... Derrick, Catching up on email. Saw yours from a week ago, but did not notice any response. The only things I heard about the BCFO think-retreat were (a) a...
Hi all, Welcome to November. It's a bit past midnight and Parksville still sounds like a war zone. Donna and I are up doing some office work, and we go outside...
Hi folks, Yikes! Not an hour into November and I already screwed up. The e-mail I posted a few minutes ago just arrived back here, and I see that I wrote...
Hi all, I forgot to mention the RED ADMIRAL butterfly that was zipping around the Ucluelet sewage ponds yesterday morning. While I was still trying to ward off...
Hi everyone: Here is a brief report of the birds I've heard about in the valley. Besides the Harris's Sparrow at Rela's apartment. Last night I got a call...
Hi all, I started checking playfields and beaches at about 7:30 this morning. I could not locate the Pacific Golden-Plover that we heard last night. Mike's...
Hi Mike I will try and play with it today, to reduce the width. The width is done more for my ease at entering and checking data. The characters have to be a...
Hi all, Mr. Yip has been requesting opinions as to the subspecies of goose that he photographed at Parksville Bay. Now this is quicksand just waiting to...
Ok, why don't we go like this. Aleutians have a ring around the neck so it is not that.(but maybe not all the time)..Cackling has a very dark breast so it is...
Hi Len, Maybe the AOU could mint a special coin designed especially for this purpose. Heads it's.........? have fun, Guy L. Monty Parksville, BC ... From: Len...
Guy if I was to fill in your blank I would say "heads its tails". God I hate rainy days. Maybe I should vacuum.... Len Known in some circles as Old Fulica ......
It was a beautiful day on Sunday so I decided to check out the Victoria waterfront around Cattle Point. At Cattle Point were two Snow Buntings. Out on the...
Hi Derrick, Guy, Len, etc. Thanks everyone for their ideas re list for my small screen. If I'm the only one with the problem, please don't bother trying to...
Hi Mike Thanks for the list updates, you must be the only birder out in this mess. Re files: I'm sure your not the only one, i have changed the Word file, let...
Hi I know this has been posted before, but this is about the best explantion for the goosies: http://www.sibleyguides.com/canada_cackling.htm I think this man...
Hi all, We have a forlorn looking little Hermit Thrush scratching under the filberts in the yard here in Parksville. A little bit of rain too. Guy L. Monty ...
Hi Derrick et al I read the Sibley thing and here are some excerpts.. "What is the "Cackling Goose"? First, to clear up some confusion about the names of the...
Hello Birders, This morning the Rock Sandpiper was still at Cattle Pt. Extremely strong winds caused the shorebirds to walk around the grass and rocky area...
No Len, I think you have it more or less correct. The problem is that taverneri and parvipes are not always seperable in the field, with some researchers...
Hi all, Woke up this morning to the sounds of odd geese beside the house. The gang from the community park has now grazed their way up to our neighborhood, and...
Just a few things that haven't made the list yet - I think some of them have already been reported though. Bonaparte's Gull - 8 off Ten Mile Point - November...
Hi all, I was out looking for white garbage bags again this morning. Found a few too. None turned out be anything but that though. At Mycock's farm in...
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Hi Everybody, Forgot 2 D.C. Cormorants at French Creek yesterday. Today the Fairwinds' Eurasian Wigeon was in its usual place on the 18th pond; Hooded...
Hi all, I was able to squeeze in a little birding in between various appointments today. I think that the following are new for November: Common Loon: all over...
Hi All, Two Yellow Warblers in Tofino today (November 2). They were in one of the big clumps of ivy we have in a few places in town. These act as warbler traps...
