Cowichan Valley Bird List

Hi Birders This week saw eight eager birders turn up for the count and although the Goose numbers were normal we seem to have lost a large proportion of our Swans. The Ruddy Ducks on Somenos Lake were gone, hopefully back to Quamichan Lake. The Hawks suffered this week with low numbers for Red-tails and…

Hi Birders This week saw a major explosion of counters with 9 people in two vehicles moving in slow procession around the route. I brought old Derrick in this week so that we would finish in a timely manner and it was a good move as we were done by 2:30pm. There are times when…

Hi There are days when you just know that it is going to be an exceptional day. My day started on a bit of waste land along Cowichan Bay Road where I found a pair of discarded kitchen catchers loaded with empty beer cans, over forty in total, what a start to the day. Then…

“Just one of those wonderful days” It had to happen, the weather finally caught up with us, a dull dreary day with spattering’s of rain, but with all bad things there was a silver lining and oh did we have some silver today. Our day started at the dog park where 7 counters set out…

South Side from John Scull We counted many birds and we had a record number of birders doing the counting on this beautiful cold sunny day. There were still lots of snow and ice in Hecate Park, which made the walk challenging, but nobody slipped. The birders were Christina Cutbill, Sue Fryer, Debbie Easson, David…

Hi Birders We got this seasons count off to a roaring start with 6 participants in two vehicles and we have to thank Kurlene and Eric for doing a wonderful job of driving. Deb took over the duties of keeping our records and other than a few corrections made a great job of the numbers….