The birders group visited Paradise Meadows on Thursday and found 24 species. The highlight was a Red-breasted Sapsucker acting like a flycatcher, grabbing moths and dragonflies out of the air.
Mallard 1
Sooty Grouse 1
Anna’s Hummingbird 1
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Wilson’s Snipe 1
Turkey Vulture 2
Red-breasted Sapsucker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Olive-sided Flycatcher 4
Gray Jay 6 + chicks
Steller’s Jay 2
Tree Swallow 2
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
American Robin 9
Varied Thrush 4
Pine Siskin 9
Song Sparrow 3
White-crowned Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco 7
Red-winged Blackbird 1
The birders group visited Bear Creek Nature Park and found 24 Species. The highlights were good clear sightings of Black-throated Gray warbler, Western Tanager and Black-headed Grosbeak.
Anna’s Hummingbird 2
Turkey Vulture 1
Bald Eagle 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-breasted Sapsucker 4
Hammond’s Flycatcher 2
Pacific Slope Flycatcher 6
Warbling Vireo 3
Chestnut-baked Chickadee 10
Pacific Wren 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 4
Swainson’s Thrush 10
American Robin 9
Cedar Waxwing 1
Black-headed Grosbeak 2
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Black-throated Gray Warbler 1
Townsend’s Warbler 3
Spotted Towhee 3
Chipping Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 5
Western Tanager
RARE BIRD ALERT— A Yellow-breasted chat was found in Tribune Bay Provincial Park on Hornby Island on May 31 by Art Martell. It has been observed by multiple observers each day since. For more information about the observations, consult eBird.
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© Art Martell; Yellow-breasted Chat; Icteria virens; Hornby Island--Tribune Bay Provincial Park, Comox-Strathcona, British Columbia, Canada; 31 May 2019; Macaulay Library ML162320261