Join Geoffrey and David Newell on the first Friends of Uplands Park bird walk of 2025. They will meet on Saturday, January 25th at 9:00 a.m. in the main parking lot at Cattle Point. With its mild climate, Victoria is a great place for birding year-round. Harlequin Ducks, Hooded Mergansers, Long-tailed Ducks, Red-necked Grebes, Pigeon Guillemots, Marbled Murrelets, Pelagic Cormorants, and many other seabirds spend the winter on the ocean off Cattle Point. Black Oystercatchers, Black Turnstones, Glaucous-winged Gulls, American Crows, and Song Sparrows roost and forage on the rocky shoreline. In Uplands Park, large flocks of Dark-eyed Juncos, Golden-crowned Sparrows, Chestnut-backed Chickadees, American Robins, and Purple Finches can be found. The Downy Woodpecker, Anna’s Hummingbird, Bewick’s Wren, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Pine Siskin, and Cooper’s Hawk will be some of our target species on this bird walk.

Pigeon Guillemots in winter plumage (photo by Geoffrey Newell)

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