Hi Pete (and Saskbirders) Nice photos. . .I'm envious, especially of image #8762. But. . .the bird in question is an immature female Black-throated Green ...
Hi Tony, ... Thanks. ... Green ... and thanks very much again. Best Wishes Pete...
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Tony Beck
beck.tony@...
Sep 2, 2002 12:01 am
Hi again Pete (and Saskbirders) After I had sent my last message, I thought I should have mentioned why I came to the conclusion of Black-throated Green...
Larry and I went to the Sask Landing Prov Park right after breakfast August 29. We came back into Swift Current to get Ryan after school on August 30 and...
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Martin Bailey
cmbb@...
Sep 3, 2002 2:23 am
We estimated that there were about 20,000 blackbirds gathering for the night at Weyburn's Golf Course: Red-Wing, Yellow-headed, Brewer's, Grackle and Cow Bird....
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Bob
tsb2001@...
Sep 3, 2002 2:28 am
This evening, just prior to dusk, I saw a single Great Egret roosting with 10+ D C Cormorants in a large dead spruce tree located on the northwest corner of...
Hi folks: Saw this bird in the yard today and I can't sort out what it is. It is distinctly yellow under the tail. Both pictures were taken through a dirty...
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Tony Beck
beck.tony@...
Sep 5, 2002 12:16 am
Hi Pete Those photos look so bizarre. I have to ask, how big is the bird? Is it warbler size? Judging from the photos alone, I'm leaning toward Orange-crowned...
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Stan Shadick
STANLEY.SHADICK@...
Sep 5, 2002 12:33 am
Your first photo shows a relatively bright yellow undertail covert. I suggest it is a Palm Warbler. A bird with a broad eyestripe that often is found on the...
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Tony Beck
beck.tony@...
Sep 5, 2002 12:48 am
Palm Warbler is certainly a contender, especially as seen in image 8832. This would explain the bird being out in the open, the thick eyebrow, and the subtle...
Hi Tony and Stan, Thanks for the information. Here's a montage of some of the photos I took. http://members.shaw.ca/peteros/birds/ub_group.jpg The bird is...
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Tony Beck
beck.tony@...
Sep 5, 2002 3:08 am
Hi Pete The photos in your montage are clearly Palm Warbler. The colour and contrast (in particular #8837 - upper left) show all the characters of a typical...
Hi Tony, ... so dark, ... The outer dining room window leaks, so it is full of condensation and dust and it was overcast outside which didn't help with the...
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Tony Beck
beck.tony@...
Sep 6, 2002 2:11 am
Hi All I will be in the Saskatoon area at the end of the month with a group of people. Although we intend to enjoy the countryside, and all its fauna, our ...
I'm back from my 3 day road trip... tired but very happy with my sightings, both during my driving time, and on my own downtime before the meeting yesterday,...
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Tony Beck
beck.tony@...
Sep 6, 2002 3:18 am
Hi All I will be in the Saskatoon area at the end of the month with a group of people. Although we intend to enjoy the countryside, and all its fauna, our ...
I was wishing I could ask Harv over for a visit this morning to help keep track of, and identify, the abundance of birds in or near the backyard this morning. ...
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Stan Shadick
STANLEY.SHADICK@...
Sep 6, 2002 4:35 am
The Saskatoon Nature Society will have a field trip to Outlook on Sep. 29 to look for large numbers of cranes. Whoopers are possible on that trip. There will...
Hello, Tony and other Whooping Crane enthusiasts. I suggest that local experts check out all the spring-fed sloughs. Last Thanksgiving weekend, when cranes...
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Tony Beck
beck.tony@...
Sep 6, 2002 6:52 am
Hi All I will be in the Saskatoon area at the end of the month with a group of people. Although we intend to enjoy the countryside, and all its fauna, our ...
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Bob
tsb2001@...
Sep 6, 2002 2:23 pm
Tony Certainly the Whooping Crane Tours are a useful approach. They usually do have some locations well scouted . I think last year they did have difficulty...
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Bob
tsb2001@...
Sep 6, 2002 3:44 pm
This bird apparently was gone early the next day and has not returned to the roost on Spruce Island. The disturbances created by the rowing people on the Lake...
Regarding the slough on Canoe Lake Road, the birds were present there, last year, in the slough on 12th October giving excelent views from the road and they...
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M.W. Nickel
mwnickel01@...
Sep 7, 2002 5:17 am
Hi : Just where east of Saskatoon is CanoeLake Road ? Menno...
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Bob
tsb2001@...
Sep 7, 2002 5:58 pm
The time has come again for another report to be compiled. Once again I am asking for sightings- rarities, late departures, early arrivals, and unusual ...
I've been going through the photos I took during the inundation of birds that occurred in my backyard on Thursday morning. I don't think I've seen so many and...
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Tony Beck
beck.tony@...
Sep 7, 2002 11:03 pm
WOW. . .I love a challenge. . . And, Pete. . .you have provided some tough ones. OK. . .here goes (I'll try to explain how I came to my conclusions): 8865,...
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Martin Bailey
cmbb@...
Sep 7, 2002 11:21 pm
Wood Ducks were seen on Brokenshell Creek and on the Souris River south of Ralph this year. A distance of twenty miles apart. Martin...
Thanks everyone for your postings, pictures, explanations, etc. They are read with great interest. We saw the Ruby-throated Hummingbird at the feeder...
