Boys And Girls, As expected, my 11 days off came to a jarring end at 0315 Monday morning. I was called to take train 118 to Melville with Mr. Bill Fisher....
Howdy folks, I love this time of year. The migrants are pouring in to Saskatchewan and every day has the potential for new birds for the year. With additions...
Sid Trepoff called today and reported watching a GREAT EGRET on Tuesday evening for quite A while. It was by the bridge south of the golf course, same location...
Harv: Bonaparte's Gull and Brown-headed Cowbird have also been reported. Isn't there anyone out there who has seen a Hermit Thrush yet? They should be in the...
trevor.herriot@...
May 2, 2003 3:48 pm
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The SNS field trip to Narrows Hills Prov. Park saw Hermit Thrush last weekend. Stan Shadick...
Stan Shadick
STANLEY.SHADICK@...
May 2, 2003 4:05 pm
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What a bizarre sight - it's drizzling and the ground surrounding the feeder is moving with Purple Finch - 50+ We've never seen so many at once before! Harvey &...
I often think of Saskbirders when I see collared doves, after realising that they're pretty rare for you. We get them coming into our garden (yard), so I am...
Hi Ken, ... birdforum ... know ... I'm also a member of birdforum. ... Nice shot Ken. You also asked about digiscoping in a previous message. I haven't got a...
We have had a Lincoln's Sparrow also since yesterday. I'm not familiar with it so it took a while to identify for sure what it was. It has given us really...
I had my first sighting of a Krider's Red Tailed Hawk along highway # 6 just prior to the Valley. Saskatchewan is one of the places where you can see all the...
Bob
tsb2001@...
May 3, 2003 5:30 am
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75 Evening Grosbeaks just came into the yard - the males are almost too bright against this rain-blue morning. Yesterday's flock of Purple Finch spent only a...
Howdy, Just got a call from Bob L. about a call he got that there is a 1st year Glaucous-winged Gull at the dam close to the park headquarters at the north end...
Howdy, Well, Bob L. and I met at the north end of Last Mountain Lake with all sorts of people. There were never fewer than 2 other people at the dam and they...
Bob and Sandra Ewart report seeing this bird this morning within the shrubbery surrounding the "Sunken Parking Lot" behind Darke Hall ( Old Teachers College...
Bob
tsb2001@...
May 4, 2003 7:53 pm
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It has been a busy week... We've been host to a number of the "regulars of the week and/or season" -- still lots of Robins, Grackles, a few Brewer's...
Hi Harv, Please add House Wren to the list. I heard one from my yard here in Regina on May 3rd. Thanks. Sandy Ayer H.D. Sandy Ayer (Mr.) Director of Library...
Sandy Ayer
hdayer@...
May 5, 2003 3:44 pm
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Greetings all,My computer has been acting screwy lately so we sent it in to the shop on friday so I'm alittle behind with responding. Trevor I had a Hermit...
Saskbirders: Bob Luterbach just phoned me from Wascana Park with an update on the mockingbird. He saw it again at 9:40 this morning May 5 in the same area ...
trevor.herriot@...
May 5, 2003 5:00 pm
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Saw and heard several CLAY-COLOURED SPARROWS on Saturday during a hike along Many Bones Creek valley southeast of Regina. I watched four or five WILSON'S...
trevor.herriot@...
May 5, 2003 5:58 pm
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On Saturday three carloads of Weyburn birders headed out for Buttermilk Lake and Buck Lake. It was a good day, seeing 36 species of birds, all of which have...
This morning our front and back yards are abuzz (or I should really say "a-song") with migrant sparrows... There are more than 50 White-crowned Sparrows in...
Howdy, Well, for the time being, we are about tied with Surrey. In the actual contest, we are about 100 species behind and May is the month that belongs to...
Howdy, Here is our current list with all the updates from the weekend just past. We have 177 species and new additions should be forthcoming pretty much...
There have been few birds in our backyard for at least a week but today things really improved. There are at least 5 Yellow-rumped Warblers flitting around our...
With the weather being so conducive to gardening We tried to keep our activities focussed in that area. That was particularly difficult as the temperature...
Gordon A. Taylor
gr.taylor@...
May 6, 2003 2:15 am
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During an early morning stroll through Cosmopolitan Park today I encountered a plethora of Yellow-rumped Warblers, a passel of Orange-crowned Warblers and a...
al hartley
alhartley@...
May 6, 2003 2:53 pm
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Howdy, Since the last update a day or two ago we've added Osprey, Black-and-white Warbler, Spotted Sandpiper and Bank Swallow. We're now at 181 species. ...
It's that time of year again when the sparrows get me totally confused and I start posting URLs of photos I've taken. This is a collage of photos I took today....
Very nice photos of Lincoln's Sparrow, Pete! It's a smallish sparrow with a buffy breast and very fine streaking. They are just moving through Saskatoon...
