Hi all, Visiting birder Mary Lou Duseburg took Liis Veelma & me to Whitewater Lake today (Sat., Aug. 3). There were at least 51 Cattle Egrets at Whitewater...
Rob Parsons
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Aug 4, 2002 4:08 am
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Hi all, Mary Lou Duseberg, Liis Veelma & I went to Riding Mountain yesterday (Aug. 4). All our birding was along Hwy 19. In spite of it being the 'August...
Rob Parsons
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Aug 5, 2002 1:25 pm
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I took a walk along Bunn's Creek yesterday afternoon (Sun.) , more for exercise than expecting to see much yet , but was pleased to see two Black-crowned Night...
Hi all, After birding a variety of places and habitats in Southern Manitoba with visiting birder Mary Lou Duseberg over the last few days, there was still one...
Rob Parsons
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Aug 6, 2002 1:08 am
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No Henslow's Sparrows among all those Le Conte's??? Just kidding, though you never know... Peter Taylor Box 597, Pinawa, Manitoba R0E 1L0 Canada ...
Peter Taylor
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Aug 6, 2002 4:14 am
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Well, Peter, there was one bird that made my heart beat faster for three seconds, as something different, looking paler and having a largeish bill, but then I...
This report about birding in Manitoba was posted to Saskbirds, our Saskatchewan equivalent. Liis Veelma From: "clarkejared16" <clarkejared16@...> To:...
I will be travelling from Nova Scotia to visit the Winnipeg area from August 17th to 23rd and will have a car. I have the 1988 edition of the "Birder's Guide...
Don MacNeill
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Aug 7, 2002 6:50 pm
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Hi- Today at about 16:30 Richard and I saw 5 Hudsonian Godwits at the Holland slough located on the east side of Hwy 34 about 1 k south of Hwy 2. There was one...
Jo Swartz
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Aug 8, 2002 4:16 am
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Hi Liis I'll keep this reply open to the group, since others are likely to be interested. A Henslow's Sparrow turned up at J. Clark Salyer wildlife refuge in...
Peter Taylor
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Aug 8, 2002 8:21 pm
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Hi Don, I may be able to join you for some birding on August 23 around Winnipeg. Otherwise the time you're here is pretty busy for me. Call when you're in town...
John Weier
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Aug 8, 2002 9:37 pm
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Greetings, I just spoke with an avid birder from BC who was out walking the trails at Oak Hammock Marsh all day. He reported seeing several American bitterns...
Michele Kading
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Aug 8, 2002 10:03 pm
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On Tuesday we approached Whitewater Lake from the village of Whitewater using the municipal road going north about 1.6 km east of the village. We walked quite ...
Hi All , Warblers are beginning to show up in my E.K. yard on a daily basis . Today there are Yellow , Nashville and Tennessees . An Eastern Phoebe has also...
Hello: I encountered a rather grim aspect of birding the other day. We have a phoebe who has nested apparently successfully our cottage outhouse for the last...
Yesterday as I was turning off Henderson Hwy., onto Chief Peguis bridge (Winnipeg), I came across two extremely large baby birds that were strolling across...
I took another stab at finding Loggerhead Shrikes northwest of the city today , and was finally successful . I found a single adult Loggerhead along Corunna...
Hello all. Lynda maybe these large chicks were Wild Turkeys chicks which would be more likely than having Bald Eagles nesting in the city. Enjoying all the...
Hello I don't know if anyone else has answered your email yet but I will give you my limited knowledge. Nesting birds get lots of feather mites when they are ...
Paula Grieef
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Aug 12, 2002 2:06 pm
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Thanks Lorne, I had no idea what they might be and wondered if anyone on the list might have encountered some species in the area that would produce these very...
Hi all, If anyone is planning to come out on the MNS birding field trip at Pinawa on Saturday August 24, please contact me by e-mail. We shall meet at the ...
Peter Taylor
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Aug 13, 2002 3:49 am
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Paula: Thanx for the information. I suppose I should put this nesting failure down to one chick dead of unknown causes, and the other chick dead from leaving...
I'm not sure how many Bald Eagles are currently nesting in southern Manitoba, but they certainly appear to be making a comeback. I've recently had a couple of...
De Smet, Ken (CON)
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Aug 15, 2002 4:56 pm
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Hi Birders, I haven't paid much attention the last few weeks to the whereabouts of the Loggerhead Shrikes just north of Winnipeg. And suddenly I have a guest...
John Weier
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Aug 16, 2002 3:33 am
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Hi Ken and All, Last year while canoeing from the Rivers dam to the mouth of the Assinibione we saw a nesting pair and the nest. About one hour from the dam on...
Eldon +Janet
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Aug 16, 2002 10:28 pm
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Hello all!. Saw 6 to 8 some small peeps likely Least Sandpipers and a Lesser Yellowlegs today at Patricia Beach foraging at the edge of the heavy surf, which I...
It was still raining at 5 a.m., so I went SW, looking for sunshine and shorebirds .The rain didn't stop til I reached Baldur, and the sun broke out when I was...
Hello All , A Wilson's Warbler came through the garden on thurs(15 Aug) as well as 12+ Tennessees , Yellow and Nashville Warblers . Later the same day along...
Yesterday, August 18, visiting birder Don MacNeill of Halifax and I birded hwy 26, St. Ambroise Provincial Park ( the PR 430 end and the day-use side), and...
I've been getting a few responses to an e-mail I sent out earlier regarding observations of Bald Eagles nesting in agricultural areas of southern Manitoba....
