This certainly has been an interesting Spring as far as bird watching goes...backyard bird watching that is. I've seen birds that I've never seen here...
Hi all, at around 9am today, Liis Veelma, Robert Parsons and i observed a single Trumpeter Swan, all on its own, in a slough in the town of Holland - on the PR...
Christian Artuso
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Jun 2, 2002 2:46 am
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Here’s a link to some photos I got today in my neighbour’s yard. http://www.birdsofmanitoba.com/orchard.htm Ann Cook Winnipeg Beach, Manitoba, Canada ...
Here are the long-awaited pictures of the SBGU. Please remember that they were taken off a digital video by freeze-framing a shot on my TV, and then...
Many thanks, Dennis, for making these images available to everyone. As indicated in earlier correspondence, we (Rudolf Koes, Dennis and I) concluded that this...
Peter Taylor
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Jun 2, 2002 10:51 pm
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The Janssons asked me to pass on this message. They saw the Little blue heron at the E. end of St. Ambroise Park this AM at 10:30. They saw seven...
This is small change to you folks who have been at this for many seasons, but its a big deal to me. This weekend, I saw a few red winged black birds (beautiful...
Wood Ducks are hatching. Family of 12 (10 hatchlings and two adults) were seen on the Red River near the Osborne Bridge yesterday. I don't generally keep track...
Gene Walz
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Jun 3, 2002 10:22 pm
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We too have a new vistor. He has been here for about a week, and usually feeds up to six times a day. He's just a beautiful little blue bird, and people who...
Hi everyone, About a dozen cedar waxwings have returned to my apple tree, and they were seen busily stuffing their beaks with apple blossoms. I thought this...
At least one species of year-round residents doesn't seem to have been affected by the late spring . The first brood of young House Finches has made an...
On my way to the office this morning I saw the first clutch of Mallard ducklings (4 with the mother) on the Assiniboine River at the end of Academy Road....
Adolf Ens
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Jun 4, 2002 2:41 pm
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I set out to find Indigo Buntings this morning , and wasn't disappointed . I found a pair along the Burr Oak Trail in Bird's Hill Park . Garry Budyk Winnipeg...
Rob Parsons, Liis Veelma and i did a very quick run to St Ambroise this morning and found the Little Blue Heron at 9.30. It was inside the east gate, off to...
Christian Artuso
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Jun 4, 2002 5:30 pm
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... From: "Rob Parsons" <rparsons@...> To: "Manitoba Birds" <Manitobabirds@yahoogroups.com> Sent: June 3, 2002 9:04 PM Subject: Scarlet Tanager, E....
Hello Manitoba Birders: It is good to hear that there are a few Eastern Kingbirds that survived the winter! Although I have not been out as much as usual this...
Hi, On my way through Morris (Highway 75 to St-Jean-Baptiste), I saw what I think was a White-winged dove. I turned around to try to have a better look, but it...
Luc Blanchette
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Jun 5, 2002 1:05 am
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Hello everyone, I have 62 species on my list for this spring, that is excluding the Bronzed Cowbird and the Common Tern and not including the species that I am...
Eastern Kingbirds outnumber Westerns in the places I've seen them by about seven to one: Assiniboine Park and St. Vital Park. Gene Walz --...
Gene Walz
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Jun 5, 2002 2:00 pm
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Hello everyone. I was wondering if someone would like to share some of their favorite Winnipeg birding spots. Everyone has heard the regular reports from...
Hello All , No shortage of Eastern Kingbirds at La Barriere Park today . I saw at least 8 around the parking lot and picnic areas , and another 3 along Rue...
a Yellow-rumped Warbler and a Hermit Thrush in St Vital PArk this morning both seemed very late to me - especially as i haven't seen either in the park in at...
Christian Artuso
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Jun 6, 2002 4:25 pm
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I'll put in a word for Bunn's Creek, east off Henderson near Knowles, Besides the resident kingfisher and wood ducks, it is great for warblers,during spring...
Hi everyone, If you are at the west end of Winnipeg, the woods near the airport are quite unspoiled, and therefore, teeming with wildlife. We have a very...
this evening at dusk i witnessed a group of 60 - 80 Cliff Swallows flying over the Bishop grandin bridge in tight formation, swirling and spiralling, almost...
Christian Artuso
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Jun 7, 2002 3:59 am
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Hi Christian, I have seen this behaviour several times, and assumed they were feeding on swarming insects. I would be interested in knowing if this was a...
Hi to all, We have had a sunny day. It has motivated me to write something but we really don't have anything too much off the wall here. There are a few...
Bonnie Chartier
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Jun 7, 2002 4:28 am
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Hi all, I'm currently working on a search in and around Riding Mountain National Park for a few threatened/listed species of bird. One of the things we're...
