Greetings and Happy New Year, Eye-balling my mountains of snow to be moved last evening, I noticed my friend the Downy Woodpecker having his last supper of...
Happy New Year Everyone! I forgot to do a conscious check for the last bird yesterday (although I was not UN-conscious), but I recalled it as being the Blue...
Hi My last bird of 2004 was a Harris's Sparrow First bird of 2005 was a Harris's Sparrow. I would have guessed this two weeks ago.According to my notes...
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Last night the downey woodpecker was the last to feed at the feeders. He seemed to enjoy just being out there on the spruce and the suet...
The last for 2004 was a Downy Woodpecker. The first for 2005 is a House Sparrow. Happy New Year everyone. Ray Iverson. [Non-text portions of this message have...
Hi All Knowing I would be in the city (Winnipeg) at the end of 04 and the start of 05 I had anticipated house sparrow to be last and first. Fortunately they ...
Hi all, With the dump of snow limiting my mobility, I was pretty much restricted to seeing birds in and around my yard in south Fort Garry. My last bird of...
My last bird of 20004 was a common redpoll with a black capped chickadee second last with a downy woodpecker before that. In 20005 the first was a common...
3 American goldfinches were my last & first birds this New Year's. An omen for Canada's Junior hockey team at the World Championships in Grand Forks perhaps? ...
Bernie Neufeld
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Jan 1, 2005 5:30 pm
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Last bird of 2004 -- Red-breasted Nuthatch. First bird of 2005 -- House Soparrow. Happy New Year to everyone from 23 Grimston in Fort Richmond. Ron Austin ...
ron austin
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Jan 1, 2005 6:21 pm
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The last birds for 2004 and the first for 2005 were Bohemian waxwings. There is a flock of about 250 in this area. Frequently they fly into a neighbour's...
Happy New Year! My last bird was two redpolls which were looking for a roosting site in my Brandon cedar! The wind was pretty strong and they ended up flying ...
Hi, My last and first birds were house sparrows, and lots of them at my feeders, with a few black-capped chickadees... I did not have time to do much...
Hi all, My last bird of 2004 was a flock of 8 Common Redpolls seen just before dusk while shovelling snow in my River Heights back yard. The first for 2005...
From out of our apartment window this morning I saw my first bird of the New Year, a Rock Pigeon - predictable since a flock of about 25 frequent the Tudor...
Peter Fast
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Jan 1, 2005 8:10 pm
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well it wasn't quite our first bird of the year but Adam Walleyn and i had a good look at the Vital Bandit (NHOW) on Bishop Grandin, just wet of St MAry's Rd...
Happy New Year everyone ! House Finch was both my last bird of '04 and first of '05 . Black-capped Chickadee , House Sparrow , Common Redpolls and Downy...
As I reported, the last birds I saw for 2004 were 5 magpies. The first for 2005 were two crows eating from a McDonalds bag someone threw on the road. ... Happy...
Happy New Year. Pine Siskins ruled the roost here in Morden, being both first and last. I had hoped for the Red Crossbills which had been regular visitors,...
I've uploaded 2 photos to the Manitobabirds Photos of a Spizella sparrow at my parents' feeder (one front shot, one rear). The gray rump would indicate a...
I have had house finches at my feeders for years but never as many as this last week. Yesterday I counted about 40 and today I counted 70 plus in my yard and...
Hi all, Last birds for 2004 were a small flock of crows seen through my apartment window. First for 2005 were a small flock of house sparrows seen out the same...
Hi all, Recently some photos were posted (Indigo Bunting, Spizella sparrow, etc.) which i would like to take a look at but, because of my long-standing ...
My last birds of the year were Goldfinches and Redpolls at the feeder and the first were Redpolls and House Sparrows also at the feeder. An idea for what to do...
Ron Wiebe
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Jan 2, 2005 12:10 am
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My last bird of 04 and my first of 05 are the same, house finch. I still have a large number of them. I am filling my feeders twice a day. Other birds in my...
Margaret, Over the years I have noticed the same. The smaller, native kind of berries are the ones they like. The larger (European ornamental?) is usually ...
Rudolf Koes
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Jan 2, 2005 1:29 am
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Hi Mark Dark lores, grey breast, grey rump, weak moustache all suggest Chipping sparrow, as you suggested, so that's my guess. Cheers, Larry ... From:...
... Good plan, and if you use something like the Coppermine photo gallery system <http://coppermine.sourceforge.net/> it pretty much takes care of itself. No...
Hi Mark, I had a Spizella wintering at my feeder a couple of years back with plumage very much like your bird has. I puzzled over it for quite some time ...
One day I do hope to spot a Northern Cardinal, the male would be nice. I hoping to spot it inside the city but I guess I may have to travel outside to see it....
