Cowichan Valley Bird List

          This week I was unable to take part due to family commitments, my good friends took up the reins and saw some wonderful sights and good numbers. A 3 Peregrine Falcon day is always a treat. Some of the photo’s were from just after the count, but who cares, I…

There are times when it is best to bite your tongue when someone says something bad, as was the case this day when one of the 7 counters present said the “S” word, one should always think before opening his or her mouth, didn’t he realize that this was a Wednesday. We took off under…

There are times when life throws you a wobbly and such is the case for me lately, for the second time in as many months I have got the flu bug and had to stand down this week and let the troops do the job that they have been trained for. They turned in a…

The snow falling on the south side of Cowichan Bay was heavy enough to be very beautiful but not heavy enough to obscure our view of the birds except for some distant cormorants. We had lots of birders enjoying the weather: Adam, Jackie, Malcolm, and Fiona Taylor; Jane Bailey, Linda Hill, Carol Milo, John Scull,…

Here are the results as I found them from the reports. Count Totals 108 species, 28,730 individules Participants # 51 New for count: White-winged Crossbill #1 New Highs Greater White-fronted Goose #37 Cackling Goose #36 Tundra Swan #3 Eared Grebe #2 Eurasian-collared Dove #49 Anna’s Hummingbird #143 Common Raven #506 Red-breasted Nuthatch #140 Red-winged Blackbird…

At Somenos Lake Hi Birders What a day for a count, wind, rain, snow, you name it we had it, but in the true style of hardened birdwatchers we persevered and recorded what we could see through the mire. 7 of us took part in two vehicles and we welcome a new counter Cathleen who…