To report your sightings
please phone the Store at 390-3669
or e-mail us at thebackyard at shaw.ca
www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com

Please remember, when reporting a sighting, to leave your name and phone
number, along with the date and location of your sighting.

Sunday July 08, 2007:
The Sunday Bird Walk went to McGregor Marsh in Nanaimo. The highlights
included the sighting of four WESTERN TANAGERS and several WARBLING VIREOS.
Twenty-six birders found the following forty-nine species: GREAT BLUE HERON,
TURKEY VULTURE, GLUCOUS-WINGED GULL, MALLARD, HOODED MERGANSER, BALD EAGLE,
RED-TAILED HAWK, MERLIN, CALIFORNIA QUAIL, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, BAND-TAILED
PIGEON, ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD, RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, DOWNY WOODPECKER, NORTHERN
FLICKER, PILEATED WOODPECKER, PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER, WILLOW FLYCATCHER,
HAMMONDS FLYCATCHER, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, WARBLING VIREO, CASSIN'S VIREO,
NORTHWESTERN CROW, COMMON RAVEN, VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW, TREE SWALLOW, BLACK
SWIFT, CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEE, BUSHTIT, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, BEWICK'S
WREN, BROWN CREEPER, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET,SWAINSON'S THRUSH, AMERICAN
ROBIN, CEDAR WAXWING, WESTERN TANAGER, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, YELLOW
WARBLER, SPOTTED TOWHEE, SONG SPARROW, SAVANNAH SPARROW, BLACK-HEADED
GROSBEAK, BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD, PURPLE FINCH, HOUSE FINCH, PINE SISKIN,
DARK-EYED JUNCO and AMERICAN GOLDFINCH.

Saturday July 07:
A RED CROSSBILL was observed at feeders and a COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen
soaring above the 200 block of Dawkins Lane in Nanaimo.

Thursday July 05:
A BARRED OWL was seen perched on a Hydro line just outside the gate at
Spider Lake Springs Campground at Spider Lake.

Wednesday July 04:
The Wednesday bird walk went to the Englishman River Estuary, Plummer Road
side. The highlights included twenty SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, ten WESTERN
SANDPIPERS and two LONG-BILLED
DOWITCHERS on the mudflats. Four birders found the following forty-five
species: CANADA GOOSE, MALLARD, COMMON MERGANSER, PELAGIC CORMORANT, GREAT
BLUE HERON, TURKEY VULTURE, BALD EAGLE, KILLDEER, BLACK OYSTERCATCHER,
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, WESTERN SANDPIPER, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, CALIFORNIA
GULL, GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL, PIGEON GUILLEMOT, BAND-TAILED PIGEON, RUFOUS
HUMMINGBIRD, NORTHERN FLICKER, WILLOW FLYCATCHER, PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER,
NORTHWESTERN CROW, COMMON RAVEN, TREE SWALLOW, VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW, BARN
SWALLOW, CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEE, BUSHTIT, WINTER WREN, SWAINSON'S THRUSH,
AMERICAN ROBIN, EUROPEAN STARLING, CEDAR WAXWING, YELLOW WARBLER,
BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER, TOWNSEND'S WARBLER, WILSON'S WARBLER, SPOTTED
TOWHEE, SONG SPARROW, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD,
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD, PURPLE FINCH, HOUSE FINCH, AMERICAN GOLDFINCH, HOUSE
SPARROW.
Four SILVER PHEASANTS were seen in the 6200 block of Icarus Drive in
Nanaimo.


Tuesday July 03:
A pair of MOURNING DOVES are visiting yards in the 100 block of Meridian Way
in Parksville.
A WESTERN TANAGER was spotted in the Cedar area near Boat Harbour.

Monday July 02:
A YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was seen at suet feeders along Woodhaven Drive in
Nanaimo.

Sunday July 01:
A family of NORTHERN FLICKERS, two families of CALIFORNIA QUAIL with at
least twenty-four chicks and several AMERICAN GOLDFINCH are visiting feeders
in the 1200 block of Gabriola Drive in the Craig Bay area of Parksville.

June 30:
A SHARP-SHINNED HAWK was seen chasing AMERICAN GOLDFINCH in a yard along
Meridian Way 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
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The Nanoose Naturalists
Monthly Meeting
Thursday September 13, 2007 at 7:00 pm
Nanoose Library,
Nanoose Bay
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Arrowsmith Naturalists
Monthly Meeting,
Monday, September 24, 2007 at 7:30 pm.
Springwood School
Parksville
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We will not be holding the Wednesday Bird Walks in Parksville for the rest
of the summer months. We will resume them in the fall and will provide the
exact date as fall gets closer.

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The Sunday Bird Walk on July 15, 2007 will be going to Legacy Marsh in
Upper Lantzville
Meet at the Bird Store at 9:00 a.m. or under the Hydro Lines on Normarel
Drive off Superior Road at about 9:15 a.m.
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Good Birding!
Neil Robins
Nanaimo