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 May 28, 2006:
CLIFF and BARN SWALLOWS were seen above Quennell Road in Cedar.
The Sunday Bird Walk went to Beck Creek and Chase River Estuary in Nanaimo,
among the highlights were two Trumpeter Swans on the Estuary.
Ninteen birders found the following forty-two species:
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Mallard
Common Merganser
Bald Eagle
Osprey
Turkey Vulture
Spotted Sandpiper
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Purple Martin
Glaucous-winged Gull
Trumpeter Swan
Ring-necked Pheasant
Band-tail Pigeon
California Quail
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bewick's Wren
American Robin
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
European Starling
Black-headed Grosbeak
Cedar Waxwing
Brown Creeper
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Purple Finch
House Finch

"RARE BIRD ALERT"
A pair of WHIMBREL were seen on the mud flats at low tide on Piper's Lagoon
in Nanaimo.
Two female BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAKS are visiting feeders in the 9400 block of
Brodys Place in north Nanaimo.
A BULLOCK'S ORIOLE has been seen behind Coal Tyee School in Nanaimo.
A WOOD DUCK with chicks was seen at the Forest Museum Pond in Duncan.
BAND-TAILED PIGEONS were seen above Sherman Road in Duncan.
Friday May 26:
A BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK and an AMERICAN GOLDFINCH are coming to feeders
along Dawkins Lane in Nanaimo.
A BULLOCK'S ORIOLE was seen near Beck Lake in south Wellington.
Thursday May 25:
"RARE BIRD ALERT"
A NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was seen above Barrington Road along Rock City Road
near Linley Valley in Nanaimo
Wednesday May 24:
A SANDHILL CRANE and five BLACK SWIFTS were sighted at Buttertubs Marsh in
Nanaimo.
Tuesday May 23:
An OSPREY, a WARBLING VIREO and a WILSON'S WARBLER were seen just off
Highway 19A and Mary Ellen Drive in north Nanaimo.
A pair of WESTERN TANAGERS were spotted in the 3100 block of Kilpatrick
Road in Nanaimo.
A BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK was seen at feeders in the 3300 block of Roper Road
in Cedar/Yellowpoint.
Monday May 22:
A PILEATED WOODPECKER was seen at a suet feeder in the Avonlea Development
on the north end of Jinglepot Road in Nanaimo
Saturday May 20:
A RING-BILLED GULL was seen at Parksville Beach.
CALIFORNIA QUAIL were heard calling at McGregor Creek in north Nanaimo.
Four RED CROSSBILLS were seen at the end of Kaye Road behind the Government
Weigh Scales 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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The Nanoose Naturalists
Monthly Meeting
Thursday, June 08, 7:00 pm
Nanoose Library,
Nanoose Bay
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Arrowsmith Naturalists
Monthly Meeting,
Springwood School Parksville
Monday, June 26, 7:30 pm.
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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 Sunday Bird Walk, June 04 , 2006, will be going to Legacy Marsh in upper
Lantzville.
Meet at the Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store at 8:30 am or under the Hydro
right of way on Normarel Drive, off Superior Road, in upper Lantzville at
about 8:40 am.
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Good Birding!
Neil Robins
Nanaimo
British Columbia
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Red-breasted Sapsucker: Photo by Ralph Hocken









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