I have observed a number of interactions of adult male House Sparrows and adult male House Finches lately. There is no question that male House Sparrows are...
Bob
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Aug 2, 2002 11:25 pm
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Our purple martins were late starting this year. The young have hatched and all four houses are really busy with parents noisily feeding and trying to coax...
This afternoon, (2002 August 4), Larry, Ryan & I went to check on the SouthWest Naturalists' Bluebird runs... (the last time we did it was 2002 July 7 - see...
Today I travelled to Buck Lake for a quick look. The lake has 250+- summering Ruddy Ducks plus 23 Buffleheads. Other waterfowl included a few Lesser Scaup,...
Bob
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Aug 5, 2002 12:12 am
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Forgot to report - on Saturday, August 3rd, a Dark-eyed Junco (slate-coloured race) was feeding on the ground here. We usually don't see them until closer to...
I wonder if that Junco knows something we don't, Val?? (With the cold temps we've been having, who knows what's right around the bend? Yeek!) I was wondering...
All I have corrected the typo's including misspelling several place names, grammatical errors and the wrong date for the report !? Thanks again for the...
Bob
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Aug 5, 2002 7:26 pm
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Larry & I went for a drive this afternoon and didn't even leave the City limits... The first birds we saw was an American Kestral hunting grasshoppers in a...
Hi Everyone, My family and I headed out to Riding Mountain National Park on Aug 1 and returned on the 4th. This being my first summer trip this year I was...
I share this story only because there was, unfortunately, a park full of witnesses, and one of you may have been among them: July 27. Harvey and I were in...
Brenda Schmidt
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Aug 7, 2002 12:09 am
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I photographed this sparrow this morning. I've seen it on and off over the past week and can't make my mind up what it is. I am leaning towards a juvenile...
Hi Pete, Nice pics. My first thought on your juvenile sparrow is Chipping Sparrow. The bird appears to have a fairly heavily streaked breast and something ...
The female Ruby-throated Hummingbird made an appearance at our feeder today. Last night was a perfect evening. For some reason we haven't had a mosquito...
Here's another bird for you all to try to identify. It showed up several times this afternoon but it didn't make it particularly easy to get a decent shot of...
Hi Harv, ... Thanks. ... I wondered about that too although it seems to have a greyish "collar" like a Clay-coloured sparrow. But I shall defer to your much...
Carol Bjorklund just saw two birds at the Weyburn Golf Course to the southeast of the City. These very confiding birds were discovered a day ago at this same...
Bob
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Aug 9, 2002 4:36 pm
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... location ... They were still there at six fifteen tonight, they are just beyond the golf course where the little creek crosses the road. They were in...
I saw a Prairie Falcon in flight circling low over the lake just after I arrived. I didn't see it well enough to decide if it was an immature or adult bird....
Bob
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Aug 13, 2002 6:23 pm
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Yesterday and today as we watched our backyard (and the sick looking hail damaged plants), we saw American Goldfinches, Yellow Warblers, Cedar Waxwings, House...
Whilst driving out of Humboldt this morning, just west of the town we saw two flocks of Sandhill Cranes. One flock had approx 50 birds the other had 19, they...
My efforts to write to the Regina Leader Post in support of Trevor Herriot's letter came to nought, I'm afraid. The message was returned some days later having...
I think a few of us had that problem with the Leader Post. It wouldn't be so bad if the message came back undelivered within a day or so but a few days later...
... out ... I hope Ken won't mind if I steal his thunder and reply to your question. the little owls he was refering to are in fact called "Little Owl" (Athene...
... think a few of us had that problem with the Leader ... Hi Val! I'm not sure I understand the question! Little owl is a species (athene noctua from...
Dear Mick Thanks for your response. I replied to Val before I opened your message--which is not only more detailed but more accurate! Nice idea, though,...
(Canada Geese! and mink) the ... Hi Ken, I look on Canada Geese as our revenge for House Sparrow (English Sparrow), Starling and whatever else came from there...
Martin Bailey
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Aug 16, 2002 2:33 pm
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Point taken! there's quite a bit of anxiety here in UK about a) US bullfrogs that seem set to devour much of our pondlife b) some disease from north America...
Its funny how things turn round. Whilst the House Sparrow has done so well in Canada becoming a pest in some areas, its fortunes in its native Britain are not...
Thanks you Mick and Ken for the response. That is hilarious. But you have to know - when you said you were watching little owls, I didn't have the foggiest...
Howdy folks, It's been a long and interesting summer with entirely too much unusual weather. Right now it's cool and rainy in Saskatoon but there is a...
