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
Birding Vancouver Island: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcbirdingvanisland
Please remember, when reporting a sighting, to leave your name and phone
number, along with the date and location of your sighting.

Sunday January 28, 2007:
A RING-NECKED PHEASANT was been visiting a yard in Cinnabar Valley.
The Sunday Bird Walk went to the Buttertubs Marsh. Twenty-two birders found
the following thirty-six species: GREAT BLUE HERON, CANADA GOOSE, MALLARD,
RING-NECKED DUCK, BUFFLEHEAD, HOODED MERGANSER, GREEN-WINGED TEAL,
PIED-BILLED GREBE, COOPER'S HAWK, RED-TAILED HAWK, GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL,
ROCK PIGEON, RING-NECKED PHEASANT, NORTHERN FLICKER, DOWNY WOODPECKER,
STELLER'S JAY, COMMON RAVEN, CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEE, MARSH WREN, BEWICK'S
WREN, AMERICAN ROBIN, VARIED THRUSH, EUROPEAN STARLING, GOLDEN-CROWNED
KINGLET, BROWN CREEPER, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, SPOTTED TOWHEE, SONG SPARROW,
GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD, HOUSE FINCH, DARK-EYED JUNCO,
BUSHTIT, PINE SISKIN, AMERICAN GOLDFINCH and HOUSE SPARROW.

Friday January 26:
An ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD was seen feeding on the tops of Alder trees in the
Beach Estates Park ravine in the Cilaire area of Nanaimo.

Wednesday January 24:
Two PINE GROSBEAKS were seen feeding on Arbutus berries in McGregor Marsh
across Rutherford Road from the Quilted Duck in north Nanaimo..
ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRDS have been reported in Lantzville and Protection Island.
The Wednesday Bird Walk went to Columbia Beach on January 24. Among the
highlights of the morning were the large number of HARLEQUIN DUCKS that we
saw. Two RING-BILLED GULLS and a ROCK SANDPIPER were spotted on the
shoreline and a flock of thirty BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS flew past us several
times. Fifteen birders found the following thirty-one species: PACIFIC LOON,
COMMON LOON, HORNED GREBE, DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, BRANT GEESE, HARLEQUIN
DUCK, BLACK SCOTER, SURF SCOTER, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, COMMON GOLDENEYE,
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, BUFFLEHEAD, RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, COMMON MERGANSER,
BALD EAGLE, BLACK TURNSTONE, ROCK SANDPIPER, DUNLIN, BLACK OYSTERCATCHER,
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, MEW GULL, RING-BILLED GULL, GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL, ROCK
PIGEON, STELLER'S JAY, NORTHWESTERN CROW, AMERICAN ROBIN, EUROPEAN STARLING,
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, DARK-EYED JUNCO
and SPOTTED TOWHEE.

Tuesday January 23:
An ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD is visiting feeders in the 200 block of Dawkins Lane
in Nanaimo.

Monday January 22:
A SNOW BUNTING has been coming to a yard along Bridgewater Lane in
Parksville.

Sunday January 21:
One albino DARK-EYED JUNCO, GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROWS and six RED-BREASTED
NUTHATCHES are visiting feeders in Nanoose 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, February 08, 2007 at 7:00 pm
Nanoose Library,
Nanoose Bay
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Nanaimo Field Naturalists
Monthly Meeting
Wednesday, February 21, 2007 at 7:30 PM,
Bowen Park Activity Centre,
Nanaimo.
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Arrowsmith Naturalists
Monthly Meeting,
Monday, February 26, 2007 at 7:30 pm.
Springwood Middle School,
Parksville
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EVERYONE IS WELCOME ON THE WEDNESDAY MORNING BIRD WALK, sponsored by the
BACKYARD WILDBIRD AND NATURE STORE. We will be ?Fair Weather Birders? for
the winter--snow, rain and/or heavy winds will deter us. We will leave The
Parksville Civic and Technology Centre on Jensen Avenue and McCarter
Street at 9 a.m. every Wednesday, and go to a different area in and around
Parksville/Qualicum Beach each week. BRING YOUR BINOCULARS AND JOIN US FOR
A MORNING OF BIRDING.
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The Wednesday Bird Walk on January 31, 2007 will be going to the Little
Qualicum Beach Estuary. We will meet at the east parking lot of The
Parksville Civic and Technology Centre at Jensen Avenue and McCarter Street
at 9:00 a.m. in Parksville or at the Viewing tower in Qualicum Beach at
Highway 19A and Garrett Road (look for the wildlife sign) at about 9:20 a.m.
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EVERYONE IS WELCOME ON THE SUNDAY MORNING BIRD WALK, sponsored by the
BACKYARD WILDBIRD AND NATURE STORE. We leave the store at 9 a.m. and go to a
different area in and around Nanaimo each week. BRING YOUR BINOCULARS AND
JOIN US FOR A MORNING OF BIRDING.
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The Sunday Bird Walk on February 04, 2007 will be going to Englishman River
Estuary in Parksville--weather permitting--winds, torrential rains and snow
will deter us!
Meet at the Bird Store at 9:00 a.m. or at the corner of Plummer Road and
Shorewood Drive in Parksville at about 9:30 a.m.
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Good Birding!
Neil Robins
Nanaimo



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