Hi birders, Marilynne and I went out in search of Common Nighthawks last night with Marion and Peter Coxon from Australia. On the way to Rivers Edge in...
- RBA * British Columbia * Greater Victoria and Southern Vancouver Is. * August 4, 2007 * BCVI070804 - Transcript This is the Victoria Natural History...
took this hurries picture of bird - ( posed in krukab) wingspan 12- 14 inches flew real fast - rapid wing beats - thought falcon at first when i saw it...
Hi Barry, The bird looks like a Vaux's Swift, very fast wingbeats and long curved wings and light breast and rump. Thats a great photo for the distance! Good...
Hi birders, The Sunday Bird Walk went to Pipers Lagoon in Nanaimo. Sixteen birders found the following twenty-three species: Canada Goose, Brandt Cormorant,...
To report your sightings please phone the Store at 390-3669 or e-mail us at thebackyard@... www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com Please remember, when reporting a...
- RBA * British Columbia * Greater Victoria and Southern Vancouver Is. * August 8, 2007 * BCVI070808 - Transcript This is the Victoria Natural History...
- RBA * British Columbia * Greater Victoria and Southern Vancouver Is. * August 9, 2007 * BCVI070809 - Transcript This is the Victoria Natural History...
Hi birders, I have just posted a bird photo under backyard_store. Any thoughts on the species of the bird? Cheers Neil Robins nanaimo British Columbia...
THIER IS A YELLOW GROSBEAK - http://whatbird.wbu.com/obj/704/_/Yellow_Grosbeak.aspx WENT TO GOOGLE AND TYPED IN -YELLOW GROSBEAK - IF IT IS ONE IT OUT OF ITS...
Hi Barry, Thanks for the site for the Yellow Grosbeak. The massive bill on the Yellow Grosbeak does not match our mystery bird nor the markings on the body and...
Hi Although the picture does not show the breast, i believe this could be a Yellowhammer A species that is being seen all too often here on Vancouver Island....
- RBA * British Columbia * Greater Victoria and Southern Vancouver Is. * August 11, 2007 * BCVI070811 - Transcript This is the Victoria Natural History...
Hi There, I have just looked at the mystery bird and can tell you it is not a Yellowhammer, I live in the UK and am familiar with them. regards Mark ... on...
Hi birders, The Sunday Bird Walk went to the Englishman River, Plummer Road side in Parksville. Fifteen birders found the following forty-two species: Canada...
To report your sightings please phone the Store at 390-3669 or e-mail us at thebackyard@... www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com Please remember, when reporting a...
Hi again, Yellowhammers are not as yellow as the bird pictured. The male which is more yellow than the female only has yellow on the head and breast. The...
Hi, A few days ago I was down at Cribs Beach, 2.5 km north west of Carmanah Point. There were around 300 shorebirds there...the usual suspects: Western, Least...
Just checking up on the emails tonight and had a report of 100 Sandhill Cranes that landed at the Courtney Estuary today. Sorry i do not have any more...
- RBA * British Columbia * Greater Victoria and Southern Vancouver Is. * August 14, 2007 * BCVI070814 - Transcript This is the Victoria Natural History...
- RBA * British Columbia * Greater Victoria and Southern Vancouver Is. * August 15, 2007 * BCVI070815 - Transcript This is the Victoria Natural History...
- RBA * British Columbia * Greater Victoria and Southern Vancouver Is. * August 16, 2007 * BCVI070816 - Transcript This is the Victoria Natural History...
Hello Mark,could there be a possiblility that this is a juvinile Yellowhammer? Looking at pictures of the Yellowhammer I notice that they are brown on the back...
Hi Colin, A juvenile Yellowhammer would not be more Yellow than an adult. Adult male Yellowhammers are more yellow than the females and immature birds. I've...
- RBA * British Columbia * Greater Victoria and Southern Vancouver Is. * August 18, 2007 * BCVI070818 - Transcript This is the Victoria Natural History...
To report your sightings please phone the Store at 390-3669 or e-mail us at thebackyard@... www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com Please remember, when reporting a...
- RBA * British Columbia * Greater Victoria and Southern Vancouver Is. * August 19, 2007 * BCVI070819 - Transcript This is the Victoria Natural History...
