My apologies for this rather late posting. Ron Dueck informed me on Saturday that he had seen a male Northern Cardinal in Beauchemin Park (NE of the...
Hello All, Looked out my back window today,at 7:15 a.m. ,still a little bit dark,but I seen 6 Common Redpolls on the feeder.No Hoarys! darrell neufeld 62...
... Strange.. All the reports of redpoll flocks, yet I don't see them. I'm out in Woodlands MB. I haven't seen many redpolls at all. About once a week I'll...
As I stared out the window waiting for my toast to pop this morning , a flash of white outer-tail feathers zipped past and on to my feeder area .... a...
Birders, nature enthusiasts.... Manitoba Conservation and the local Piping Plover Recovery Action Group need your help! Manitoba's piping plover numbers have...
Spring must be on it's way ! Leaving our Kennel Club this morning, a mile or so southwest of Brandon I spotted my first horned larks of the season. As I...
Friday Feb. 25 A Northern Goshawk sighted high in a tree, across the street from our house. We watched it (him? her?) for about twenty minutes, when it was ...
Donald J. Unruh
dunruh@...
Mar 3, 2005 1:30 am
5728
As most of you probably know, Minnesota has been having an impressive northern owl irruption, and much good information has been posted on the Minnesota list...
Liis, thanks for passing this along. I had not realized how much work on GGOW's had been undertaken in MB and MN in the early 80's. Kurt Mazur ... From: Liis...
The history of study on great grays in Manitoba and Minnesota is certainly a rich legacy. I think it is important to note that Loch and Nero's work in 1979 and...
These would no doubt be wintering birds. Goshawks are regular winter residents; Sharpies have been seen with increasing frequency in winter during the last...
Rudolf Koes
rkoes@...
Mar 3, 2005 9:03 pm
5732
Hello all, After a very successful Costa Rica tour last month, I have been thinking about where to take a group next and came up with the following options: ...
Rudolf Koes
rkoes@...
Mar 3, 2005 11:46 pm
5735
The "Birder's Guide to Southeastern Manitoba" and "Birder's Guide to Southwestern Manitoba are out of date". In fact, the Southwestern Guide has been...
Hi everyone This morning I saw the first pileated woodpecker I have seen this season, working hard at a dead poplar tree close to our cattle shed. Usually they...
Barb/Tom Alston
tbalston@...
Mar 4, 2005 2:52 pm
5737
I just witnessed the amazing Beauty of a Hawk sitting on a tree branch within 30 feet of my home. Can't identify it though,sorry, as my bird pics are all front...
Last evening at about 6:30 on my way home from work I saw one bright white male snowy owl on Hwy 2 just west of Oak Bluff. Within the next few miles further...
Carole Penner
cpenner@...
Mar 4, 2005 7:57 pm
5739
At 12:40 pm today the downtown Peregrine Falcon was perched on the "D" of the Radisson Hotel sign ( east side ) . Cheers , Garry Budyk Winnipeg MB [Non-text...
This afternoon Ray Iverson and myself took a run out to La Barrier Park. We wanted to check out the wood duck nest boxes along the La Salle River east of...
Hi Everyone: Yesterday morning Mar 04/05 around 8:30 am while traveling on #2 Hwy about 1/2 way between Starbuck and Elm Creek on the south side of the Hwy...
hello all, seen 3 canada geese and 20 to 30 mallards in some open water on the river by assiniboine park. can be seen of at the end of the assiniboine parkway...
I swung by Assiniboine Park this afternoon and found the Mallards Darrell Neufeld mentioned earlier . It was 3:30pm and their numbers had swelled to 94 by that...
Hi all, I am organizing another spring Eastern Screech Owl survey this year on the weekend of the 25-27th March (same protocols as last year). There is some ...
Hi all, I am organizing another spring Eastern Screech Owl survey this year on the weekend of the 25-27th March (same protocols as last year). There is some ...
Just saw an e-mail on Merlin's, we have had a Merlin in twice this winter that we have seen plucking up one of our Sparrows and as someone mentioned they are...
sid
slever@...
Mar 6, 2005 8:56 pm
5748
Hello Birders, Today while out and about at my cabin (~2pm, March 6/05, La Rochelle, MB.) I spotted a mature Bald Eagle flying overhead. At around the same...
As a couple of people mentioned, the odd Canada Goose is showing itself, or as usual, is making itself heard. That was the case here in Morden while cleaning...
Hi everyone. While we were icefishing at Oak Lake yesterday, we saw at least one small flock of Canada geese numbering around 20. We also saw a slightly...
Barb/Tom Alston
tbalston@...
Mar 7, 2005 3:00 pm
5751
Spotted a Bald Eagle on Saturday around 1:00. Was at the corner of Hwy 75 and 14. Are Bald Eagles becoming more common in southern Manitoba? J...
Hi All, Sunday on a return trip from Turtle Mountain to Winnipeg via #3 hwy (in the snowstorm) we saw literally hundreds of Horned Larks along the side of the...
Ron Wiebe
ronemmy@...
Mar 7, 2005 6:35 pm
5753
Was at Camp Arnes this weekend. 1 adult Bald Eagle - Saturday 10-20 Pine Grosbeaks (incl 1 bright male) - Sat/Sun @ feeders. 2 Pileated Woodpeckers (pair?) 2...
