Kate and I were up at 4:15am to catch the first ferry over to Departure Bay and get some Vancouver Island 2011 birding accomplished. For our first trip over the the Island this year, we decided that we would take in the beauty of Parksville. Our adventures started at Rathtrevor Beach & Provincial Park. I was [...]
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Gulls, Gulls and More Gulls – 28Mar2011
Posted in Birding on Vancouver Island, tagged American Robin, American Wigeon, Bald Eagle, Bewick's Wren, Birding at Englishman River Estuary, Birding in Parksville, Birding Parksville beach, Birding Rathtrevor Beach, Birds in Parksville, Birds of Vancouver Island, Black Oystercatcher, Brant, Bushtit, California Gull, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Downy Woodpecker, Eurasian Wigeon, Glaucous Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull, Hairy Woodpecker, Herring Gull, Mallard, Mew Gull, Northern Flicker, Northern Pintail, Pacific Wren, Pileated Woodpecker, Thayer's Gull, Turkey Vulture on March 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »