I can't recall for certain but a little bell in the back of my mind tells me (from my British bird watching days) that I once read about Short-eared Owls...
My visits to the park are partly exercise and partly for a change of avian scenery. The backyard hasn't yielded anything unusual for several weeks now. House...
Hi, Mick, I'm not an expert on short-eared owls but they do definitely hunt in broad daylight fairly often. However, I believe that they are by preference...
Long-eared Owls do have a reputation for being primarily nocturnal. However, I had experience to the contrary when a pair nested in a grove of trees next to my...
Bob
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Aug 1, 2003 8:55 pm
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A favorite quote:" Sometimes I sits and thinks and some times I just sits. " Perception is all about choice and opportunity. Perspective by definition is ...
Bob
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Aug 1, 2003 9:04 pm
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... From: "Bob" <tsb2001@...> To: <letters@...> Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 2:24 PM Subject: Questions about Plan for the Wascana...
Bob
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Aug 1, 2003 9:27 pm
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Howdy folks, Just a note to those of you who might be interested. A juvenile female (named Shannon) from Harv's brood has produced a single young female (named...
Congratulations Harv and Barb and family! Glad everyone is okay. We're expecting our first grandchild in December and really share your excitement and...
Congratulations, Grandbird Harv on the new addition to your brood!!! The flock is growing;0) - Mary Ann, Swift Current http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/dudrl/ ... ...
We started our summer vacation the morning of July 26 as we headed westward for the beautiful Cypress Hills. A fair number of hawks were sitting on their...
All The final draft is available to those who have contributed to this Report. Please contact me if you wish to have this emailed to you. Thanks again for your...
Bob
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Aug 4, 2003 5:07 pm
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This Lake and Marsh is near Lucky Lake and is well known to many birders particularly from the Saskatoon area. This is the finest shorebird location that I...
Bob
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Aug 4, 2003 6:35 pm
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Ah, my old stomping grounds! I feel homesick now, though we are planning to go down there shortly. Incidentally, the dikes were constructed using rock from...
Brenda Was thinking of you when we arrived. I mentioned to Jim that you were from the area. Great place ! We had about a minute to spare catching the...
Bob
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Aug 4, 2003 9:12 pm
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Aug 4 Creighton Highlights of our muggy walk this afternoon: Bonaparte's Gull - 2 Such assertive birds they are! Northern Harrier - 1 in flight, enduring the...
Bob, Isn't that what happens! I've heard that's not uncommon at the Riverhurst ferry at this time of year. Also, the ferry crossing can be a tad hairy when the...
We have a pair of Upland Sandpipers hanging around our farmyard now. They fly around quite a bit and give us some nice views when they land on the roof of the...
Brenda Jim and I checked the size of the rowboat and concluded that indeed the Captain among others would have to go down with the boa1 :-( Bob...
Bob
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Aug 5, 2003 1:14 am
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While in the Dry Lake area today we noticed a Swainson's Hawk land with a gopher which it then walked over to another location in the grass where a fledged...
While we were gone the past week, the Gray Catbirds fledged and left the nest in the neighbour's Snowball Bush, across the street from us. I didn't see the...
Whoo hoo!!! This morning Ryan phoned me at work, excited!!! The Ruby-throated Hummingbird arrived in our front yard, and was checking out the feeder!! I told...
I just saw and heard a contradiction :-). Not one, instead two !! Solitary Sandpipers flew low over my balcony just now. I heard several calling also on Sunday...
Bob
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Aug 7, 2003 10:40 pm
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Aug 7 Heron highlights at NE end of Luck Lake at 5-6 pm: Black-crowned Night Heron - 5 We haven't seen Black-crowneds here before, although we were aware of...
This morning I got to see the single female RT Hummingbird, too (first one for the year for me! Yippee! Checked our records - she arrived here last year on...
Mary Ann There are many records for Rufous Hummers within Saskatchewan. Too many years ago, I saw an adult male at Mr. Taylor's feeder in Saskatoon. A quick ...
Bob
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Aug 8, 2003 4:41 am
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Well... the day started off "humming" but quickly dwindled to a stop with the bit of rain we got, or at least that seems to be the time they quit coming...
I went for a wander around the ponds this evening. The water level was several inches higher than during my last visit because of the thunderstorm around...
