Hello, If anyone is interested in viewing migrating raptors, tomorrow looks like it should be a good day along the west shore of Lake Winnipeg if the forecast ...
Thanks to Tim Sallows, who conducted this year's census, and wrote up this report: We completed the Trumpeter Swan survey yesterday and had great success. This...
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Sep 2, 2005 2:13 pm
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I birded a ridge overlooking a wetland complex N/W of The Pas last evening (Sept.1). Some of the species will be winter residents (downy and hairy...
Hi all, Yesterday, I was able to put a great egret on my yard list. It was in the ditch behind our yard. Luc Blanchette St-Jean-Baptiste Yahoo! Mail - Votre...
Hello all, On August 30th, myself and Garth Ball (Manitoba Conservation) conducted a TRSW survey throughout Whiteshell PP as part of the International TRSW...
Hello all, Yesterday (Sept 1) I visited the Plum Lakes (marsh on south side of Oak Lake) to follow-up on an observation that our CWS summer duck banding...
I've requested that the below mentioned photos be posted on the Manitoba Naturalists Society birding web page along with a photo of the possible ibis nest. Ron...
Greetings, This morning I took some time to scan the mudflats for the Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. I am not positive that I saw it but there was one bird that fit ...
Michele Kading
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Sep 2, 2005 7:15 pm
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Hello Ron, Many thanks for keeping us updated on the various findings over the summer. Great to get confirmation of breeding by Cattle Egrets and ibis (almost ...
Rudolf Koes
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Sep 2, 2005 10:25 pm
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Hi again, I just completed our Friday afternoon survey of the mudflats and willow bluff with Jack Brown, Ray Iverson, Michelle, and a visitor. In addition to ...
Michele Kading
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Sep 3, 2005 12:27 am
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I have had added a few new images at the MNS MB_birds site http://www.manitobanature.ca/MB_birds/ There are images of a "mystery bird" seen at the recent Oak...
Hi All: Today Jaye, Susan, Paula, Noah and I made a trip to Oak Lake and Whitewater Lake. At Oak Lake we saw 1 ad. and 1 imm. Little Blue Heron and 26 Cattle...
Hello Frank Machovec has posted two pictures od the mystery bird Michele Kading mentioned on fridays O.H. Marsh bird count. They are under the heading " bird...
Yes, indeed a Bobolink. It is always amazing to see the transformation this species undergoes in late summer. Cheers, Rudolf Koes. [Non-text portions of this...
Rudolf Koes
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Sep 5, 2005 2:24 am
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We had two bald eagles land in our spuce trees this morn. They were adults. Beautiful! We picked apples and worked around the yard and it didn,t seem to mind...
I have posted some new images from an exotic Manitoba locale on the miscellaneous images page at http://www.manitobanature.ca/MB_birds/misc.htm The specific...
Just before noon, today, (Sept 5th), I heard a great din out the window. When I looked up I saw some large formations. They were pretty high and at first...
Last night (Monday, 5 September) just before the thunderstorm blew in, there were 8-10 common nighthawks flitting over the south end of the University of ...
Gene Walz
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Sep 6, 2005 2:06 pm
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Hi Gord; ... I do hope the White-faced Ibis linger until I arrive. I'll be in Winnipeg Sept 18-24, so it may be asking for a bit much. Cattle Egret would...
A big thanks to Gordon Grieef for his posting of the Whitewater Lake herons, egrets and ibis. Jo Swartz and I were also lucky enough to get close views of the ...
Goose numbers are starting to build up at the Lac du Bonnet sewage lagoons, and I was surprised to see about 20 Ross's Geese (including several juveniles),...
I wish the egrets and herons and ibises at Whitewater had been as placid today as Peter's. Tom and I went to Whitewater this afternoon looking for the Glossy...
Renee
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Sep 7, 2005 11:11 pm
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Hi all, I wasn't really birding, but I somehow persuaded a non-birding friend that a trip out to Whitewater Lake might be an enjoyable way to spend Labor Day...
This morning a female Ruby-throated Hummingbird visited out feeder. We alos took a drive to Riding Mountain National Park. We did not do much birding with our...
Gerald Machnee
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Sep 8, 2005 1:29 am
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At my feeder I still see a couple of hummingbirds in Lorette. They are either females or their young. At the Oakwood golf course down #1 Hwy, 20 minutes from...
We still have a couple of female/juvenile hummers here, too. And the last of the baby barn swallows finally took flight yesterday. That last batch seemed to...
I spent about 3 hours last evening birding N/W of The Pas in a spot that on 4 of the past 6 days had been frequented by various migrating raptors. Yesterday...
There were Ross's Geese at Oak Hammock Marsh also. Don MacNeill of Halifax reported seeing four beside Peregrine Drive, towards the north mound, and there was...
