Hi birders,

The Tuesday bird walk went to the Plummer Road side of the Englishman River
Estuary in Parksville. The morning was cloudy with showers but the sea was
calm. A Varied Thrush greeted us as we started the walk. The highlights
included the sighting of a Red-tailed Hawk perched high in a tall tree
overlooking the estuary and the flooded mudflats. Three Gadwall, four Northern
Shovelers and a flock of Dunlin shared the incoming tide on the mud flats. A
male and female Long-tailed Duck, Surf, White-winged and Black Scoters,
Harlequin Ducks, Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye, Common Merganser, Red-breasted
Merganser, Pacific Loons, Common Loons, Horned Grebes, Double-crested Cormorant
and Pelagic Cormorant were playing hide and seek with us by diving and popping
up out of the water.
Fifteen birders saw and heard the following fifty-one species of birds:
Canada Goose
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Green-winged Teal
Greater Scaup
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Killdeer
Dunlin
Bonaparte's Gull
Mew Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Ancient Murrelet
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
American Robin
Varied Thrush
European Starling
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Purple Finch
House Finch
Pine Siskin

Good birding
Neil Robins
Parksville
British Columbia