Sunday night was more active than usual at St. Vital Park what with the launch of three hot-air balloons (ReMax types). As I followed them with my binocs, some...
Gene Walz
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Sep 1, 2003 8:31 pm
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Hello: This problem has probably come up before but I need to run it by you. We have friends who'se house siding (cedar) is becoming seriously damaged by...
Anne & Lewis Layman
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Sep 1, 2003 11:19 pm
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Anne, The only thing I've heard is to hang shiny things at the point of damage. Things like Mylar or colored streamers should do the trick. Doesn't do much for...
kcorliss@...
Sep 2, 2003 2:11 pm
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Hi all , I spent the day at home yesterday , as I also did last Labour Day , when I made a list of all the birds I saw and heard in and from my yard . I...
Hello Gary and other Manitoba birders, I'll take on your list but first a bit about the other birds I saw this weekend. I have to admit that I was feeling a...
Hi Birders All, Garry Budyk and I spent a pleasant day birding this past Saturday. We headed for Delta Marsh at 7 in the morning and by the time we were done...
jweier
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Sep 2, 2003 7:24 pm
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Hello Manitobabirders, Does anyone have any addresses for websites that have audio clips of the flight-calls of migrating thrushes and such? Is there a place...
Hi all, Here's a belated addition to the Labor Day list thread. Although Garry suggests people living near the rivers might be able to produce more extensive...
Although I haven't checked, try the Cornell Library of Natural Sounds website. Cornell has a night migrant monitoring program based out of New York. They have...
Dear Liis You should check out www.oldbird.org It has info on how to purchase a CD which includes information and calls of over 200 species of nocturnal ...
Tom Hince
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Sep 4, 2003 1:49 pm
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Today I birded the south shore of Lake Winnipeg , along Chalet Beach road and the beach ridge , lakeshore and marsh beyond . I was hopeful the big north winds...
Hi all, Liis Veelma & I visited St. Ambroise & Delta today. Highlights included 300 Sandhill Cranes; a Red Knot and a Ruddy Turnstone among 14 species of...
Hello Manitobabirders, I had a most interesting day at Whitewater today, Sunday September 8. The big news is the Cattle Egrets, which I saw north of 15 N, west...
Hi, I was fishing till dusk tonight, and I regretted not bringing my binoculars. On top of 1 Lesser and 2 Greater yellowlegs, I got a close-up with a Great...
Hi all, Just a note to let you know about a couple of classes for beginning birders which I have been asked to teach at local high schools. Enjoying Your...
Here is an interesting observation from Northo Dakota. I wonder if any birders in who have been around in southern Manitoba and saskatchewan have seen any. I...
It took me a while to find the first ones , but eventually I found 13 species of warbler at Bird's Hill Park today , in four widely scattered mixed flocks . A...
Paul's memo is quite revealing -- appears to have been a genuine bust in reproductive success among Swainson's Hawks (and perhaps less so among other prairie...
De Smet, Ken (CON)
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Sep 11, 2003 6:16 pm
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Hi all, Have been out to beautiful Bunn's Creek Trail, located east off Henderson just south of the Perimeter, twice in the last two days. I did a pre-walk...
I spent an interesting afternoon on my deck yesterday(Sep 13). At 2 pm I heard a harsh screech & a heavy thump on a window,I went out on the deck & heard the...
Clear DayHi All, Still a few good birds here but the majority of the birds have moved out. There is a family of Snowy Owls along Launch Road. I hear that one...
Bonnie Chartier
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Sep 14, 2003 10:51 pm
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Hello Manitobabirders I have not seen a Black-billed Magpie for some time, and I was expecting family parties around this time. Not one was found last weekend...
Baltimore Oriole was one of many migrants that spent time in my back garden yesterday ( 13 sept. ) . Ten warblers , including mourning , yellow , magnolia ,...
Hi all, Visited OHM this afternoon. Highlights for me included a great egret, some tundra swans and a bald eagle soaring overhead. Also enjoyed meeting Dr. Bob...
Hello, I wouldn't call my luck "better" but I did have one Black-billed Magpie in my front yard on Friday the 12th of September. It was kicking up quite a...
Liis , I've been seeing B.B Magpies quite regularly over the last couple of weeks . Near Matlock , at Bird's Hill Park , yesterday along Lagimodiere blvd. near...
I have at least 4 magpies here most days. Dick,Elie. _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail...
