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18 Mar Re: VG Swallows [Janna Leslie ] 18 Mar Re: VG Swallows ["pjlaing2" ] 18 Mar Re: VG Swallows ["Tanya Seebacher" ] 18 Mar VG Swallows [Laure Neish ] 18 Mar The Road Less Traveled ["chapbird" ] 18 Mar Annual Okanagan Mt Park Bird Count ["lesgyug" ] 17 Mar Re: Cranes! [Janna Leslie ] 17 Mar Crossbills ["Carol" ] 18 Mar Cranes! ["douglasbrown01" ] 17 Mar RE: Vernon birding conditions ["Rick Howie" ] 17 Mar Vernon birding conditions [Chris Siddle ] 17 Mar South Okanagan birding ["douglasbrown01" ] 16 Mar spring brings the mice [Tammy Proctor ] 16 Mar NMT'ing [Chris Charlesworth ] 16 Mar Summerland report [Laurie Rockwell ] 15 Mar Re: swimming eagle [Jeremy Kimm ] 16 Mar Brant Festival Big Day Birding Event: Saturday, April 10, 2010: ["poecile06" ] 15 Mar Re: swimming eagle [Sue Thomson ] 15 Mar Re: swimming eagle ["Dick Cannings" ] 15 Mar Re: swimming eagle [Colin Clasen ] 15 Mar Re: swimming eagle [Laurie Rockwell ] 15 Mar Re: swimming eagle [Laurie Rockwell ] 15 Mar RE: swimming eagle ["Rick Howie" ] 15 Mar NMT listing [Chris Charlesworth ] 15 Mar swimming eagle [Janna Leslie ] 15 Mar Northern Shoveler at Robert Lake [Chris Charlesworth ] 14 Mar Big Year Blog updated [Russell Cannings ] 14 Mar Nanaimo,Vancouver Island, bird alert--March 14, 2010, ["backyard_store" ] 14 Mar Another sign that spring has sprung! [Laurie Rockwell ] 14 Mar Winter Birding Highlights in Canada - 2009-2010 [Blake Maybank ] 14 Mar sounds like spring to me [Tammy Proctor ] 13 Mar Birding in the valley [Chris Charlesworth ] 13 Mar Prairie Falcon at Tranquille [Russell Cannings ] 13 Mar Re: new website/bird blog [colin clasen ] 13 Mar Meadowlark Festival [Laurie Rockwell ] 13 Mar Re: new website/bird blog [liz bredberg ] 13 Mar Re: new website/bird blog [colin clasen ] 13 Mar Re: new website/bird blog [colin clasen ] 13 Mar Re: new website/bird blog [liz bredberg ] 12 Mar Re: new website/bird blog [colin clasen ] 12 Mar Kumlien's Gull and Eurasian Wigeons [Russell Cannings ] 12 Mar Re: new website/bird blog [Randy Findlay ] 12 Mar new website/bird blog ["Dick Cannings" ] 12 Mar new website/bird blog ["Dick Cannings" ] 12 Mar new website/bird blog ["Dick Cannings" ] 12 Mar Re: Yellow-rumped warbler ["A & J Ginns" ] 12 Mar Vultures ["A & J Ginns" ] 12 Mar Re: some birds of Baja California and other critters [Laure Neish ] 12 Mar Re: Yellow-rumped warbler [Janna Leslie ] 12 Mar Re: Yellow-rumped warbler ["A & J Ginns" ] 12 Mar Yellow-rumped warbler ["A & J Ginns" ] 12 Mar Re: ruby-crowned kinglet [RICK HOWIE ] 12 Mar Re: Northern Hawk Owl in Summerland [Laure Neish ] 11 Mar Birders in Seattle and Oregon coast ["Carol" ] 11 Mar Northern Hawk Owl in Summerland [Laurie Rockwell ] 11 Mar open ponds and lakes [Chris Siddle ] 10 Mar Re: ruby-crowned kinglet [Janna Leslie ] 10 Mar Re: ruby-crowned kinglet [RICK HOWIE ] 10 Mar Re: some birds of Baja California and other critters [Janna Leslie ] 10 Mar Re: some birds of Baja California and other critters ["A & J Ginns" ] 10 Mar Re: some birds of Baja California and other critters [Laure Neish ] 10 Mar ruby-crowned kinglet [Janna Leslie ] 10 Mar Re: some birds of Baja California and other critters [Janna Leslie ] 10 Mar Re: some birds of Baja California and other critters [Janna Leslie ] 10 Mar Re: some birds of Baja California and other critters [Laure Neish ] 10 Mar Re: some birds of Baja California and other critters [Dick Cannings ] 10 Mar Re: some birds of Baja California and other critters [Laure Neish ] 10 Mar Re: some birds of Baja California and other critters [Janna Leslie ] 10 Mar some birds of Baja California and other critters [Laure Neish ] 10 Mar say's phoebe - finally [Janna Leslie ] 09 Mar Big Year Blog updated [Russell Cannings ] 9 Mar greater white-fronted goose [Janna Leslie ] 09 Mar Christmas Bird Counts ["marven007ca" ] 9 Mar FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tundra Swan Festival [Susan Harris ] 08 Mar Re: Turkey Vulture [RICK HOWIE ] 09 Mar Re: Kalamalka Lake Park ["douglasbrown01" ] Subject: Re: VG Swallows From: Janna Leslie <jannamles AT yahoo.ca> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:04:23 -0700 (PDT) Jim Ginns and I saw both violet-green and tree swallows down at Road 22 this afternoon -- about 3 of each. Cheers, Janna Leslie --- On Thu, 3/18/10, Laure Neish wrote: From: Laure Neish Subject: [bcintbird] VG Swallows To: "BC interior birds list" Received: Thursday, March 18, 2010, 5:24 PM   Did anyone else see Violet-green Swallows today? I saw small group along the bluffs at Naramata lakeshore today. Laure -- Canon 50 D + Canon 300mm IS f/2.8 x 1.4 telex - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Laure Wilson Neish Penticton, BC Canada http://natureniche. zenfolio. com/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Re: VG Swallows From: "pjlaing2" <pmjlaing AT shaw.ca> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:51:23 -0000 Hi Laure and Tanya, CONC birders saw two or three VG swallows about three weeks ago and two or three at Road 22 the Saturday before last, with gaps between without any. Then today, at the Capital News Centre and Thomson marshes in Kelowna there were many more and just three Tree Swallows (that we could identify for sure) as well! Spring indeed! Other highlights of the morning were a calling Virginia Rail in the Thomson Marshes (the Gordon Road end), and a Eurasian Wigeon in the open water further away from the road, along with numbers of American Wigeon and one Green Winged Teal. There was a Northern Shrike (at Munson's Pond), a Glaucous Gull (2nd winter) at Maude Roxby along with many, many Californias and numbers of Herring and Thayer's and the usual Ring-billed. Two immature Glaucous-winged as well. Several Great Blue Herons seem to be setting up house closer to the Benvoulin Road crossing of the Mission Creek Greenway than the established colony, and a few birds were also seen (one pair mating) west of Benvoulin in large cottonwoods just north of Munson's Pond. Bald Eagles were at the nest north of the Dog Park, Mission Playing Fields. It was a lovely morning to be out birding in the bright spring sunshine. Pam Laing, Lake Country --- In bcintbird AT yahoogroups.com, "Tanya Seebacher" wrote: > > Hi Laure, > I saw a flock of ~30 violet-green swallows in Kelowna at Scenic Canyon yesterday...yes spring is in the air! > Tanya > Winfield BC > > --- In bcintbird AT yahoogroups.com, Laure Neish wrote: > > > > Did anyone else see Violet-green Swallows today? I saw small group along the > > bluffs at Naramata lakeshore today. > > > > Laure > > > > -- > > Canon 50 D + Canon 300mm IS f/2.8 x 1.4 telex > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > Laure Wilson Neish > > Penticton, BC Canada > > http://natureniche.zenfolio.com/ > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > Subject: Re: VG Swallows From: "Tanya Seebacher" <tanyaseebacher AT hotmail.com> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:41:00 -0000 Hi Laure, I saw a flock of ~30 violet-green swallows in Kelowna at Scenic Canyon yesterday...yes spring is in the air! Tanya Winfield BC --- In bcintbird AT yahoogroups.com, Laure Neish wrote: > > Did anyone else see Violet-green Swallows today? I saw small group along the > bluffs at Naramata lakeshore today. > > Laure > > -- > Canon 50 D + Canon 300mm IS f/2.8 x 1.4 telex > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Laure Wilson Neish > Penticton, BC Canada > http://natureniche.zenfolio.com/ > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > Subject: VG Swallows From: Laure Neish <natureneish AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:24:04 -0700 Did anyone else see Violet-green Swallows today? I saw small group along the bluffs at Naramata lakeshore today. Laure -- Canon 50 D + Canon 300mm IS f/2.8 x 1.4 telex - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Laure Wilson Neish Penticton, BC Canada http://natureniche.zenfolio.com/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: The Road Less Traveled From: "chapbird" <dchapman AT 2020properties.com> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:40:32 -0000 Some of you know Deborah and I left on a 5 week RV trip Monday, the 9th. Our route took us straight South the first 2 days from Kelowna via 97 and 17 to Moses Lake then south through Pendleton via 395 to SE Oregon staying at The Malheur National Wildlife Refuge day 2. Spectacular weather marked day one with new and beautiful scenery the whole way. Day 2 had a full 6 different times where the sun was shining and it was snowing hard at the same time as we passed over several 3-5000' passes. Windshield birding is a bit challenging but at RV speeds and at campgrounds we were still able to see some good birds the first couple days including Bald Eagle, Horned Grebe, American Kestral, Kildeer, Downey Woodpecker, Sandhill Crane, Stellers Jay, and great looks at a male Northern Harrier pouncing on a kill close to the road. Day 3 I went out on a free guided tour of the refuge led by the resident volunteer professional naturalist Steve Shunk who was most gracious, a lot of fun and knew his raptors. Some funding remains in the US! Right from the head quarters we saw 5000 Snow Geese but the stars of the day were clearly the raptors. Red Tail Hawks, 10 Northern Harriers including in full mating dance, best views ever of Rough Legged Hawks, 50 Bald Eagles, 8 Golden Eagles, 5 Prairie Falcons, (a lifer for me), Sharp Shinned Hawk, and 2 Ferruginous Hawks, another lifer for me. The 3rd lifer for the day was a Sage Sparrow called in after much effort but worth it! Other highlights included more Sand Hill Cranes, Eurasian collared Dove, Greater White Fronted Geese, Northern Pintail, 100 Tundra Swans, Hooded Merganser, Horned Lark, Loggerhead Shrike, Say's Phoebe, and Canvas Back. Day 4 Was the day of high winds, challenging driving and 1000 tumbleweeds. But was also highlighted by a Great Horned Owl Deborah spotted as it swooped just feet in front of our rig before perching in a tree in front of us. I'll post pictures when we have a chance. Also this day we picked up a Merlin and more Prairie Falcons. Day 5 was clearly a snow day. We were warned about a front coming in and it hit us hard with snow all day through Idaho, into Utah to Salt lake City on down to Provo. Day 6 we left in more snow from Provo but ended up in shirt sleeve weather by end of the day. Back in one of our most favorite spots in Zion National Park, Southern Utah. Late that night as we were falling asleep I heard what I thought might be an owl. Deborah encouraged me to listen to my Birdpod and we found something similar, replayed it outside and sure enough, the Western Screetch Owl returned the call. My first ever lifer claimed without good visual confirmation. It feels a little weird but with owls it's OK right? Day 7 got up and headed to our first ever visit to Las Vegas. Boy, what a change of scenery. And finally it's 70 degrees! 63 trip birds for the week, some unbelievable weather, and an array of scenery like we never imagined. It's all about the journey. More next week… David Subject: Annual Okanagan Mt Park Bird Count From: "lesgyug" <les_gyug AT shaw.ca> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:40:08 -0000 The Okanagan Mt Park Bird Count will be on Saturday-Sunday, June 5-6 this year. This will be the 15th count, and the 4th since the fires of 2003. The lower reaches of the park with a mix of Ponderosa Pine and Douglas-fir were only about 50% burned, while the upper portions with lodgepole pine and Douglas-fir burned almost completely. The species total on the count has been consistently higher after the fire than before, and the only relatively common bird that we had before the fire that has yet to be found after is Brown Creeper. Birds like Olive-sided Flycatchers, Black-backed Woodpeckers, Hairy Woodpeckers, House Wrens, and both bluebirds are doing quite well. Others like Red-breasted Nuthatches, Townsend's Warblers and Ruffed Grouse have declined in numbers. Surprisingly (at least to me anyway) Yellow-rumped Warblers are just as common in the regenerating burns as they ever were in the previous forests. We're happy to have any and all participate in the count and have typically had 20-30 intrepid counters over the last few years. There are a variety of routes to cover including some roadside routes, easy half-day walks or longer hikes for those interested. Anyone interested in joining in with us can contact me for details. Cheers, Les Gyug Subject: Re: Cranes! From: Janna Leslie <jannamles AT yahoo.ca> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:25:17 -0700 (PDT) That must have been the same flock I saw passing over Skaha Bluffs about 9:30 or so!  