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Tables of Contents for The Birder's Guide Vancouver Island
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
1
3
How to Use This Book
3
1
Birding
4
1
Time to Bird Watch
5
1
Suggested Reading
5
2
Regions of Vancouver Island
7
13
Geography and Climate
7
1
Northeast Pacific Ocean or pelagic waters
7
1
Georgia Depression
8
5
Southeast coastal lowlands
10
2
Southern Vancouver Island
12
1
Northern southeast coastal lowlands
12
1
Alberni lowlands
13
1
Eastern Vancouver Island
13
2
Northeastern Vancouver Island
14
1
Humid maritime highlands (coast and mountains)
15
1
Western Vancouver Island
16
1
Alpine
17
3
Ferry Routes to Victoria
20
3
M.V. Coho mini-pelagic trip
20
1
Mainland to Vancouver Island ferry trips
21
1
Arrival at Victoria
22
1
Saanich Penisula loop (Victoria)
23
36
Tsawwassen ferry terminal to Swartz Bay
23
1
Swartz Bay to Deep Cove
23
1
Deep Cove
23
4
Deep Bay to Sidney
26
1
Sidney Spit Provincial Park
27
1
Sidney to Bazan Bay and Victoria International Airport
28
1
Victoria International Airport to the bulb fields
28
1
Central Saanich bulb fields
28
2
Bulb fields to Thompson Place
29
1
Thompson Place to Island View Beach
29
1
Island View Road and Beach
30
1
Martindale Road
31
2
Martindale Road to Cordova Bay
33
1
Cordova Bay
33
2
Cordova Bay to Blenkinsop Lake and Mount Douglas
34
1
Mount Douglas Park to Ten Mile Point
35
1
Ten Mile Point to Cadboro Bay
35
1
Cadboro Bay to university Mt Tolmie and Lansdowne
36
1
University of Victoria
36
1
Mount Tolmie Park
36
6
Mount Tolmie to Lansdowne School
41
1
Cadboro Bay to Loon and Spoon Bays and Cattle Point
41
1
Cattle Point and Uplands Park
42
3
Cattle Point to Bowker Creek and Oak Bay
42
1
Oak Bay to Victoria Golf Course and McMicking Point
43
2
McMicking Point to Clover Point
45
1
Clover Point
45
4
Clover Point to Beacon Hill Park and Ogden Point
47
1
Ogden Point breakwater to downtown Victoria
48
1
Victoria to Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary
48
1
Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary
49
2
Swan Lake to Elk and Beaver Lakes
49
2
Beaver Lake Park to Quick's Bottom
51
1
Quick's Bottom
51
1
Quick's Bottom to Viaduct, Courtland and Hastings Flats
51
1
Hastings Flats to Francis King Park and Munn Road
52
1
Francis King Regional Park
52
1
Munn Road
53
1
Jocelyn Hill
54
1
Jocelyn Hill - Munn/Millstream Roads to Highway 1
55
1
Highway 1 to Esquimalt Lagoon
55
1
Esquimalt Lagoon
55
1
Esquimalt Lagoon to Witty's Lagoon
56
1
Witty's Lagoon Park
56
1
Witty``s Lagoon to East Sooke Park
56
1
East Sooke Park
57
1
Durance Lake Owling Loop
58
1
Route 14 Loop
59
13
Colwood to Glintz Lake Road
59
1
Glintz Lake Road
60
1
Glintz Lake Road to Sassenos
60
1
Sooke River Estuary and Billings Spit
61
2
Sooke River Estuary to Sooke
62
1
Sooke to Tugwell Lake
62
1
Tugwell Lake
63
2
Tugwell Lake or Sooke to Whiffen Spit
64
1
Whiffen Spit
65
1
Whiffen Spit to Point-No-Point
65
1
Point-No-Point
65
1
Point-No-Point to Jordan River
65
1
Jordan River
66
4
Jordan River to Port Renfrew
69
1
Port Renfrew
70
2
Malahat - Duncan Loop
72
9
Victoria to Goldstream Provincial Park
73
1
Goldstream Provincial Park
73
1
Goldstream Park to Spectacle Lake
73
1
Spectacle Lake Park
74
1
Spectacle Lake to Mill Bay and Cobble Hill
74
1
Cobble Hill and Old Bamberton Quarry
75
1
Cobble Hill to Cowichan Bay
75
1
Cowichan Bay
76
2
Cowichan Bay to Mount Tzouhalem
77
1
Mount Tzouhalem
78
1
Mount Tzouhalem to Quamichan Lake
78
1
