South Side of the bay
The early hour and time change seem to have limited the size of the Cowichan Estuary Nature Centre team. However, Dave Aldcroft, Gail Mitchell, and John Scull were there and counted:
2 double crested cormorant
17 great blue heron
2 canada goose
40 trumpeter swan
30 mallard
4 northern pintail
58 green winged teal
99 bufflehead
53 common goldeneye
1 barrow’s goldeneye
3 hooded merganser
1 mew gull
1 thayer’s gull
18 gloucous wing gull
3 unidentified gull
6 northwestern crow
2 common raven
There were a total of 371 waterbirds of 14 species observed on the North Side of Cowichan Bay
on March 8, 2015 by Bob Nation, Daryl Johnson, Kurlene Wen, Christine Gilbertson and Carol Hartwig.
Great Blue Heron 1
Canada Goose 9
Mute Swan 8
Trumpeter Swan 12
American Wigeon 18
Mallard 73
Buffleheads 90
Common Goldeneye 9
Common Merganzer 5
Hooded Merganzer 3
Bald Eagle 3
Mew Gull 20
Unidentified Gull 114
Northwestern Crow 6
Total birds 327