Howdy, Well, we didn't quite hit 275 as I had predicted for the end of May but we made a good stab at it. We have 269 species reported by June 1. We still...
Howdy, Here's a quick review of the birds that we are still missing from last year's list. We should be adding quite a number in June and I've put those birds...
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Bob
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Jun 1, 2003 3:47 pm
Harv WILLOW FLYCATCHER was reported By John Luce from the reliable Souris River area east of Roche Percee on May 31. I think this is a new one for the list. ...
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Bob
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Jun 1, 2003 4:05 pm
All After taking in the football game and later staying up late to continue with the two bird reports,( We are at 69 pages and there is more!), I decided to ...
We went slightly farther off our normal patch today. We were on grid roads between Hway 5 and Hway 16 to the east of Saskatoon. We had 2 separate sightings of...
Besides our usuals and recent arrivals, we're not seeing much else in the yard... The new excitement in our yard this morning were a couple very recently...
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Bob
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Jun 2, 2003 1:15 am
I saw two broods of ducks along the Wascana Creek today. These were my first of the spring so far. Good Birding Bob Luterbach...
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Bob
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Jun 2, 2003 1:26 am
Mick Pintail drakes usually leave as soon as the female is well established on the nest. They usually go to a lake and get into bachelor flocks to begin their...
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Bob
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Jun 2, 2003 2:17 am
Pete I thought that I would take my 'turn" at this. As Harv has mentioned ,the length of the tail relative to the wing extension is an important field mark....
I was at Lakewood Park again this evening. I saw a bird in the reeds and watched it for perhaps 15 minutes but couldn't get a good look at it until it finally...
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Bob
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Jun 2, 2003 2:28 am
Pete This is a Sora Rail. I have not often seen them swimming. Take care Bob L....
And another bird at Lakewood Park. This one was flying over the inlet pond and at first I thought it was some sort of swallow after insects but then it dived...
The last one for this evening. This may not be the same tern as the one I posted a few days ago but, since Harv had said it was easier to ID them in flight, I...
... Thought I would have a tern at answering your rfids. This one is a Black Tern, my favourite of the tern family. Bob did a good job at describing the...
... Hi Bob, Thanks for the ID. I should have known that one, although my recollection of my only previous sighting of a Sora was that it was a larger bird and...
... primaries plus ... Thanks Bob. Best Wishes Pete...
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Bob
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Jun 2, 2003 8:54 pm
Jared Clarke phoned me last night about a first year male Orchard Oriole singing at the Golf Course. If you are unfamiliar with this plumage, check it out. The...
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Nolan Matthies
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Jun 2, 2003 9:22 pm
Bob... I'll bet its the same one I saw last year at the Wascana Golf Club! Still some Black-bellied Plovers at Buck Lake but no Buffs...Boo Hoo! ... Jared...
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Bob
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Jun 2, 2003 9:41 pm
Nolan I have had a fair amount of success finding this species at the Wascana Golf Course. I generally hear and see them from the Rainbow Bridge east boundary ...
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Bob
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Jun 4, 2003 12:31 am
Harv Visiting birder John Luce saw BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER and PHILADELPHIA VIREO at Duck Mountain Provincial Park. These are all to be ...
Hi all, I'm passing this along for visiting birder Liis Veelma. She and Bruno Bergmans have been birding in various spots across Southern Saskatchewan and they...
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Gordon A. Taylor
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Jun 4, 2003 2:42 am
Folks I apologize for the time lag but last Thursday while leading a group of children on a landscape photography session at the Saskatoon Public School...
This evening I saw this bird directly at the south east corner of the legislative building in Wascana Park. It was foraging and stayed in the same area for...
Folks I apologize for the time lag but last Thursday while leading a group of children on a landscape photography session at the Saskatoon Public School...
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Stan Shadick
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Jun 4, 2003 4:22 pm
There have been very few records of McCown's Longspurs anywhere in the Saskatoon Bird area in recent decades. Consult "Birds of the Saskatoon Area" for...
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Stan Shadick
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Jun 4, 2003 4:46 pm
Last weekend Jan Tedesco and I visited the "Fort" elm forest on the Red Deer river near the Manitoba border (east of Hudson Bay) and then drove south through...
