http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcbirdingvanisland/ Birding Vancouver Island B.C. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:59:33 GMT backyard_store http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcbirdingvanisland/message/13554 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcbirdingvanisland/message/13554 The Backyard Wildbird & Nature Store Nanaimo Bird Alert To report your sightings phone the Store at 250-390-3669 e-mail us at thebackyard@... call the Bird Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:33:14 GMT backyard_store http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcbirdingvanisland/message/13553 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcbirdingvanisland/message/13553 Hi birders, The Sunday Bird Walk went to the Beaver Ponds at Nanoose Bay. The morning was sunny, warm and the winds were calm. Among the highlights were great Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:54:56 GMT backyard_store http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcbirdingvanisland/message/13552 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcbirdingvanisland/message/13552 Hi birders, The bird store received the following report of Nighthawks--- Saturday, July 4, 2009 - 7:45 p.m. - 2500 Block Glenayr Drive - arrival of a flock Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:07:53 GMT canadianrobin2003 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcbirdingvanisland/message/13551 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcbirdingvanisland/message/13551 Hi birders, Marilynne and I went to the Rivers Edge subdivision behind the Weigh Scales at Parksville and we heard the Pee-ik, Pee-ik, Pee-ik and saw four Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:05:23 GMT canadianrobin2003 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcbirdingvanisland/message/13550 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcbirdingvanisland/message/13550 Hi birders, I was at French Creek yesterday and I saw one Juvenile Glaucous Gull (Peterson Gulls of the Americas by Steve N.G. Howell/Jon Dunn Page 245- photo Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:59:39 GMT Rick Schortinghuis http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcbirdingvanisland/message/13549 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcbirdingvanisland/message/13549 RBA * British Columbia * Greater Victoria and Southern Vancouver Is. * July 2, 2009 * BCVI090312 - Transcript This is the Victoria Natural History Society's Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:36:05 GMT canadianrobin2003 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcbirdingvanisland/message/13548 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcbirdingvanisland/message/13548 Hi birders, The Tuesday Bird Walk went to the Plummer Road side of the Englishman River Estuary in Parksville. The morning was pleasant and the sun was Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:42:13 GMT brendan o'sullivan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcbirdingvanisland/message/13547 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcbirdingvanisland/message/13547 I am a birder living near Mississauga, Ontario. I will be visiting my son in Delta on the last week of July. I hope to do some birding while there. I have a Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:24:36 GMT David Allinson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcbirdingvanisland/message/13546 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcbirdingvanisland/message/13546 It must be summer...this afternoon (Monday), a Tufted Puffin was just beyond the Haystock Islets off the Tower Point section of Witty's Lagoon Regional Park in Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:41:17 GMT Michael Knoll http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcbirdingvanisland/message/13545 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcbirdingvanisland/message/13545 Hi! Sorry for cross-posting. I'm a birdwatcher from Germany and going to visit Vancouver Island with my family in July, as the last part of a ship cruise from Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:01:50 GMT backyard_store http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcbirdingvanisland/message/13544 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcbirdingvanisland/message/13544 The Backyard Wildbird & Nature Store Nanaimo Bird Alert To report your sightings phone the Store at 250-390-3669 e-mail us at thebackyard@... call the Bird Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:02:01 GMT backyard_store http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcbirdingvanisland/message/13543 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcbirdingvanisland/message/13543 Hi birders, On the way into Nanaimo this morning Marilynne and I spotted the male American Kestrel perched on the same hydro line near the Esso gas station Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:58:14 GMT backyard_store http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcbirdingvanisland/message/13542 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcbirdingvanisland/message/13542 Hi birders, The Sunday Bird Walk went to McGregor Marsh in Nanaimo. The morning was sunny and cool. The highlights included seeing two Belted Kingfishers at Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:00:48 GMT backyard_store http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcbirdingvanisland/message/13541 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcbirdingvanisland/message/13541 Hi birders, Six Caspian Terns and two Osprey were seen at the flats on the Nanaimo River Estuary near the Living Forest Campground in south Nanaimo. Good Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:42:08 GMT backyard_store http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcbirdingvanisland/message/13540 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcbirdingvanisland/message/13540 Hi birders, On the way into Nanaimo This morning Marilynne and I spotted an American Kestrel perched on a hydro line near the Esso gas station over looking the