Hi all, The addition of Barred Owl brings the list to 98 species. Thanks to Brad Carey for reporting it. My apologies for taking so long to update the list! ...
Hi all, Many of you are familiar with the Great Backyard Bird Count. For those who are not, it's similar to the Christmas Bird Count (and like it, is a joint...
Hello fellow birders; Today we went for a hike to the feeder trail at Birds Hills Park. Seeing as follows: chickadees, red and white b/nuthatches, w/w...
Hi Rob and all, I was in Churchill last week and had five Willow Ptarmigan on Goose Creek Road. Also, there was a White Gyrfalcon at it's normal location at...
Bonnie Chartier
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Feb 3, 2003 12:58 am
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At our backyard feeder we have Redpolls, Bluejays, Black Capped Chickadees, White Breasted Nuthatches, Downy's and a Hairy. We also have 3 deer who clean off...
Steve & Alison Desjar...
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Feb 4, 2003 5:31 pm
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A radio-tagged Pileated Woodpecker was found dead in a northern Goshawk's nest in the Alberta foot- hills.Goshawks,Cooper's & Red-tailed hawks,& Great horned...
Hi Is anyone aware of any recent publications that report on the importance of birding in Canada, economic contributions, etc. Thanks, Cory ...
Cory Lindgren
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Feb 6, 2003 5:12 pm
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Hi all.Saw seven Sharp Tailed Grouse today in a field at the corner of highway 8 and Matlock Road Ray Iverson...
Ray Iverson
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Feb 6, 2003 10:00 pm
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No , not a comment about this afternoon's weather ....Just before the snow started this afternoon , I saw what I assume to be the same (female/imm. male) Snowy...
Good morning,This morning a Cooper's Hawk picked a European Starling out of the air, crashed into our front yard snowbank with it, killed it and ate a portion...
I found this note from Richard interesting but not surprising as several years ago a Pileated wp with a Goshawk in hot pursuit buzzed passed my head at...
1993--Astealthy Marten killed & ate a Northern Goshawk.The female Goshawk was on a low perch when it became a meal for the Marten.As they weigh about the...
Liis Veelma, Rob Parsons, Adam Walleyn and I headed out today for an ambitious winter-birding outing. In search of owls, we started out by taking the 304 all...
Christian Artuso
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Feb 9, 2003 1:00 am
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Hello everyone, We were to visit friends today northwest of Kemany (which is about 12 kilometers west of Brandon). They have between 20 and 30 goldfinches...
Hi, Yesterday in St.James (south of corner of Normandy drive and Cavalier), I found 18 cedar waxwings feeding on a crabapple tree. They were quite intent on...
Luc Blanchette
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Feb 9, 2003 4:30 pm
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Hi all, The addition of Willow Ptarmigan, from Churchill, brings the list to 99 species. Thanks to Bonnie Chartier for reporting it. I deliberately delayed...
I live along the Brokenhead River- east of Bjr- My feeders are full of evening grosbeaks- counted 100 at one time. Also hairy woodpeckers, nuthatches,...
Rose M Sinnott
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Feb 12, 2003 3:29 am
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HI All, I just read about 100 Evening Grosbeaks. Wow, wouldn't I love to have them over this way. They come into the feeders occasionally, but not in the...
Bonnie Chartier
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Feb 12, 2003 4:08 am
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Last Saturday, February 8, we saw a rather large flock of Snow Buntings (about 200) in an open field along PTH 344 just south of Brandon. Tuesday, February...
Hi all.Today while walking down the Assinaboine River I saw 18 Mallards fly up from a yard on the north side of the river 200 feet west of where Sturgeon Creek...
Ray Iverson
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Feb 14, 2003 3:07 am
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Hello Manitoba Birders, Since we have evidently slowed down in adding new winter species, and many of you, like me, may tend to spend more time inside while...
Yesterday, three Mallards flew over the University of Manitoba's Fort Garry campus. There is NO open water anywhere nearby; so where they were coming from and...
Gene Walz
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Feb 14, 2003 3:07 pm
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Hi all, ... Manitoba's Fort Garry campus. There is NO open water anywhere nearby; so where they were coming from and where they were headed (south) is a...
Rock Doves swimming to get a drink of water?? In Calgary AB,in winter,doves have landed on small patches of open water in the otherwise frozen Bow River to get...
Hi Could someone suggest where are a couple of places where one would have a chance to see Three-toed and/or Black-backed Woodpeckers,say,in the Elma - Pinawa...
Hello all, Was at Wanipigow lake last weekend.did not see one owl there or back on HWY #304 ,which is unusual.Very cold there -40 on monday morning.Because of...
