2010 Nesting Season - Biodiversity Centre for Wildlife Studies

Odlum, Theed Pearse, and Glenn R. Ryder,
the Vancouver and Victoria annual bird reports,
and out-of-print regional avifauna reports. This
task will be continued in 2011.
Family Phasianidae - Partridges, Pheasant,
Grouse, Ptarmigan, and Turkey (176): Chukar
- 5, Gray Partridge - 1, Ring-necked Pheasant
- 77, Ruffed Grouse - 45, Greater Sage-Grouse
- 2, Spruce Grouse - 14 (Figure 80), Willow
Ptarmigan - 1, White-tailed Ptarmigan - 10,
Dusky Grouse - 10, Sooty Grouse - 9, Sharptailed
Grouse - 1, and Wild Turkey - 1.
Figure 78. The early records of James Grant,
such as this Golden Eagle nest at Gallagher
Lake in 1965 recorded on 4” x 6” index cards,
are valuable additions to the BCNRS once they
are transferred to standard nest cards and filed
in species order.
Total Breeding Records - Family & Species
Family Anatidae - Geese, Swans, and Ducks
(1,905): Canada Goose - 509, Mute Swan -
18, Wood Duck - 166, Gadwall - 85, American
Wigeon - 24, Mallard - 556, Blue-winged Teal
- 12, Cinnamon Teal - 7, Northern Shoveler -
9, Northern Pintail - 2, Green-winged Teal - 6,
Canvasback - 30, Redhead - 33, Ring-necked
Duck - 93, Lesser Scaup - 14, Harlequin Duck
- 3, White-winged Scoter - 1, Bufflehead - 79,
Common Goldeneye - 37 (Figure 79), Barrow’s
Goldeneye - 87, Hooded Merganser - 33, Common
Merganser - 43, Red-breasted Merganser - 6,
and Ruddy Duck - 52.
Figure 79. These ducklings are part of a family
of 15 Common Goldeneyes, the fifth largest
brood ever reported for British Columbia with a
single female in attendance. Duck Lake, BC. 9
June 2010. (Photo by Brent Wellander).
Figure 80. Very few Spruce Grouse nests are
reported each year but newly hatched chicks,
especially when photographed, provide a
valuable record. Krao Lake, BC. 24 July 2010
(Photo by Justin Arndt).
Family Odontophoridae - American Quail
(61): California Quail - 61 (see Figure 7).
Family Gaviidae - Loons (101): Red-throated
Loon - 2 and Common Loon - 99.
Family Podicipedidae - Grebes (2,485): Piedbilled
Grebe - 96 (Figure 81), Horned Grebe - 19,
Red-necked Grebe - 143, Eared Grebe - 2,062,
Western Grebe - 161, and Clark’s Grebe - 4.
Family Hydrobatidae - Storm-Petrels (197):
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel - 29 and Leach’s
Storm-Petrel - 168.
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