In the spring and
early summer, guests watch bald eagle fledglings from this
easily-viewed nest
at Cluxewe Resort.
Birding has become one of the most popular pasttimes in North America. There is no more beautiful or accessible place to enjoy this peaceful activity than at Cluxewe Resort. Shore and water birds of many kinds spend all or part of the year at this estuary. Bald eagles, hawks, and the occasional peregrine falcon patrol the skies. Busy northwestern crows clean the beaches, while Stellar's jays squabble and keep tabs on everyone, and kingfishers swoop and dive. And each morning in spring and early summer the dawn chorus heralds the new day.
You can enjoy all this right where you stay - at Cluxewe Resort.
These are just some of the birds that have been sighted:
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Common loon Pacific loon Red-throated loon Red-necked grebe Brandt's cormorant Trumpeter swan Canada goose (greater & lesser) Brant Mallard Northern pintail American wigeon Northern shoveler Cinnamon teal Green-winged teal Harlequin duck Common scoter White-winged scoter Surf scoter Pigeon guillemot Common murre Ruddy duck Hooded merganser
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Merlin Sooty shearwater Belted kingfisher Northern (red-shafted) flicker Hairy woodpecker Cliff swallow Barn swallow Violet-green swallow Stellar's jay Common raven Northwestern crow Winter wren Common yellowthroat Golden-crowned kinglet Yellow warbler American robin Varied thrush Red-winged blackbird Savannah sparrow Fox sparrow Song sparrow |
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Common merganser Bald eagle Peregrine falcon Red-tailed hawk Great blue heron Greater yellowlegs Lesser yellowlegs Short billed dowitcher Wandering tattler Black turnstone Dunlin Western sandpiper Least sandpiper Sanderling Semi-palmated plover Black bellied plover Common snipe Bonaparte's gull California gull Glacous-winged gull Herring gull Mew gull |
A good source of information on birding in the Northern Vancouver Island region is the Malcolm Island Birding Club.