I thought I was seeing and hearing things! cheers, Janna Leslie, Naramata --- On Wed, 3/17/10, douglasbrown01 wrote: From: douglasbrown01 Subject: [bcintbird] Cranes! To: bcintbird AT yahoogroups.com Received: Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 10:42 PM   Hi all; I was working outside today and around 9am a flock of about two dozen Sandhill Cranes were heard and seen passing over. Doug Brown Osoyoos __________________________________________________________________ Make your browsing faster, safer, and easier with the new Internet Explorer® 8. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Crossbills From: "Carol" <ctaffy2 AT shaw.ca> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:48:34 -0700 Hi All, Has anyone seen Red Crossbills eating sunflower or other "domestic" seed at feeders or on the ground in people's yards? Do they only eat natural wild seed? I cannot buy the proper pinenut seed of her liking. Carol. Subject: Cranes! From: "douglasbrown01" <douglasbrown01 AT yahoo.ca> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:42:38 -0000 Hi all; I was working outside today and around 9am a flock of about two dozen Sandhill Cranes were heard and seen passing over. Doug Brown Osoyoos Subject: RE: Vernon birding conditions From: "Rick Howie" <r.howie AT shaw.ca> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:34:12 -0700 Interesting phonological notes about Vernon birds Chris. I like that sort of content. Yesterday, I saw a Pileated Woodpecker enter a cavity near Kamloops and it did not emerge. Perhaps some incubation or egg laying happening. A few Yellow-rumped warblers were flitting around Tranquille as well. These were my first north of Tucson, and I only saw one there. Rick Howie Kamloops -----Original Message----- From: bcintbird AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:bcintbird AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Siddle Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 8:17 AM To: bcintbird AT yahoogroups.com Subject: [bcintbird] Vernon birding conditions Hi birders, Most ponds and lakes are now ice-free in the Vernon area. Diving ducks are moving in including my first FLOCK of Lesser Scaups (Bailey Pond) yesterday (16 March). Ring-necked Ducks have moved in as well, appearing on the Westside Road Pond 0.5 km south of Hwy 97 near Okeefe Ranch. Gadwalls are beginning to appear and Common Mergansers are the most common species on Swan Lake. Hooded Mergansers are showing up on Rose's Pond. No shovelers or Ruddy Ducks as of yesterday though I live in hope. I suspect but have no definite evidence that Red-tailed Hawks are moving north. Late last week many appeared to be Harlan's types. Killdeer are now established in small numbers and California Quail are breaking into pairs with the males busy mate-guarding. American Robins are seeping into yards without too many dramatic flocking events. My pair of American Crows are breaking off slender branches for a nest somewhere. Thirty-six Great Blue Herons were at the 24th Street colony yesterday. Watch for drama here; an adult Bald Eagle has taken to visiting the heronry which is just a minor disturbance at the moment but may become more serious once there are chicks. Say's Phoebes are establishing territories. A pair has a nice empty shed on a small horse ranch in my neighbourhood. Ah, the ranch is small, not the horses... Finally a comment on the migratory habits of Gary and Marie Davidson. They left their McAllen, Texas golf course a couple of weeks ago. Yesterday, I received what I thought was a letter from Gary. When I slit it open inside was NOTHING! Then I realized he had mailed it to me for the unusual post mark - Big Bend, Texas. (We are both stamp collectors.) It's a pretty cool way to track someone on a long trip - just the post mark! No email, no skype. Sometimes less is more. Chris Siddle. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Vernon birding conditions From: Chris Siddle <chris.siddle AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:17:26 -0700 Hi birders, Most ponds and lakes are now ice-free in the Vernon area. Diving ducks are moving in including my first FLOCK of Lesser Scaups (Bailey Pond) yesterday (16 March). Ring-necked Ducks have moved in as well, appearing on the Westside Road Pond 0.5 km south of Hwy 97 near Okeefe Ranch. Gadwalls are beginning to appear and Common Mergansers are the most common species on Swan Lake. Hooded Mergansers are showing up on Rose's Pond. No shovelers or Ruddy Ducks as of yesterday though I live in hope. I suspect but have no definite evidence that Red-tailed Hawks are moving north. Late last week many appeared to be Harlan's types. Killdeer are now established in small numbers and California Quail are breaking into pairs with the males busy mate-guarding. American Robins are seeping into yards without too many dramatic flocking events. My pair of American Crows are breaking off slender branches for a nest somewhere. Thirty-six Great Blue Herons were at the 24th Street colony yesterday. Watch for drama here; an adult Bald Eagle has taken to visiting the heronry which is just a minor disturbance at the moment but may become more serious once there are chicks. Say's Phoebes are establishing territories. A pair has a nice empty shed on a small horse ranch in my neighbourhood. Ah, the ranch is small, not the horses... Finally a comment on the migratory habits of Gary and Marie Davidson. They left their McAllen, Texas golf course a couple of weeks ago. Yesterday, I received what I thought was a letter from Gary. When I slit it open inside was NOTHING! Then I realized he had mailed it to me for the unusual post mark - Big Bend, Texas. (We are both stamp collectors.) It's a pretty cool way to track someone on a long trip - just the post mark! No email, no skype. Sometimes less is more. Chris Siddle. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: South Okanagan birding From: "douglasbrown01" <douglasbrown01 AT yahoo.ca> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:57:59 -0000 Hi all; I've started up Tuesday birding outings every two weeks for the Oliver-Osoyoos Naturalists and today was our first outing. We started out at Haynes Point PP where we found MALLARD, GADWALL, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, LESSER SCAUP, BUFFLEHEAD and HOODED MERGANSERS on the ponds. The windy conditions made scoping the lake challenging but we managed to find a small flock of AMERICAN WIGEON as well as NORTHERN PINTAIL, COMMON MERGANSER and 7 (2 male, 5 female) RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS. The water from Lions Park was pretty quiet but we did find COMMON LOON and RED-NECKED GREBE. We looked for the Yellow-billed Loon from 89th Street but didn't see it. There was another flock of aMERICAN WIGEON and several COMMON LOONS. A SAY'S PHOEBE made a fly-by calling while a lovely male DOWNY WOODPECKER foraged in the cottonwoods below us and a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE whistled away at us from a hidden perch. Dead Man's Lake had over 160 RING-NECKED DUCKS and smaller numbers of MALLARD, REDHEAD, GREATER SCAUP and BUFFLEHEAD. A juvenile NORTHERN SHRIKE gave us a brief look before it flew off towards the hills and an adult BALD EAGLE perched in a snag near the far end of the lake. On Black Sage Road south of Road 22 there were at least 3 NORTHERN HARRIERS, one of them an immature male starting to moult in it's adult plumage. There were several RED-TAILED HAWKS in the area and one was a HARLAN'S race. Our last stop of the day was by the Road 22 bridge where a closer look at the COMMON GOLDENEYES relealed 2 BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, one an immature male just starting to moult. Here's the list for the day. Canada Goose Gadwall American Wigeon Mallard Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Redhead Ring-necked Duck Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Barrow's Goldeneye Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Ring-necked Pheasant California Quail Common Loon Red-necked Grebe Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Red-tailed Hawk Red-tailed (Harlan's) Hawk Killdeer Ring-billed Gull California Gull Rock Pigeon Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Say's Phoebe Northern Shrike Black-billed Magpie American Crow Common Raven Black-capped Chickadee Townsend's Solitaire American Robin European Starling Bohemian Waxwing Song Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed (Oregon)Junco Red-winged Blackbird House Finch 43 species Doug Brown Osoyoos Subject: spring brings the mice From: Tammy Proctor <birdsonly4me AT yahoo.ca> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:17:50 -0700 (PDT) Well now that the weather is warmer, not only are the spring birds coming (and marmots) but now the field mice are out. Saw one scurry on my porch this morning. That only means that the Northern Harriers should be coming back, along with any other raptors. I think the neighbourhood cat got it and left what was left of the body behind. Looking forward to the hawks. Tammy Ashcroft __________________________________________________________________ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: NMT'ing From: Chris Charlesworth <c_charlesworth23 AT hotmail.com> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:42:52 -0700 I went NMT'ing today. From my house I did about 12 kilometers to Munson's Pond, over towards Mission ck and back. I added three new NMT birds, KILLDEER, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW and AMERICAN KESTREL, bringin me up to 76. I suppose a journey to Robert lake is in order. Chris charlesworth Kelowna, BC _________________________________________________________________ Live connected with Messenger on your phone http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9712958 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Summerland report From: Laurie Rockwell <hardrock AT vip.net> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:22:07 -0700 Birders, Just a brief note to mention that I saw an unexpected male NORTHERN PINTAIL this morning at Sunoka Park in Trout Creek.I have seen very few there,so it was a n unexpected treat! It was among a small flock of scaup,Redheadss and 4 Western Grebes. Also Tanys Luszcz saw a lone LEWI'S WOODPECKER seen on a cottonwood on the other side of Trout Creek from its usual location in the cottonwoods at the corner of Williams Ave. and Stoner St. Cheers...........Laurie -- Know Thyself Coaching Summerland, BC, Canada 250-494-7558; knowthyselfcoaching AT vip.net Member International Coach Federation If you do not go within,you will go without Subject: Re: swimming eagle From: Jeremy Kimm <vanislebirder AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:06:01 -0700 (PDT) I have once, poor critter got stuck in the middle of a lake, and it took him/her about 20 minutes to paddle to shore.  One of the more awkward things I have ever seen a bird do for sure, I was afraid it would drown.   Jeremy Kimm Shawnigan Lake --- On Mon, 3/15/10, Janna Leslie wrote: From: Janna Leslie Subject: [bcintbird] swimming eagle To: "bcintbird" Received: Monday, March 15, 2010, 10:18 PM   Hi all. Has anyone ever seen an eagle swimming?  I did this morning at Vaseux Lake.  I was at the tower and noticed this eagle in the water and thought 'what the heck?".  He was near the reeds and swimming towards the shallow spot dragging a rather large fish behind him, using his wings as paddles.  It looked rather odd, to say the least.  Once the water was shallow enough he hopped and dragged the fish behind him until the fish was out of the water enough for him to eat.  He stood on top of the fish mostly and every now and then would shake his feathers to dry off. While there I heard my first marsh wrens of the year calling. Cheers, Janna Leslie, Naramata ____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now http://ca.toolbar. yahoo.com. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __________________________________________________________________ The new Internet Explorer® 8 - Faster, safer, easier. