This Thursday October 22nd ten birders went to Deep Bay where we found 40 species. The fog cleared early for a pleasant morning with no wind. We enjoyed large numbers of the regular winter waterbirds – the highlight was close flocks of ‘singing’ Black Scoters.
Canada Goose
Mute x Trumpeter Swan (hybrid)
American Wigeon
Mallard
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Brandt’s Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Black Oystercatcher
Dunlin
Mew Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Northwestern Crow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Pacific Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Varied Thrush
European Starling
Dark-eyed Junco
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Spotted Towhee
House Finch
