Hello all , A juvenile White-throated Sparrow is in my garden this morning . This is 3-5 weeks earlier than I usually see new-crop white-throats coming through...
Hi all.I took a trip to visit my grandson in the town of Avonlea in Saskatchewan.Four miles east of town in a Pasture we saw three Burrowing Owls.They where...
On 31 July 2005 at 7:30am I spotted a Red-bellied Woodpecker. I had a good look at the female bird. Once satisfied that the bird was going to stay put, I ran...
Hi everyone, After reading Peter Taylor's account re subject, Irene and I decided to head over to Hwy.# 6 and we were not disappointed and his directions were...
Hi, The Snowy Egret just flew by my window - scaring up all the shorebirds and gulls in its path. It has now landed in the Teal Cell in its usual spot. It can...
Michele Kading
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Aug 4, 2005 4:45 pm
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Hi all, Today in the early afternoon, I saw a female merlin fly from a small tree or shrub just outside the West Kildonan branch of the public library mear...
We visited Whitewater Lake in the evening, August 5, and thought we would let you know that the water levels remain very high. Higher, we think, than in the...
I have recently examined too many dead short-eared owls (2 hatch year 2005 and I adult female) from PR236, in the first few km's north of PTH6. Imagine my...
Can anyone suggest a similar birding site for Alberta? We will be moving to Alberta at the end of the week and wish to get some information on local birding...
I am posting this for Rudolf, who is temporarily unable to send messages to manitobabirds -- Peter Taylor Here is a partial list of birds seen between about...
We did the route around Oak Hammock Marsh Saturday evening from 7-9 PM. We saw two owls along the road coming in to the buildings. Then we saw about 13 more...
Gerald Machnee
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Aug 7, 2005 5:33 pm
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Hello , Yesterday morning (Sat. 6th) I noticed two Tennessee Warblers in my yard. Early this morning there was a small flock of them along Assinboine Avenue....
Janet The current issue of BIRDER'S WORLD (August, 2005) contains an article, entitled "Birding Hotspot; Striking Gold. Where to go in beautiful Alberta to...
My dad has been witnessing a Grackle that has been sitting on a Robin's nest that we have at our cabin in Kenora. Yes he knows what a Grackle is and yes he...
I have heard Yellow Rails in a number of interesting spots this year including flooded agricultural fields in the Lac du Bonnet area still calling like mad as...
Cory Lindgren
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Aug 8, 2005 2:38 pm
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Hey Ryan Let me know if you returned the truck and when you drop off all the data we can meet to finalize getting you paided (voice message is the best). Cory ...
Cory Lindgren
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Aug 8, 2005 3:45 pm
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We had a yellow rail in our slough pond by our house (ne31-14-2E), 1 mile south and east of Balmoral, one rather warm evening last week. Cheers, Jim ...
Bill Maciejko (204-642-4678) - North of Gimli (NE12-20-3E) ... reported today (8 August 2005) 2 young Red-headed Woodpeckers at his feeders. Last year saw...
Hello everyone! Next weekend we will be visiting Winnipeg and maybe other parts of Southern Manitoba and I am interested in birding suggestions. Is Riding...
I finally had a day off to go check out returning shorebirds and to head up to Woodlands to hopefully add Great Egret to my year list. The first interesting...
Howdy, I went hiking around Westhawk Lake last week and the birding was pretty slow, although, the trip out did have an interesting event. Like most birders,...
I had a phone call this evening from David Hatch, who told me about an interesting concentration of wading birds near Oak Lake. These included at least 8...
Douglas Marsh is 10 miles east of Brandon, there are usually LeConte's Sparrows and Longspurs around. I think it would be worth a try. Eldon in the Carberry...
Greg & Melissa, Welcome in advance to the province. I'm sure you will get plenty of suggestions from this Group! If you'd like to drive an hour north of the...
T. Maconachie
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Aug 10, 2005 2:37 am
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Hi All I haven't had much to report lately as it's been fairly quiet wherever I've been. There was the Hermit Thrush in the back yard a few weeks ago. The...
The unprecedented numbers of Pelicans that have been seen in Manitoba this summer may be due to large die-offs of young that have occurred at several large...
Thanks to all the Manitoba Birders for the suggestions. I think we are going to try and hit the marshes near Brandon, Riding Mountain, Oak Hammock, and...
An associate mentioned seeing a turkey vulture (on August 8) among other scavengers at a carcass. The site was near highway 6 between Ponton and Wabowden....
Hi I looked out of the window at the marsh & saw 4 or 5 (hard to keep track) 2 inch balls of fluff scurrying about on the duckweed.One ran up to a clump of...