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Brant Festival Big Day Birding Event: Saturday, April 10, 2010: From: "poecile06" <guylmonty AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:29:22 -0000 Hi all, This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Brant Wildlife Festival. Please come celebrate with us, at the Brant Festival Big Day Birding Competition, which will be held on Saturday, April 10, 2010. This year a "Big Sit" category offers a good alternative for those who found the pace of previous Brant Fest Big Days a little hectic. Some are already planning on hauling in ice chests full of undisclosed chilled beverages, and barbecues filled with burgers and brats as part of their big sit day. Sounds like a great way to spend a day birding to me! Check out the Brant Festival website for details, and hope to see all of you there. Guy L. Monty Parksville, BC Brant Festival Big Day Birding rules attached below; Rules To register your team, please contact Robin Rivers at 1-866-288-7878 ext. 226 or 604-924-9771 or e-mail rrivers AT naturetrust.bc.ca. Or go to; www.brantfestival.bc.ca 1. All teams must be registered and entry fees must be paid in full by Saturday, March 27, 2010. 2. Teams will consist of at least three and no more than six birders. 3. Teams may record only those species seen from within the Brant Festival Big Day Map Area provided. 4. Teams may begin on Saturday, April 10 at 5 a.m. and will not record species after 15:00, on Saturday, April 10. 5. Teams will report to the Post Count Gathering and submit all required materials to the judges by 15:30 on Saturday, April 10, 2010, or risk disqualification. 6. Species must be accurately identified by direct, visual or auditory detection. 7. All species reported must be detected and accurately identified by at least two members of each team. 8. 80% of the total species reported by each team must be observed and accurately identified by all members of that team. 9. During the competition, teams will not solicit or accept information on the location and/or existence of any birds from non-registered individuals. Nor will they solicit or accept information on the location and/or existence of any birds from other registered teams by any method other than face to face communication (i.e. No cell phones, radios, etc.). 10. Team members will remain close enough for normal verbal communication throughout the day. Splitting into smaller groups is not permitted. 11. Teams will not use any means, vocal, mechanical, electronic, or otherwise, to attract, or elicit, any response from ANY SPECIES other than by ordinary pishing. Owl "tooting", rail "clicking", woodpecker "tapping", etc. is not allowed. Pishing is allowed. 12. For teams participating in the "Big Sit" category, the following rules apply. a) Teams can choose a "circle center point" anywhere within the Brant Festival Big Day Birding count area, as the basis for their count day. The circle will be no larger than 5 meters radius. b) Team members can count any bird identified by sight or sound(s) from within the 5 meter radius circle. c) Team members are free to leave their count circle throughout the day, but can only count bird seen or heard from inside of the 5 meter radius circle. d) Information on the existence or location of birds, gained while outside the 5 meter circle, may not be used to add new species to your count, nor may this information be shared with other team members. e) "Circle center points are on a first come, first serve basis. In other words, whichever team arrives first, has the rights to that center point for the day. f) Circles should not overlap one another. g) All other big Day rules apply to teams participating in the "Big Sit: category. 13. Only "wild" and "unrestrained" birds can be counted. Black Swans, Muscovy Ducks, turkeys, domestic chickens, parakeets, Ringed Turtle-doves, injured raptors at the Recovery Centre etc. will not be accepted. 14. Any species noted as "RARE" on the supplied tally form will require proper written documentation, including time and location of sighting, in order to be accepted. 15. Disregard of the above rules, knowingly trespassing, intentional disturbance of wildlife, willful damage to habitat, etc. may result in disqualification. 16. In the case of a tie, a winner will be chosen by a draw. 17. All decisions of the judge(s) are final. Teams are on their honour to follow the above rules. In the interest of good sportsmanship, and in keeping with the tradition of past Brant Festival Big Days, teams are strongly encouraged to share the location of species encountered while pre-scouting and during the competition. Every team which birds at the top of their ability and acts in a friendly and honorable manner during the competition is a WINNER! Subject: Re: swimming eagle From: Sue Thomson <s_thomson AT telus.net> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:22:50 -0700 Wasn't there an osprey that drowned in Rotary Marsh about five years ago? I heard it hooked onto a big fish and couldn't let loose and the fish took it down and drowned it in front of a bunch of horrified onlookers. Subject: Re: swimming eagle From: "Dick Cannings" <dickcannings AT shaw.ca> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:08:19 -0700 Hi all: I must admit I've never heard the story about the dead eagle and dead salmon. I have heard people say that eagle's can't unlock their talons from a fish once they've dug into one, but I think that's false--it's as Rick says, the eagle wants that big fish for dinner but can't fly with, so gol' darn it he'll swim it to shore. cheers Dick Cannings Penticton, BC ----- Original Message ----- From: Laurie Rockwell To: bcintbird AT yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 4:17 PM Subject: Re: [bcintbird] swimming eagle Rick, And we have all heard, I am sure, that every now and then an eagle will sink it's talons into a large fish,like the Tyee salmon, which it can't lift and get to shore and, for whatever reason,cannot dislodge the fish. Both are subsequently found dead on the shore............ Cheers............Laurie Rick Howie wrote: >HI Janna: I have observed this at the coast when an eagle locked onto a >fish too large to lift into the air. They swim to the nearest beach and drag >it ashore to feast. I don't know if they can get off the water if they >release the fish and attempt to become airborne again. Perhaps they have to >make land first, with or without fish. Perhaps others have more knowledge >in this regard and will comment. > > > >Rick Howie > >-----Original Message----- >From: bcintbird AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:bcintbird AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf >Of Janna Leslie >Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 3:19 PM >To: bcintbird >Subject: [bcintbird] swimming eagle > > > > > >Hi all. >Has anyone ever seen an eagle swimming? I did this morning at Vaseux Lake. >I was at the tower and noticed this eagle in the water and thought 'what the >heck?". He was near the reeds and swimming towards the shallow spot >dragging a rather large fish behind him, using his wings as paddles. It >looked rather odd, to say the least. Once the water was shallow enough he >hopped and dragged the fish behind him until the fish was out of the water >enough for him to eat. He stood on top of the fish mostly and every now and >then would shake his feathers to dry off. >While there I heard my first marsh wrens of the year calling. >Cheers, >Janna Leslie, >Naramata > >__________________________________________________________ >Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your >favourite sites. Download it now >http://ca.toolbar. yahoo.com. > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >------------------------------------ > >To contact the moderator email >bcintbird-owner AT yahoogroups.com >Also, consider joining these groups. >bcbirds-subscribe AT yahoogroups.com an all BC group. >If you have pictures to share try this group. >http://groups-beta.google.com/ >>From here you have to join the bcintbird-pics group before you can see the pictures. >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > -- Know Thyself Coaching Summerland, BC, Canada 250-494-7558; knowthyselfcoaching AT vip.net Member International Coach Federation If you do not go within,you will go without ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.436 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2748 - Release Date: 03/15/10 07:33:00 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Re: swimming eagle From: Colin Clasen <colinc AT shawlink.ca> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:03:41 -0700 Hi Laurie, Rick and others, A friend of mine that used to live in Lillooet, said two scuba diving friends were once down deep in Pavilion Lake, northeast of Lillooet. Much to their surprise, they discovered an Osprey with a large fish locked in its talons, lying on the bottom of the lake. Colin Clasen Coquitlam, B.C. --------------------------------------------------- At 04:17 PM 15/03/2010, you wrote: > > >Rick, > >And we have all heard, I am sure, that every now and then an eagle will >sink it's talons into a large fish,like the Tyee salmon, which it can't >lift and get to shore and, for whatever reason,cannot dislodge the fish. >Both are subsequently found dead on the shore............ > >Cheers............Laurie > >Rick Howie wrote: > > >HI Janna: I have observed this at the coast when an eagle locked onto a > >fish too large to lift into the air. They swim to the nearest beach and drag > >it ashore to feast. I don't know if they can get off the water if they > >release the fish and attempt to become airborne again. Perhaps they have to > >make land first, with or without fish. Perhaps others have more knowledge > >in this regard and will comment. > > > > > > > >Rick Howie > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: > bcintbird AT yahoogroups.com > [mailto:bcintbird AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf > >Of Janna Leslie > >Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 3:19 PM > >To: bcintbird > >Subject: [bcintbird] swimming eagle > > > > > > > > > > > >Hi all. > >Has anyone ever seen an eagle swimming? I did this morning at Vaseux Lake. > >I was at the tower and noticed this eagle in the water and thought 'what the > >heck?". He was near the reeds and swimming towards the shallow spot > >dragging a rather large fish behind him, using his wings as paddles. It > >looked rather odd, to say the least. Once the water was shallow enough he > >hopped and dragged the fish behind him until the fish was out of the water > >enough for him to eat. He stood on top of the fish mostly and every now and > >then would shake his feathers to dry off. > >While there I heard my first marsh wrens of the year calling. > >Cheers, > >Janna Leslie, > >Naramata > > > >__________________________________________________________ > >Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your > >favourite sites. Download it now > >http://ca.toolbar. > yahoo.com. > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > >------------------------------------ > > > >To contact the moderator email > >bcintbird-owner AT yahoogroups.com > >Also, consider joining these groups. > >bcb > irds-subscribe AT yahoogroups.com an all BC group. > >If you have pictures to share try this group. > >http://groups-beta.google.com/ > >>From here you have to join the bcintbird-pics > group before you can see the pictures. > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > >Know Thyself Coaching >Summerland, BC, Canada >250-494-7558; >knowthyselfcoaching AT vip.net >Member International Coach Federation > >If you do not go within,you will go without > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Re: swimming eagle From: Laurie Rockwell <hardrock AT vip.net> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:17:15 -0700 Rick, And we have all heard, I am sure, that every now and then an eagle will sink it's talons into a large fish,like the Tyee salmon, which it can't lift and get to shore and, for whatever reason,cannot dislodge the fish. Both are subsequently found dead on the shore............ Cheers............Laurie Rick Howie wrote: >HI Janna: I have observed this at the coast when an eagle locked onto a >fish too large to lift into the air. They swim to the nearest beach and drag >it ashore to feast. I don't know if they can get off the water if they >release the fish and attempt to become airborne again. Perhaps they have to >make land first, with or without fish. Perhaps others have more knowledge >in this regard and will comment. > > > >Rick Howie > >-----Original Message----- >From: bcintbird AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:bcintbird AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf >Of Janna Leslie >Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 3:19 PM >To: bcintbird >Subject: [bcintbird] swimming eagle > > > > > >Hi all. >Has anyone ever seen an eagle swimming? I did this morning at Vaseux Lake. >I was at the tower and noticed this eagle in the water and thought 'what the >heck?". He was near the reeds and swimming towards the shallow spot >dragging a rather large fish behind him, using his wings as paddles. It >looked rather odd, to say the least. Once the water was shallow enough he >hopped and dragged the fish behind him until the fish was out of the water >enough for him to eat. He stood on top of the fish mostly and every now and >then would shake his feathers to dry off. >While there I heard my first marsh wrens of the year calling. >Cheers, >Janna Leslie, >Naramata > >__________________________________________________________ >Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your >favourite sites. Download it now >http://ca.toolbar. yahoo.com. > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >------------------------------------ > >To contact the moderator email >bcintbird-owner AT yahoogroups.com >Also, consider joining these groups. >bcbirds-subscribe AT yahoogroups.com an all BC group. >If you have pictures to share try this group. >http://groups-beta.google.com/ >>From here you have to join the bcintbird-pics group before you can see the pictures. >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > -- Know Thyself Coaching Summerland, BC, Canada 250-494-7558; knowthyselfcoaching AT vip.net Member International Coach Federation If you do not go within,you will go without Subject: Re: swimming eagle From: Laurie Rockwell <hardrock AT vip.net> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:11:53 -0700 Janna, I once saw an adult Bald Eagle eagle drop on a coot near the Illahie RV site along the highway north of Trout Creek .It's wings were spread out and under water;in fact only the head and back were above water.No doubt it was drowning the coot. I thought for sure that it too would drown. Suddenly with a massive effort it moved it's wings,flapped them on the surface of the water, and slowly like a submerged helicopter, it rose out of the water and escorted the limp coot to the nearest diner! Cheers..............Laurie R Janna Leslie wrote: >Hi all. >Has anyone ever seen an eagle swimming? I did this morning at Vaseux Lake. I was at the tower and noticed this eagle in the water and thought 'what the heck?". He was near the reeds and swimming towards the shallow spot dragging a rather large fish behind him, using his wings as paddles. It looked rather odd, to say the least. Once the water was shallow enough he hopped and dragged the fish behind him until the fish was out of the water enough for him to eat. He stood on top of the fish mostly and every now and then would shake his feathers to dry off. >While there I heard my first marsh wrens of the year calling. >Cheers, >Janna Leslie, >Naramata > > > > __________________________________________________________________ >Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now >http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >------------------------------------ > >To contact the moderator email >bcintbird-owner AT yahoogroups.com >Also, consider joining these groups. >bcbirds-subscribe AT yahoogroups.com an all BC group. >If you have pictures to share try this group. >http://groups-beta.google.com/ >>From here you have to join the bcintbird-pics group before you can see the pictures. >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > -- Know Thyself Coaching Summerland, BC, Canada 250-494-7558; knowthyselfcoaching AT vip.net Member International Coach Federation If you do not go within,you will go without Subject: RE: swimming eagle From: "Rick Howie" <r.howie AT shaw.ca> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:09:56 -0700 HI Janna: I have observed this at the coast when an eagle locked onto a fish too large to lift into the air. They swim to the nearest beach and drag it ashore to feast. I don't know if they can get off the water if they release the fish and attempt to become airborne again. Perhaps they have to make land first, with or without fish. Perhaps others have more knowledge in this regard and will comment. Rick Howie -----Original Message----- From: bcintbird AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:bcintbird AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Janna Leslie Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 3:19 PM To: bcintbird Subject: [bcintbird] swimming eagle Hi all. Has anyone ever seen an eagle swimming? I did this morning at Vaseux Lake. I was at the tower and noticed this eagle in the water and thought 'what the heck?". He was near the reeds and swimming towards the shallow spot dragging a rather large fish behind him, using his wings as paddles. It looked rather odd, to say the least. Once the water was shallow enough he hopped and dragged the fish behind him until the fish was out of the water enough for him to eat. He stood on top of the fish mostly and every now and then would shake his feathers to dry off. While there I heard my first marsh wrens of the year calling. Cheers, Janna Leslie, Naramata __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now http://ca.toolbar. yahoo.com. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: NMT listing From: Chris Charlesworth <c_charlesworth23 AT hotmail.com> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:54:07 -0700 Birders, I thought I'd take advantage of the gorgeous sunny weather and go for a walk today. My goal of finding a Eurasian Wigeon didn't go as planned unfortunately. I covered about 7 km, from my place to Rotary Marshes to Maude Roxby and back. At Waterfront Park highlight was a calling RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, my first of the year. At Maude Roxby I added NORTHERN PINTAIL to my NMT list as a small flock sat out on the water. All sorts of gulls were in Mud Bay including a first year GLAUCOUS GULL and several THAYER'S GULLS. CEDAR WAXWINGS were common throughout the neighborhoods as I walked. I think I'm up to about 73 on my NMT list now. Chris Charlesworth Kelowna, BC _________________________________________________________________ Take your contacts everywhere http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9712959 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: swimming eagle From: Janna Leslie <jannamles AT yahoo.ca> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:18:47 -0700 (PDT) Hi all. Has anyone ever seen an eagle swimming?  I did this morning at Vaseux Lake.  I was at the tower and noticed this eagle in the water and thought 'what the heck?".  He was near the reeds and swimming towards the shallow spot dragging a rather large fish behind him, using his wings as paddles.  It looked rather odd, to say the least.  Once the water was shallow enough he hopped and dragged the fish behind him until the fish was out of the water enough for him to eat.  He stood on top of the fish mostly and every now and then would shake his feathers to dry off. While there I heard my first marsh wrens of the year calling. Cheers, Janna Leslie, Naramata __________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Northern Shoveler at Robert Lake From: Chris Charlesworth <c_charlesworth23 AT hotmail.com> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:52:36 -0700 Birders, My first NORTHERN SHOVELER of the year came in the form of a male at Robert Lake early this afternoon. Several other ducks present here as well, but just the usual. Still lots of NORTHERN PINTAIL and GREEN-WINGED TEAL. A SAY'S PHOEBE was calling away here. A quick stop at the Kelowna Dump produced CALIFORNIA, HERRING, GLAUCOUS-WINGED and RING-BILLED GULLS as well as LESSER SCAUP, BARROW'S GOLDENEYE and several BALD EAGLES. Beaver Lake Road was pretty quiet, with highlights being a flock of WESTERN BLUEBIRDS around km 3.5 and two pairs of very vocal PILEATED WOODPECKERS at km 6 and km 10. Munson's Pond had some nice CACKLING GEESE amongst many other regular species. That's all for now, Chris Charlesworth Kelowna, BC _________________________________________________________________ Stay in touch. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9712959 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Big Year Blog updated From: Russell Cannings <russellcannings AT shaw.ca> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:22:29 -0700 Hi all, After a great week in the Thompson-Okanagan, I've added a few photos and highlight summaries.  As you will see, today was particularly rewarding! bcbigyear.blogspot.com Cheers, Russ Cannings Penticton, BC [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Nanaimo,Vancouver Island, bird alert--March 14, 2010, From: "backyard_store" <thebackyard AT shaw.ca> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:43:51 -0000 NANAIMO BIRD ALERT To report your sightings phone the Store at 250-390-3669 e-mail us at thebackyard AT shaw.ca call the Bird Alert at 250-390-3029 Also check the birdstore blog for the latest bird alerts and updates: www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com Post your sightings on this site: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcbirdingvanisland/messages Birds of British Columbia: http://www.geog.ubc.ca/biodiversity/efauna/SpeciesChecklists.html International Birdwatching Guides http://www.guidedbirdwatching.com Birdwatching contacts and information find a local birder to go birdwatching with: http://www.birdingpal.org/ Please remember, when reporting a sighting, to leave your name and phone Number, along with the date, name and location of your sighting. Sunday March 14, 2010: The Sunday bird walk went to Neck Point Park in Nanaimo. The morning was cloudy and the winds were bitterly cold. Yellow-rumped Warblers and Ruby-crowned Kinglets caught our attention when they were singing at different times during the morning. A raft of Buffhead, Barrow's Goldeneye, Harlequin Duck, Red-breasted Merganser and Common Merganser were in the protection of the bay at Sunset Beach. A Glaucous Gull and a pair of Pigeon Guillemots were not far from shore. Small rafts of Pacific Loon, Common Loon and Common Murre were further offshore. Ten hardy birders found the following forty species of birds: Canada Geese, Mallard, Double-crested Cormorant, Brandt's Cormorant, Pelagic Cormorant, Wood Duck, Buffhead, Barrow's Goldeneye, Harlequin Duck, Wood Duck, Red-breasted Merganser, Common Merganser, Bald Eagle, Mew Gulls, Thayer's Gull, Glaucous Gull, California Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull, Pacific Loon, Common Loon, Common Murre, Pigeon Guillemot, Northern Flicker, Pileated Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Northwestern Crow, European Starling, American Robin, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Brown Creeper, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Winter Wren, Bewick's Wren, Spotted Towhee, Song Sparrow, Red Crossbill, Pine Siskin and Dark-eyed Junco. Saturday March 13: Twelve Evening Grosbeaks are visiting feeders along Butler Road in Parksville. Friday March 12: A Glaucous Gull was again spotted among California Gulls, Thayer's Gulls and Glaucous-winged Gulls in the grassy area at the Community Park in Parksville. A Turkey Vulture was spotted above Sunshine Ridge in Nanaimo. Thursday March 11: Two Cackling Geese, eighteen Northern Shovelers and a Snow Goose were seen in with over seven hundred Canada Geese at Quennell Lake in Cedar. Wednesday March 10: A Glaucous Gull was seen in with a large flock of California Gulls,Thayer's Gulls and Glaucous-winged Gulls along the grass area at the Community Park in Parksville. Tuesday March 09: The first reported male Rufous Hummingbird of the season was spotted at feeders in the 4100 block of Gulfview Drive in Nanaimo. The Tuesday Bird Walk started in Rathtrevor Provincial Park but we were quickly convinced by the brisk winds to go to the more protected beach at Parksville Community Park. Before we left Rathtrevor we did spot twelve Trumpeter Swans. The morning was cloudy with a strong southeast wind. We were greeted at the Parksville Bay by an estimated one thousand Brant Geese and at least one hundred thousand gulls--Bonaparte's Gulls, Mew Gulls, California