Hi David, You can make September into a 31 day month, if you go owling..................... which I did last night. Mr. List Keeper, please add a Western...
Hi Derrick, It may be that they are coming from the west, and bump up against the west coast of the island in fog/wind/etc, and occasionally get pushed as far...
Hi Derrick The same day there was a gigantic flock circling high over Westham Isle. Did they start out together in Siberia and split up along the way? Would...
... <snip> Yep, the N. Pacific High is pumped up offshore again which means that vast amounts of sea fog will be butting up against the west coast of the...
Hi I had my little early morning walk this morning and started the October list with 42 species, + 1 from the nighthawk. My highlites were 2 Ruddy Ducks at...
Hi all, I put seed out at my feeder a few days ago and I already have my first White-throated Sparrow. I scanned over the birds kicking up seed and I saw this...
Howdy, A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned the weird bird, you know, the individual with one gray leg, one yellow leg, and bulging white belly. Well, I managed...
Hi Mike, I could be wrong, but it looks like a Marbled Godwit with a beer belly that stepped into a can of yellow paint after tapping the keg one too many...
... Just checked the archives and none of the radars save the SeaTac NexRad site painted anything that suggested a heavy movement of goose sized birds for the...
Heard mention of brants.... Has there been many sightings recently? Any suggested locations? Im in langley, but hoping to make it out to the island in a couple...
Hi all, Well, it is definitely October. One shorebird at Holden Creek. One. What am I going to do all winter??? No warblers, no shorebirds......? Hey, there's...
Hi Myles, None lately that I am aware of. You'll do much better finding Brant on your side of the water. They are extremely rare on Vancouver Island until...
Hi all, I spent the morning at Rocky Pt. and saw a Broad-winged Hawk, 2 American Kestrels, an Anna's Hummingbird ( rare for this area) and an immature...
In Duncan, we saw a Gyrfalcon, barn owl, golden eagle, Harris hawk, Am kestrel, hybrid falcons. How's that for a start for Oct.. -OOOps! I guess these don't...
Caught a Harlequin Duck??? Net 1 or 2 perhaps? Even that sounds pretty flukey! I'd love to hear more about that. Guy L. Monty Parksville, BC ... From:...
Hi, I was at Rocky Point last night and can add Barred owl and of all things, Northern Saw-whet owl to the month list. Actually, in the last six nights we have...
Chris, you got me too, I read your posting and thought how the hell did a HADU ended up in the nets! I re-read the posting and realized my mistake. PGL ... ...
Hi all, Just had a note from Adrian Dorst. Looks like September rules after all! Many thanks Adrian! 1 Buff-breasted Sandpiper, September 1, Stubbs Island,...
Ohhhhhhhhh.........gotcha, Paul. Looks like I got caught too! Guy ... From: Paul Levesque To: bcbirdingvanisland@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004...
Howdy, Sorry 'bout that, I was saying that the Peregrine caught the Harlequin. Chris ... hell did a ... mistake. ... <glmonty@p...> ... pretty ... winged ... ...
Howdy, My coffee breaks today (October 1) took me to the Victoria waterfront. Very quiet birdwise. There were Harlequins on the rocks, not in nets or in ...
Hi Everybody, Just got in the house after playing with the dog. Noticed that there were still bats flying about. Regarding birds, while I was taking pictures...
Hi All, Went out to Rocky Point to see if I could help catch some owls tonight. We caught about 11 or 12 owls I think (and NO HOARY BATS unlike last year,...
Hi Walked around part of Somenos Marsh this morning, had 4 Pectoral Sandpipers in the long field, plus Green-winged Teal, Northern Pintail and 2 Northern...
Hi everyone, I birded the Englishman River Estuary, Morningstar lower pond, and the Admiral Tryon Pool this morning (2 October 2004). Most impressive were the...
Hi all, A couple of list birds from Swan Lake. Blue-winged Teal, and Barn Swallow. A few Rocky Pt. list birds from yesterday, Heermann's Gull, Brant's...
Hello bird folk, Today at Rocky Point a Horned Lark flew over. I listened to some internet wav files to confirm and it sounds right. The bird definitely had...
Some highlights from my visit today Oct 3: red-tailed hawk norther harrier northern shovelers-7 gadwall-4 band-tailed pigeon-4 Virginia Rail calling at any...
