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The photograph of Saskatchewan's provincial bird, the Sharp-tailed Grouse, courtesy of Richard Klauke.
... My co-worker, Dr. Wolfgang Koester, had the lazuli bunting in his yard feeding at his feeder or landing in the lilac bushes. The male bunting showed up on
Our young ones around the yard that we can watch through the window or sitting in the car along the lane are three young Brown Thrashers being fed by usually
Slightly different example, but when I was imprinting a nestling burrowing owl for the Burrowing Owl Interpretive Centre in Moose Jaw, Sanders would alarm call
Gordon Based upon Alan Smith's Atlas of Saskatchewan Birds this species is rare in the areas near Saskatoon. . Birds of Saskatoon Area lists four spring
In watching a brood of 3 avocet chicks probing in the mud the parent was screeching as always and the young mostly ignoring him/her. Then instantaneously the 3