Hi everyone, I walked around the Display Pond area in Regina's Wascana Park Friday evening (close to sunset), and was delighted to see five Baltimore Orioles...
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maadhatter22
May 20, 2013 1:34 am
This afternoon we went for a short drive... As we drove headed south on the Lac Pelletier grid road over the old Peavey Mart railroad crossing, I saw an...
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Harv Lane
hdlaney
May 20, 2013 2:18 am
Hi Sean, Take a look at some pictures of a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. It seems to me that that would be your bird. They are beautiful woodpeckers and they are...
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Nick Saunders
nikovich71
May 20, 2013 3:21 am
Greetings folks, Well, I certainly didn't get a Snowy Egret ( which would have been a lifer ) , I did still have an enjoyable Saturday of birding along the...
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shelley_regina
May 20, 2013 4:41 am
I'm so glad to hear of this sighting! I saw a snowy egret last year a little south of Regina and was so astonished, I pulled onto a grid road and just stared....
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bosn111
May 20, 2013 2:16 pm
Good Victoria Day morning everyone, Yesterday I decided to take a short Drive to the Kipling marsh and try to get some good photos of some waterfowl there....
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Alaina Armbruster
alliekins2
May 20, 2013 3:14 pm
Kipling has a Marsh?? Ohhh that is AMAZING to know!! How would one get there? Blue Winged Teals BTW - White in front of the bill.. Alaina in Manor To:...
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howardslate61
May 20, 2013 5:34 pm
This morning Lorriene and I came across 40+ Ruddy Turnstones feeding on the grid road that runs along the east edge of Porter Lake. Mixed with them at various...
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Nicole Michel
michel_nicole
May 20, 2013 7:03 pm
Hi Saskbirders, I did some birding out at Beaver Creek this morning. My list was pretty similar to Randy Walker's from Saturday (see below), but more Gray...
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Shadick, Stan
stan.shadick
May 20, 2013 10:15 pm
Thanks to Daniel Giesbrecht for leading today's shorebird trip for the Saskatoon Nature Society. We found 70 species for the day. Highlights included 1 Red...
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K M
dragonflypondsk
May 20, 2013 10:39 pm
Hi everyone, No, this isn't a 'Victoria Day Fools' joke. I just had a Common Redpoll at my finch feeder. Kim in Regina [Non-text portions of this message...
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Kevin
kmscouts
May 21, 2013 2:39 am
Took an overnight trip to Grasslands National Park. Weather was okay and birding was good in that migration is still occurring. Harris Sparrow for example in...
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Scott Manly
manlyrs
May 21, 2013 3:02 am
I got a chance to get out birding some this weekend in the Swift Current area and enjoyed the trip quite a bit. Highlights were: BLACK TERN-- in a slough...
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Randy
randy_a_walker
May 21, 2013 3:53 am
Sounds like a great trip! Could this be the same egret I saw in Saskatoon 2 days ago? Randy Walker - formerly of, and currently visiting Saskatoon...
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M A
maadhatter22
May 21, 2013 4:01 am
This weekend, we had a few birds leave and a couple new ones arrive.... Our yard is not as busy as it could be, but we are enjoying what we have. This past...
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bosn111
May 21, 2013 4:01 am
If you take the road North of Kipling on the west end, basically across from the Esso, you will see the marsh as it is the only thing really around. It is...
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Kathy H
kathy_hedegard
May 21, 2013 1:27 pm
I have my first Ruby-throated Hummingbird at the feeders this morning. In fact, it was the first bird I noticed in the yard at about 6:00 a.m. It is a chilly...
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Kevin
kmscouts
May 21, 2013 1:47 pm
Here is the list of birds I saw Sunday-Monday in an overnight trip to Grasslands National Park. As I mentioned in my previous post I had a new birder (aka...
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Kevin
kmscouts
May 21, 2013 1:55 pm
I don't know but I would suspect not. I'd not think this bird would make a 200 plus km complete reversal of its direction if it was finding good habitat and...
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Bob
bobluterbach
May 21, 2013 5:04 pm
I am currently seeing 8 BBSA in a seeded field near the above location. Also present in the same field are 10+ Golden Plovers, a couple of Baird's Sandpipers,...
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Derek Matthews
derekjmatthews
May 21, 2013 7:01 pm
Hi Birders and Banders, I've just uploaded the spring blog for April and May with all the activity from the first two months of this season's migration ...
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bobluterbach
May 22, 2013 3:20 am
I just received a a text from Dan Sawatzky who is currently working at the Moose Mountain Provincial Park. He saw a male Scarlet Tanager at 8;30 pm near the...
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gpkgreg
May 22, 2013 3:40 am
Hello, this evening I was surprised to observe 3 seperate flocks of mostly blue-phase snow geese. They numbered between 20-50 birds. I wonder if more are...
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Alaina Armbruster
alliekins2
May 22, 2013 3:57 am
I havent seen any for about a week now.. although today, went to Virden MB, and spotted a large flock of 100+ out in a slough out there.. Alaina in Manor To:...
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bob luterbach
bobluterbach
May 22, 2013 6:06 am
The prime time to see this migratory species in this area appears to be during the last two weeks of May. To assist to find Buff-breasted Sandpipers during...
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Bob Ewart
skbluebird2002
May 22, 2013 1:45 pm
This morning at 6:30 3-400 Snow geese, in 3 flocks, flew over south Regina in a NNW direction Bob in Regina From: Saskbirds@yahoogroups.com...
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travispaxman
May 22, 2013 6:09 pm
... Where at Condie did you see the Belted Kingfisher? I would love to see another one!...
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bobluterbach
May 22, 2013 7:41 pm
This morning Jim Cummings and I saw the following 11 warbler species in Regina parks; 3 Cape May Warblers 4 Palm Warblers 2 American Redstarts 3 Northern...
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bobluterbach
May 22, 2013 8:30 pm
The Cedar Waxwing is one of the latter returning species. It usually arrives just in time to eat the chokecherry and crab apple blossoms. :-(. This does not...
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Dick Cannings
dickcannings2
May 22, 2013 10:20 pm
Hi birders: I've just posted a full report on my latest bicycle birdathon from the Okanagan Valley. The "Saddle-Soras" pedalled for 138 km and found 127 ...