Gulls, Herring Gulls,Thayer's Gull, Western Gulls, Glaucous-winged Gulls. We had good close looks and were able to compare the yellow legs, black wingtips and short yellow bill of the Mew Gull with the deep yellow legs, black wingtips and bright yellow bill with a bright red and black marks of the larger California Gull who are in their clean crisp breeding plumage. Greater Scaup, Surf Scoter, White-winged Scoter, Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye, Barrow's Goldeneye and Red-breasted Merganser were seen further offshore. A flock of Black-bellied Plover and Dunlin left the gravel bar in a large cloud flew south down the Strait of Georgia. A Pigeon Guillemot, one Pacific Loon and one Common Loon were seen off the tip of the hovercraft landing pad at the north end of the Bay. We saw two male Yellow-rumped Warblers, one Song Sparrow and three White-crowned Sparrows on the bushes near the RV Park at the north end of the Bay. Eleven birders saw and heard the following thirty-five species of birds: Canada Goose, Brant, Trumpeter Swan, American Wigeon, Mallard, Northern Pintail, Greater Scaup, Surf Scoter, White-winged Scoter, Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye, Barrow's Goldeneye, Red-breasted Merganser, Pacific Loon, Common Loon, Horned Grebe, Pelagic Cormorant, Bald Eagle, Black-bellied Plover, Black Oystercatcher, Dunlin, Bonaparte's Gull, Mew Gull, California Gull, Herring Gull, Thayer's Gull, Western Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull, Pigeon Guillemot, Northwestern Crow, American Robin, European Starling, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Song Sparrow and White-crowned Sparrow. Monday March 08: A Turkey Vulture was seen soaring over south Nanaimo. For further information on these sightings or for help in identifying a bird please call The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store AT 250-390-3669 Toll Free AT 1-888-249-4145 e-mail: thebackyard AT shaw.ca ********************************** Arrowsmith Naturalists Guest Speaker-Colin Bartlett, topic Birds and Bees in the Backyard. Monday March 22, 2010 AT 7:30 pm. Springwood School Parksville ********************************** The Nanoose Naturalists Thursday April 08, 2010 AT 7:00 pm Nanoose Library, Nanoose Bay ********************************** Everyone is welcome to join us for a 2-3 hour bird walk on the Sunday and Tuesday mornings. We leave from the Store at 9 A.M. Sunday Mornings and go to a different location in and around Nanaimo and from the Parksville Beach.Community Park at 9 A.M. on Tuesdays and go to different areas in and around the Oceanside area. ************************************************************** The Tuesday Bird Walk on March 09, 2010 will be going to the Shelly Road side of the Englishman River Estuary in Parksville. We meet the Parksville Beach Community Park at the parking area near the Lions playground at 9 A.M. or at the end of Shelly Road (ocean side of highway 19a) at about 9:15 A.M. ***************************************************** The Sunday Bird Walk on March 21, 2010, will be going to the Nanaimo River Estuary in south Nanaimo. Meet at the Birdstore at 9:00 A.M. or at the end of Raines Road at about 9: 30 A.M. ******************************************************* Good birding Neil Robins THE BACKYARD Wildbird & Nature Store 6314 Metral Drive, Nanaimo, BC V9T 2L8 250.390.3669 250.390.1633 fax thebackyard AT shaw.ca CHECK OUT OUR BLOG---> www.thebirdstore.blogspot.com Subject: Another sign that spring has sprung! From: Laurie Rockwell <hardrock AT vip.net> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:01:31 -0700 Birders, Whike making my monthly tour of the Trout Creek Ecological Reserve I saw my first flock of high flying migrating Canada Geese. I estimated that 150-200 were flying north at approximately 5000' at a speed of 70 mph. Visibility and humidity are unknown! I also had the honoured experience of 4 Mule Deer allowing me to get within 15 and 25 m without bolting! After 18 years they must now realize that I am no threat to them. Cheers...............Laurie R -- Know Thyself Coaching Summerland, BC, Canada 250-494-7558; knowthyselfcoaching AT vip.net Member International Coach Federation If you do not go within,you will go without Subject: Winter Birding Highlights in Canada - 2009-2010 From: Blake Maybank <maybank AT ns.sympatico.ca> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:46:02 -0300 Winter Birding in Canada - 2009-10 - Final Summary 14 March 2010 The birding this past winter season in Canada was less exciting than normal. With two exceptions (see Manitoba and Quebec, below) every province recorded winter season species totals that were lower than average. Here are some possible reasons for this: - The active El Nino circulation in the Pacific caused Canada to experience its warmest and driest winter since 1948. Precipitation was down by nearly 25%, and the average temperatures were 4 degrees Celsius above normal. The Arctic had its warmest winter ever. - Wild food was easier for birds to access, and most feeder-watchers reported less activity at their feeding stations. - There were few irruptions of northern owls and finches. - Though twitchers did have good birds to chase, there were not as many rarities as a typical winter. - The first day of the winter birding season, Dec. 1, fell on a Monday, which meant that, in most areas, the concerted search for winter birds did not begin until the first Saturday of December, six days into the winter season, by which time an early cold snap had pushed waterfowl further south, and likely removed many “half-hard autumn lingerers”. - The first day of the Christmas Bird Count period also fell on a Monday, which meant that most counts were held later in December than is usual, reducing the number of species recorded. Here are the links to the Winter Birding web pages for all ten Canadian provinces, as well as the French islands of Saint-Pierre et Michelon, and the country of Iceland. PROVINCES FROM EAST TO WEST: Newfoundland and Labrador: http://tinyurl.com/2jqo5p 129 species. Highlights: Northern Lapwing (3 separate birds); Yellow-legged Gull (2); Slaty-backed Gull; +++ Ivory Gulls; White-winged Dove (1st winter record); Redwing. There were sufficient gaps between winter storms to allow Newfoundland birders to locate a good variety of rare and regular species, though slightly fewer than in recent years. The province continues to offer superb gull watching in the St. John’s area, but that may change soon, and there are plans to stop pumping sewage in the harbour. And rumours are floating about that authorities might consider changing landfill practices at the famous St. John’s garbage dump. Both actions make sense environmentally, but would cause much anguish to gull-watchers. Nova Scotia: http://tinyurl.com/nswinter 181 species. (average = 195). Highlights: Red Phalarope (3rd winter record); Empidomax flycatcher sp.; Prairie Warbler (2nd winter record); Spotted Towhee (1st winter record, 2nd provincial record). Big Misses: Northern Fulmar, Spruce Grouse (resident), Red Knot, White-crowned Sparrow. We’ve been keeping track of Nova Scotia’s winter birds since 1996, and the total this past winter tied the lowest previous total, set in 1998/99. Almost every observer was complaining about the scarcity of birds. The mood was glum. Prince Edward Island: http://tinyurl.com/peiwinter 107 species (average = 113). Highlights: Cattle Egret (2nd winter record); Broad-winged Hawk (2nd winter record); Black-legged Kittiwake (1st winter record). Big Misses: Sharp-tailed Grouse (resident, introduced). A soft winter made it hard to find winter specialties, and kept the province’s total below the long-term average. New Brunswick: http://tinyurl.com/nbwinter (updated 12 Feb) 151 species (average = 162). Highlights: Virginia Rail (1st winter record); Marsh Wren (2nd winter record); Ovenbird (2nd winter record); Lark Sparrow (2nd winter record). Big Misses: Wilson’s Snipe; Carolina Wren; American Pipit. A dearth of rarities kept the province’s total well below the long-term average. Quebec: http://tinyurl.com/qcwinter 178 species (10 year average = 166, not including exotics). Highlights: Pacific Loon (1st winter record); Great Egret (2nd winter record); Black Vulture (1st winter record); Barnacle Goose (1st winter record); Rock Ptarmigan (1st winter record); Arctic Tern (1st winter record); White-winged Dove (1st winter record); Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (1st winter record). Quebec birders took advantage of the mild winter to really explore their large province, and ended up with one of their highest totals to date. They added seven species to their 10-year cumulative winter list. Ontario: http://tinyurl.com/onwinter 191 species. Highlights: Barnacle Goose (2nd winter record); Yellow-billed Loon (2nd winter record); Black-tailed Gull (2nd winter record); Ivory Gull; Phainopepla (2nd provincial and Canadian record, 1st Canadian winter record); Northern Waterthrush (2nd winter record). Big Misses: Eurasian Wigeon; Yellow-headed Blackbird. The province had fewer species than the previous two winters, but managed to surpass the Nova Scotia total for the first time. The Phainopepla took pride of place, of course, and attracted many admirers. Manitoba: http://tinyurl.com/mbwinter 109 species (average = 99). Highlights: Wood Duck (2nd winter record); Greater Scaup (1st winter record); Common Loon (2nd winter record); Western Grebe (1st winter record); Sora (1st winter record); Thayer’s Gull (1st winter record); Lincoln’s Sparrow (2nd winter record); Swamp Sparrow (2nd winter record); Yellow-headed Blackbird (2nd winter record); Brambling (1st winter record; 2nd provincial record). Manitoba birders pulled out all the stops in the first few days of December, and their diligence was rewarded when they achieved the highest total since they started keeping records nine years ago. And equally as important – for the first time they bettered the total of their provincial rival, Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan: http://tinyurl.com/skwinter 100 species (average = 111) - Highlights: Wood Duck (1st winter record); Sandhill Crane (2nd winter record); Rustic Bunting (1st provincial record, 2nd Canadian record); Rose-breasted Grosbeak (2nd winter record); Baltimore Oriole (1st winter record). Big Miss: American Three-toed Woodpecker Perhaps if Saskatchewan birders knew how determined their Manitoba neighbours were they might have pushed harder in the first days of December. But, alas, they didn’t, and struggled to reach 100 species, the lowest total since they started winter listing 8 years ago. But there was a great consolation prize in one of the rarest birds across the country this winter. Alberta: http://tinyurl.com/abwinter 136 species (average = 142). Highlights: Cape May Warbler (3rd winter record); Green-tailed Towhee (1st Canadian winter record); Lincoln’s Sparrow (1st winter record). Big Miss: Red-breasted Merganser. Alberta turned in a slightly lower than normal performance, no doubt due to a paucity of rarities, though the Green-tailed Towhee was outstanding. British Columbia: http://tinyurl.com/bcwinter 237 species (average = 250). Highlights: Pectoral Sandpiper (2nd winter record); Oriental Turtle-Dove (1st Canadian record, if accepted); Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (1st winter record); Western Scrub-Jay; Nashville Warbler; Western Tanager (2nd winter record); Clay-colored Sparrow (3rd winter record); Brambling (3rd winter record). Big Misses: Least Sandpiper; Cassin’s Auklet. B.C. had a lower-than-average winter total, but the weather was mild, and there was the distraction of the Winter Olympics, at which winter birding was not a competition, more’s the pity. And there were no pelagic birding trips, so tubenoses were absent from the list. Several key Christmas Counts have not yet reported in, and there are rumours of a documented Jack Snipe on one of them, so the total could inch up later on. Other Reporting Regions: French Islands of Saint-Pierre et Michelon: http://tinyurl.com/spmwinter2 83 species (average = 84, 14 years of data). Highlights: Hairy Woodpecker (1st winter record); Brown Creeper (3rd winter record); Meadowlark sp. (1st winter record). Big Misses: Purple Finch; Common Redpoll; Pine Siskin. SPM birders enjoyed a winter of above average temperatures, but only an average number of species, among which were only a few finches. Iceland: http://tinyurl.com/iceland-winter 