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2 days ago
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 ... See MoreSee Less
Fanny Bay & Ships Point | Comox Valley Nature
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5 days ago
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. ... See MoreSee Less
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 ...1 week ago
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. ... See MoreSee LessBeautiful but aggressive and destructive: Shiny geraniums invade Island ecosystems
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