If it helps, hubby and I heard a Willow Flycatcher about 8 km out of Nanaimo at the edge of a clear cut on June 27. We heard them frequently when I worked at...
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guylmonty@...
Jul 2, 2001 8:24 pm
Hi birders, glad to see that you are all still busy trying to decipher the anomalies of nature! For what it's worth, David, I'll throw in my two and a half...
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guylmonty@...
Jul 2, 2001 9:08 pm
Hi birders, Well, after 18 days and over 5000 hard km's on the VW, Donna and I are back on the Island! We travelled through the southern interior, briefly...
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David Allinson
goshawk@...
Jul 3, 2001 1:37 am
Some highlights from my census coverage at station this long weekend: 1 Caspian Tern (scarce around Victoria this year) 3 Common Nighthawk 5 Purple Martin 1...
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l2schauensee@...
Jul 3, 2001 9:12 pm
I know we all read he same field guides and birding materials and I don't want to sound like a know it all, but no one has mentioned the secondary song of...
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guylmonty@...
Jul 3, 2001 11:57 pm
Hi birders, Firstly, thanks for the info Lea. I don't know if the secondary song that you mention is as common on Vancouver Island as it is elsewhere. I think...
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Daniel Bastaja
birdingfaqs@...
Jul 4, 2001 5:04 am
"Tubenose lust?" Hee, hee. I love it. Well....I guess Westport is now the only option to satisfy that urge. ... ...
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crazy_birder@...
Jul 4, 2001 5:18 am
Hi Everybody, Hot enough for ya? Good Butterfly/Dragonfly season for Derrick. The Dragon Flies are under full attack at Newcastle, I swear they are a Purple...
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Jack Bowling
jbinpg@...
Jul 5, 2001 7:28 am
I have posted a few pix taken on the recent BCFO 2001 extension to the following URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcprovbirding/files/ This is just a teaser....
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Jane Barry-Davis
barryj@...
Jul 7, 2001 6:52 am
Hi, I was a California visitor to Ucluelet Harbor on 6/28. Does anyone know which cormorants I was seeing? Jamie's whalewatching pointed out the Bald Eagle's...
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l2schauensee@...
Jul 7, 2001 6:23 pm
As I wanted to know more about the songs of the Willow Flycatcher, I sent e-mails in both Canada & the USA. These are the answers I recieved to e-mails of two...
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crazy_birder@...
Jul 7, 2001 9:14 pm
Hi Jane, Glad you enjoyed Vancouver Island as much as you did, it certainly is a treat to live here. As to your cormorant question there are a few possible...
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Nathan Hentze
w_tanager@...
Jul 8, 2001 4:58 am
Hey all, I took a trip out to Oyster Bay today, hoping to catch a few shorebird migrants. Unfortunately the mudflats were completely barren, so I decided to...
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Nathan Hentze
w_tanager@...
Jul 8, 2001 5:22 am
Just a quick question regarding PECO flank patches, Do Pelagic Cormorants still have white flank patches at this time of year? I thought that by this time of...
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Jack Bowling
jbinpg@...
Jul 8, 2001 8:38 pm
** Reply to message from bcbirdingvanisland@yahoogroups.com on 8 Jul 2001 12:11:12 -0000 ... You forced me to review my notes from Cape St. James on this one,...
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Prue or Bernie
hawkowl2000@...
Jul 8, 2001 11:57 pm
Hi: I expect to be visiting Gabriola Island shortly and wonder if anyone would be willing to share their favourite birding spots there? Many thanks, Prue...
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crazy_birder@...
Jul 9, 2001 8:42 pm
Truth be told I think that all the PECO around Nanaimo have lost their flank patches by now or are at least starting to loose them. I just thought that it...
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guylmonty@...
Jul 11, 2001 12:18 am
... anyone would be willing to share their favourite birding spots there? ... Hi Prue, I always end up walking on the ferry, and being picked up by a Gabriolan...
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Prue or Bernie
hawkowl2000@...
Jul 11, 2001 8:18 pm
Thanks for the suggestion, Guy, will keep you posted if anything interesting turns up. Brown Pelican, eh? Hmmmmm..........Cheers, Prue ... Do You Yahoo!? Get...
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Prue or Bernie
hawkowl2000@...
Jul 11, 2001 8:18 pm
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guylmonty@...
Jul 12, 2001 11:53 pm
Hi birders, Heat gettin' to ya? This spring, Donna and I moved into urban Nanaimo, leaving behind four years and an incredible yard list, at an amazing rural...
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David Allinson
goshawk@...
Jul 15, 2001 1:44 am
Hi folks, Had a phenomenal seawatch today at the Rocky Point Bird Observatory (RPBO). In spite of the fact that I rolled into RPBO at noon (!), I managed to...
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David Allinson
goshawk@...
Jul 15, 2001 3:04 am
In my last post, I meant to say that the Black-headed Gull was a Victoria and Van Isle lifer as I enjoyed last winter's bird at Boundary Bay as my...
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Nathan Hentze
w_tanager@...
Jul 15, 2001 6:21 am
Hey everyone, If anyone still wants to see Three-toed Woodpecker either for their lists, or just for fun, they were seen yesterday by myself and Guy Monty on...
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D Marven
marven@...
Jul 15, 2001 4:32 pm
Hi Sandy I have to apologise for not responding to your butterfly querie ealier, but things have been difficult of late and i'm afraid the time has just...
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WAYNE WEBER
contopus@...
Jul 17, 2001 8:03 pm
David, Congratulations on finding your first Black-headed Gull on Vancouver Island. It is ironic that your lifer Black-headed was in the Vancouver area,...
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Prue or Bernie
hawkowl2000@...
Jul 17, 2001 8:10 pm
Hi Guy: Just a brief update on our trip to Gabriola.......we did not manage to contact Margaret (our cell died!). We were there primarily to visit with...
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D Marven
marven@...
Jul 18, 2001 12:52 am
Hi Prue & Bernie Your report of nesting Bank Swallows is very important, according to Birds Of B.C. there are no nesting records for Vancouver Island or...
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D Marven
marven@...
Jul 18, 2001 2:25 am
Hi Twitchers Just come back from down the street, where there is a dove sitting in a tree, i spent about 15 minutes trying to turn this into a Eurasian...
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J.A. (Sandy) McRuer
smcruer1@...
Jul 18, 2001 3:23 pm
Hey anyone: Where do I get nest record cards? Or can one use a web version of a card? J.A. (Sandy) McRuer Raven Forest Resources Consulting 4728 Southgate...
