Yesterday 14 birders travelled to Hornby Island, where another 7 Hornby birders joined us. We visited Gurney Point and Sandpiper Beach to look for shorebirds. We had good looks at Black-bellied Plovers in various plumages and at Black Turnstones. This was followed by lunch at Art and Sue’s cabin, and then a walk around Tribune Bay Prov. Park. The beautiful weather was also a highlight.
The following 37 species were seen or heard:
Harlequin Duck
White-winged Scoter
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Black Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Black Turnstone
Pigeon Guillemot
Marbled Murrelet
Bonaparte’s Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Bewick’s Wren
American Robin
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Spotted Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Brewer’s Blackbird
American Goldfinch
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