NANAIMO BIRD REPORT
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To report your sightings
phone the Store at 250-390-3669
e-mail us at thebackyard at shaw.ca
call the Bird Report at 250-390-3029

Also check the birdstore blog for the latest bird alerts and updates:
www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com

Post your sightings on this site:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcbirdingvanisland/messages

Birds of British Columbia:
http://www.geog.ubc.ca/biodiversity/efauna/SpeciesChecklists.html

International Birdwatching Guides
http://www.guidedbirdwatching.com

Birdwatching contacts and information find a local birder to go birdwatching
with:
http://www.birdingpal.org/

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

Sunday July 11, 2010:
The Sunday Bird Walk went to Neck Point Park in Nanaimo.
The morning was overcast with a breeze blowing off the Strait of Georgia. We
saw two Marbled Murrelets in the bay near the parking lot at the beginning
of the walk. A Cassin's Auklet and a Pigeon Guillemot flew low over the
water. A Black-throated Grey Warbler was singing near the end of the walk.
Thirteen birders, including three from Ontario saw and heard the following
thirty-two species of birds:
Canada Goose, Double-crested Cormorant, Pelagic Cormorant, Turkey Vulture,
Bald Eagle, Black Oystercatcher, California Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull,
Cassin's Auklet, Pigeon Guillemot, Marbled Murrelet, Belted Kingfisher,
Rufous Hummingbird, Northern Flicker, Pacific-slope Flycatcher,
Black-throated Grey Warbler, Common Raven, Northwestern Crow,
Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Brown Creeper, Bewick's
Wren, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Cedar Waxwing, American Robin, European
Starling, Spotted Towhee, Song Sparrow, Brown-headed Cowbird, Purple Finch,
House Finch and American Goldfinch.

Saturday July 10:
An American Wigeon was seen at Buttertubs Marsh in Nanaimo.

Common Nighthawks were heard over Lancashire Avenue in Nanaimo.

A Olive-sided Flycatcher was heard and seen near the corner of Despard
Avenue and Meridian Way in Parksville.

Tuesday July 06:
An Immature Golden Eagle was spotted soaring over Divers Lake in Nanaimo.

Monday July 05:
A Red-throated Loon, a Pelagic Cormorant and two Pigeon Guillemots were seen
from the Englishman River, Plummer Road side, looking out on the Strait of
Georgia 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 Arrowsmith Naturalist meetings will resume in September, 2010

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The Nanoose Naturalists meetings will resume in September, 2010
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Everyone is welcome to join us for a 2-3 hour bird walk on the Sunday and
Tuesday mornings. We leave from the Store at 9 A.M. Sunday Mornings and go
to a different location in and around Nanaimo and from the Parksville
Beach.Community Park at 9 A.M. on Tuesdays and go to different areas in and
around the Oceanside area.
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The Tuesday Bird Walks will resume on September 07, 2010.
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The Sunday Bird Walk on July 18, 2010 will be going to the Maritime Society
Marina at Ladysmith Harbour in Ladysmith.
We will meet at The Backyard Bird Store at 9:00 A.M. or at the gravel
parking area near Transfer Beach in Ladysmith at about 9:40 A.M..
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Good birding
Neil Robins

THE BACKYARD
Wildbird & Nature Store
6314 Metral Drive, Nanaimo, BC V9T 2L8
250.390.3669
250.390.1633 fax
thebackyard at shaw.ca
CHECK OUT OUR BLOG---> www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com