101 Birds!

Yesterday I saw three new birds, starting with an American Dipper and its nest, which was just inches above a rushing waterfall. Then we saw a Pileated Woodpecker, tapping on a tree. And to top the day off, we found more nests including one with a Hairy Woodpecker in it.   
Thank you everyone for all your support. I have now checked more than 100 birds off my list! 
Also, check out these awesome bird drawings, here: http://rowanafloat.blogspot.ca/2016/04/if-you-would-like-too-see-some-other.html

Pileated Woodpecker

Bird Alert!

The latest bird alert I received was on April 10th from Adrian Dorst, telling me that Marbled Godwits had been sighted near Deadman’s island.

Marbled godwits are rare and beautiful shore birds. So when we heard about them, my Dad and I went looking and WE FOUND THEM! They didn’t mind the boat and we got a really good look at them. I am very happy as they have pushed my bird list to 90!  

Another star bird alert....

Yesterday my Mum and I were out walking and saw a strange bird land in a tree. Luckily I have my monocular handy at all times. We looked at it and thought it might be a house finch. But then it flew away. So then my mum took out her phone and played the song of a house finch. The bird flew right back to the tree closest to us, hopping from branch to branch, in bright sunlight. We got a VERY good look at him. He WAS a house finch! I'm proud to say that my new count is now 91.

When I began my bird year, one of my friends decided to share the fun of birding with me. Her name is Cedar and she has just started her own blog. You can link to it at www.nestinginmyhair.blogspot.com

Here are a few other interesting links: 

Kara Shaw recommended the Rocky Point Bird Observatory in Victoria and they posted this request at: http://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-really-need-your-help-looking-at-photos-of-adorable-penguins-seriously Scientists need your help looking at photos of adorable penguins. Seriously 
 

Also, Jackie Windh sent a link about thousands of migrating songbirds landing at a lighthouse in a storm.
http://www.thenaturalistsnotebook.com/our-blog/migrating-bird-fallout-on-machias-seal-island

Thanks everyone!

2016 List of Birds

December 31ST, 2016:    217 species!

1-     Hermit thrush – Wickaninnish beach trail

2-     Varied thrush – Wickaninnish beach trail

3-     American robin – Tofino

4-    Starling – Tofino

5-     Great blue heron – Crab dock, Tofino

6-     Bald eagle – Tofino

7-     Glaucous winged gull –  Tofino

8-     Fox sparrow – 240 Neill street

9-     Hooded merganser – Crab dock, Tofino

10-   Double crested cormorant – Crab dock, Tofino

11-   Common merganser – Crab dock, Tofino

12-   Northwestern crow – Tofino

13-   Common raven – Crab dock, Tofino

14-   Spotted towhee – 240 Neill street, Tofino

15-   Steller jay – 240 Neill street, Tofino

16-   Anna’s hummingbird – 240 Neill street

17-   Mallard – Crab dock, Tofino

18-   Northern Flicker – Crab dock hill, Tofino

19-   Black turnstone – Crab dock, Tofino

20-   Brant cormorant – boat trip

21-   Pelagic cormorant – boat trip

22-   Belted kingfisher – boat trip

23-   Common goldeneye – boat trip

24-   Western grebe – boat trip

25-   Western gull – boat trip

26-   Bufflehead – boat trip

27-   Surf scoter –  boat trip                                          BOAT TRIP

28-   Mew gull – boat trip                                            .Compost island

29-   Eurasian widgeon – boat trip                                 .Calf island

30-   Red throated loon – boat trip                               .Ginnard point

31-   Orange crowned warbler – Mallard lake, Tofino                     Laddie islets

