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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Airpark Restoration 2021
This year’s 2021 Restoration Report for the Courtenay River Airpark has been posted on the Comox Valley Nature Website. It is under publications on the top bar of the page. Click on this and go to Wetland Restoration. I wish … Continue reading
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CVN birders and the MARS connection
This report was prepared by Royann Petrell and Kelly Kline. In 2020, the CVN Birders Group established a partnership with the Mountainaire Avian Rescue Society (MARS) to enhance the bird displays at their visitor centre. Last spring, Art Martell gave … Continue reading
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Courtenay River Airpark 2020 Report
This years 2020 Restoration Report for the Courtenay River Airpark has been posted on the Comox Valley Nature Website. It is under publications on the top bar of the page. Click on this and go to Wetland Restoration. I wish … Continue reading
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Invasive plant: Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata)
This post is by Jocie Brooks, leader of the Botany Group, from an email to members of the group on April 27. I was out walking along the Puntledge River recently (downstream from the Condensory Bridge on the Courtenay side), … Continue reading
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