Hi, I am just new joining this group. Well it looks like our spring migration is finally starting to happen. Large groups of SANDHILL CRANES flying over with...
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smcruer@...
May 19, 2000 3:09 am
Saw the first Cedar Waxwings for the year today (on Josephine near the Native smoke house Rela). Any one else seen anything lately?...
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jp@...
May 22, 2000 2:19 am
We are moving to Nanaimo in late July. Are there any naturalist groups in the area? We have bought a house with 5 acres of woodland - mainly arbutus/pine....
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smcruer@...
May 23, 2000 1:59 am
Yes there are. Although I don't personally live in Nanaimo, I know that if you call the Back Yard Wild Bird & Nature Store and ask for Colin Bartlet he can put...
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Derrick Marven
marven@...
May 23, 2000 3:13 am
Hi island birders Well it's pretty quite down here in the south, a American Bittern was calling in Somenos Marsh this morning, 20+ Wood Ducks were at the ...
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Calvin Gehlen
calvin@...
May 23, 2000 3:22 am
Hello, Great to see this group up and running! I’m sure the sightings will soon start to roll in. I’ll be sure to pass on anything I locate on my island...
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lawrencecowan@...
May 23, 2000 4:40 am
Can't promise to post often but as one of the Vancouver Alert operators it would be a much faster way of letting us Mainlanders know when a good bird shows on...
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bartlett's
cpbartle@...
May 23, 2000 5:06 am
Good day, as for field naturalist groups there is the Nanaimo Field Naturalist that meet on the 4th Wednesday of each month. The last meeting before summer is...
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smcruer@...
May 24, 2000 4:16 am
Well I had Chris Bibby over for dinner and we were just sitting in the living room after dinner when the doorbell rang. And Brian slater was there asking me if...
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smcruer@...
May 30, 2000 3:46 am
I got a report from Chris Bibby just as he was leaving for California of a Northern Oriole at his brother's place in Nanaimo. Both male and female were there...
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bartlett
cpbartle@...
May 30, 2000 5:11 pm
the bullock's oriole was first seen on Sunday May 28 and again on the 29. there were 2 males and a female along with a nest. to see the nest it is located on...
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Derrick Marven
marven@...
Jun 4, 2000 12:56 am
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...
