Englishman River Estuary Trip Report – Art Martell
On Wednesday, 19 September, 7 birders visited the Englishman River Estuary. We started on the north side of the Englishman River at the end of Shelly Street in the morning, birded along the trail to the estuary and then completed the circular trail back to the cars. We then drove to the end of Mariner Way and had lunch on the ocean. After lunch we walked the trail along the estuary on the Plummer Road side. The weather was warm and sunny.
The following 46 species were found.
Englishman River Estuary, Nanaimo, CA-BC
Sep 19, 2012
46 species
Brant 1
Canada Goose 13
American Wigeon 6
Mallard 15
Northern Pintail 5
Green-winged Teal 10
Harlequin Duck 3
Surf Scoter 20
Pacific Loon 1
Common Loon 8
Horned Grebe 1
Red-necked Grebe 5
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Pelagic Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 3
Turkey Vulture 1
Killdeer 10
Bonaparte’s Gull 11
Mew Gull 1
California Gull 100
Glaucous-winged Gull 50
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-breasted Sapsucker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Merlin 1
Steller’s Jay 1
Northwestern Crow 12
Common Raven 3
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 12
Bushtit 5
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
Brown Creeper 1
Pacific Wren 1
Bewick’s Wren 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 4
American Robin 4
European Starling 30
Spotted Towhee 7
Savannah Sparrow 10
Song Sparrow 7
Lincoln’s Sparrow 1
Golden-crowned Sparrow 3
Dark-eyed Junco 5
House Finch 5
Pine Siskin 50
American Goldfinch 1
