This morning (7:10 a.m.) I saw my first robin this spring...it was singing up in a tree near the house. A lone male robin.... Agnes Cormier [Non-text portions...
Agnès Cormier
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Apr 1, 2008 1:04 pm
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Migration has definitely started! We've added 19 new species to our year list in the past 2 weeks. It bring our total to 97 species. The new species are Snow...
Spring Greetings all, This morning at seven, just before venturing out on my volunteer collection run for Winnipeg Harvest, I spotted two Gray Partridges on...
`Hi All At about 7:30 AM today I was driving to work past Beaudry Park. I had started out early to clean out some of my Bluebird houses on my trail and by...
Finally time for a much-needed breather... headed to St Vital Park for an hour's walk Sightings included: a single Cackling Goose among the many Canadas Common...
Bonjour, I'm ready to carpool if someone from Winnipeg is heading out to Windygates on Friday. My phone number is 231-8533. We could rendezvous at Oak Bluff....
Hello , I haven't posted for a few years, but thought you might be interested that I saw a bluebird, not sure what kind - just characteristic- flight pattern,...
Today, during the noon hour, I spotted 3 Northern shrikes along a 15-mile stretch of highway between Niverville & Landmark. The first one was on a hydro wire...
Hi all, My apologies for the tardiness of this posting. On Sunday evening (March 30) about 9:00 P.M., a large number of Herring Gulls--certainly 1000 ...
Hi All, On the way home from work last night I saw 6 Herring Gulls flying along the lake. It is much slower birding just a little farther north of Winnipeg. ...
Bonnie Chartier
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Apr 2, 2008 3:09 pm
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Thursday's weather for the Morden area calls for a high of + 9 with winds West at 30 km. Is this good weather for a visit to Windygates and for the migration? ...
Sandhill Cranes are calling loudly over Kleefeld - probably the resident birds that nest west of here every year. Groups of robins have been drifting through...
Howdy, I had a female Yellow-rumped Warbler in my yard this morning. I was briefly confused because I don't usually expect females to be here in Kleefeld this...
I went to Windygates today with Rudlf Koes. The area had a bit of snow last night and the fields and trees were snow covered when we arrived. The light wind...
I saw the two Merlins again Tuesday (Apr 1st), this time in our front yard on Clare Ave in Riverview at around 11:00. They seemed to be following each other...
Hi All, It was a great walk this morning. As I am sure all of you know the geese are flying north steadily. While looking them over as they passed I was able...
Bonnie Chartier
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Apr 3, 2008 4:22 pm
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Hi all, It was a slow day in the hawk department but other birds took up the charge. From 10:15 to 2:30: Gt Blue Heron 1 Gr White-fronted Goose 44 Snow Goose...
I will not report on raptors, as that comes from one of the official counters. However, it seems that the Snow Geese chose the Pembina Valley route today....
Today I saw my first Northern Harrier of the spring, a male, along PR 345 about 3 miles east of Lauder. Tuesday I saw a group of little sparrow-like birds that...
Yesterday my boyfriend and I went for a drive on Maple Creek Road and saw a variety of birds: 2 bluejays numerous crows pair of ravens 3 Northern Harriers 3...
I just spotted 3 mallards in the field behind our house with my spotting scope..one female and two males...on ice that must have some holes as they are feeding...
As the St Adolphe bridge was pretty much a bust, other than for geese, between 10:50 and 12:30, I headed SE. Between Niverville and New Bothwell, a Killdeer...
About 6 PM tonight, my wife Barb Dalton jumped up and pointed out the window - three Blue Herons were flying over Minnedosa, heading north. The forecast low...
Hi All Had a great day at Windygates today with highlites for me being the numerous dark phase Red Tails and the lone juvenile Golden Eagle on a low flyby and...
John Weier and I were among many folks that headed out to Windygates today . Daily results can be found at http://hawkcount.org/month_summary.php?rsite=646 . ...
Yesterday we drove up to Pine Falls and Victoria Beach. New for this year were a blue jay and then, just outside Pine Falls, an osprey flew over us, coming at...
Hi all, Patti McIntyre and I made our way down to Windygates Saturday from Gimli and added a good number of species to our year lists. Most everything that we...
