On Thursday, 13 September, 7 birders visited Hornby Island. We went to Collishaw Point in the morning, and visited Dunlop Point in the afternoon. The weather was warm and sunny. The highlights were Heermann’s Gull, Surfbird (one of which came in for very close views), and an adult light-phase Parasitic Jaeger which flew by at close range chasing a Bonaparte’s Gull.
The following 33 species were found on the two walks.
Canada Goose 6
Harlequin Duck 100
Surf Scoter 250
White-winged Scoter 50
Black Scoter 5
Common Loon 15
Horned Grebe 8
Red-necked Grebe 60
Double-crested Cormorant 11
Pelagic Cormorant 70
Great Blue Heron 5
Turkey Vulture 2
Black-bellied Plover 14
Killdeer 6
Black Oystercatcher 1
Greater Yellowlegs 9
Black Turnstone 28
Surfbird 15
Bonaparte’s Gull 1
Heermann’s Gull 2
Mew Gull 12
California Gull 250
Glaucous-winged Gull 450
Parasitic Jaeger 1 (adult light-phase)
Common Murre 100
Pigeon Guillemot 1
Marbled Murrelet 1
Northern Flicker 1
Northwestern Crow 30
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
European Starling 50
Song Sparrow 2
