Hi there. This is Daniel Bastaja posting for Tuesday May 1st, 2001. Happy May Day! Today at about 6:30 pm I had fantastic views of the two BLACK-NECKED STILTS...
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bo beolens
bo.beolens@...
May 2, 2001 12:32 pm
Hi BC You may know of my website http://www.fatbirder.com which covers the whole world. One of my ambitions is to have every country and every state introduced...
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D Marven
marven@...
May 3, 2001 2:27 am
Hi Birders A great day for birding, alas she who must be obeyed had other plans for me. I escaped about 11am and headed for the railway tracks but it was...
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crazy_birder@...
May 7, 2001 5:01 am
Hi All, The Nanaimo Field Naturalists headed over to Tofino today on an outing led by naturalist member Steve Baillie. It was a great day and all who attended...
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Nathan Hentze
w_tanager@...
May 7, 2001 5:19 am
Hey all, Well today the Comox Valley Naturalist's held their annual Spring Bird Count. It was a great day, and many teams came up with excellent species. My...
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guylmonty@...
May 7, 2001 6:01 pm
Hello Birders, Carlo neglected to mention that his party ditched myself and John Brighton in Uclulet! I guess they were tired of us finding all the birds! It...
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crazy_birder@...
May 8, 2001 10:02 am
Guy and Everyone, It certainly was a fun trip. The godwits were a nice addition to the day and so were the Blue-winged Teal, it's too bad we didn't have as...
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Nathan Hentze
w_tanager@...
May 8, 2001 10:16 am
Hey all, Get out to your nearest shorebird hotspot!!! This is THE year for rarities. Scour the west coast east coast, Iona, EVERYWHERE, there's a Little Curlew...
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Nathan Hentze
w_tanager@...
May 8, 2001 10:38 am
Howdy everyone, First of all I'd like to apologize for any rare birds that I missed when reporting here last night. It came to my attention that I completely...
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guylmonty@...
May 9, 2001 8:52 pm
Hi birders, Well, migration continues hot and heavy in Nanaimo. Yesterday, the 8th of May, Donna and I found a couple of Red-eyed Vireos at the traditional...
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Terry Flamand
tflamand@...
May 10, 2001 1:36 am
Link relating to Wind energy and potential damage to bird population.. http://home-news.excite.ca/news/r/010509/07/odd-birds-dc cheers, Terry...
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guylmonty@...
May 10, 2001 11:44 pm
Hi all, I don't know if you've got web access on the road, Bill Wilson, but if you do, and you are still looking for some Greater White- fronted Geese, there...
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crazy_birder@...
May 11, 2001 7:18 pm
Hi Everyone, A second hand report here from Guy Monty (which I tried to post last night but the site was down which seems to be a common occurence lately). He...
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Lindley Roff
lroff@...
May 12, 2001 5:12 am
Hi folks, I'll be down in the Duncan, Nanaimo, Victoria area between about May 20 and June 1. Am just starting out in this birding business but looking for...
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Adrian Dorst
adorst@...
May 13, 2001 4:22 am
... an unprecedented number of Marbled Godwits passing through this spring. So far I have personally counted 131 birds in the past two weeks. The previous high...
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Nathan Hentze
w_tanager@...
May 13, 2001 4:52 am
Hey all, This morning I had report of a Lazuli Bunting on Headquarters Rd. in Courtenay. I went out right away to chase it, and after a fair wait the LABU...
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Rela Cripps
rela@...
May 13, 2001 6:07 am
Hi All, Headed out to the west end of Sproat Lake, at the Taylor River estuary. A brief stop at McCoy Lake to check the Red-tailed Hawk nest noted 2 recently...
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crazy_birder@...
May 13, 2001 11:13 pm
Hi Rela, I always wondered what birding would be like at the Taylor River Estuary. I asked Sandy McRuer about it once on the way back from Tofino but it seems...
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J.A. (Sandy) McRuer
smcruer1@...
May 13, 2001 11:33 pm
Hello everyone: Chris Bibby and I were up at 4:30 this morning to raise some money for Bird Studies Canada via the Baillie Birdathon. We were each sponsored...
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David Allinson
goshawk@...
May 14, 2001 12:36 am
Greetings VanIsle birders, Highlights from the Rocky Point Bird Observatory (southwest of Victoria) this weekend. Check out our website:...
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D Marven
marven@...
May 14, 2001 5:21 pm
Hi Twitchers There is upwards of 7 White-faced Ibis from the bird viewing platform at Somenos Marsh as of 10:21 am today. Get your skates on Derrick...
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D Marven
marven@...
May 14, 2001 8:59 pm
Hi Twitchers The 6 birds are still here at Somenos Marsh as of 2:00pm, they are in the long field which goes down behind the golf driving range walking around...
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guylmonty@...
May 15, 2001 3:25 am
HEY BIRDERS, Saw the 6 White-faced Ibis today in Duncan. One word. Awsome!!!!! If you can get do to look for them-DO!!! Thanks Derrick! Guy...
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David Allinson
goshawk@...
May 15, 2001 4:08 am
Ho hum...just got back from Texas trip where ibis were "dirt birds" (got all three species). So I had to force myself to go chase these birds this afternoon,...
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crazy_birder@...
May 15, 2001 6:01 am
Guy and Vanisle Birders, I am happy to say that Colin Bartlett and I successfully chased the White-faced Ibis's earlier tonight and luckily got there about 10 ...
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D Marven
marven@...
May 15, 2001 4:48 pm
Hi Birders The White-faced Ibis all "7" of them were still present this morning from 5am till 8:30am. at 8:30 while in two groups they started to call to each...
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crazy_birder@...
May 15, 2001 10:59 pm
Hi Derrick et al, Sorry for any problems I caused, Derrick. I should have been more clear and stated that the birds simply flew to another part of the marsh...
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guylmonty@...
May 15, 2001 11:04 pm
Hi birders, No reason to rest now! At 8:00 this morning, Dale Whitmee located an American Avocet at the Nanaimo River Estuary. It was confirmed at around 11:00...
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Calvin Gehlen
geek-boy@...
May 15, 2001 11:21 pm
Fellow Birders, I say poo-poo to birders who won’t go check for birds themselves, even if they were seen flying. Birds do that now and again. I swear some...
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D Marven
marven@...
May 16, 2001 2:00 am
Hi Twitchers and Carlo Well the plot thickens, at 3:00 pm today two birders from Victoria had the group of Ibis's back in Somenos in the long field behind the...
