Hi all, I have just joined the list and am looking forward to our conversations. My name is Jeff Imbach and I live in Calgary just north of Centre St. and...
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William J. F. Wilson
wjfwilso@...
Mar 12, 2000 1:39 am
Has anyone been seeing Bohemian waxwings in Calgary? Most winters there is a flock or two around Crescent Heights/Rosedale and another flock or two around the...
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Gustave J. Yaki
gyaki@...
Mar 12, 2000 2:13 am
To Bill Wilson, re Bohemian Waxwings. Waxwings moved into Calgary in mid-Oct, but within a month most had disappeared. Many apparently appeared in Ontario,...
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Grahame M. Booth
gmbooth@...
Mar 12, 2000 3:33 am
I saw a flock of 1200-1500 birds over Varsity/Brentwood/University Research Park area on Wed March 8th just before noon. But, I agree number of flocks and...
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Mike Barkwell
mbarkwell@...
Mar 12, 2000 4:09 am
I told a few people this story today but thought it was worth repeating. I am a virtual beginner (started last August) and was out by myself 2 weeks ago in...
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Bill Walker
walkerw@...
Mar 12, 2000 4:24 am
JHi Bill and others - I had not seen any for about 6 weeks until to-day when I joined a group working downstream thru Fish Creek P.P. from Shannon Terracxe. We...
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Jean Marie Moore
jmmoore@...
Mar 12, 2000 4:01 pm
Just another bit of trivia about the waxwing population in Calgary. We keep records of birds we see in University Heights. Saw no waxwings until Feb 9 when we...
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Mike Barkwell
mbarkwell@...
Mar 12, 2000 10:15 pm
I was at Mallard Point in Fish Creek PP today when I saw two Canada's fly over with a smaller goose. The smaller goose was white with black wing tips. Could...
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Judy Kottmann
jlkottmann@...
Mar 12, 2000 10:18 pm
On Thursday I was crosscountry skiing around Glenmore near weaselhead on the south side and I saw thousands of waxwings swirling around me. I have never seen...
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Bill Walker
walkerw@...
Mar 12, 2000 11:37 pm
Hi Mike et al. - I have pictures of Snows with Canadas. In the Ont. picture the snow is larger; in the Fish Cr.P.P. case the are of approximately equal size....
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Jeff Imbach
imbachj@...
Mar 13, 2000 2:54 am
Good sighting Mark! I was in California recently and saw hundreds of Snow Geese in fields and on the ponds at Salton Sea. We worked at identifying Ross's...
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Mike Barkwell
mbarkwell@...
Mar 13, 2000 3:26 am
Thanks for your comments Bill and Jeff. The white goose was about 2/3 the size of Canadas but I didn't have time to get my scope on it. Jeff I was down at...
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Jeff Imbach
imbachj@...
Mar 13, 2000 2:37 pm
From: Jeff Imbach Mike, I saw the Curlews down at the south end of Salton Sea. In the fields just before reaching the headquarters and the observation post...
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W.Allan Kimberley
kimberla@...
Mar 13, 2000 5:06 pm
Greetings On Friday midday, CBC radio call-in program, someone reported feeding a Brown Thrasher over the winter. I didnt hear beginning of the article,...
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William J. F. Wilson
wjfwilso@...
Mar 13, 2000 6:14 pm
Hi Al, -- the thrasher was in Exshaw. I didn't go up to see it, but I think some others did. --Bill Wilson...
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Gustave J. Yaki
gyaki@...
Mar 13, 2000 7:28 pm
Hello Al: Re Brown Thasher, it was a woman by name of Janet, from Exshaw, AB. Gus Yaki....
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Gustave J. Yaki
gyaki@...
Mar 20, 2000 1:13 am
2000 Calgary Competition - 18-19 March weekend report. You should be aware that we are attempting to see as many birds as possible within the city of Calgary...
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Gustave J. Yaki
gyaki@...
Mar 20, 2000 6:03 am
At about 8:30 pm,tonight, 21 of us were at Shannon Terrace in Fish Creek Prov. Park, near the lower stables, east of the learning centre, when we heard a N....
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Bill Walker
walkerw@...
Mar 21, 2000 6:31 pm
Hi all - the following seems relevant to a recent discussion. Several other posts expresses a similar opinion re id of Ross's Bill -From_:...
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Bill Walker
walkerw@...
Mar 23, 2000 2:14 am
Just in case one of you Edmontonians are looking for something to do on the 25th or 26th Bill ... Bill Walker Calgary, Alberta walkerw@... ...
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Gustave J. Yaki
gyaki@...
Mar 26, 2000 11:34 pm
... Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 16:29:50 -0700 (MST) From: Gustave J. Yaki <gyaki@...> To: 2000 Competition -- Bruce Barnetson <01700311@...>, Alan...
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Gustave J. Yaki
gyaki@...
Mar 28, 2000 4:09 am
This afternoon, Bernard Goulet and his sister, reported a male Eurasian Wigeon at the NW corner or 68th St. and 146th Av. SE., Calgary. At the NE corner of the...
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William J. F. Wilson
wjfwilso@...
Mar 29, 2000 4:47 pm
The Eurasian wigeon was still at the slough at 68 St and 146 Ave SE in Calgary at 8 am Wednesday, March 29. No sign of the trumpeters at 88 St and 178 Ave,...
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Jeff Imbach
imbachj@...
Mar 29, 2000 7:00 pm
I did not see the Eurasian Wigeon at 3:30 PM on Wedesday, but I did see the trumpeters north of 22x on 88th St. on the way to Shepard in a slough east of the...
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Gustave J. Yaki
gyaki@...
Mar 30, 2000 11:07 pm
Sat. 01 Apr. CFNS Outing. S.E. Sloughs. Leader: Bill Walker 278-7271. Meet 8:00am, at Southland Park (east end of Southland Dr.). 4-5 hours. Spring waterfowl....
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William J. F. Wilson
wjfwilso@...
Mar 31, 2000 3:42 pm
If anyone is looking for house finches, a male was singing in the spruce beside 531 Northmount Drive NW (near 40th Av) in Calgary at 8 am Friday, March 31, and...
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Gustave J. Yaki
gyaki@...
Apr 2, 2000 4:16 am
Eric Tull/Brooke Clibbon were east of city today and found a surprisingly early Black-necked Stilt. This was at the Shepard sloughs, just east of 84th St,...
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Trevor Christman
skinny@...
Apr 2, 2000 8:31 am
I've been reading this list for a while, and I am wondering if there is anyone from Edmonton who is experienced in bird watching. I have no experience, but am...
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Bill Walker
walkerw@...
Apr 2, 2000 4:15 pm
Hi all - In case you are not birdchatters - this is of especial interest this month in Alberta. Bill ... Bill Walker Calgary, Alberta walkerw@... ...
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Gustave J. Yaki
gyaki@...
Apr 3, 2000 3:48 am
On 31 March, Bernard Goulet & his sister Therese reported the first Great Blue Heron. This brought the total number of bird species that they have seen in the...
