Some biologists reported that the indiscriminate or excessive use of playback or imitation of owl calls can disrupt normal pair formation and breeding. This...
Duncan, James (CON)
JDuncan@...
Apr 1, 2003 5:39 pm
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Hi Jim and all, Thanks for the comments. I respect everything you said. I'm not sure if this is the proper forum to get into a debate about taping, but I'll...
Excellent points Adam. Thanks. I will look up the references/citations to share with all, however, and as you point out, we must recognize that this as a...
Duncan, James (CON)
JDuncan@...
Apr 1, 2003 10:38 pm
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I read the messages this evening about using tapes to do birding. I think the thing we have to look at is our actions and why it is that we are interested in...
The discussion of whether it is appropriate to use tape play back to see birds (not just owls) is an interesting one that I would welcome, if people feel that...
Christian Artuso
umartuso@...
Apr 2, 2003 5:20 am
2950
Yesterday a couple of Dark Eyed Junkos returned to the feeder. Last seen at the feeder on Nov 18/2002. steve from vine street in birtle...
Steve & Alison Desjar...
alsteve@...
Apr 2, 2003 6:21 pm
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Use your phone to communicate bird sightings ????....... http://www.hp.ca/country/ca/eng/msg/corp/htmlbirding.html _______________________________ Cory...
Cory Lindgren
c_lindgren@...
Apr 2, 2003 8:03 pm
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I have also found this to be a friendly forum, my compliments to all here Robert ... to see ... discussion - I ... joined - ... nature and ... the ... ...
Hello All, Generally I agree with both Adam and Jim on this. I think that it is important to ensure that our birding activities do not seriously disrupt the ...
Adam and others, This issue, the impact of playbacks on owls, is one that seems to resurface every so often. It is good to see such a level of concern for the...
Mazur/Frith
frima@...
Apr 3, 2003 3:48 pm
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Greetings, If you have a chance, come out to OHM to watch the eagles. I just looked out my window and saw 9 eagles flying around cell 2. On Monday, I and...
Michele Kading
m_kading@...
Apr 3, 2003 9:41 pm
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Looking out my dining room window this snowy morning, I noticed a lonesome, hungry mourning dove land on my backyard feeder in a puff of light snow! After...
Bernie Neufeld
bernien@...
Apr 4, 2003 3:04 pm
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I had a mourning dove in the yard this morning. It sat for about half an hour in the Mountain Ash. Later saw it eating from a platform feeder and then sat...
Remember the Robin I was waiting for? Well, he's been sitting in my ornamental apple tree for the past 2 dys. Feel soooo sorry for him, all alone - but with...
A afternoon's walk in St-Vital park revealed the following species. 1 Wood Duck on the Red River mixed in with a flock of several hundred Canada Geese mingling...
Report from Al Schritt of Altona, MB....Al and Matt Giesbrecht were at the Pembina Valley hawk-watching site from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., under sunny/cloudy...
Hi all, Finally the weather cooperated and we had a fairly good birding weekend. Saturday 5th Bald Eagle 58 Red-tailed Hawk 51 Sharp shinned hawk 2 N...
My name is Rob I’ve lived here, wpg mb, for 3 or 4 years now. Each spring I have been able to go into my back yard or walk the dog etc look up in the sky and...
I saw three sandhill cranes fly over today. The only reason I saw them was there cries while being attacked by two hawks or eagles. They were a fair distance...
Eldon +Janet
jakels@...
Apr 7, 2003 9:05 pm
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Hi, Here's the count for Sunday 6th, fide Al Schritt: REdtail 112 Bald Eagle 20 Golden Eagle 2 N Harrier 3 Sharp shin 5 Rough leg 2 Am Kestrel 1 T Vulture 1 S...
Here's the tally from St. Adolphe for today. Bald Eagle 40 Redtail 56 Sharp shin 10 Cooper's Hawk 5 Rough legged Hawk 1 N Harrier 1 For the fellow who asked...
Hi all, The hawk tally for April 7 at Windygates (most of the birds were quite high): Turkey Vulture: 2 Harrier: 4+ Golden Eagle: 2 Bald Eagle: 23 Sharpshin:...
Sunday night while Jo Swartz and part of the motley owl crew were cruisin' for screech owl near Fraser's Grove in Winnipeg ---not seen--- we spotted a good...
My annual owl survey south of Grunthal tonight yielded only 33% as many birds as last year ( 1 instead of 3)! The Long-eared Owl in question also "showed" me...
Patsy, our kids (Connor and Brooke) and I are conducting a Baillie-bird-a-thon one day this May. What is a Baillie Bird-a-Thon you ask? It is an event...
Duncan, James (CON)
JDuncan@...
Apr 8, 2003 3:42 pm
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Thank you all for the interesting reports! especially the the count of Eagles at St, Adolphe what a terrific number, we left the cottage after 17yrs at...
sid
slever@...
Apr 8, 2003 4:27 pm
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Today I went for a ride from Eden to Lake Irwin. A productive day. b.c. chickadee 9 downy + hairy woodpeckers 3 each white breasted nuthatch 7 blue jay 11 ...
Hi all, I had the treat of having a flock of 51 bohemian waxwings hanging around our house in St-Jean-Baptiste this evening. Soon we won't see them for a...
Luc Blanchette
luc_blanchette@...
Apr 9, 2003 6:12 am
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There was a Turkey Vulture in the company of several Ravens on the outskirts of Bissett late yesterday....
