Moorecroft Regional Park

I unfortunately enough had to start my day with a Physics class. I was however, lucky enough that I only had the one class which would take me to 1130 at which point I had decided I would head to Nanoose.

I managed to start the day with another tick for the list just before class while walking through Tamagawa Garden.

46) Pacific Wren

Dark-eyed Junco

Anna's Hummingbird

Spotted Towhee

After class I headed out to Nanoose to the wonderful Moorecroft Park on Stewart Rd. There I Managed to meet up with Guy Monty who was having a delightful time with a group of beautiful shorebirds. Here is my list for 1220-1500hrs in the park.

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Barrow's Goldeneye

Bufflehead

Mallard

46) Black Oystercatcher

Bald Eagle

Glaucous-winged Gull

47) Dunlin-2

48) Surfbird-137

49) Pacific Loon

50) Double-crested Cormorant

51) Pelagic Cormorant

52) Harlequin Duck

53) Black Turnstone

54) Pigeon Guillemot

Red-breasted Merganser

55) Marbled Murrelet

56) Common Murre

57) Ancient Murrelet

Mew Gull

58) Rhinoceros Auklet

Song Sparrow

Common Goldeneye

59) Pileated Woodpecker-3

60) Red-breasted Sapsucker-1

Northern Flicker

61) Hutton's Vireo-1

62) Brandt's Cormorant

63) California Gull

64) Common Loon

After birding at the park I decided I would head over to Fairwinds on the way home. Sure enough the Mute Swan was there and behind it on the field was a large group of ducks!

65) American Wigeon-approx. 150

Pine Siskin

Glaucous-winged Gull

66) Eurasian Wigeon-2

As i was driving by the Nanoose Estuary I managed to spot the evasive Canada Goose, number 67 for the year...