Bob, We can't keep meeting like this. Academic hair-splitting time has arrived: The overriding object of the time series analyses that I did on HOSP and other...
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trevor.herriot@...
Mar 1, 2001 3:49 pm
Does anyone have a suggestion of what to do when a Great Horned Owl is trapped in a building and can't seem to find its way out. I get calls like this from ...
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Bob Luterbach
bobl@...
Mar 1, 2001 7:40 pm
Martin I've been told never to debate statistics with an expert Statistician. The odds are not in your favor ! I know that an argument can be made that...
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Kenneth Noble
kenneth_noble@...
Mar 1, 2001 8:52 pm
Dear Bob I was interested in your comments on the reasons for the decline (if real) of the house sparrow. If you'll forgive a foreigner from commenting, you...
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Bob Luterbach
bobl@...
Mar 1, 2001 9:21 pm
Ken A public thanks for your contribution. It is great to be reminded that our archives have the potential to be read by many people throughout the world. It...
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cmbb@...
Mar 1, 2001 9:33 pm
Bob, Modesty will get you nowhere. I unfortunately have not been able to look at more recent HOSP data since I have moved into a Windows environment. My...
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Liis Veelma
lveelma@...
Mar 1, 2001 11:10 pm
Hello, Saskbirders! This is not statistical evidence, of course. When I moved to Winnipeg in February 1995, I had counts of 25 to 30 HOSPs or more regularly...
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cmbb@...
Mar 1, 2001 11:37 pm
Hi Liis, I have enjoyed listening in on your reports on Manitoba birds. A number of years ago, in Jim Duncan's youth, I asked him a question. "Why do I see so...
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Rob Parsons
rparsons@...
Mar 2, 2001 4:16 am
Hi all, I've been following this thread with interest. (I should warn you all that exotics fascinate me, plus I tend to be long-winded, so you might want to...
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Sandy Ayer
hdayer@...
Mar 2, 2001 3:45 pm
I'm wondering whether Merlins contribute significantly to House Sparrow mortality. To my decidedly unscientific eye it seems that both House Sparrows have...
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Kreba, Robert MACH
rkreba@...
Mar 3, 2001 1:54 am
Attention, fellow SaskBirders! I am currently putting together a Winter Season report for NAB. I recently sent a report to BIRDERS JOURNAL for Dec.-Jan., so...
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Bob Luterbach
bobl@...
Mar 4, 2001 8:57 pm
Hi ! Have you been following the news about these sightings!? apparently within the Souris Valley near Estevan. News coverage about this has been written...
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cmbb@...
Mar 5, 2001 10:49 pm
We were told that there were a half dozen sightings of cougars in the Big Muddy this summer Martin Bailey, Weyburn, SK., Canada. phone/fax 306 842-8936 ... ...
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Sandy Ayer
hdayer@...
Mar 7, 2001 3:30 pm
On Monday afternoon I received a call from Jim Zinkhan, who is evidently a backyard birder here in Regina, about a probable Northen Goshawk that he'd seen the...
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Bob Luterbach
bobl@...
Mar 14, 2001 12:51 am
All I have been developing a trail of nest boxes, east of Roche Percee, along the road that runs along the north side of the Souris River. The trail begins...
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cmbb@...
Mar 16, 2001 5:11 pm
House Finches are starting to sing. Merlins are calling and flittering about. The Sharp-tailed Grouse are still in coveys. The Grey Partridge, on the...
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Bob Luterbach
bobl@...
Mar 16, 2001 10:38 pm
Not to mention that Horned Larks are along many roads and two Mountain Bluebirds were sighted near Valeport, this week fide Fred Lahrman. All the best Bob...
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cmbb@...
Mar 17, 2001 4:51 am
Carol saw her first male Harrier this afternoon on the Hausam road. We also have had Horned Larks in this area. ... From: "Bob Luterbach" <bobl@...> ...
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Harv Lane
hdlane@...
Mar 17, 2001 8:30 am
Hi folks, The Merlin in my area is loudly proclaiming his territory and the House Sparrows seem to have come out of hiding ... apparently they truly are ...
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Nolan Matthies
nmatthies@...
Mar 17, 2001 10:13 pm
Hi All, Just a quick note, Josh Bilyk and myself just came back from a short tour along Highway 99 (between Lumsden and Highway 6) and were pleased to count 55...
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cmbb@...
Mar 17, 2001 11:59 pm
A male and female Northern Harrier were hunting together over Yellow Grass Marsh - west of Weyburn today. As well, just south of the marsh we saw our first...
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cmbb@...
Mar 18, 2001 12:05 am
... From: Lewis Layman To: Manitobabirds Manitobabirds Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2001 5:28 PM Subject: [Manitobabirds] Fw: Please be aware of the following...
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cmbb@...
Mar 18, 2001 9:25 pm
We decided to go south from Weyburn to Oungre Port and see what was making its way north. Numbers of Horned Larks were paired up, saw crows in twos and...
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Harv Lane
hdlane@...
Mar 19, 2001 4:08 am
Hi folks, Spring is definitely here! Tonight I had a lone Cedar Waxwing in my mountain ash tree .... obviously a very early migrant!!! Oh, don't get your...
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Kreba, Robert MACH
rkreba@...
Mar 19, 2001 5:29 pm
Fellow SaskBirders, On Saturday, Mar.18, I led my 4th Annual "Mystery Tour" for the RNHS, and for the first time , people actually showed up! I decided to take...
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Sandy Ayer
hdayer@...
Mar 19, 2001 8:55 pm
I noticed that few, if any, of the recent trip reports for Sask. included sightings of American Robins. I saw one today in the Rosemont area of Regina on my...
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trevor.herriot@...
Mar 19, 2001 10:55 pm
Saw my first Robin on March 10 in Lumsden, though I wouldn't swear to its provenance. Lumsden does get some wintering robins. I also recorded what looked to be...
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Kreba, Robert MACH
rkreba@...
Mar 20, 2001 1:13 am
SaskBirders, A couple of comments on Sandy & Trevor's postings (not meant to be inflammatory or contradictory!). First, as Trevor intimated, American Robins...
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Kreba, Robert MACH
rkreba@...
Mar 20, 2001 5:02 pm
Fellow Saskbirders, On Mar.10, I led a field trip for an elite group of RNHS members, six of us travelling together in a rented minivan. This trip was...
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cmbb@...
Mar 20, 2001 7:16 pm
Yesterday, the all but impossible to recognize remains of a Lesser Scaup melted out of a roadside snowbank in Weyburn. Today, Johnnie Whitell found yet another...
