Five members of the birders group visited the Fanny Bay Conservation Area and Ship’s Point Park on Sunday and found the following sixteen species:27 Canada Goose
6 Common Merganser
1 Least Sandpiper
4 Semipalmated Sandpiper
3 Glaucous-winged Gull
4 Great Blue Heron
1 Bald Eagle
2 Common Raven
4 Chestnut-backed Chickadee
2 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
3 Cedar Waxwing
1 Red Crossbill
1 American Goldfinch
2 Song Sparrow
1 Yellow Warbler
1 Black-headed Grosbeak
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Seven birders visited Miracle Beach Provincial Park yesterday and found the following 28 species:23 Canada Goose
6 Harlequin Duck
4 Common Merganser
1 Rufous Hummingbird
1 Killdeer
19 Least Sandpiper
20 Bonaparte's Gull
2 Glaucous-winged Gull
3 Common Loon
1 Double-crested Cormorant
2 Great Blue Heron
3 Bald Eagle
1 Belted Kingfisher
1 Red-breasted Sapsucker
1 Hairy Woodpecker
3 Pileated Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker
1 American Crow
3 Chestnut-backed Chickadee
2 Bushtit
2 Red-breasted Nuthatch
1 Brown Creeper
1 Bewick's Wren
9 American Robin
10 Red Crossbill
1 Spotted Towhee
2 Yellow Warbler
1 Western Tanager
The highlight was a family of Pileated Woodpeckers, a mother and two juveniles.
Pileated Woodpecker Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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The Pileated Woodpecker is one of the biggest, most striking forest birds on the continent. It’s nearly the size of a crow, black with bold white stripes down the neck and a flaming-red crest. Look ...
Shiny geraniums are becoming a problem just south of this area. Keep you eye open before it becomes an invasive problem disruptioning our ecosystem's native flora.Beautiful but aggressive and destructive: Shiny geraniums invade Island ecosystems
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"We’re seeing reports of it everywhere and in a lot of private gardens."
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2022 CVN Tree of the Year announced!
By Karen Cummins. Updated 2022-07-15 to add link to Kerri Scott’s podcast. Tree #13, a Garry oak located at 3015 Glacier View Rd. in Courtenay, amassed the most votes in the 2022 Tree of the Year event. The nominator was … Continue reading
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Vote for Tree of the Year 2022
You’ve read about the nominated trees here, and you’ve toured at least some of the trees using maps available here, so now it’s time to vote! Vote here Please vote only once. The last day on which you can vote … Continue reading
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Tour the nominees for Tree of the Year 2022
The nomination period for CVN’s 2022 Tree of the Year contest ended on April 1. The voting period is now open and runs until June 1. We encourage everybody to go out and experience these beautiful and important trees first-hand. … Continue reading
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Nominees for Tree of the Year 2022
Although there will be only one winner of the Tree of the Year contest, all the 36 nominated trees have interest and value. We invite everybody to go out and enjoy these trees as part of their nature activities this … Continue reading
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