Eight birders — David Aldcroft, Diana Aldcroft, Kathy Coster, Pamela Williams, Robin Lawson, Gail Mitchell, John Scull and Tony Sneep — counted birds in intermittent showers.
Horned grebe 1
Double crested cormorant 10
Mute swan 2
Green winged teal 1
Greater scaupe 10
Surf scoter 4
Bufflehead 58
Common goldeneye 52
Barrow’s goldeneye 4
Hooded merganser 9
Thayer’s gull 1
Glaucous winged gull 15
Northwestern crown 1
168 birds, 13 species were observed, along with 3 river otters fishing in the estuary.
There were 327 waterbirds of 16 species observed on the North Side of Cowichan Bay
on February 8, 2015 by Daryl Johnson, Kurlene Wen, Christine Gilbertson and Carol Hartwig.
Horned Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 4
Canada Goose 2
Trumpeter Swan 10
Surf Scoter 8
Buffleheads 100
Common Goldeneye 8
Common Merganzer 8
Hooded Merganzer 2
Bald Eagle 4
Mew Gull 13
Glaucous-winged Gull 1
Thayer’s Gull 1
Unidentified Gull 164
Common Raven 1
Total birds 327