32-   Barrow’s goldeneye – Crab dock, Tofino

33-   Black oystercatcher – Sloman island

34-   Red necked grebe –  Sloman island

35-   Wilson’s snipe – Gas and Go, Tofino

36-   Trumpeter swan – Port Alberni

37-   Red tailed hawk  –  Sproat lake, Port Alberni

38-   Grey jay – Mount Washington

       39 –  Spruce grouse  – Mount Washington

     40 –  Surf bird  – Crab dock

     41 –  American widgeon  – Stone island mudflats

 42 –  Pacific loon  – Stone island mudflats

 43 –  Red breasted merganser  –  Grice Bay

 44 –  Greater scaup  –  Grice Bay

 45 –  Yellow billed loon  –  Grice Bay

 46 –  House sparrow  –  240 Neill Street, Tofino

 47 –  Dunlin  –  Crab dock, Tofino

 48 –  Dark eyed juncos  –  240 Neill Street, Tofino

 49 –  Kill deer  –  Tugwell fields, Ucluelet

 50 –  Rock doves  – Wickaninnish Elementary schoolTofino

 51 –  Chestnut backed chickadee  –  Port Alberni Beaver pond

 52 –  Winter wren  –  Port Alberni Beaver pond

 53 –  Ring necked duck  –  Port Alberni Beaver pond

 54 –  Golden crowned kinglet  –  Port Alberni Beaver pond

 55 –  Song sparrow – Port Alberni sewage lagoons

 56 –  Gadwall – Port Alberni sewage lagoons

 57 –  Northern pintail – Port Alberni sewage lagoons

 58 – Northern shoveller – Port Alberni sewage lagoons

 59 – Canada goose  –  Grice Bay

 60 – Eurasian collared dove – 240 Neill Street, Tofino

 61 – White crowned sparrow – 240 Neill Street, Tofino    

 62 – Violet green swallow – Sobo, Tofino   

 63 – Red breasted nuthach – Port Alberni  

 64 – Turkey vulture –Nanaimo 

 65 – Brewers blackbird – Nanaimo   

 66 –  Coopers hawk –Crofton ferry 

 67 –  Pigeon gillemot – Crofton ferry    

 68 –  Rufous hummingbird –Saltspring Island

 69 –  Barred owl – Saltspring Island    

 70 –  Ring neck pheasant – Saltspring Island     

 71 –  Harlequin duck – Saltspring Island     

 72 –  Northern harrier – Reifel refuge, Delta

 73 –  Lesser scaup – Reifel refuge, Delta

 74 –  Snow goose – Reifel refuge, Delta

 75 –  Wood duck – Reifel refuge, Delta

 76 –  American coot – Reifel refuge, Delta

 77 –  Red winged blackbird – Reifel refuge, Delta

 78 –  Brown headed cowbird – Reifel refuge, Delta

 79 –  Golden crowned sparrow – Reifel refuge, Delta

 80 –  Cedar waxwing – Reifel refuge, Delta

 81 –  Tree swallow – Reifel refuge, Delta

 82 –  Marsh wren – Reifel refuge, Delta

 83 –  Greater yellow legs – Reifel refuge, Delta

 84 –  Green winged teal – Reifel refuge, Delta

 85 –  Sandhill crane – Reifel refuge, Delta

 86 –  Black crowned night heron – Reifel refuge, Delta

 87 –  Black capped chickadee – Reifel refuge, Delta

 88 –  Downy woodpecker –Englishman river, Errington

 89 –  Common loon – Marina west dock, Tofino

 90 –  Marbled Godwit –Deadman island sandbar

 91 –  House finch – St Columba church, Tofino
 92 – Sharp Shinned Hawk, Tofino airport
 93 – Caspian Tern, Clayoquot Island Spit
 94 – Whimbrel, Clayoquot Island Spit
 95 – Common Murre, Crab Dock Tofino
 96 – Black Bellied Plover, near Frank Island, Tofino
 97 – Semi-palmated Plover, near Frank Island, Tofino
 98 – Osprey, Jensen's Bay, Tofino
 99 – American Dipper, Qualicum Falls
100 – Pileated Woodpecker, Port Alberni Beaver Pond
101 – Hairy Woodpecker, Port Alberni Beaver Pond
102 – Savannah Sparrow, the Crab dock, Olsen Rd, Tofino
103 – Western sandpiper, the Crab Dock, Olsen Rd, Tofino
104 – Least sandpiper, the Crab Dock, Olsen Rd, Tofino
105 – Barn swallow, Jamies Whaling Station dock, Tofino
106 – Marbled murrelets, Jamie's boat trip
107 – Sanderlings, Jamie's boat trip
108 – Rhinoceros auklet, Jamie's boat trip
109 – Brant goose, Jamie's boat trip
110 – Herring gull, Jamie's boat trip
111 – White winged scoter, Pelagic trip
112 – Sooty Shearwater, Pelagic trip
113 – Pink-footed shearwater, Pelagic trip
114 – California Gull, Pelagic trip
115 – Northern Fulmar, Pelagic trip
116 – Sabine's gull, Pelagic trip
117 – Red-necked phalarope, Pelagic trip
118 – Cassin's auklet, Pelagic trip
119 – Black-footed albatross, Pelagic trip
120 – Semi-palmated sandpiper! low tide mudflats by boat
121 – Short-billed dowitcher, low tide mudflats by boat
