The Stoney Creek Environment Committee began keeping official bird records in August of 1996. That important work continues to this day with data recorded on bird species, sex, age, nesting sites and behaviour.
In 2014 our weekend birding group identified 36 bird species, and had 18 people participate in monthly counts along Burnaby’s beautiful Stoney Creek. This uninterrupted green space with its offering of food, water and shelter is what draws a variety of birds to this area. Keep those three things in mind (food, water and shelter) if you would like to make your yard, or apartment complex, a bird haven. It is not only fun but doable! But back to our main theme here … take a look at the variety of species we recorded in 2014:
American Goldfinch
American Robin
Anna’s Hummingbird
Bald Eagle
Banned Tailed Pigeon
Black-capped Chickadee (had front row seats to flying lessons with mamma chickadee)
Black-headed Grosbeak (male & female nesting)
Brown Creeper
Bushtits
Canada Goose
Cedar Waxwings
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Cooper’s Hawk
Downy Woodpecker
Dark-eyed Junco
Glaucous-winged Gull
Golden Crowned Kinglet
Great Blue Heron
Hutton’s Vireo
Pacific Wren
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Rufus Hummingbird
Mallard Duck (male & female having a swim on flooded baseball field)
Mourning Dove
Northern Flicker
Northwestern Crow
Pileated Woodpecker (having a stand off with a squirrel)
Song Sparrow
Spotted Towhee
Stellar’s Jay
Swainson’s Thrush
Turkey Vulture
Varied Thrush
Western Tananger (female feeding on grapes)
White-Crowned Sparrow
We also enjoyed the various antics of the following mammals that make this park their home:
raccoons
coyotes
squirrels
bats
Email birds@scec.ca if you would like to be contacted for our upcoming bird walks. We would love to have you join us!
Dark-eyed Junco – Violet Tseu, Golden-crowned Kinglet – Alison Pakulak, Birders – Wendy Snyder