Hello everyone, I just wanted to say thanks to those who contacted me and pointed out it might have been a Merlin and not a Kestrel. I went back and read up on...
Well I went and compared Kestrel and Merlin and it was not a Merlin. S maybe it was a Sharp Skinned hawk. I'll go check that one now. Thanks Gene. Comments...
Peter, I would like to but I got all I can handle. George. PS Just back from southern Ontario where there was a Tufted duck in the Welland Canal, GH ... ...
george
gecholland@...
Mar 2, 2004 5:01 pm
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Our Winnipeg Christmas Bird Count group noted two American Kestrels around the airport in December. This past Saturday two of them were chasing each other in...
Adolf Ens
aens@...
Mar 2, 2004 5:31 pm
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Hi all , Spruce Siding Road was quite owly today . Seven Great Gray Owls , including two about a half a km north , on the short road that continues north at...
Hi all, Janice and I counted 114 Mallards and a female Pintail in the Assiniboine River just west of the Leo Mol Gardens. Have been away most of this winter...
george
gecholland@...
Mar 4, 2004 12:48 am
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Greetings from Brandon. Barbara Robinson reported seeing a Northern Goshawk this afternoon. It was perched on a cross wire at 65th. Street East and Patricia...
Hi all.I just came down my street [Golf Blvd] at 11.45a.m.and the Pileated was on the tree again.He hasn`t left the area yet. Ray Iverson...
Ray Iverson
iverson@...
Mar 4, 2004 6:22 pm
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Hi all, After reviewing the entries for the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC), I can add 26 more juncos (including the one reported to Manitobabirds by Justin...
Hi all, Although I use the word final in the heading, I certainly will accept any reports of additional species if there are (or were) any lurking out there. A...
Hi Rob, I don't want to be a stick-in-the-mud but almost every beginning or casual birder that I know calls every male woodpecker with red on the nape of it's...
Hi Harv, ... birder that I know calls every male woodpecker with red on the nape of it's neck a "Red-headed Woodpecker".>> Oh, I'm aware of that. I deleted...
Hi all, Pout no more Harv. You are assured of seeing a Red Headed Woodpecker in the spring. 3 or 4 years ago I had a juvinile overwinter and it came to my...
Hi Rob I am new to your group but am enjoying the info and sitings that are reported daily. I am curious about the inclusive dates for the 2003/04 winter list....
Ron Wiebe
ronemmy@...
Mar 5, 2004 4:34 am
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I am currently planning out 2004 BBS (Breeding Bird Survey) assignments. Birders in Manitoba have been great, most taking on at least one route that they do...
De Smet, Ken (CON)
KDesmet@...
Mar 5, 2004 4:59 pm
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Hello Everyone, I headed out this afternoon to the pigeon barn north of the city to try my luck for the Prairie Falcon. Immediately upon driving down the...
Yesterday while at work, I could hear all of the redpolls, chickadees, and nuthatchs making alarming sounds. Upon looking I saw a sharp shinned hawk perched...
Hi gang, As you may know, I am currently conducting a master’s project with the Faculty of Environment at the University of Manitoba to assess the population...
christian artuso
chartuso@...
Mar 7, 2004 3:38 pm
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Hi Mike, I can't answer your specific questions but for what it's worth, I did see a Merlin once picking apart a freshly killed pigeon. I suspect it's not...
My dear Christian- Exquisite! Alss I took my Dad to see the Screech Owl at Irving Place-success. Still no pileated! Please include me in the Screech Owl...
Richard Silverman
silvrmn@...
Mar 8, 2004 1:20 am
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Hello all , I saw a 13 Horned Larks in a field along Hwy # 67 ( about 2 km west of the turn off to Oak Hammock ) this afternoon . There were 3 Snow Buntings...
I read a first hand account of a birder in Edmonton who observed a Merlin take three pigeons within the space of 15 minutes, being chased off the first two...
Adolf Ens
aens@...
Mar 8, 2004 3:04 pm
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Hi all, I just had a phone call this morning from a concerned woman who reported conjunctivitis (a disease affecting the eyes of birds, especially wild ...
Duncan, James (CON)
JDuncan@...
Mar 8, 2004 5:01 pm
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Hi Ken, i think i could do a BBS route or even two this year - i'm a little tentative because it is hard to predict exactly what i'll be doing in June, but i...
christian artuso
chartuso@...
Mar 8, 2004 6:26 pm
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Hi Christian Good to hear that you are interested in taking on a BBS route. I'd really like you to consider the Bissett route in Nopiming which was vacated by...
De Smet, Ken (CON)
KDesmet@...
Mar 8, 2004 7:18 pm
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Oops, didn't realize my message to Christian was going out to Man Birds. Oh well, still need more volunteers for BBS routes....
De Smet, Ken (CON)
KDesmet@...
Mar 8, 2004 7:28 pm
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Perhaps this subject has come up before but has anyone considered using a more modern message board?? I used this system for a while for my fly fishing site...
Hello Birders Gerry Lagasse phoned me to say that he saw the following birds flying north over the Red River: 10 Canada Geese 1 Bald Eagle (an adult) 1...
Anne & Lewis Layman
llayman@...
Mar 9, 2004 9:18 pm
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Janice Smith had a pair of Canada geese at Anola 08 March. Her neighbours had six or so the day before also at Anola. George...
