Backyard December 29th/07

Hi all
Today at around noon we had a large number of unusual birds visit the feeders.

Canada Goose
Gulls
Mallrds
Pigeons
Anna's Hummingbird
Flicker
Crow
Raven
Chickadee
Golden Crowned Kinglet
Bushtit
Robin
Varied Thrush
Starling
Towhee
Song Sparrow
Junco
House Finch
Pine Siskin
House Sparrow

Good luck to everyone tomorrow at the Nanaimo CBC.

Cheers,

Nanaimo River Estuary: Chum Fishing

This morning Dad and I went down to the Nanaimo River to do some salmon fishing. We fished for about an hour and didnt get anything. The few salmon still alive were pretty dark. So we hit the Estaury for some quick birding.

The highlight was the sighting of 2 adult Trumpeter Swans and one immature flying up river from the estuary. We also saw this same flock coming back down the river just as we were leaving.

We saw the following over about an hour on a beatufil Nanaimo day.

Double-Crested Cormorant-3
Great-Blue Heron- 2
Trumpeter Swan-7
Mallard-7
Barrows and Common Goldeneye-50+
Common Merganser-9
Sharp-Shinned Hawk-1
California Gull-5
Glaucous Winged Gull-20
Unidentified Gulls-100s
Belted Kingfisher-1
Northern Flicker-1
Crow-20
Raven-1
Bushtit-20
Golden-Crowned Sparrow-2 imm.

All in all a good "fishing" day.

Cheers