Fellow Birders, With the Olympics finally over (I know some people who are happy---personally I'm not!), my wife finally out of bed after the worst flu bug...
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tsb2001
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Mar 2, 2002 6:57 am
All We are establishing a diverse birding community network that now touches and connects many areas throughout this Province and beyond. We always need more...
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Martin Bailey
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Mar 2, 2002 2:19 pm
Dear Guy, Carol is sweating now after reading your note regarding your 322 bird for the Province. That very bird was her 321 ! Her harrassed husband....
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Martin Bailey
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Mar 2, 2002 2:38 pm
Another Saturday morning breakfast lecture brought to you by the guys who chase after butterflies. Martin We would all agree that the natural world is 1)...
Good morning, everyone, on this bright and sunny but very cold day!! (We were sitting at -24șC at 9:00 A.M. Pretty nippy... but there is hope! It has "warmed...
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tsb2001
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Mar 2, 2002 4:43 pm
Mary Ann My guess that you are correct about the identity of the raptor. I suppose an alternative could be a Saw-whet Owl or a Merlin. I have seen Northern...
How does this relate to birds? It seems to me that it is unsafe to assume that birds on different continents have been isolated for thousands of years. After...
Well Martin, as I have said in the past I am only a layman but the question posed at the end of your posting seems to have a simple answer to me. You cannot...
LOL, Bob... great graphic detail!! Last winter we watched a Sharpie doing just that - plucking the feathers from the House Sparrow it had nailed at the...
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tsb2001
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Mar 2, 2002 9:26 pm
Ken A slight digression.. We have Northern Wheatear's invading Northern North America from two distinct directions, from Western Europe and from Northeastern...
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tsb2001
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Mar 2, 2002 9:38 pm
Mary Ann I would agree that the Sharpie was the most likely suspect. I forgot to mention that Northern Shrikes wedge the heads of their victims in the crotch...
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tsb2001
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Mar 2, 2002 10:40 pm
Mary Ann House Sparrows drive some other species to distraction because of the flighty, nervous ways. Many of the native sparrows plus other species "freeze"...
Had a walk around the Saskatoon Forestry Farm this afternoon, I cant believe I go for walks in these temperatures....big difference to what those Surrey...
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tsb2001
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Mar 3, 2002 2:55 am
Mick Have you checked out the song of the Harris Sparrow or Tree Sparrow? Both of these would be possible candidates at this time. The difficulty is that these...
Thanks Bob, do you know of a good site for N. American bird songs and calls. I have found American Tree Sparrow singing but cannot find a recording of Harris'...
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tsb2001
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Mar 3, 2002 7:01 am
Mick I have a CD set. I'll look around for some sites. Bob...
Dear Mary Ann Would it be OK to forward your message to Surreybirders as we've also had a discussion about what bird songs are available (following the posting...
No problem, Ken... these sites are there for the sharing:-) We do have a couple Birding CD's, but not near enough (and the harder part is we hear the birds out...
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tsb2001
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Mar 3, 2002 10:07 pm
Some may call it stubbornness while others deem it sheer persistence, my fourth brief search for the Male Varied Thrush, within the Olsen Place area of Regina,...
Not much happening in our yard today, after the sHAWKing experience the House Sparrows had yesterday! The whole thing didn't prove too daunting for our Common...
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Keith, Jeff ERM
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Mar 4, 2002 3:42 pm
Hello Guy Congrats on the Red-Bellied. A note of concern though. Hope you weren't exploring any interesting side roads IN Disley :) Jeff Keith His Worship The...
322 is very impressive (far above my count for the UK, though many have bettered 400). Does anyone know what the Sask record is? Ken...
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tsb2001
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Mar 5, 2002 10:30 pm
All One bird that I neglected to mention yesterday during my brief Sunday afternoon birding sojourn was a Brown Creeper in Douglas Park. This elusive species...
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Brenda Schmidt
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Mar 6, 2002 1:41 am
Hi, We've seen ptarmigan passing through our yard almost every day since my last post - the exception was March 2. Yesterday at about 5 pm there were 20...
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Martin Bailey
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Mar 6, 2002 2:19 am
... From: "kennethnoble" <kenneth.noble1@...> To: <Saskbirds@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 8:56 AM Subject: [Saskbirds] Re: Three...
Guy, I thought I was just missing all the birds and wildlife when I drove Highway #11 Feb 19... or that the time of day was against me (I left Saskatoon just...
... wrote: List is now 131 with Jeff Wheatley's garden (!) Red Kite. Apologies to traditionalists but following an request for easier comparison with the ...
Had to go into town this a.m. so thought I would stop by the weir to see what might be about. The temperature was being reported as -27 with a windchill of -35...
Hi Mick, Did the two note call go up or down? Was the first note higher or lower than the second note? I don't know if you are familiar with the BC ...
