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 ...
Tony Beck
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Sep 1, 2002 9:42 am
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Hi Tony, ... Thanks. ... Green ... and thanks very much again. Best Wishes Pete...
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...
Tony Beck
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Sep 2, 2002 12:01 am
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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...
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....
Martin Bailey
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Sep 3, 2002 2:23 am
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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...
Bob
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Sep 3, 2002 2:28 am
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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...
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...
Tony Beck
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Sep 5, 2002 12:16 am
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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...
Stan Shadick
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Sep 5, 2002 12:33 am
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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...
Tony Beck
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Sep 5, 2002 12:48 am
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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...
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...
Tony Beck
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Sep 5, 2002 3:08 am
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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...
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 ...
Tony Beck
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Sep 6, 2002 2:11 am
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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,...
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 ...
Tony Beck
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Sep 6, 2002 3:18 am
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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. ...
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...
Stan Shadick
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Sep 6, 2002 4:35 am
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Hello, Tony and other Whooping Crane enthusiasts. I suggest that local experts check out all the spring-fed sloughs. Last Thanksgiving weekend, when cranes...
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 ...
Tony Beck
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Sep 6, 2002 6:52 am
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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...
Bob
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Sep 6, 2002 2:23 pm
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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...
Bob
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Sep 6, 2002 3:44 pm
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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...
Hi : Just where east of Saskatoon is CanoeLake Road ? Menno...
M.W. Nickel
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Sep 7, 2002 5:17 am
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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 ...
Bob
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Sep 7, 2002 5:58 pm
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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...
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,...
Tony Beck
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Sep 7, 2002 11:03 pm
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Wood Ducks were seen on Brokenshell Creek and on the Souris River south of Ralph this year. A distance of twenty miles apart. Martin...
Martin Bailey
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Sep 7, 2002 11:21 pm
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Hi Tony, Thanks very much for the IDs. That adds three lifers for me: Blackpoll Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Red-eyed Vireo Best Wishes Pete...
Thanks everyone for your postings, pictures, explanations, etc. They are read with great interest. We saw the Ruby-throated Hummingbird at the feeder...
