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6935 Guy Monty
poecile04 Offline Send Email
Oct 1, 2004
1:01 pm
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...
6936 Guy Monty
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Oct 1, 2004
1:22 pm
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...
6937 Len and/or Dian Jelli...
dianlen2001 Offline Send Email
Oct 1, 2004
2:03 pm
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...
6938 Jack Bowling
jb1ca Offline Send Email
Oct 1, 2004
2:28 pm
... <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...
6939 marven007ca Offline Send Email Oct 1, 2004
4:37 pm
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...
6940 mcbirder Offline Send Email Oct 1, 2004
4:59 pm
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...
6941 Michael Shepard
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Oct 1, 2004
6:11 pm
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...
6942 mcbirder Offline Send Email Oct 1, 2004
6:36 pm
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...
6943 Jack Bowling
jb1ca Offline Send Email
Oct 1, 2004
7:01 pm
... 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...
6944 myles lamont
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Oct 1, 2004
9:03 pm
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...
6945 Guy L. Monty
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Oct 1, 2004
9:26 pm
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...
6946 Guy L. Monty
exnihloco Offline Send Email
Oct 1, 2004
9:32 pm
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...
6947 squinders Offline Send Email Oct 1, 2004
9:35 pm
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...
6948 Donna & Bruce
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Oct 1, 2004
10:52 pm
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...
6949 Guy Monty
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Oct 1, 2004
11:02 pm
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:...
6950 Paul Levesque
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Oct 1, 2004
11:03 pm
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...
6951 Paul Levesque
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Oct 1, 2004
11:06 pm
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 ... ...
6952 Guy Monty
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Oct 1, 2004
11:10 pm
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,...
6953 Guy Monty
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Oct 1, 2004
11:12 pm
Ohhhhhhhhh.........gotcha, Paul. Looks like I got caught too! Guy ... From: Paul Levesque To: bcbirdingvanisland@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004...
6954 squinders Offline Send Email Oct 1, 2004
11:19 pm
Howdy, Sorry 'bout that, I was saying that the Peregrine caught the Harlequin. Chris ... hell did a ... mistake. ... <glmonty@p...> ... pretty ... winged ... ...
6955 Michael Shepard
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Oct 2, 2004
12:02 am
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 ...
6956 marven007ca Offline Send Email Oct 2, 2004
12:36 am
Hi Guy did you ask him about Puffins for September? Derrick ... after all! Many thanks Adrian! ... Pitt-Brook)...
6957 mkrbyp Offline Send Email Oct 2, 2004
2:28 am
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...
6958 mkrbyp Offline Send Email Oct 2, 2004
3:14 am
Hi Everybody, I had to take advantage of the wonderful sunshine these past few days. Feature bird is the American Pipit on Journal 49 at ...
6960 Carlo Pavan
crazy_birder Offline Send Email
Oct 2, 2004
9:15 am
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,...
6961 marven007ca Offline Send Email Oct 2, 2004
5:29 pm
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...
6962 Guy L. Monty
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Oct 2, 2004
6:45 pm
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...
6963 squinders Offline Send Email Oct 2, 2004
8:13 pm
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...
6964 mcbirder Offline Send Email Oct 2, 2004
8:31 pm
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...
6965 Donna & Bruce
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Oct 2, 2004
9:20 pm
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...
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