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 June 18, 2006:
The Sunday bird walk went to the Beaver Ponds just off Power Point Road in
Fairwinds at Nanoose Bay. Eighteen birders found the following thirty-four
species:
Turkey Vulture
Mallard
Hooded Merganger
Bald Eagle
Barred Owl
Mute Swan
Rufous Hummingbird
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Warbling Vireo
Hutton's Vireo
NorthwesternCrow
Violet-green Swallow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Bewick's Wren
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Swainson's Thrush
Orange-crowned Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Western Tanager
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Brown-headed Cowbird
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
Cedar Waxwings

Saturday June 24:
Three CASPIAN TERNS were spotted flying near the shoreline at Parksville
Bay.
A RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD and a ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD were exploring a backyard
along Lancashire Avenue in Nanaimo.

Friday June 23:
A BULLOCK'S ORIOLE was seen in a yard in the 5600 block of Amsterdam
Crescent in north Nanaimo.

Saturday June 17:
A PERGRINE FALCON, being chased by a NORTHWESTERN CROW, was seen speeding ov
er the bird store at 6314 Metral Drive in north Nanaimo.
A PILEATED WOODPECKER was spotted at suet feeders along Crestwood Place in
Nanaimo.
A BARRED OWL was sighted on Mudge Island being mobbed by AMERICAN ROBINS and
a HUMMINGBIRD.

Friday June 16
Two CEDAR WAXWINGS and a WILLOW FLYCATCHER were seen in a field next to Renz
Road in Parksville.

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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Arrowsmith Naturalists
Monthly Meeting,
Springwood School Parksville
Monday, June 26, 7:30 pm.
Dr. Gordon Hartman will talk on
"Ecological Sustainability vs Demographic and Economic Growth-
Humans Goals in Conflict"
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Nanaimo Field Naturalists
Monthly Meeting
Wednesday, June 28, 7:30 PM,
Bowen Park Activity Centre,
Nanaimo.
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The Nanoose Naturalists
Monthly Meeting
Thursday, September 14, 7:00 pm
Nanoose Library,
Nanoose Bay
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There will be no Sunday Bird Walk on July 2 , 2006.
The Sunday Bird Walks will resume on July 09.
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Good Birding!
Neil Robins
Nanaimo
British Columbia
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Western Tanager: Photo by Ralph Hocken



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