Hi All I know many of you are well acquainted with the "Birds of Manitoba" For those of you who aren't, Peter Taylor has kindly set up a web site about "The...
A friend of mine at work commutes daily from Lac du Bonnet to Winnipeg, and on her drive in yesterday saw 12 Great Grays between the town of Lac Du Bonnet and...
Carole Penner
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Feb 1, 2005 5:53 pm
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I was looking at some of the amazing owl pictures on the Manitoba birds website and would like to use the one by Pat Price in my PowerPoint slide show? Could...
I'm looking to attract more backyard birds, and I noticed that canola is mentioned in many messages. Where does a city person (Winnipeg) get a hold of canola?...
Thanks to Carol Penner, Jim Duncan and others for their information. It is great to hear that these charming birds have not totally deserted us. Judging by...
'Chouette' is also used as a term of endearment among Québecois, often for a daughter. Randy ... From: Liis Veelma [mailto:lveelma@...] Sent:...
Randy Mooi
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Feb 1, 2005 9:15 pm
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Just saw a goldfinch at my mixed seed feeder. Female, I guess (olive/brown; hint of yellow under chin). Definately not as impressive as sighting an owl!...
Had a Sharp Shinned Hawk sitting on our back fence this morning on Tyrone Bay. It's gone now, but here are a few shots. No wonder there were no birds on the...
Hello Brian, Very nice photographs. With your permission I would like to use one of the images for a report in a journal called North American Birds. Could you...
Rudolf Koes
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Feb 2, 2005 3:37 am
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hello, finally got a horned lark today.went down #220 today at 2:30pm.was a lone bird just before #67.also seen the 4 grey partriges and hundreds of common ...
hello all, had a visit from a merlin this am.....the agility and speed of these birds is amazing.....many of the redpolls remained frozen in the trees as the...
In case anyone in this group or someone you might know who would be interested and qualified to author a COSEWIC status report, in particular for red-headed...
Hi Anne -- I saw your posting last evening concerning sick redpolls and thought I would comment on your query about possible causes. In the last week I noticed...
ron austin
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Feb 2, 2005 10:59 pm
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Hi Ron, Thank you for responding so quickly. Unfortunately I noticed at least 7 to 8 other birds exhibiting similar behaviour today. There were fewer birds...
"Ma chouette" is also a French term of endearment for a loved one! Cheers, Jim _________________________________________ Dr. James R. Duncan, Manager ...
Hi Folks, We are planning to do a water bird survey at Delta Marsh this summer, likely some time in June. We are trying to locate breeding pairs of colonial...
Heidi den Haan
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Feb 3, 2005 8:45 pm
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Jo Swartz and I did a late morning, early afternoon loop mostly on back roads before rain and snow squalls drove us home to Winnipeg. We saw 3 coveys of Grey...
Richard Staniforth called me to say that he was fairly certain that he and his wife Diane had a pair of Brewer's Blackbirds at Little Mountain Park feeding in...
George Holland
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Feb 6, 2005 3:29 pm
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Hi all - We are feeding approx. 100 redpolls and have begun noticing sick birds in the last ten days or so. This has happened before - a few years ago we had a...
Renee
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Feb 6, 2005 9:09 pm
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Hi all, Jo Swartz, Christian Artuso, Liis Veelma & I did some birding today, 6 February 2005, visiting Maple Creek Road (west of Lac du Bonnet, for the benefit...
Hi all-- The recent emails about sick redpolls prompted me to take more vigilant looks around our feeders. The redpolls all seem pretty healthy, but there...
Johanna -- if you are concerned with getting a more accurate diagnosis as to what may have killed these birds you could take one to the local vet. clinic and...
ron austin
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Feb 7, 2005 6:43 am
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Hi All, Norm Cleveland, a life-long Manitoba birder and one of the original members of the Manitoba Rare Bird Alert is selling his bird and other natural ...
George Holland
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Feb 7, 2005 4:48 pm
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Observed a curious phenomonen on saturday. I was driving down Portage Ave. west of Moray when I noticed a Raven do a flip in the air, turning upside down,...
Ron Wiebe
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Feb 7, 2005 11:25 pm
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I took a run up to Pine Ridge Road just before 5pm today . The (a) Northern Hawk Owl was at the intersection of Pine Ridge and Springfield roads , and there...
I haven't seen the upside-down gliding you describe, but on several occasions a couple of the ravens who were nesting near our yard did complete barrel-rolls...
I believe it's the beginning of raven courtship and mating season. We all go a bit goofy at such times! Although great horned owls are near that stage as well,...
Hi Ron, I have seen Ravens do this in the winter for many years at Churchill. There are good numbers of Ravens up there. It is part of their courtship. Neat...
Bonnie Chartier
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Feb 8, 2005 2:57 am
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Hi all! Saw it on Friday Feb 4th on the east side of the road in a tree by a farm and a road approx. five to ten km's south of Riverton. Lorne Klassen...
