Hi Island Birders Today myself, Dave Aldcroft and Eric Marshall undertook our annual BBS, our route starts in Lake Cowichan at the old train station and goes...
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smcruer@...
Jun 6, 2000 3:30 am
Coincidentally I too did my BBS this sunday. Thank goodness the weather held. I always find I have to keep every weekend in June open and always squeeze it in...
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Derrick Marven
marven@...
Jun 6, 2000 8:45 pm
Hi Island Birders Well it seem's that we have a bit of an invasion of BWTE down here in Duncan and in Victoria, i was wondering if this trend is evident on ...
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Brian Slater
bslater@...
Jun 7, 2000 12:33 am
You may be right about a BWTE invasion Derrick. While Rela & I were prowling around the back woods of Port Alberni last Sunday, we came across a pair on a...
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Brian Slater
bslater@...
Jun 8, 2000 5:46 am
This spring I have noted unprecedented numbers of BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK visiting my feeder here in Ucluelet. Checking my feeder notes for the past 7 years,...
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bartlett
cpbartle@...
Jun 8, 2000 7:37 pm
hello Brian. We have had the numbers increasing in the Nanaimo area since about 1996 as well. This may simply be that people have had some where to report them...
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smcruer@...
Jun 10, 2000 5:31 pm
Colin posted a message to say that this bird was first seen May 28. However, now that Chris is back from California, he says that the bird was first noticed at...
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crazy_birder@...
Jun 11, 2000 6:15 am
The Bullock's Orioles have been seen at Buttertubs Marsh for the past three years and have built at least one nest for the past two years. There have been no...
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crazy_birder@...
Jun 11, 2000 6:30 am
Charles Thirkill and I went up to Harewood Plains in south Nanaimo today in search of a rare (but locally abundant) wildflower. It's common name is Bog...
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crazy_birder@...
Jun 20, 2000 3:12 am
Hi There Birders! The Sunday birdwalk went to Buttertubs Marsh this past week and it seems that there are young in the nest. The male was observed feeding (or...
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bartlett
cpbartle@...
Jun 20, 2000 6:32 pm
i received this e-mail and wanted to know if anyone had some suggestions. thanks Colin Bartlett....
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smcruer@...
Jun 21, 2000 3:43 am
Not much to go one really. It sounds like a very simple song. so It could be a flycatcher. It could also be a Hutton's Vireo. They aren't that common tho' so...
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bartlett's
cpbartle@...
Jun 21, 2000 7:36 pm
He did not say about the location whether in the canopy or brush but the habitat on the Great Walk is mostly in the woods i think. The spotted feathers have...
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sasca@...
Jun 23, 2000 6:36 am
I was speaking with my sister in law last night. She has been keeping a close watch on the oriole nest at Buttertubs Marsh . She informed me that there are now...
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sasca@...
Jun 23, 2000 6:52 am
Well Sandy , Next time I see you I'm going kick your hinney. Trying to answer that question you possed took afair amount of time learning how to acces this...
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Karen L.
klowden@...
Jun 28, 2000 9:17 am
... Yes...I have seen a few Cedar Waxwings here on Gabriola Island just in the last week. As I am new to this whole birding thing, I am finding myself being...
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smcruer@...
Jun 29, 2000 2:33 am
The survey results were not especially unusual. There were an unusually high number of red-breasted sapsuckers. And Low numbers of robins. I managed to add a...
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Brian Slater
bslater@...
Jun 29, 2000 6:03 am
You've gotta teach me your owl call Sandy, seems like you got it down to perfection. Rela and I made a run out to the west end of Sproat Lake on Sunday, with a...
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Sandy McRuer
smcruer@...
Jun 30, 2000 2:36 am
It's quite simple if you can whistle reasonably well. I go Coo-coo-coo-coo rather than just who-who-who as in a normal whistle. It is a low whistle, as low as...
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Carlo Pavan
crazy_birder@...
Jun 30, 2000 4:17 pm
Hello Van Isle Birders, Guy Monty and I did some birding around Nanaimo yesterday but none actually in Nanaimo. We started out at Morden Colliery Park in Cedar...
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Brian Slater
bslater@...
Jun 30, 2000 9:02 pm
It's quite simple if you can whistle reasonably well. I go Coo-coo-coo-coo rather than just who-who-who as in a normal whistle. It is a low whistle, as low as...
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Rela Cripps
rela@...
Jul 1, 2000 1:53 am
Carlo: Where in Nanoose Bay are the Purple Martin nest Boxes located? I would like to check them out, also, could you provide me with some directions to the...
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Carlo Pavan
crazy_birder@...
Jul 1, 2000 3:09 am
Hi Rela et al, I hope all those birders out there are surviving this lull in migration times. The Purple Martins are actually right in Nanoose Bay. As you ...
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Derrick Marven
marven@...
Jul 7, 2000 1:07 am
Hi All After what seems like the dullest past two months, today in Cowichan Bay our first returning shorebirds. A small group of peeps which looked like mostly...
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Carlo Pavan
crazy_birder@...
Jul 7, 2000 4:20 am
Hello Derrick and Van Isle Birders, Today Guy Monty and I went to the Englishman River Estuary and we found 4 Semipalmated Sandpipers, about 25-30 Least...
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Carlo Pavan
crazy_birder@...
Jul 7, 2000 4:40 am
Hi Again Everyone, Sorry about this but I forgot to tell you where Nathan saw his Whimbrel and such. It was out at Oyster Bay near Campbell River. -Carlo...
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bartlett
cpbartle@...
Jul 11, 2000 5:35 pm
Has anyone seen or heard of the bulluck's orioles in the last week? It was great to here that there were young but everyone i have talk to have not seen the...
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w_tanager@...
Jul 13, 2000 10:41 pm
Hello birders, As Carlo mentioned I've been working/shorebirding up at Oyster Bay lately. Currently there are 3-WHIM, 6-BBPL, 15-WESA, 10-LESA, and often...
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Carlo Pavan
crazy_birder@...
Jul 14, 2000 6:41 pm
Hello Van Isle Birders! Yesterday morning Dr. John Brighton and I went birding at the Nanoose Cr Estuary near the petro-can at Northwest Bay Rd. This is, I ...
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Derrick Marven
marven@...
Jul 15, 2000 2:47 am
Hi all Well i feel sorry for poor old Carlo, this young college kid who should be working harder in Colin's shop instead of being out in a boat. Not to offend...
