On a very rainy overcast November 13th day at high tide, 2016, Kurlene Wenberg and Daryl Johnson spotted 17 species of waterbirds on Khenipsen Road, Cowichan Bay north side for the BC Coastal Bird Survey. A total of 1000 birds were observed.
6 Double-crested Cormorant; 7 Pelagic Cormorant; 28 Mallard; 58 White-winged Scoter; 126 Surf Scoter; 221 Bufflehead; 34 Common Goldeneye; 5 Red-breasted Merganser; 3 Horned Grebe; 10 Bald eagles; 85 Glaucous-winged Gull; 103 Bonaparte’s Gull; 50 Mew Gull; 250 Unidentified gull sp; 1 Belted Kingfisher; 9 Northwestern Crow; 4 Common Raven
Carol Hartwig
Four heavily clothed birders, Gail Mitchell, Carol Milo, Christina Cutbill, and John Scull enjoyed the wind and very light rain by the Cowichan Estuary Nature Centre in Hecate Park. In addition to a sealion and a seal, we saw and counted these birds in addition to many flying gulls on the south side of Cowichan Bay:
8 Mute Swan; 7 Greater Scaup; 2 Surf Scoter; 13 White-winged Scoter; 98 Bufflehead; 1 Common Goldeneye; 3 Hooded Merganser; 6 Horned Grebe; 19 Double-crested Cormorant; 2 Mew Gull; 1 Glaucous-winged Gull; 14 Unidentified gull sp.
John Scull