Quamichan Lake
78
1
Cowichan Lake to Duncan Sewage Lagoons
78
1
Duncan Sewage Lagoons
78
1
Duncan Sewage Lagoons to Somenos Creek
79
1
Somenos Creek
79
1
Somenos Creek to Somenos Flats
80
1
Somenos Flats
80
1
Cowichan Valley Loop
81
3
Victoria or Duncan to Gordon Bay Park
81
1
Gordon Bay Park
81
3
Gordon Bay Park to Lake Cowichan
82
1
Lake Cowichan to Duncan
83
1
Nanaimo Loop
84
10
Victoria or Duncan to Cassidy and Yellowpoint
85
1
Yellowpoint
85
2
Yellowpoint to the Nanaimo River Estuary
87
1
Nanaimo River Estuary
87
1
Nainaimo River Estuary to Duke Point
88
1
Duke Point
88
2
Duke Point to the Nanaimo Landfill
89
1
Nanaimo Landfill to Colliery Dam and Morrell Sanctuary
89
1
Morrell Wildlife Sanctuary
90
1
Morrell Sanctuary to Buttertubs Marsh
90
1
Buttertubs Marsh
90
2
Buttertubs Marsh to Nanaimo and Departure Bay
91
1
Departure Bay to Piper's Lagoon Park
92
1
Piper's Lagoon Park
92
2
Piper's Lagoon Park to Long and Brannen Lakes
92
1
Brannen Lake, Nanaimo to Nanoose Bay
93
1
Route 4 Loop
94
14
Parksville
94
1
Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park
94
3
Parksville to Qualicum Beach
97
1
Parksville to Englishman River Falls Park
97
1
Englishman River Falls Park
97
2
Englishman Falls/Qualicum Beach to Hamilton Swamp
98
1
Hamilton Swamp to Mount Arrowsmith Ski Area
98
1
Mount Arrowsmith Ski Area
99
1
Port Alberni
100
1
Cherry Creek
101
1
Port Alberni to Stamp Falls Provincial Park
101
1
Stamp Falls Provincial Park
101
1
Stamp Falls Provincial Park to Toad Lake
102
1
Beaver Creek Road
102
2
Beaver Creek Road to Roger Creek and Alberni Inlet
103
1
Port Alberni to China Creek Park
104
1
China Creek Park
104
2
Beaver Creek Road to airport and J V. Clyne
105
1
Sanctuary
105
1
J.V. Clyne Nature Sanctuary
106
1
J.V. Clyne to McCoy Lake, owling sites and Fossili Park
106
1
Sproat Lake Provincial Park
106
2
Port Alberni to Long Beach
107
1
Pacific Rim National Park (Long Beach)
108
6
Pacific Rim National Park Trails
110
4
Courtenay - Comox Loop
114
14
Victoria or Bowser to Deep Bay
114
1
Deep Bay
115
1
Deep Bay to Rosewall Creek Park
116
1
Rosewall Creek Park
116
1
Rosewall Creek Park to Ship's Point Road
117
1
Ship's Point Road
117
1
Ship's Point to Buckley Bay, Hornby and Denman Islands
117
1
Buckley Bay to Royston
118
1
Royston
118
1
Royston to Cumberland
119
1
Cumberland
119
1
Royston to Courtenay
120
1
Courtenay
120
1
Mansfield-Dyke Slough
121
2
Dyke Slough to Comox and Goose Spit
122
1
Goose Spit
123
2
Goose Spit to Lazo Marsh
123
1
Lazo Marsh to Pt. Holmes, Comox airport and Kye Bay
123
1
Kye Bay to Powell River Ferry Terminal
124
1
Powell River Ferry Terminal to Seal Bay Nature Park
125
1
Seal Bay Nature Park
125
1
Seal Bay Nature Park to Mount Washington Ski Area
125
1
Mount Washington Ski Area
126
2
Campbell River Loop
128
5
Courtenay to Miracle Beach Park
128
1
Miracle Beach Park
128
2
Miracle Beach Park to Woodhus Slough
129
1
Woodhus Slough to Shelter Point and Willow Point
129
1
Willow Point to Campbell River & Quadra Island
130
1
Quadra Island
130
1
Campbell River Estuary
130
1
Campbell River Estuary to Elk Falls Park
131
1
Elk Falls Provincial Park
131
1
Elk Falls Park to Strathcona Provincial Park
132
1
Strathcona Provincial Park
132
1
Northeastern Vancouver Island
133
3
Campbell River to Ripple Rock Trail
134
1
Ripple Rock Trail
134
1
Ripple Rock Trail to Sayward and Salmon River Estuary
134
1
Sayward
134
2
Sayward to Port Hardy and Port McNeill and Cape Scott
135
1
Vancouver Island checklist
136
15
Index
151