On Thursday the birders group visited Goose Spit and found the following list of species:
Brant 24
Mallard 4
Northern Pintail 57
Greater Scaup 21
Harlequin Duck 3
Surf Scoter 13
White-winged Scoter 80
Long-tailed Duck 7
Bufflehead 2
Common Merganser 1
Red-breasted Merganser 9
Common Loon 3
Horned Grebe 4
Red-necked Grebe 7
Great Blue Heron 3
Killdeer 3
Mew Gull 4
Glaucous-winged Gull 6
Eurasian Collared-Dove 1
Northwestern Crow 3
Barn Swallow 1
American Robin 3
European Starling 3
Common Yellowthroat 3
White-crowned Sparrow 2
Savannah Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 3
House Finch 1
Comox Valley residents are invited to an evening presentation about how water is managed in British Columbia, Monday April 16 at the Lower Native Sons Hall, 7– 9 pm. This talk is relevant for anyone interested in water sustainability or in the new licensing requirements for non-domestic groundwater uses.
Comox Valley Regional District
Comox Valley residents are invited to an evening presentation about how water is managed in British Columbia – April 16 at the Lower Native Sons Hall, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. This talk is relevant for an...Seventeen members of the birders group enjoyed the sunshine and birds of Cumberland marsh today. A total of 35 species were seen and/or heard during the walk:
Wood Duck
Mallard
Ring-necked Duck
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Rufous Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Hutton's Vireo
Steller's Jay
Common Raven
Violet-green Swallow
Bushtit
Pacific Wren
Marsh Wren
Bewick's Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Varied Thrush
European Starling
Orange-crowned Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Song Sparrow
Spotted Towhee
Red-winged Blackbird
Purple Finch
