Steller's jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)Members of the Comox Valley Naturalists Society birding group had a field trip around the boardwalk today. New birds seen, not previously reported, were hairy woodpecker and brown creeper . Other recent birds reported include goldeneye sp., bald eagle, red-tailed hawk, turkey vulture, osprey, sooty grouse (formerly called blue grouse) & chicks, Vancouver Island white-tailed ptarmigan & chicks, Wilson's snipe (formerly called common snipe), spotted sandpiper, rufous hummingbird, northern flicker, olive-sided flycatcher, gray jay, Steller's jay, crow, raven, chestnut-backed chickadee, red-breasted nuthatch, Pacific wren (formerly called winter wren) , golden-crowned kinglet, robin, varied thrush, hermit thrush, pine siskin, junco, towhee, white-crowned sparrow, song sparrow and chipping sparrow.
Vancouver Isand white-tailed ptarmigan (Lagopus leucurus saxatilis)After the walk, Wilderness Centre weekday volunteers Toby & Emma gave a video presentation & talk on their work with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds at the Arne Nature Reserve near Dorset England. The landscape is old oak woodland as well as open heath which shares some plant species with Paradise Meadows, such as pink & white mountain heathers, and sundews. The area is known for nightjars (called nighthawks in Canada) and Dartford warblers nesting in the heather & gorse. Check out the blog for recent bird sightings there.
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