98 species. (average = 91, 10 years of data) Highlights: Bean Goose (1st winter record); Northern Shoveler (1st winter record); Stellar’s Eider (1st winter record); Northern Lapwing (1st winter record); Bonaparte’s Gull (1st winter record); Ross’s Gull (1st winter record); Black Redstart (1st winter record); Brambling (2nd winter record) 30 species of waterfowl, 13 of shorebirds, 13 of gulls, and seven new winter species (in the past 10 years of data) helped Icelandic birders surpass their long-term average. Other Resources: Environment Canada’s Winter Seasonal Forecast: http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/saisons/index_e.html Reference: What is Winter Birding? In Canada, perhaps because of (or in spite of) experiencing a bit of weather during the winter, winter birding has become a very popular activity. The origins of this slightly insane behaviour apparently date from southern Ontario in the 50's and 60's, but the sport's appeal really took off with the promotion afforded it by Gerry Bennett in the 1980's, through his "Birdfinding in Canada" newsletter. Winter Birding remains popular today. The winter birding period comprises the three months of December through February, matching the reporting period of "North American Birds" journal. "For those who may be unfamiliar with the concept, it basically involves a frenzied search during the first couple of weeks to squeeze in as many late migrants as possible before the onslaught of usually more severe weather conditions. Christmas Bird Counts often jack up our total, as do normal winter activities. Plus, it gives us birders something to do for the three slowest birding months of the year other than sitting idle on our hands until March. To me, at least, a winter list is great for maintaining birding enthusiasm, and gets a person active and out of the house to ward off the winter doldrums that tend to creep up mid season." - Ryan Dudragne, Saskatchewan Good (winter) birding, ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blake Maybank maybank AT ns.sympatico.ca White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds" author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia" http://maybank.tripod.com/BSNS.htm “A true Canadian loves the Winter, revels in it, especially in the North. . . .Winter is on, the air becomes like rich wine that strengthens and invigorates; pure, crisp and health-giving. Those who have not travelled in the vast, snowbound lake country of the North, or tramped on snowshoes in the Winter forest, where the brilliant sun, shining out of a sky that is pure, clear blue; those who have never witnessed the wild, majestic spectacle of a swiftly marching snowstorm—To them I will say that no matter what they may have seen and done, life still holds something for them that they should not miss. Not every country has these things and I, for one, say we are fortunate. ” - Grey Owl [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: sounds like spring to me From: Tammy Proctor <birdsonly4me AT yahoo.ca> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:39:52 -0700 (PDT) This morning I thought I heard a Red-winged Blackbird. So I looked out in our backyard and there he was. The other birds even allowed him to have breakfast on the seeds that feel from the feeder. In our backyard we also had White-crowned Sparrows (juv.), House Finches, House Sparrows, Robins (by the 100's), Spotted Towhee, Dark-eyed Junco, Song Sparrows and Starlings. Our property looks out onto a farm so the robins and starlings are in huge flocks. So far there has only been one marmot and it's probably a female just waiting to give birth. It's nice to hear all the birds and even nicer to see all the robins. Tammy Ashcroft __________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Birding in the valley From: Chris Charlesworth <c_charlesworth23 AT hotmail.com> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:51:49 -0700 Birders, This morning Ryan Tomlinson and I visited Munson's Pond where the highlight were a pair of CACKLING GEESE amongst the Canada's in the fields. Next stop was at Maude Roxby where best bird was a first year GLAUCOUS GULL. There were several THAYER'S GULLS amongst the usual species out there as well. Our viewing was cut short by a bunch of idiots who let their dog loose in Mud Bay. Robert Lake had quite a few ducks including AMERICAN WIGEON, NORTHERN PINTAIL, GREEN-WINGED TEAL and GADWALL. The Vernon Commonage produced a few goodies as well. Bailey Pond had all sorts of ducks including COMMON and BARROW'S GOLDENEYES, LESSER SCAUP, REDHEAD, CANVASBACK, AMERICAN WIGEON, and more. Along Commonage Road we had a pair of GREAT HORNED OWLS at a nest! Loads of RED-TAILED HAWKS of all sorts were seen in the area. We heard WESTERN MEADOWLARK singing in the grasslands along Allan Brooks Way and we had a pair of MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS investigating a nest box. There was a SAY'S PHOEBE singing in the distance as well. We made our way up towards Head of the Lake where we explored the Desert Cove area. No Gray Partridge unfortunately. We did hear a calling SWAMP SPARROW at the extreme S.E. corner of Desert Cove in a wetland. Check out my pics from today at http://www.flickr.com/charlesworth30 Chris charlesworth Kelowna, BC _________________________________________________________________ IM on the go with Messenger on your phone http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9712960 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Prairie Falcon at Tranquille From: Russell Cannings <russellcannings AT shaw.ca> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:37:49 -0800 Hi all, Today Jared Hobbs and I hiked up Tranquille Creek checking for rattlesnake dens an doing some casual birding. Fairly quiet in terms of birds but the raptors were in good evidence. Several GOLDEN and BALD EAGLES and a lone NORTHERN HARRIER soared above us, a MERLIN and probably his nest were also located. The big highlight though, at least for me, was a close fly-by view of a PRAIRIE FALCON that passed over us when we got back to the car. They're back! Regards, Russell Cannings Kamloops, BC [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Re: new website/bird blog From: colin clasen <colinc AT shawlink.ca> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:50:20 -0800 Hi again Liz, Sorry, another Meadowlark Festival clarification on my part. On the opening page of their website it shows its on May 20th to 24th this year. However, the registration dates I noted were from their "ticket info" menu item, which are from last year. Therefore, you do have to keep checking their website to find out the registration dates for this year. Colin Clasen ----- Original Message ----- From: liz bredberg Date: Saturday, March 13, 2010 9:52 am Subject: Re: [bcintbird] new website/bird blog > Yes, great Blog, Dick.ďż˝ Thanks for undertaking it.ďż˝ And I'll look > forward to the new book. > > Colin (or someone else in the know), please.ďż˝ May I know more about > the Meadowlark Festival, please? > > Liz > > What would the world be, once bereft > > Of wet and wildness? Let them be left, > > O let them be left, wildness and wet; > > Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet. > > > > --Gerald Manley Hopkins, Inversnaid > > --- On Fri, 3/12/10, colin clasen wrote: > > From: colin clasen > Subject: Re: [bcintbird] new website/bird blog > To: bcintbird AT yahoogroups.com > Date: Friday, March 12, 2010, 10:43 PM > > > > > > > > ďż˝ > > > > > > > > > > Hi Dick, > > Great new website and enjoyable blog. > > After thoroughly enjoying Enchantment of Birds, I'm looking forward > to reading Flights of Imagination and hopefully getting an > autographed copy at the Meadowlark Festival this year. > > I attempted twice the other day on the "pix" site to complement you > on your new Cooper's Hawk photo, but for some reason the message > part of the email didn't go through, only the header and footer > showed up. > > Since you started off with the Cooper's Hawk photo, your > observations on Cooper's Hawk vs Sharp-Shinned Hawk ID and > behaviour might be a topic of interest, as it always seems to > generate discussion amongst birders. > > Regards, > > Colin Clasen > > Coquitlam, B.C. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Dick Cannings > > Date: Friday, March 12, 2010 7:46 pm > > Subject: [bcintbird] new website/bird blog > > > > > Hi birders: > > > > > > After much cajoling from various quarters, I've "launched" my own > > > bird & book website/blog at http://dickcannings .shawwebspace. > ca/ . > > > If you have any comments or ideas for blog topics, please let me > > > know! > > > cheers > > > Dick Cannings > > > Penticton, BC > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > Subject: Meadowlark Festival From: Laurie Rockwell <hardrock AT vip.net> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:10:30 -0800 Liz, Like Colin noted,many events sell out quickley like # 35 on day three! Cheers.........Laurie R liz bredberg wrote: >Thanks, Colin. I can see this linking with the BCFO conference in Revelstoke, with maybe a stopover in Creston enroute to the BCFO event. Lovely. > >Liz > > Subject: Re: new website/bird blog From: liz bredberg <ebredberg AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:20:10 -0800 (PST) Thanks, Colin.  I can see this linking with the BCFO conference in Revelstoke, with maybe a stopover in Creston enroute to the BCFO event.  Lovely. Liz What would the world be, once bereft Of wet and wildness? Let them be left, O let them be left, wildness and wet; Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet. --Gerald Manley Hopkins, Inversnaid --- On Sat, 3/13/10, colin clasen wrote: From: colin clasen Subject: Re: [bcintbird] new website/bird blog To: bcintbird AT yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, March 13, 2010, 10:13 AM   Hi again Liz, I forgot to check the Meadowlark Festival website myself before I sent you their website address. They've actually already posted their registration dates, which are Saturday April 18th for in-person registration and Sunday April 19th for online registration. Colin Clasen ------------ --------- ------- ----- Original Message ----- From: liz bredberg Date: Saturday, March 13, 2010 9:52 am Subject: Re: [bcintbird] new website/bird blog > Yes, great Blog, Dick.ďż˝ Thanks for undertaking it.ďż˝ And I'll look > forward to the new book. > > Colin (or someone else in the know), please.ďż˝ May I know more > about the Meadowlark Festival, please? > > Liz > > What would the world be, once bereft > > Of wet and wildness? Let them be left, > > O let them be left, wildness and wet; > > Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet. > > > > --Gerald Manley Hopkins, Inversnaid > > --- On Fri, 3/12/10, colin clasen wrote: > > From: colin clasen > Subject: Re: [bcintbird] new website/bird blog > To: bcintbird AT yahoogrou ps.com > Date: Friday, March 12, 2010, 10:43 PM > > > > > > > > ďż˝ > > > > > > > > > > Hi Dick, > > Great new website and enjoyable blog. > > After thoroughly enjoying Enchantment of Birds, I'm looking > forward to reading Flights of Imagination and hopefully getting an > autographed copy at the Meadowlark Festival this year. > > I attempted twice the other day on the "pix" site to complement > you on your new Cooper's Hawk photo, but for some reason the > message part of the email didn't go through, only the header and > footer showed up. > > Since you started off with the Cooper's Hawk photo, your > observations on Cooper's Hawk vs Sharp-Shinned Hawk ID and > behaviour might be a topic of interest, as it always seems to > generate discussion amongst birders. > > Regards, > > Colin Clasen > > Coquitlam, B.C. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Dick Cannings > > Date: Friday, March 12, 2010 7:46 pm > > Subject: [bcintbird] new website/bird blog > > > > > Hi birders: > > > > > > After much cajoling from various quarters, I've "launched" my > own > > > bird & book website/blog at http://dickcannings .shawwebspace. > ca/ . > > > If you have any comments or ideas for blog topics, please let me > > > know! > > > cheers > > > Dick Cannings > > > Penticton, BC > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Re: new website/bird blog From: colin clasen <colinc AT shawlink.ca> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:13:46 -0800 Hi again Liz, I forgot to check the Meadowlark Festival website myself before I sent you their website address. They've actually already posted their registration dates, which are Saturday April 18th for in-person registration and Sunday April 19th for online registration. Colin Clasen ---------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: liz bredberg Date: Saturday, March 13, 2010 9:52 am Subject: Re: [bcintbird] new website/bird blog > Yes, great Blog, Dick.