122 – Long-billed dowitcher, Tofino airport
123 – Blue-winged teal, Tofino airport
124 – Peregrine falcon, Schooner cove, near Esowista
125 – Red Knot, Greenpoint
126 – Rough-winged swallow, Florencia bay at Lost Shoe creek
127 – Golden plover, Florencia Bay
128 – Black scoter, Florencia Bay 
129 – Horned Grebe, Incinerator Rock
130 – Spotted Sandpiper, Crab Dock Tofino
131 – Merlin  School field
132 – American Goldfinch, Fourth St, Tofino
133 – Pectoral Sandpiper, Tofino Airport
134 – Bandtailed Pigeon, Port Alberni sewage lagoons
135 – Common Yellowthroat, Port Alberni sewage lagoons
136 – Bushtit, Port Alberni sewage lagoons
137 – Yellow warbler, Port Alberni sewage lagoons
138 – Pacific Slope Flycatcher, Port Alberni sewage lagoons
139 – Cackling Goose, Port Alberni sewage lagoons
140 – Vesper sparrow, Port Alberni sewage lagoons
141 – Redbreasted sapsucker, Burde St, Port Alberni
142 – Swainson's thrush, Burde St, Port Alberni
143 – Western tanager, Burde St, Port Alberni
144 – Tufted Puffins, Cleland Island
145 – Yellow rumped warbler, Strathcona Park
146 – Sooty Grouse, Strathcone Park
147 – Snowy Plover! Florencia Bay
148 – Common Nighthawk, Tofino
149 – Wilson's Warbler, Connector trail, Tofino
150 – McGillivray's warbler, Tofino golf course
151 – Bewick's wren, Buttertubs Marsh Nanaimo
152 – Evening Grosbeak, Pemberton, Mile One parking lot
153 – Indigo Bunting, Pemberton Meadows Road
154 – Clark's nutcracker, Upper Joffre Lake
155 – Townsend's solitaire, Upper Joffre Lake
156 – Pine Siskin, Upper Joffre lake
157 – Red Crossbill, Ucluelet
158 – Brown Creeper, near Sutton Pass
159 – Hammond's Flycatcher, near Sutton Pass
160 – Hutton's Vireo, near Sutton Pass
161 – Black Headed Grosbeak, near Sutton Pass 
162 – Lesser Yellowlegs, Chesterman's Beach
163 – Wandering Tattler, Chetarpe rocks
164 – Townsend's Warbler, Island Beach, Catface
165 – Heerman's Gull, Calmus Passage
166 – Ruddy Turnstone, Cleland Island Ecological reserve
167 – Bonaparte's gull, Oyster Bay, Vancouver Island
168 – Ring Billed gull, Oyster Bay, Vancouver Island
169 – Purple Martin, Oyster Bay, Vancouver Island
170 – Gray Catbird, Tofino Airport
171 – Vaux's swifts, Sutton Pass area
172 – Warbling Vireo, Green Lake
173 – Mountain Chickadee, Whistler Mountain
174 – Rosy finches, Whistler Mountain
175 – Solitary sandpiper, Nahmint Lake
176 – Lincoln's sparrow, Tofino airport
177 – Black swifts, Tofino airport
178 – American pipit – Tofino airport
179 – Black billed magpie, Calgary airport
180 – American crow, Calgary airport
181 – Blue jay, Nova Scotia
182 – Mourning dove, Nov Scotia
183 – Great Black Backed Gull, Nova Scotia
184 – Great cormorant, Shediac Nova Scotia
185 – Ruffed gourse, Nova Scotia
186 – Northern Gannet, ferry to Newfoundland
187 – Red phalarope, ferry to Newfoundland
188 – Atlantic Puffin, Gull Island, Newfoundland
189 – Black legged kittiwake, Newfoundland
190 – Black and white warbler, Notre Dame, Newfoundland
191 – White throated sparrow, Notre Dame, Newfoundland
192 – White-winged grosbeak, Gros Morne trail, Newfoundland
193 – Boreal chickadees, Newfoundland
194 – Black-throated green warbler, Newfoundland Koa campground
195 – Common Eider, Green Point, Newfoundland
196 – Black-headed gull, Green point, Newfoundland
197 – Lapland longsupr, Green Point, Newfoundland
198 – Nashville warbler, Cape Ray, Newfoundland
199 – American Black Duck, Bras d'Or, Nova Scotia
200 – Pied billed grebe, New Brunswick
201 – Aleutian Cackling goose, Tofino
202 – Tropical kingbird, Tofino
203 – Blue-gray gnatcatcher, Clayoquot Island
204 – Thayer's gull, Clayoquot island spit
205 – Northern shrike, Comber's beach
206 – Greater white fronted goose, Comber's beach
207 – Mountain bluebird, Piper's Lagoon, Nanaimo
208 – Ruby-crowned kinglet, Nanaimo harbourfront
209 – Great horned owl, Riefel bird sanctuary
210 – Sawwhet owl, Riefel bird sanctuary
211 – American kestrel, Saanich peninsula
212 – Mute swan, Victoria
213 – Long-tailed duck, Victoria
214 – Sky lark, Saanich peninsula
215 – Canvasback, Victoria
216 – Ruddy duck, Swan Lake
217 – Short-eared owl, Roberts Bank
THE END!!!!!