Hi all, In addition to the mysterious first 40 species for the month, I saw the following birds between 0600 and 0900 this morning (1 September 2004). Common...
Yesterday afternoon, I took my first trip to this side of the estuary to finally tackle shorebird I.D.ing. I've been trying to avoid empids and shorebirds for...
Hi all, Donna and I went down to the Nanaimo River Estuary to catch the incoming tide this evening (31 August 2004). Things were hopping at Holden Creek, but...
A request from a Fraser Valley birder: Is there a reliable place on the Island to see American Black Duck? I just read Guy Monty's positng on seeing one at...
Hi Thor, Try Quennel Lake in Cedar, or Michael Lake in Yelowpoint. Failing that, you can try the Crow and Gate pub in Cedar, which has other attractions...
Hi all, There are about 200 Balck Swifts and 8 Vaux's Swifts feeding over Parksville right now (16:45 1 September 2004). adios, Guy L. Monty Parksville, BC...
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David, and all, Sorry for delay in getting back on this, but in reply to the question, negative on the Ucluelet end. I made numerous visits to my favourite ...
... saw the following birds between 0600 and 0900 this morning (1 September 2004). Hi Guy Well what can i say, i thought that with all these big days and bike ...
Hey Derrick, Its all just training for the September list! The biggest list of the year!!! And now that you have made it up, I have a few additions from my...
Hi Thor. There is a small lake between Nanaimo and Duncan that has had a small population of Black Ducks for years, but I don't know if these are countable. I...
Hi Just got back from my morning walk on the south dyke of the bay. There were a few shorebirds all peeps with a single Snipe. Lot's of Ring-billed Gulls,...
hey all- We drove down to Victoria area Wednesday and saw some nice birds from the car... many of which I see have been posted already for The List. In...
Hi all, I spent a couple of hours (a fourth of which was spent BS'ing with Mike) at Deep Bay this morning. The 56 species of birds observed were: (with list...
Derrick, a friend passed on your email. As we were discussing where to go birding this weekend, we thought joining you for your walk would be an excellent...
I just received a phone call from Sue Ennis. She asked me to post that she saw 8 Sandhill Cranes at Viaduct Flats in Saanich at dusk this evening (Thursday). ...
I took a look along the Victoria waterfront after work. At Oak Bay the Marbled Godwit continues and further along past Cattle Point there were 3 Whimbrels. In...
... Thanks Guy: The last choice seems to be the most interesting. We'll see how we feel after the VNHS pelagic on the 10th. Thor Thor Manson Hope, B.C. --...
I should have looked at the list more closely before posting. Also new for the list (if I'm reading it correctly) and from the Victoria waterfront are: ...
Among the birds at Rocky Point in the last two days (that haven't made it to the list yet): Brandt's Cormorant Turkey Vulture Northern Harrier Virginia Rail ...
Hey Birders, This afternoon (Sep. 7) Carlo Pavan and myself ventured up what I think is called Mt. Cokely. In any case we just followed the old chairlift...
Hi Everybody, Today was a perfect fall day (some leaves are yellow) for a little photo-birding. Feature photos are the Wilson's Warbler and the Common ...
... Hi Guys It appears the high mountain air got to you, or your a few days early for school, not to worry i'm sure you will soon get in to the rythem of...
Victoria Natural History Society Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, September 2, 2004. Midnight update. Compiled by Rick Schortinghuis and transcribed by Donna Ross...
Hello got to see a horned lark today at the usual annual spot cattle point.The best way to describe it is it was a dead ringer for male enthymia that is...
Hi all, I arrived at Holden Creek at 0615 this morning (3 September 2004) fully expecting some great shorebirding. Although I did manage to find a few, it took...
