Hi all, The MNS "park and prairie" outing to Assiniboine Park and Oak Hammock today was extremely well attended, with a total of 18 birding pairs of eyes. The...
Postscript : In addition to the species mentioned by Christian , Deanna and I picked up a few more when we headed back towards the centre after leaving the...
August 31 2007 Just off the causeway at Grassy Narrows at Hecla Island I watched it for 10 minutes then went on to Hecla on my return 4 hours later he was...
Its been a while since I've last updated the list but I'm afraid its because I only have one species to add. Since the beginging of July the only additional...
A moviemaker in the province is looking for a used Purple Martin house that can be rented for a month or so. I don't have much more information than that: it...
Hi all, Kelvin Krahn & I birded the Shoal Lakes, followed by quite a brief visit to St. Ambroise (limited to the vicinity of the old entrance to the ...
I am fairly new to Manitoba (just over 2 years). This morning I saw a lot of large birds in our harvested winter wheat field. There were over 100 of them, and...
I happened by the pond on the east side of the fire hall at Dalhousie and Pembina...the juvenile Great Blue Heron is still there after a week...now would be...
Hi All Just had a batch of various warblers come through our yard at about 8:30 am. Expected I guess. The interesting birds of the bunch were not Warblers...
Sorry everyone but I missed the previous posts for Long-billed dowitchers. That brings the total to 314 species for the year. I figure I'll update the list...
A male Golden-winged Warbler was the highlight of 18 warbler species Deanna and I encountered along Bunn's Creek this afternoon . Another highlight was a...
On our way home we took less travelled routes on Labour Day Monday. We came across 3 or 4 great egrets (may have seen one twice)in an old oxbow along highway...
Liis Veelma, Yun-Kyoung Lee, Byoung-Soon Chang and i visited St Ambroise and the Shoal Lakes this morning. The highlight at St Ambroise was the juvenile ...
I have just posted two bird identification queries at http://www.manitobanature.ca/MB_birds/query.htm Cheers Frank M. Be smarter than spam. See how smart...
Hello all, Peter Taylor and I are finalizing an article on winter non-passerine birds in Manitoba, to be published in the Blue Jay, hopefully this winter. (The...
Afternoon All, 122 (had time to count them) Sandhill Cranes flew southwest over the U of M Campus at 1:10 pm today. Heard them first, found them very high in...
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Goose Flight Behaviour Question As I was driving to the University of Manitoba along Bishop Grandin this morning, I saw a flight of about 25 geese flying north...
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On Labour Day Monday, was coming back (south) from Grindstone along Highway # 8 and saw 8 red-tail hawks, all on the telephone/hydro poles, from Hnausa to ...
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During fall migration it is not at all uncommon. We counted well over a hundred in the Whitewater Lake - Deloraine area today. -Adolf Ens, Winnipeg _____ From:...
Hi All The description/guidelines for Manitobabirds have been revised. Here are the new ones. These are always open for further revision to meet the needs and...
I have just posted two images from Dennis Swayze of "Birds on the Pond" at Baldry Creek Park at http://www.manitobanature.ca/MB_birds/misc/baldrybirds.htm ...
The movie Haunting in Connecticut has now secured its required martin house. Thanks for all who responded. (I didn't realize there were so many spare houses...
I have seen large flocks of 50 - 60 sandhills go over our place this fall so it is very possible to see a flock that size in your feild. Joy Bradley,...
Hi All I was primarily looking for Dragonflies but did notice a few birds. The only ones of note were a White-throated Sparrow and a young of the year...
Tonight I took a quick drive to the retention pond at Selkirk avenue -King Edward Street The Great Egret was present along with a Great Blue Heron plus a...
Had a great but brief look at a Great Egret just south of the corner of Coot and Cattail trails in cell one at OHM. On the drive up to the north mound there...
Saw a Com Nighthawk flying through Kings Park round 2:00 PM on Tuesday. Also some White Throats and single Tennessee & Redstart Warblers. Lorne Klassen...
Hello, In running an errand in Whytewold yesterday (Friday, Sept 7), I decided to see if any hawks were moving. I wasn't expecting too much based on the ...
Hi all, I had 20 minutes between job sites this morning (Saturday, September 8)and decided to check out the English Gardens. At first it seemed as though the...
