To report your sightings
please phone the Store at 390-3669
or e-mail us at thebackyard at shaw.ca
or call the Bird Alert at 390-3029
Post your sightings on these sites:
www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcbirdingvanisland/messages

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


Sunday January 06:
A Cackling Goose was seen in with a flock of Canada Geese at the Parksville
Community Park in Parksville.
A Peregrine Falcon was seen at the Englishman River Estuary in south
Parksville.
An American Kestrel was seen perched on hydro lines at the Ugly Dwarf
Meadows in Nanoose Bay.

Saturday January 05:
Three Anna's Hummingbirds are coming to feeders along Cosgrove Crescent in
Nanaimo.

Friday January 04:
Several different flocks of Golden-crown and Ruby-crowned Kinglets were seen
on the trail around Lost Lake in Nanaimo.

Thursday January 03:
A Great-horned Owl was calling at Colliery Dam Park near Glengarry Crescent
in Nanaimo.

Wednesday January 02:
Two pair of Anna's Hummingbirds are coming to feeders along Cortez Place in
Nanaimo.

Tuesday January 01:
Three Mountain Bluebirds were seen at Nanoose Edibles on Stewart Avenue off
Northwest Bay road in Nanoose Bay.
A female Rufous Hummingbird, along with three Anna's Hummingbirds, are
visiting feeders along Bayshore Drive in Nanaimo.

Sunday December 30:
Highlights of the Nanaimo Christmas Bird Count:
A Harris's Sparrow was seen in Cinnabar Valley.
A Townsend's Solitaire was seen at the Tamagawa Gardens at Malaspina
University-College in Nanaimo.
A Townsend's Warbler was seen on Protection Island.
60 Ancient Murrelets seen from a boat on the Strait of Georgia.
A White-Throated Sparrow was seen along Departure Bay in Nanaimo.
A Northern Shrike was seen on Newcastle Island and at the Nanaimo Golf
Course.
An Evening Grosbeak was spotted on Newcastle Island.
A Ruddy Duck was seen on Holden Lake.
Three Short-eared Owls and two Western Meadowlarks were seen at the Nanaimo
River Estuary.
Two Great-horned Owls were seen at Colliery Dam, at Nanaimo River Road and
at Morrell Wildlife Sanctuary in Nanaimo.
A total of 120 species were counted during the Nanaimo Christmas Bird Count.

Four Tundra Swans, a large flock of Northern Pintails and several Northern
Shovellers were seen at Nanoose Bay.

Saturday December 29:
A Band-tailed Pigeon was visiting feeders in the 1000 block of Dunsmuir
Crescent in Ladysmith.

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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Arrowsmith Naturalists
Monthly Meeting,
Monday January 28, 2008 at 7:30 pm.
Springwood School
Parksville
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The Nanoose Naturalists
Monthly Meeting
Thursday January 10, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Nanoose Library,
Nanoose Bay
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The Wednesday Bird Walks in Parksville will resume on January 16, 2008
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The Sunday Bird Walks in Nanaimo will resume February 03, 2008
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Good Birding!
Neil Robins
Nanaimo