Di and I had an interesting start to the morning gardening (=weeding) Sunday morning with a well plumaged male Indigo Bunting in full song in the park adjacent...
Like Richard, I also had a flock of about 10 White-winged Crossbills yesterday. The flock I saw was along the Assiniboine, just west of Headingley. I've also...
Carrie, You can add Red-shouldered Hawk to the list. I saw one at Hecla on June 16, the day before my breeding bird survey. Sorry about the delay in...
Hello all Yesterday (Sunday, June 29) during the Summer Bird Census at Oak Hammock Marsh a green heron was seen by Frank and Jacquie Machovec. It was seen on...
Hello, Manitoba birders. I will be visiting around Winnipeg, the Whiteshell, and the Pembina Valley in the second and third weeks of July, and I would...
To add to the White-winged Crossbill list - I had a flock of at least 30 wandering around in my yard/neighbourhood in Grosse Isle on the afternoon of Jun. 29....
Hello all, Sorry for the delay in getting this message out, but I've been in the field and away from the computer for quite a while now, and then busy over the...
Hi all, I spent Canada Day visiting the Rat River WMA & Tall Grass Prairie Preserve with Kelvin Krahn. Perhaps the most surprising birds at Rat River were a...
A friend of mine asks me where the yellow-headed blackbirds of yesteryear have gone. He used to look forward to seeing them (maybe even hearing them, I forgot...
Odd. A Junco flew across the street in front of me late this morning in my Norwood area of Winnipeg, on Eugenie near Braemar. Earlier, at 8 a.m., two Chimney...
Greetings all, On Canada Day we took a ride to Winkler and just past Sanford, heading west, I came across a Horned Lark gravelling up on the shoulder (one of...
Yellow-headed Blackbirds seem to have been scarce or absent in some of their traditional spots in the Pinawa area in the last few years (Pinawa sewage lagoon,...
Hi all, ... I won't comment on Vesper Sparrow, but I'm not so sure about the other three doing all that well. Eastern Kingbird, Warbling Vireo & Baltimore ...
We had a White-throated Sparrow singing in the yard this morning on the Assiniboine. It has not been around previously and I have no previous yard records for...
It's time to check out your favourite shorebird spots again, the early movers are on their way south! I saw my first "fall" Lesser Yellowlegs and Solitary...
On June 3 a Northern Mockingbird put in a brief appearance at Jessica Lake, Whiteshell Provincial Park. It sat for a minute on a dead pine then flew off. ...
We seem to have had a bit of an influx of mockingbirds this year, some of them venturing a long way north. We had at least 2 May reports (one near The Pas),...
From the 200-600 block of Churchill Dr.Wpg along the river we now have three Coopers Hawk nests. One has adult perched in the nest with two little white heads...
Hello again, Here's the last regular update of the 2008 Manitobabirds year list. Since we've now covered most of the regular species I'm only going to update...
My mom Helen and I decided to take up Liis' challenge and made a feeble attempt at a July Big Sit today (July 9). Following the rules (its a sport right!) set...
Great idea, Carrie! That Portage la Prairie deck is humming with glorious Manitoba birding history. But I think I'll wait for a cold snap to take up your Big...
On July 9, Jo Swartz and I followed Garry and Deanna's footsteps, sort of, around the Shoal Lakes. I especially enjoyed poking around the east side of East...
I was up in Churchill last week for fieldwork and had a Great Egret at Landing Lake (just south of the airport) on July 3. The arctic terns didn't like it...
In the past I have seen baltimore orioles at Rossman Lake but this year I haven,t seen them. I did see three swans on the lake June 27 but haven,t seen them...
Hello all, I spoke earlier this evening with Winnipegger Horst Hack, who gave a good description of a Yellow-breasted Chat he saw about a month ago at Pine...
I have recently returned from a 10-day period of surveying for Golden- winged Warbler in the Porcupine Hills and surrounding area. Since this formation...
Dear Manitobabirders: A belated congrats to Rudolf, Adam and Peter on breaking the Manitoba and Canadian big day record this past May. Fantastic stuff! Your ...
Hi Has anyone thought of a revisit to their CBC area - in July to see how they do?! Well, last evening I took the dog through the Almey Woods which form the...
Hello all, I heard and saw a male Northern Cardinal in Woodhaven on Assiniboine Avenue at the intersection of Woodhaven. It was signing in a large tree in the...
