I spent most of Saturday looking at birds from Sibbald Creek Valley to Frank Lake via roads west of Millarville. As Bill has already covered Frank Lake, I...
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Allan Cole
amcole@...
Apr 1, 2001 3:41 pm
I was reviewing my notes for Mar 29 and noticed I had missed mentioning an American Kestrel and a Common Grackle within the city in Sundance. These were just a...
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Rainer Ebel
graejay@...
Apr 2, 2001 2:35 pm
The weather was warm (5C)- slight westerly winds 5/10 sun), water frozen in the shade, the Canada Gooses lined the ice pans on the North Saskatchewan as did...
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janet gill
janet.gill@...
Apr 2, 2001 5:37 pm
Just received a message from the postmaster that this report sent Mar. 30 was not received by Albertabird. My apologies for the delay. On Friday March 30...
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mike mulligan
potoo@...
Apr 3, 2001 6:54 pm
From a friend I was in Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico) with last week... Mike Mulligan ... From: Kendric C. Smith <kendric@...> To:...
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ysyong@...
Apr 4, 2001 5:33 am
Hi all, I'm a new member. I've been birding only for slightly more than a year, mainly in Singapore (where I am from) and neighbouring Malaysia. I've joined ...
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mike mulligan
potoo@...
Apr 4, 2001 3:20 pm
Welcome to AlbertaBird, YS Yong! I guess you mean that you currently live in Singapore. I hope that you enjoy your Vancouver and Banff birding. If you have...
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Rainer Ebel
graejay@...
Apr 4, 2001 3:24 pm
I agree with Bruce (wherever you are). You can't educate the public when you are preaching gloom and doom. It is very much a pie in the sky to think that ...
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Rainer Ebel
graejay@...
Apr 4, 2001 3:59 pm
Sorry all but my last message was to go to BIRDBAND. If you were following the thread on education etc you will understand my response. Sorry. R. Ebel ...
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rockiesguy5@...
Apr 5, 2001 3:09 am
I've paddled the South Saskatchewan River from Medicine Hat through the Suffield military area to Sandy Point on Highway 36 at least six times now and am...
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fwhiley@...
Apr 5, 2001 10:04 pm
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Allan Cole
amcole@...
Apr 6, 2001 4:54 am
This is for those Birders who have not seen the Tundra and Trumpeter swans this year. Both have been hanging out just under the Glenmore Trail Bow river...
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Jason Rogers
cypseloides@...
Apr 6, 2001 5:22 pm
On Thursday, I visited one of the province's eight known remaining GREATER SAGE-GROUSE leks near Wild Horse and was delighted to find it bustling with ...
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dawna.mckibbon@...
Apr 6, 2001 5:23 pm
The Alberta Bird Record Committee has once again provided the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary with copies of the available documentation on several bird records being...
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dawna.mckibbon@...
Apr 6, 2001 5:26 pm
Hello all, There has ben lots of action at the bird sanctuary in the last week including (but not limited to) the following: March 31 Redhead American Coot ...
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Gus Yaki
gyaki@...
Apr 6, 2001 8:07 pm
Following the format we developed for the Birding Year 2000 Calgary Count Competion, we will be doing a series of outings throughout the growing season; on...
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Shonna McLeod
shonal@...
Apr 7, 2001 9:07 pm
I was out for my walk in Fish Creek Park on Thursday and was fortunate to find a Towsend Solitaire. It perched about 10 feet from me in a tree - interested my...
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Phillip J. Cram
crampj@...
Apr 8, 2001 12:47 am
Where exactly in FCP did you see the Townsend's Solitaire, Shonna? It wouldn't be a lifer for me, but I would enjoy seeing one as (for me at least) they seem...
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Shonna McLeod
shonal@...
Apr 8, 2001 1:05 am
Hi Philip: I parked in the 24 Street parking lot (near Bebo Grove) and walked west about half way to the bridge. It was on the north side in the forest and ...
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Jason Rogers
cypseloides@...
Apr 8, 2001 2:27 am
Let's keep in mind that the birds have more important things to do than investigate pishing noises, tape recordings and the like. I don't mean to be a grump,...
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Shonna McLeod
shonal@...
Apr 8, 2001 2:51 am
Am I to understand you are some kind of expert. ... From: Jason Rogers <cypseloides@...> To: <Albertabird@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, April 07,...
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Liis Veelma
lveelma@...
Apr 8, 2001 3:50 am
Thank you, Jason Rogers, for raising this important issue, even if humorously. It has been troubling me more and more that we birders use invasive tactics in...
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Andrew Purvis
andrew.purvis@...
Apr 8, 2001 3:13 pm
- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * April 2, 2001 * ABCA0104.02 - Birds mentioned - Transcript Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field...
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Doug Collister
collis@...
Apr 8, 2001 3:20 pm
I thought folks might find the following recovery interesting. This forum might be a good place to share Alberta banding recovery information. Pine Siskin...
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William J. F. Wilson
wjfwilso@...
Apr 8, 2001 3:41 pm
There were at least half a dozen Trumpeter Swans on the main open lead at the west end of Glenmore Reservoir in Calgary at 8 am, Sunday, April 8, along with...
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Rainer Ebel
graejay@...
Apr 8, 2001 6:15 pm
Why bother even going out. Take up TV birding. You won't create any noise; you'll give birds all the room they want and you will be practising no impact...
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Liis Veelma
lveelma@...
Apr 8, 2001 8:22 pm
I note that the only responses so far to anti-pishing postings have not actually addressed the topic. Would someone care to argue the pro-side: why pishing...
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Rainer Ebel
graejay@...
Apr 8, 2001 9:12 pm
Sunday, 0730 to 0945 hrs. Weather: approx. 2C Winds NE to SE @ approx. 5 km/h. Cloud cover (cc) 100% stratus. That's cold and damp! Janos K suggested that we...
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Jason Rogers
cypseloides@...
Apr 8, 2001 10:36 pm
I guess one can't blame some people for objecting to low-impact birding. After all, to be a low-impact birder requires a certain level of observational skill....
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riwoods@...
Apr 8, 2001 11:12 pm
I was out in the Irricana Sloughs area this morning and came across a Whooper Swan in the same place as reported last year in April. It was along Township Road...
