A Tropical Kingbird was found at the Courtenay Airpark near the lagoon on October 20th and re-found by multiple observers on the 21st and today.
Tropical Kingbird Macaulay Library ML119883301
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© Art Martell; Tropical Kingbird; Tyrannus melancholicus; Courtenay airpark, Comox-Strathcona, British Columbia, Canada; 21 Oct 2018; Macaulay Library ML119883301On Saturday, Oct 20th there will be a club walk at Ripple Rock. This is considered an easy walk. Meet at Courtenay Country Market at 8:30 am to car pool to the trail head north of Campbell River.
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View Details page below in a new webpage——————————–View Details page below as a printable PDFThe birders group visited the Trent River Estuary today. The highlight for some was a good long look at some Purple Finches, while for others it may have been the bold flight of the Cooper’s Hawk or the abundance of sea birds. 40 Species were reported:
American Wigeon
Mallard
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Bonaparte’s Gull
Mew Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Iceland Gull (Thayer’s)
Glaucous-winged Gull
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Cooper’s Hawk
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Merlin
Steller’s Jay
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Bewick’s Wren
American Robin
Varied Thrush
European Starling
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer’s Blackbird
