Hi All, First stop was the leachate pond behind the dump. The only bird of interest was a Common Snipe, with Lincoln Sparrows still in good numbers. Next...
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bartlett
cpbartle@...
Oct 2, 2000 10:59 pm
Here is the latest from the N.B.A. Good birding Colin Bartlett. Welcome to the Nanaimo Bird Alert Sponsored by The Backyard Wildbird and Nature store located...
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Nathan Hentze
w_tanager@...
Oct 6, 2000 1:53 am
Howdy y'all, This list has been very inactive lately, so I thought I'd try and get it rolling again. I hope everyone hasn't just been too busy to go birding!...
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Guy Monty
guylmonty@...
Oct 8, 2000 2:07 am
Howdy all, Well Nathan, I can't really give you a best date for seeing a PAWA as I have only ever seen one on the island, but that one sighting was in the last...
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Nathan Hentze
w_tanager@...
Oct 8, 2000 6:36 am
Hi all, I just picked up the new Sibley Guide to Birds today. I won't give a big review of the book because there's more than enough reviews out there anyway....
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Guy Monty
guylmonty@...
Oct 8, 2000 8:13 pm
Howdy all, Today's Nanaimo sunday bird walk went to Neck point. Despite a fierce S.E. with occasional rain, 47 species were seen. Highlights included, a pair...
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Rela Cripps
rela@...
Oct 15, 2000 8:07 am
Hi All Checked out a few spots after lunch today, first stop the cleared area beyond the airport runway. We were entertained for a half hour by an immature...
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Nathan Hentze
w_tanager@...
Oct 15, 2000 9:17 pm
Hi all, I just spent the entire morning and early afternoon trying to find a Sharp-tailed Sandpiper that was seen yesterday. Of course yesterday just happened...
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D Marven
marven@...
Oct 15, 2000 9:35 pm
Hi Birders I'm pleased to announce that yesterday the 14th October 2000 the Somenos Marsh, here in Duncan became the first dedicated Important Bird Area in...
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Neil Robins
nmrobins@...
Oct 16, 2000 12:05 am
Greetings, Today Marilynne and I went north of Nanaimo birding, first stop was the Nanoose Estuary for the waterbird survey and we found Common Loons(3),...
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D Marven
marven@...
Oct 16, 2000 11:28 pm
Hi Island tweets Today i did one of my Coastal Waterbird surveys out at Jordan River, weather was nice no rain, unlike Duncan. I'm sorry to have to tell Nathan...
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Rela Cripps
rela@...
Oct 17, 2000 12:18 am
Derrick: You are not alone!. When we were out birding this weekend we did not see a single Bufflehead either. Does anyone else have any reports on them? ...
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Carlo Pavan
crazy_birder@...
Oct 17, 2000 2:20 am
I seem to remember that last year I did not see my first Bufflehead for quite some time into the fall, but all my sources seem to say that they should be back...
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Brian Slater
bslater@...
Oct 17, 2000 3:19 am
All this talk about the missing Buffleheads got me rummaging through the old notebooks. The first notations of fall sightings at Shoemaker Bay, Port Alberni...
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D Marven
marven@...
Oct 18, 2000 11:21 pm
Hi Birders I had many requests from different people for info on I.B.A.s so for all those out there who want to find out more here you go. Derrick ...
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D Marven
marven@...
Oct 19, 2000 10:07 pm
Hi Birders Here is another worth while site to visit "MEGA" info. Derrick http://www.bsc-eoc.org/links/index.html Derrick Marven Duncan,Vancouver Island Home...
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Calvin Gehlen
geek-boy@...
Oct 19, 2000 10:27 pm
Oh, “MEGA” as in a lot. I thought it was some obscure bander’ s code. Happy Birding! Calvin Gehlen Vancouver calvin@... It's time to go birding...
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D Marven
marven@...
Oct 19, 2000 11:03 pm
Hi Calvin Obviously you have never seen the Melodius Gallito of South America, Calvin you must get out more the Okanagan dose'nt cut it any more, you have to...
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Nathan Hentze
w_tanager@...
Oct 20, 2000 12:15 am
Hi all, As Rick said, Vancouver Island CAN really be quite incredible sometimes. The Comox Valleys 2 TRKI records have both been around (if not exactly on)...
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D Marven
marven@...
Oct 20, 2000 1:31 am
Hi Guys If you do find a kingbird don't naturally think it's a Tropical, check all field marks closely and try to here the calls, to many people jump to...
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Carlo Pavan
crazy_birder@...
Oct 20, 2000 1:35 am
Hi All, Nice to hear from you Rick! I hear you had a great time on the east coast raking in a leigon of lifers. Anyway, some updates from Nanaimo. All the...
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Nathan Hentze
w_tanager@...
Oct 20, 2000 2:12 am
Derrick, What about Cassin's? Nathan Hentze Cumberland, BC ... Tropical, ... people ... there and...
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Carlo Pavan
crazy_birder@...
Oct 20, 2000 5:38 am
Hi Rick and birders, I actually meant (jokingly) to ask you if any of the birds I mentioned were worth it for you to take a ferry ride over here. But... I was...
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Nathan Hentze
w_tanager@...
Oct 20, 2000 4:18 pm
Rick and all, I picked the Sibley Guide up at Overwaitea in Campbell River. It was list price, $53.00 + tax. If you order through www.chapters.ca it is ...
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Guy Monty
guylmonty@...
Oct 20, 2000 10:45 pm
Hi all, its's been awhile since I have been on here, and I see that most of you are still spending more time talking about birding than actually out doing it....
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Guy Monty
guylmonty@...
Oct 20, 2000 10:59 pm
Hi all, its's been awhile since I have been on here, and I see that most of you are still spending more time talking about birding than actually out doing it....
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D Marven
marven@...
Oct 21, 2000 1:59 am
Hi Birders As a former member of the B.C. records committee, on many occasions i found myself faced with the problem of knowing if a species was a true...
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Carlo Pavan
crazy_birder@...
Oct 21, 2000 10:19 pm
I know that for some of you this will be shocking but please contain yourselves, because I, Carlo Pavan, finally got off my ass today and went birding! I must...
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William J. F. Wilson
wjfwilso@...
Oct 22, 2000 12:50 am
Hi from the expatriate Islander. I haven't got out to the Coast from Calgary lately and it doesn't look as though I will for the near future, so I've nothing...
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D Marven
marven@...
Oct 22, 2000 1:59 am
Hi Guys What a great day to go birding,seems that those Vancouver birders always have wind!!! In Duncan it was a nice calm birding day with lots of birds,...
