Today, August 1, we visited Whitewater Lake. Much of the action at the viewing mound was in the parking lot, seemingly seen by the birds as a stretch of...
Today whilst working at a gravel extract project of Garven Road I spotted a Owl hunting it was mid morning and my Thinking was it could have been a short eared...
Hello Manitobabirders In hope of someday getting an armchair tick, which is possible when a species is split, I've been studying the Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa...
Hi everyone, I've recently moved to BC from Australia after graduating from University. I've spent the last 6 months on the west coast, but am heading to...
Hi all! Got back from a week at the Mantario LAKE wilderness cabin on Friday. The highlights were a Yellow Throated Vireo, Winter Wren, Yellowlegs and Black &...
I have just posted an update regarding the Chimney Swift Initiative at http://www.manitobanature.ca/CHSW.html Frank M. Be smarter than spam. See how smart...
Oak Hammock Marsh, about 30 minutes north of Winnipeg, is a very good place for shorebirds. Piping Plovers are at Grand Beach, not too terribly far from Oak...
Hi all, There was an adult Clark's Grebe at Pelican Lake, near Ninette, quite close to the east end of the causeway om Hwy 23, accompanied by a well-grown ...
Hello Rob, There were two adults on 16 June, but not together. They were seen by the MNS party to S.W.Manitoba, and by Ward Christianson, Marlene Waldron and...
I had not seen any mourning doves this year in Winnipeg but I finally heard one while kayaking alonng the LaSalle river yesterday, near the golf course west of...
We have had a couple almost every day for the last month in our yard and around the feeder. Carol and Gerald Machnee Lockport ... [Non-text portions of this...
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Aug 8, 2007 3:24 am
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Hi everyone, Had my first visit to Oak Hammock Marsh today and saw a number of interesting birds and picked up 3 lifers: Eared Grebe, Lesser Yellowlegs a ...
Hi Nigel, Franklin's Gulls can often be seen flying over the city, especially in the mornings (mostly headed southwards) & evenings (northwards). If you are ...
... Yellowlegs a ... juvenile ... but ... might be ... across the ... [Selkirk Avenue _ Park Lane which is an extension of King Edward Street } Usuallly one...
Working at home today gave me the chance to see what was moving through my overgrown garden . A dozen or more Tennessee Warblers through the day ( that I saw )...
What a surprise to see a Great Egret in a marshy area of a small creek northeast of Windygates along PR 201. A nice treat! Paul Goossen Sherwood Park, AB...
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Aug 10, 2007 1:52 pm
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Hi all We just spent a few days in the MooseJaw area. While we were there we took a trip to Chaplin, on the way we stopped at Thunder Creek Marsh. There we...
Hello all, Yesterday afternoon (10th) a flock of over 30 Chimney Swifts circled high over our house in E.K. I had seen flocks of up to 10 birds in the area...
Hello Nigel Yesterday around 16:00 before the rain, I saw a swirl of gulls hawking insects low over the Red River and environs. First spotted them from St...
Whilst completeing a late Morning Walk around the Retention Pond at Selkirk Avenue -King Edward Street , after just viewing a Great Blue Heron that has been...
i always look forward to the start of passerine migration and today i found a Northern Waterthrush along the Red River just south of Bishop Grandin which is my...
Hi all , The winds were brutal today (11 Aug ) but Deanna and I still had a very productive day on a trip to Pelican and Whitewater Lakes . After a bit of...
Of course I meant Pelican Lake for the Clarke's Grebe ! Sorry about that ! ... From: Garry Budyk To: Manitobabirds@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 11,...
Dear Manitoba birders, First of all, my friend and I would like thank all those who helped us with information for our birding trip from Edmonton to Churchill....
I've had a few migrants through Riverview as well. A Nashville Warbler came through late in July, and soon after an American Redstart. A week ago I found a...
We have roughly 10 Blue Jays feeding in our yard and about 3 of them have completely bald heads. We have noticed this for the past 3 years and were just...
Yesterday, Nia Massey reported a Great Egret at the Duncan wetlands marsh a couple of miles north of the bridge on #4 Hwy and the road to End of Main. Carol...
Gerald Machnee
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Visiting Australian birder Nigel Jackett and i travelled to Whitewater Lake on Monday. Our main objective was to look for shorebirds and in particular we spent...
Last night Jack Foster called me down to his house to see a turtle dove. It was actually an EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE, the second one that has been using his...
Hello all, Today Peter Taylor and I had a very productive and pleasant day in the field, with nice weather and some good birds. We drove around in the Shoal...
