I recently heard the news that a lone Rock Wren was seen ( and photographed) on the rock-encrusted hill at Diefenbaker Park. After a long search, I could not...
Dear All, Sorry for cross-posting. WorldWaders is looking for news on shorebirds/waders from your area, county, state or country worth to share with the...
Thanks, Gordon, for the alert. Three of us went out to Blackstrap this p.m. (July 1) and there were 5 of these beautiful big terns. Frank Roy ... From:...
I believe we have nine families of Purple Martins this year. We're not home very much but when we are they still seem a lot quieter than other years. We hardly...
Hey Geoffry, I don't know if anyone has responded yet, but I was just down there today and the roads are fine. Apparently Val Marie has received "just enough"...
Hi Birders and Banders, We have just posted the fall dates for Bird Monitoring and Banding and Bird Identification Workshops. Due to banding commitments (and a...
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Jul 7, 2010 5:20 pm
Following yesterday's late afternoon thunderstorms Reta and I drove out to the Laura slough to see what was happening on it. The west end was full of Eared...
Morning Everyone: I went for a drive around my usual route yesterday morning. I've been away through all of June. I heard about the flooding over in the west...
What a year. We haven't really had weather here compared to Maple Creek or Saskatoon or Yorkton, but from the oldtimers I've talked to, it's as wet a year here...
As I did my birding rounds this morning I was surprised to find an adult Common Loon at Condie. I haven't seen one this year out there and it's an odd time...
Hi, I spent a couple of hours yesterday in hidden valley. Because of the not too warm and wet weather many flowers are late compare with last year. One...
I also spent some time up at Hidden Valley earlier this week as the Catley road was in pretty rough shape. I didn't get YB Chat or Hermit Thrush ? but had all...
I'm sure I'm going to feel silly once you answer this for me but I heard a bird call today that I can't identify but it is so distinctive that I have no excuse...
I have often been confused by that telephone-like "bird" call. Many years ago Bernie Gollop pointed out to me that it is the call of a Thirteen-lined Ground...
I used to get stumped by a telephone-like call , and I found out that the call of a mammal and not a bird was the answer. The Franklin's Ground Squirrel was...
I did not know that about the Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel too. Thanks Stan. I have actually seen a Franklin's make the phone-like call , as recently as...
Thank you for the suggestions. Certainly being a Franklin's Ground Squirrel would explain why I've not heard it before. I've not seen a Franklin's since I...
People have suggested the call I heard today which was so much like a telephone ringing might have been either a 13 lined or Franklin's Ground squirrel. I've...
Sorry I doubted you folks but I went back this morning and heard the call but only twice. However I met a local resident who lives nearby and he says...
Sorry I'll be no help in identifying your wild telephone sound. Looking forward to hearing it myself one day, though. There are so many birdsounds all around...
Kate Try Sora Rail. Listen to the call at the end of the call tape. http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Sora/sounds Enjoy your birding Bob ... From: Kate...
We are home!!! We left home at 5:30AM June 24, heading for Medora, North Dakota (on the way down to the Black Hills of South Dakota.) We stayed two nights at...
Our yard and immediate neighbourhood is a nursery... lots of babies - still in nestboxes/ and gourds within our yard, and several fledglings begging for food...
Going to Sask Landing yesterday ended up being a sad decision... We first checked the southwest quadrant -- in the area where the Eastern Bluebird pair had...
Hi Kevin. I just googled 'what bird sounds like a telephone ringing' and the reply from several sources was in all likelihood a Starling. They have a great...
Hi, We were at the Landing yesterday. Now we know why we didn't see any bluebirds. As I told Mary Ann in a separate email, we did see the male Eastern Bluebird...
... Hi Bob. Nope, it's not the sora -- which seems to be one of the most vocal birds around our slough, alongside the red-winged blackbird. I checked out the...
Hi Kate, maybe try Marsh Wren too. A very different sort of 'cackling' compared to a Sora, more like a rattle , but I'm having trouble thinking of other...
