A quick update to the year list. We've add three new species to the year list. Turns out they were all owls. We've added Boreal, Great Gray and Northern...
Late this afternoon around 4-40 2 Canada Geese flew past Our area I would expect that the Warm temps have played a part on Overwintering birds making them...
A juvenile Northern Goshawk flew rapidly through the garden yesterday (1 March), frightening the chickadees and siskins who mobbed it when it landed across the...
Redmond Clarke
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Mar 3, 2008 1:29 am
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I saw a Bald Eagle circling over the river down by Kingston Row/ BDI area at about 4:00 yesterday afternoon (March 2nd). John...
Hi all.At 2.30 today i counted 129 Mallards in Sturgeon Creek and saw the Robin,still on Greenacre Blvd. Ray Iverson [Non-text portions of this message have...
I was morosely thinking cold blue winter thoughts, despite the bright sunshine this afternoon, but instantly switched mood to cheerful, and thoughts to warm...
Ray Iverson and I headed out on our usual spring route, hoping to see our first Horned Larks of the year. I do not have my Manitoba rural roads map handy, but...
hello All - I'm new to this group so please forgive me (and let me know) if I inadvertently break any rules! I live in Dufresne (10 minutes SE of Lorette MB)...
I have seen a flock of b. waxwings in Lorette, probably about 30 to 40 this week. I still have a junco in my yard and my mom's feeder still has the Boreal...
Hi all, On Saturday, March 1st, I had a brief look at a large Accipiter flying northward, fairly low, over Bishop Grandin Boulevard, just a little west of St....
Just a quick update here too after being away and busy for a while. I was able to photograph (snapshots) and confirm a male Red-bellied Woodpecker and a...
I also had a brief view of a large accipiter in the same general area of Winnipeg a little while ago. This was at one of the lights on the stretch of St....
Hi All I'm not sure where you live in Lorette Michelle, but I'm down on River Rd between MR 30 & 32. Right now "my" large flock of B Waxwings is feeding on the...
Probably the same flock, if the numbers are correct. Perhaps we share the same junco. This is a female and she is pretty feisty against the house sparrows....
I saw 2 horned larks today along Young Point Road in the Carrot Valley west of The Pas. I am fairly sure that these are overwintering birds as I had heard of...
It has been a slow, disappointing winter for yard birding in terms of the regular fare. It has been great though for yard lifers. On Dec. 9 a Pileated...
Hi everyone. Horned Larks - first of the season for me were 2 singles immediately south of Grosse Isle on Friday, March 7. Ken Gardner - Grosse Isle. ...
I had two Dark-eyed Junco in the garden this morning. These were my first juncos in the garden since mid-November. A good sign of either spring or of winter...
Redmond Clarke
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Mar 9, 2008 9:04 pm
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Hi, I've been seeing the reports of DE Juncos. We have at least 4 of them on most days . The Pine Siskins are nearly eating us out of house and home,we have a...
Hello all, Today I did some scouting for an upcoming owl tour and found some good birds. Best was a gray Gyrfalcon, along 317 about 2 km west of Lac du Bonnet....
We took a tour south west of the city today working the back roads north of Highway #2 and south of the Red River and in a three hour trip saw seven snowy...
Hello Manitobabirds; Winter Birding in Canada - 2007-2008 - End of Season Report There is nothing like an "old-time" winter to wreck havoc with winter birding....
Good Morning, Jake saw three Goldfinches at our feeder this morning. One showed definite signs of spring molt,with a few patches of bright yellow feathers. ...
Not at all where I thought I might see my first Bald Eagle of the season .....Watt St and Chalmers Ave in Elmwood about noon today . An adult , flying...
The grey partridge were back on Haggart Street this afternoon. They are common enough there that I wouldn't report, except today the gathering was about twice...
Hi all, There have been a few posts recently that were off topic or in some other way have not conformed to the protocol of Manitobabirds. I am, therefore,...
Hi With the south winds today, I thought I'd give hawk watching a try. I went down to the floodway gate just south of St. Norbert and was rewarded with my...
In Winnipeg in St. Vital, on Meadowwood Drive on Saturday afternoon, March 8. Sandy Spencer-Sutton, St. Clements area. [Non-text portions of this message have...
