Hi All Many thanks to those who sent messages welcoming me to Vancouver Island and for spotting the mistake in the ID of the Bluebird on the Split Seconds web ...
Your bird is a Fox Sparrow, Peter; great shot! Prue S, Surrey, BC ... Island and ... Seconds web ... today. ... library ... of the ... site ... looks a ... if...
Hi all, On my way home from the Nanaimo River Estuary this afternoon (another day at the best "office" on earth) a Northern Saw-whet owl nearly clipped my van...
Hi Guy, When I worked at the visitor centre at Campbell Valley Park in Langley, we frequently had saw-whets calling from trees mid-day spring and summer. We ...
Hi I just got a call from a friend who informs me that a couple of Trumpeters hit hydro lines up on Bench Road in Duncan, one of which had a green neck band...
One can do it online here: http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/BBL/homepage/recwobnd.cfm For info on swan neck bands, see: http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/BBL/homepage/swan.htm ...
Hi All, When Audubon standardized their dates, Victoria also standardized its count day: the first Saturday in the count period. December 18th will be the...
Hi Michael, The tentative final count of ANHU for the Victoria CBC is 341. 72 were reported by feederwatchers, the balance by bushbeaters. I haven't proofread...
Oh dear - I think I know whats coming. A mild scent of vitriol is approaching. Can I suggest an alternative that may be more productive and would ensure that...
Oh Oh Rhys,Yea of little faith. Today in Cowichan Bay on Dinsdale Farm were a White-fronted Goose, Snow Goose and a Tundra Swan. A Barred Owl was in my back...
Hi Islanders, Today (Friday 2 January)I participated in the Lasqueti Island CBC. What a gem. I think its my new favorite count. Maybe next year this is the...
Hi folks, Here is a bizzare story. Apparently a wood cutter found a sick Red- legged Kittiwake in Jewel Oregon! If you have never been through Jewel, think...
Hi Birders The 2003 Duncan Xmas Count will go down in the history books as a count of firsts, the first first was the snow, we have never had this much snow...
We had another not so frequent visitor, probably resident, today atop our "dead top Cedar"...one Northern Pygmy Owl. Like mamy parts of The Rock we too in...
Hi all, My sympathies to the Duncan folks. I had the best of intentions this morning, but Dr. John couldn't get out of his driveway, and I could not navigate...
Hi Birders This morning our birds are in major distress, please make sure that those that have feeding stations, keep them well stocked, take anything you have...
Absolutely Derrick. Apple halves, grapes, raisins, that jar of bacon fat on the back of the stove, it all helps. And if you have some old stale bird seed, now...
Howdy, For the hummingbird feeders, we successfully used a 60 watt lamp adjacent to the feeder - it kept the feeder ice-free down to minus 7 last night. It...
Hi everyone: No one jammed out on our count and we found some pretty decent birds. One of our field parties was pretty reluctant to go down to China Creek park...
I would like to get people's reaction to this sighting. The birder's who made the observation are quite sharp, experienced birders who have some knowledge of...
Hi. This is Daniel Bastaja posting for Sunday, January 4th, 2004. Happy New Year everyone! During the late fall and early winter, the Danube River and other...
Hi again Sandy, Townsend's Solitaires have a pretty distinctive song, no doubt about it. But it is such a quiet song, that I don't know how you could be close...
Hi Birders Well with just a couple of dubious sightings to be confirmed, our total has fallen just short of 100 with 98 for sure and 99 possible, this is a far...
Hi Derrick et al, My friend asked me this morning if she should increase the ratio of sugar (in her hummingbird feeder - to which she has currently got two...
Hi, There have been some published concerns about going over a 30% sugar solution. I have also heard that this is hogwash, and that some natural nectar...
... Yes, Guy. This bird was seen last Wed by a retired fellow who lives on Sproat Lake. He is quite a birder, but prefers to bird in places like Mexico, and...
Thanks Sandy, I don't think you have to worry about this bird being anything except a white-tail. They do get blown off the tops of mountains sometimes and can...
I don't have anything exciting like Ptarmigan or Hummingbirds at my feeders, but the day before yesterday I had six male Red-winged Blackbirds. This would not...
