Hi All, Shorebirds are coming through in full swing! A stop at the Englishman River Estuary on Tuesday provided excellent viewing oppotunities for Lesser...
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Derrick Marven
marven@...
Aug 3, 2000 4:20 pm
Hi Birders Yesterday against my better judgement 3 birders from Victoria invited me to climb Arrowsmith to look for Ptarmigan, although not a terribly hard...
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Sandy McRuer
smcruer@...
Aug 4, 2000 3:38 am
I also went up a mountain last weekend. This one was called Minas Ridge. It is at the end of the Cameron Valley not far from Mount Arrowsmith. From the parking...
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ron_beal@...
Aug 4, 2000 4:36 am
Our backyard in Comox has been visited by some interesting feathered friends. A female downy spent some time on a millet bell a week ago and this was followed...
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Guy Monty
guylmonty@...
Aug 5, 2000 2:41 am
Hi all, Just to be accurate....the AMBI reported by D. Marven at Buttertubs was mentioned on the Nanaimo Bird Alert exactly one day later! Sorry about the...
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Carlo Pavan
crazy_birder@...
Aug 5, 2000 4:38 am
I wasn't even refering to Derrick not phoning the Nanaimo bird alert in my little "PS" comment. He took it a different way than I planned. (it must have been...
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Guy Monty
guylmonty@...
Aug 5, 2000 11:37 pm
Hi all, I spent most of today in a boat near the Deserters Island Group, N.E. of Port Hardy. A wonderful day on the water, but not nearly as productive as I...
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Nathan Hentze
w_tanager@...
Aug 7, 2000 2:11 am
Hey all, This evening I took a quick stroll around Buttertubs Marsh. I was limited in time, so I only went to the viewing tower and back. It was pretty hot...
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Carlo Pavan
crazy_birder@...
Aug 8, 2000 6:15 pm
Hi Everyone, I just heard from Bruce Cousens that while he was doing his MAMU surveys on Georgia Straight last night he noticed fairly small numbers of...
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Brian Slater
bslater@...
Aug 11, 2000 6:33 am
Spent the afternoon with Rela birding Ucluelet's Wild Pacific Trail. This new trail hugs the rocky shoreline for approx. 2 km. passing by the Coast Guard...
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Brian Slater
bslater@...
Aug 12, 2000 4:27 am
While birding the West Coast today, a recently fledged Brown-headed Cowbird was seen persuing a much smaller bird through the scrubby shoreline trees. Much to...
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Carlo Pavan
crazy_birder@...
Aug 13, 2000 2:55 am
Hi Brian, I walked the Wild Pacific Trail back in July and it was magnificent! The views were absolutely breath taking. There were almost no birds there at the...
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Carlo Pavan
crazy_birder@...
Aug 18, 2000 12:23 am
Welcome to the Nanaimo Bird Alert. Sponsored by The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store located at 6404 Metral Drive. This update is for Tuesday August 15/2000....
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Nathan Hentze
w_tanager@...
Aug 18, 2000 1:05 am
Hello all, Today Guy Monty, Donna McKean, my mother and I took a hike up Mt. Arrowsmith in search of the elusive White-tailed Ptarmigan. To get straight to...
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D Marven
marven@...
Aug 18, 2000 1:10 am
Hi Nathan The birds are on top of Cokely near the microwave tower, Guy lured you up the wrong side. Derrick Derrick Marven Duncan B.C. home of the hybrid...
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Nathan Hentze
w_tanager@...
Aug 18, 2000 7:14 pm
Hi Derrick, Tell me you're joking. We decided to try Arrowsmith instead of Cokely because Guy and Donna went up Cokely last week and didn't see any WTPT....
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Carlo Pavan
crazy_birder@...
Aug 20, 2000 2:32 am
Hello Van Isle Birders, John Brighton, Guy Monty and myself went over to the west coast of the island early this morning to do some shorebirding. It was a ...
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Sandy McRuer
smcruer@...
Aug 22, 2000 1:56 am
I have it on good report that one oriole nest did sucessfully produce fledglings. Chris Biby's brother has an excellent view of a nest and one day he saw a...
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bartlett
cpbartle@...
Aug 22, 2000 5:31 pm
Hello everyone here is the latest and greatest from the Nanaimo Bird Alert. We had a great walk Sunday with 53 species and 52 species were seen on Monday at...
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bartlett
cpbartle@...
Aug 23, 2000 9:12 pm
Hi all, Well there has certainly been a lot of helpfull and expert advice posted here lately! I just wanted to pop in to add to the high caliber discussion...
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D Marven
marven@...
Aug 23, 2000 10:47 pm
Hi group I see we have a very cocky birder in our group who thinks that having a photo of a WTPT is a bonafide record, well sorry Guy but under the new rules...
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Sandy McRuer
smcruer@...
Aug 24, 2000 1:21 am
Yikes. Me and my big mouth! I'm all excited about staying very close to sea level this weekend. The Vancouver Field Naturalists are having their pelagic trip...
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Carlo Pavan
crazy_birder@...
Aug 24, 2000 2:02 am
I've had enough of being from Nanaimo! I'm moving to Duncan! No bypass there, I guess that will make me heaven to live with? I believe my new address will be...
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Derrick Marven
marven@...
Aug 25, 2000 3:01 am
Hi Birders Over the last few days groups of warblers have been moving through and with this front, which is descending upon us tonight, there could well be a...
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Derrick Marven
marven@...
Aug 26, 2000 1:51 am
Hi Birders Today in Cowichan Bay a adult Baird's Sandpiper could be seen close to the road along with a handfull of Least & Western Sandpipers and 2 Lesser...
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William J. F. Wilson
wjfwilso@...
Aug 28, 2000 12:25 am
As a new member, protocol suggests that I should introduce myself. As a transplanted Islander living in Calgary for the last thirty years I may be the most...
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Nathan Hentze
w_tanager@...
Aug 28, 2000 6:17 am
Hey all, What's this about a photographed WTPT! It must have been a BLGR, because WTPT simply do NOT exist. They are only an albinistic inclined subspecies...
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Rela Cripps
rela@...
Aug 29, 2000 1:41 am
Hi all, Saturday, August 26/00 Thanks to Derrick's mention of a possible warbler fallout Brian and myself decided to check out a few spots. We managed to...
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bartlett's
cpbartle@...
Aug 29, 2000 4:17 am
Hello Bill welcome to our elite group of white-tailed ptarmigan chasers. It looks as you though you had a good week of birding and saw plenty. You will have to...
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Derrick Marven
marven@...
Aug 30, 2000 12:57 am
Hi Birders Well it had to happen a large fallout of passerines today in the Duncan sewage lagoon with every regular species being represented, but what was...
