERICAN
GOLDFINCH, PURPLE FINCH, HOUSE FINCH, HOUSE FINCH (yellow variant),
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, CHIPPING SPARROWS, BREWER'S BLACKBIRDS and a
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD were seen on a bird walk in the Top of the Bridge
Regional Park in Parksville.
Sunday July 09:
A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was heard in the Beachcomber area of Nanoose Bay.
A MERLIN, BARRED OWLS, OSPREY, TURKEY VULTURES, RED-TAILED HAWK, TOWNSEND'S
WARBLER, BELTED KINGFISHER, WESTERN TANAGER, BEWICK'S WREN, AMERICAN
GOLDFINCH, CHIPPING SPARROWS, and SONG SPARROWS were seen in Colliery Dam
Park in Nanaimo.
Satirday July 08:
A VIRGINIA RAIL was heard behind the 49th Parallel Grocery Store in Cedar
and a AMERICAN GOLDFINCH was spotted in the same area.
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,
Springwood School Parksville
Monday, September 25, 7:30 pm.
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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, July 23 , 2006 will be going to Buttertubs Marsh in
Nanaimo. Meet at the Bird Store at 8:30 am or at the parking area on the
Bowen Road side of Buttertubs Marsh at about 8:45 am. Thanks to Susan for
leading this walk.
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Good Birding!
Neil Robins
Nanaimo
British Columbia
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There will be no Bird Alert e-mails sent out on July 23, 2006.
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The Sunday Bird Walk on July 30, 2006 will be going to Legacy Marsh in Upper
Lantzville. Meet at the store at 8:30 am or at the end of Normarel Road at
8:45 am.
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Bullock's Oriole: Photo by Ralph Hocken



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