ďż˝ Thanks for undertaking it.ďż˝ And I'll look > forward to the new book. > > Colin (or someone else in the know), please.ďż˝ May I know more > about the Meadowlark Festival, please? > > Liz > > What would the world be, once bereft > > Of wet and wildness? Let them be left, > > O let them be left, wildness and wet; > > Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet. > > > > --Gerald Manley Hopkins, Inversnaid > > --- On Fri, 3/12/10, colin clasen wrote: > > From: colin clasen > Subject: Re: [bcintbird] new website/bird blog > To: bcintbird AT yahoogroups.com > Date: Friday, March 12, 2010, 10:43 PM > > > > > > > > ďż˝ > > > > > > > > > > Hi Dick, > > Great new website and enjoyable blog. > > After thoroughly enjoying Enchantment of Birds, I'm looking > forward to reading Flights of Imagination and hopefully getting an > autographed copy at the Meadowlark Festival this year. > > I attempted twice the other day on the "pix" site to complement > you on your new Cooper's Hawk photo, but for some reason the > message part of the email didn't go through, only the header and > footer showed up. > > Since you started off with the Cooper's Hawk photo, your > observations on Cooper's Hawk vs Sharp-Shinned Hawk ID and > behaviour might be a topic of interest, as it always seems to > generate discussion amongst birders. > > Regards, > > Colin Clasen > > Coquitlam, B.C. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Dick Cannings > > Date: Friday, March 12, 2010 7:46 pm > > Subject: [bcintbird] new website/bird blog > > > > > Hi birders: > > > > > > After much cajoling from various quarters, I've "launched" my > own > > > bird & book website/blog at http://dickcannings .shawwebspace. > ca/ . > > > If you have any comments or ideas for blog topics, please let me > > > know! > > > cheers > > > Dick Cannings > > > Penticton, BC > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > Subject: Re: new website/bird blog From: colin clasen <colinc AT shawlink.ca> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:07:27 -0800 Hi Liz, The Meadowlark Festival is an annual event based in Penticton, that usually runs for 5 days in mid-May, with many interesting nature field trips, including birding. You can find out more at their website, which is: http://www.meadowlarkfestival.bc.ca/ Its very popular and events fill up quickly, therefore its a good idea to keep checking their website for the in-person and online registration dates and be sure to register early. Regards, Colin Clasen Coquitlam, B.C. --------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: liz bredberg Date: Saturday, March 13, 2010 9:52 am Subject: Re: [bcintbird] new website/bird blog > Yes, great Blog, Dick.ďż˝ Thanks for undertaking it.ďż˝ And I'll look > forward to the new book. > > Colin (or someone else in the know), please.ďż˝ May I know more > about the Meadowlark Festival, please? > > Liz > > What would the world be, once bereft > > Of wet and wildness? Let them be left, > > O let them be left, wildness and wet; > > Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet. > > > > --Gerald Manley Hopkins, Inversnaid > > --- On Fri, 3/12/10, colin clasen wrote: > > From: colin clasen > Subject: Re: [bcintbird] new website/bird blog > To: bcintbird AT yahoogroups.com > Date: Friday, March 12, 2010, 10:43 PM > > > > > > > > ďż˝ > > > > > > > > > > Hi Dick, > > Great new website and enjoyable blog. > > After thoroughly enjoying Enchantment of Birds, I'm looking > forward to reading Flights of Imagination and hopefully getting an > autographed copy at the Meadowlark Festival this year. > > I attempted twice the other day on the "pix" site to complement > you on your new Cooper's Hawk photo, but for some reason the > message part of the email didn't go through, only the header and > footer showed up. > > Since you started off with the Cooper's Hawk photo, your > observations on Cooper's Hawk vs Sharp-Shinned Hawk ID and > behaviour might be a topic of interest, as it always seems to > generate discussion amongst birders. > > Regards, > > Colin Clasen > > Coquitlam, B.C. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Dick Cannings > > Date: Friday, March 12, 2010 7:46 pm > > Subject: [bcintbird] new website/bird blog > > > > > Hi birders: > > > > > > After much cajoling from various quarters, I've "launched" my > own > > > bird & book website/blog at http://dickcannings .shawwebspace. > ca/ . > > > If you have any comments or ideas for blog topics, please let me > > > know! > > > cheers > > > Dick Cannings > > > Penticton, BC > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > Subject: Re: new website/bird blog From: liz bredberg <ebredberg AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:52:09 -0800 (PST) Yes, great Blog, Dick.  Thanks for undertaking it.  And I'll look forward to the new book. Colin (or someone else in the know), please.  May I know more about the Meadowlark Festival, please? Liz What would the world be, once bereft Of wet and wildness? Let them be left, O let them be left, wildness and wet; Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet. --Gerald Manley Hopkins, Inversnaid --- On Fri, 3/12/10, colin clasen wrote: From: colin clasen Subject: Re: [bcintbird] new website/bird blog To: bcintbird AT yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, March 12, 2010, 10:43 PM   Hi Dick, Great new website and enjoyable blog. After thoroughly enjoying Enchantment of Birds, I'm looking forward to reading Flights of Imagination and hopefully getting an autographed copy at the Meadowlark Festival this year. I attempted twice the other day on the "pix" site to complement you on your new Cooper's Hawk photo, but for some reason the message part of the email didn't go through, only the header and footer showed up. Since you started off with the Cooper's Hawk photo, your observations on Cooper's Hawk vs Sharp-Shinned Hawk ID and behaviour might be a topic of interest, as it always seems to generate discussion amongst birders. Regards, Colin Clasen Coquitlam, B.C. ----- Original Message ----- From: Dick Cannings Date: Friday, March 12, 2010 7:46 pm Subject: [bcintbird] new website/bird blog > Hi birders: > > After much cajoling from various quarters, I've "launched" my own > bird & book website/blog at http://dickcannings .shawwebspace. ca/ . > If you have any comments or ideas for blog topics, please let me > know! > cheers > Dick Cannings > Penticton, BC > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Re: new website/bird blog From: colin clasen <colinc AT shawlink.ca> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:43:02 -0800 Hi Dick, Great new website and enjoyable blog. After thoroughly enjoying Enchantment of Birds, I'm looking forward to reading Flights of Imagination and hopefully getting an autographed copy at the Meadowlark Festival this year. I attempted twice the other day on the "pix" site to complement you on your new Cooper's Hawk photo, but for some reason the message part of the email didn't go through, only the header and footer showed up. Since you started off with the Cooper's Hawk photo, your observations on Cooper's Hawk vs Sharp-Shinned Hawk ID and behaviour might be a topic of interest, as it always seems to generate discussion amongst birders. Regards, Colin Clasen Coquitlam, B.C. ----- Original Message ----- From: Dick Cannings Date: Friday, March 12, 2010 7:46 pm Subject: [bcintbird] new website/bird blog > Hi birders: > > After much cajoling from various quarters, I've "launched" my own > bird & book website/blog at http://dickcannings.shawwebspace.ca/ . > If you have any comments or ideas for blog topics, please let me > know! > cheers > Dick Cannings > Penticton, BC > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > Subject: Kumlien's Gull and Eurasian Wigeons From: Russell Cannings <russellcannings AT shaw.ca> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:00:38 -0800 Hi all, I drove to Kamloops today and along the way I had some nice sightings: Maude Roxby (Kelowna): We might not have a herring spawn but it's still pretty good here! Today I had an adult KUMLIEN'S GULL and 2 other birds intermediate between Thayer's and Kumlien's... perhaps hybrids or simply normal products of clinal variation. THAYER'S GULLS were in good numbers too (20+) including one extremely pale-eyed individual and a 3rd-cycle bird (rare in the valley). Other highlights were 2 GLAUCOUS GULLS (1rst and 2nd winter birds), a 3rd winter GLACOUS-WINGED x HERRING GULL (very interesting bird!), and a newly arrived flock of 23 TRUMPETER SWANS. From now until late April will be a very interesting time to check gulls in Kelowna, as last year we had a small influx of subadult Kumlien's Iceland Gulls and a few other nice things... should be good again this year! The other big surprise for the day was finding 5 yes 5 EURASIAN WIGEON along the creek/river south of Otter Lake (south of Armstrong). This is the largest number I've ever recorded in one spot in the Okanagan (3 males and 2 females). In the area there were also hundreds of RING-BILLED GULLS, MALLARDS, COMMON RAVENS, AMERICAN WIGEON, smaller numbers of NORTHERN PINTAIL, BUFFLEHEAD, REDHEAD, and a few singing MARSH WRENS (along the edges of the lake). All the best, Russell Cannings Kamloops, BC [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Re: new website/bird blog From: Randy Findlay <hawkowl AT shaw.ca> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:21:12 -0800 Hi Dick, Really enjoyed reading your first blog! ...reminded me a little of my days growing up in Penticton . Aside from all your other great books, it looks like " Flights of Imagination" will be an excellent read. All the best with your new website! Randy Findlay, Burnaby, B.C. On 12-Mar-10, at 7:46 PM, Dick Cannings wrote: > Hi birders: > > After much cajoling from various quarters, I've "launched" my own > bird & book website/blog at http://dickcannings.shawwebspace.ca/ . > If you have any comments or ideas for blog topics, please let me know! > > cheers > Dick Cannings > Penticton, BC > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To contact the moderator email bcintbird-owner AT yahoogroups.com Also, consider joining these groups. bcbirds-subscribe AT yahoogroups.com an all BC group. If you have pictures to share try this group. http://groups-beta.google.com/ From here you have to join the bcintbird-pics group before you can see the pictures. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcintbird/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcintbird/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: bcintbird-digest AT yahoogroups.com bcintbird-fullfeatured AT yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: bcintbird-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Subject: new website/bird blog From: "Dick Cannings" <dickcannings AT shaw.ca> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:46:19 -0800 Hi birders: After much cajoling from various quarters, I've "launched" my own bird & book website/blog at http://dickcannings.shawwebspace.ca/ . If you have any comments or ideas for blog topics, please let me know! cheers Dick Cannings Penticton, BC Subject: new website/bird blog From: "Dick Cannings" <cannings AT zoology.ubc.ca> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:46:19 -0800 Hi birders: After much cajoling from various quarters, I've "launched" my own bird & book website/blog at http://dickcannings.shawwebspace.ca/ . If you have any comments or ideas for blog topics, please let me know! cheers Dick Cannings Penticton, BC [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: new website/bird blog From: "Dick Cannings" <dickcannings AT shaw.ca> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:46:19 -0800 Hi birders: After much cajoling from various quarters, I've "launched" my own bird & book website/blog at http://dickcannings.shawwebspace.ca/ . If you have any comments or ideas for blog topics, please let me know! cheers Dick Cannings Penticton, BC [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Re: Yellow-rumped warbler From: "A & J Ginns" <ginnsj AT shaw.ca> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:02:57 -0800 Oh woe! My excuse is still being a bit addled after Panama. Thanks the reminder. the Lesser Scaup will bring my March Okanagan total to a big 35. Hey, is that rain out there? Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: Janna Leslie To: bcintbird AT yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 8:31 AM Subject: Re: [bcintbird] Yellow-rumped warbler And let's not forget the lesser scaup and the ubiquitous starlings. Janna --- On Fri, 3/12/10, A & J Ginns wrote: From: A & J Ginns Subject: Re: [bcintbird] Yellow-rumped warbler To: bcintbird AT yahoogroups.com Received: Friday, March 12, 2010, 11:13 AM WITH APOLOGIES! PLEASE DELETE THE SENDING OF 8:08AM AS IT LACKED 3 SPECIES. THE REVISED REPORT IS BELOW. Jim Ginns The birders of the South Okanagan Naturalists' Club did a loop from Penticton south to White Lake through Willowbrook by Green Lake down to Okanagan Falls and back to Penticton via East Side Road. We had pictured a sunny spring-like day but found the snow moving horizontally! The highlights were a Yellow-rumped Warbler, a male Eurasian Wigeon, Say's Phoebe, Killdeer, several singing W. Meadowlarks, a dozen W. Bluebirds and a flock of over 70 Robins. The complete list is Canada Goose Eurasian Wigeon American Wigeon Mallard Barrow's Goldeneye Bufflehead California Quail Ring-necked Pheasant Killdeer Ring-billed Gull Rock Dove Northern Flicker Say's Phoebe American Dipper Western Bluebird American Robin Black-capped Chickadee Pygmy Nuthatch Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch Steller's Jay Black-billed Magpie Common Raven Yellow-rumped Warbler Dark-eyed Junco Red-winged Blackbird Western Meadowlark Cheers, Jim Ginns [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __________________________________________________________ Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail. Click on Options in Mail and switch to New Mail today or register for free at http://mail.yahoo.ca [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.436 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2741 - Release Date: 03/12/10 09:42:00 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Vultures From: "A & J Ginns" <ginnsj AT shaw.ca> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:26:56 -0800 Only two TUVUs? I wonder if Panama City is the only metropolitian area where Black and Turkey Vultures soar between the 30 or so story hi-rises? We saw undreds in the 2 w of travels around Panama. In Bocas del Toro, on the east coast, the Black Vultures hopped about the sidewalks and roads early in the morning, almost ignoring the tourists. Jim Ginns ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laure Neish" To: Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 7:50 AM Subject: Re: [bcintbird] Northern Hawk Owl in Summerland > No Hawk owls on the east side that I know of but I did see 2 Turkey > Vultures > tilting in the wind over our Columbia neighbourhood yesterday afternoon. > > Laure > > On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 8:33 PM, Laurie Rockwell wrote: > >> >> >> Birders, >> >> At 7.30 pm I got a call from Lisa Scott who reliably described what >> could have only been a NHOW sitting on a pole on Lewes Avenue,just >> before Hillborn St,about 5.30pm. She described the long tail that >> was"flicked",barring on the breast/belly,no tufts and "mid-sized". I >> immediately dispatched myself to the site and drove the perimeter of the >> marshy area,but no luck. This may be the same bird that was seen in >> Naramata earlier this year? >> >> I also had a report fron David Lane of a Turkey Vulture near his home >> along Canyon View Road near Munroe Ave.,close to the above site. >> >> Cheers........Laurie R >> >> -- >> >> Know Thyself Coaching >> Summerland, BC, Canada >> 250-494-7558; knowthyselfcoaching AT vip.net >> Member International Coach Federation >> >> If you do not go within,you will go without >> >> >> > > > > -- > Canon 50 D + Canon 300mm IS f/2.8 x 1.4 telex > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Laure Wilson Neish > Penticton, BC Canada > http://natureniche.zenfolio.com/ > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > To contact the moderator email > bcintbird-owner AT yahoogroups.com > Also, consider joining these groups. > bcbirds-subscribe AT yahoogroups.com an all BC group. > If you have pictures to share try this group. > http://groups-beta.google.com/ > From here you have to join the bcintbird-pics group before you can see the > pictures. > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.436 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2739 - Release Date: 03/11/10 21:50:00 Subject: Re: some birds of Baja California and other critters From: Laure Neish <natureneish AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:24:31 -0800 Sorry to hear about your soggy experience Jim. You know where to go next time! It was sunny the whole time in Baja. YOu must have seen some cool hummers though. Laure On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 7:16 PM, A & J Ginns wrote: > > > Well the Baja has one big thing going for it -- it doesn't rain! > > Just back from 2 w in Panama and their "dry season" where it rained nearly > every day or the humidity was 110 percent or we were in the cloud forests. > One deluge left me with a leaky umberella and 4 cms water in knapsack. Seems > the manufacturer had done a good job of waterproofing the bottom so the rain > stayed in!!! > > But tallied 260 or so species, including (to you Baja people) the mundane > Three-wattled Bell bird, Montezuma Oropendula, Respelnt Quetzel, > White-necked Jacobin and Black-crowned Tityra. > > But nothing beats the shape of a dried-out, soaring Magnificent > Frigatebird. > > Cheers, Jim Ginns > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Janna Leslie > To: bcintbird AT yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 4:20 PM > Subject: Re: [bcintbird] some birds of Baja California and other critters > > Highlights included the Belding's yellowthroat, scott's oriole, snowy > plover, xantu's hummingbird and gilded flicker (all lifers for me). > > Janna > > --- On Wed, 3/10/10, Laure Neish > > wrote: > > From: Laure Neish > > Subject: Re: [bcintbird] some birds of Baja California and other critters > To: bcintbird AT yahoogroups.com > Received: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 5:09 PM > > Well, I had no idea so many local birders went down there! What birds did > you see Janna? > > On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Janna Leslie > > wrote: > > > > > > > Nice photos Laure. Rick and I were also down in Cabo, staying at El > > Presidente beside El Estero estuary, so it brought back some memories. We > > actually arrived the day that Jim and Dierdre left! > > > > Cheers, > > Janna > > > > --- On Wed, 3/10/10, Laure Neish > > > > wrote: > > > > From: Laure Neish 40gmail.com>> > > Subject: [bcintbird] some birds of Baja California and other critters > > To: "BC interior birds list" > > > > > > Received: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 4:03 PM > > > > > > > > > > We took a trip to Los Cabos, the southern most tip of Baja California > from > > > > Feb. 25-March 5. It was a bit of an adventure driving in Mexico with the > > > > rental car, but we didn't want to stay in an all-inclusive resort and > > > > needed the car to get around from a small inn on the Corridor and to > drive > > > > up the Pacific coast to a town called Todos Santos. The corridor is the > > less > > > > developed area between Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo. In fact, we > > > > could walk right into the desert/scruba area from the Inn. There are some > > > > interesting endemic birds - like the Xantus's Hummingbird, which I got > many > > > > shots of and other birds I had only seen along the southern US states, > like > > > > Scott's Oriole and Zone-tailed Hawk. Some birds I couldn't get photos of > - > > > > like the Blue-footed Booby offshore from the Lands End or the Belding's > > > > Yellowthroat which was adept at hiding. Some hotspots in the area are the > > > > Estuary at San Jose del Cabo (El Estero) right next to the El Presidente > > > > resort and the inn we stayed at was a bird magnet too with its waterfall > > and > > > > red flowers. I am puzzled over why Baja is not included in the ABA list > of > > > > birds, yet the string of Aleutians in Alaska are! Many of the bird in > Baja > > > > are those seen in California itself. I only got a list of 75 bird species > > > > because I came down with a bad sinus infection on Day 2 and I was also > > > > trying for photos as much as anything. > > > > Many thanks to Jim Turnbull, who I ran into the day before we left, for > > > > providing us with a lot of valuable info on what birds to look for and > > where > > > > to find them, a list from eBird plus suggesting awesome out-of-the-way > > lunch > > > > location! > > > > Here is the link to my gallery and if you hit the "Slideshow" button the > > > > photos appear larger. http://natureniche. zenfolio. com/p731998110 > > > > Laure > > > > -- > > > > Canon 50 D + Canon 300mm IS f/2.8 x 1.4 telex > > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > > Laure Wilson Neish > > > > Penticton, BC Canada > > > > http://natureniche. zenfolio. com/ > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > __________________________________________________________ > > Looking for the perfect gift? 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If you have pictures to share try this group. http://groups-beta.google.com/ From here you have to join the bcintbird-pics group before you can see the pictures. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcintbird/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcintbird/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: bcintbird-digest AT yahoogroups.com bcintbird-fullfeatured AT yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: bcintbird-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Subject: Re: Yellow-rumped warbler From: Janna Leslie <jannamles AT yahoo.ca> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:31:55 -0800 (PST) And let's not forget the lesser scaup and the ubiquitous starlings. Janna --- On Fri, 3/12/10, A & J Ginns wrote: From: A & J Ginns Subject: Re: [bcintbird] Yellow-rumped warbler To: bcintbird AT yahoogroups.com Received: Friday, March 12, 2010, 11:13 AM   WITH APOLOGIES! PLEASE DELETE THE SENDING OF 8:08AM AS IT LACKED 3 SPECIES. THE REVISED REPORT IS BELOW. Jim Ginns The birders of the South Okanagan Naturalists' Club did a loop from Penticton south to White Lake through Willowbrook by Green Lake down to Okanagan Falls and back to Penticton via East Side Road. We had pictured a sunny spring-like day but found the snow moving horizontally! The highlights were a Yellow-rumped Warbler, a male Eurasian Wigeon, Say's Phoebe, Killdeer, several singing W. Meadowlarks, a dozen W. Bluebirds and a flock of over 70 Robins. The complete list is Canada Goose Eurasian Wigeon American Wigeon Mallard Barrow's Goldeneye Bufflehead California Quail Ring-necked Pheasant Killdeer Ring-billed Gull Rock Dove Northern Flicker Say's Phoebe American Dipper Western Bluebird American Robin Black-capped Chickadee Pygmy Nuthatch Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch Steller's Jay Black-billed Magpie Common Raven Yellow-rumped Warbler Dark-eyed Junco Red-winged Blackbird Western Meadowlark Cheers, Jim Ginns [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __________________________________________________________________ Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail. Click on Options in Mail and switch to New Mail today or register for free at http://mail.yahoo.ca [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Re: Yellow-rumped warbler From: "A & J Ginns" <ginnsj AT shaw.ca> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:13:26 -0800 WITH APOLOGIES! PLEASE DELETE THE SENDING OF 8:08AM AS IT LACKED 3 SPECIES. THE REVISED REPORT IS BELOW. Jim Ginns The birders of the South Okanagan Naturalists' Club did a loop from Penticton south to White Lake through Willowbrook by Green Lake down to Okanagan Falls and back to Penticton via East Side Road. We had pictured a sunny spring-like day but found the snow moving horizontally! The highlights were a Yellow-rumped Warbler, a male Eurasian Wigeon, Say's Phoebe, Killdeer, several singing W. Meadowlarks, a dozen W. Bluebirds and a flock of over 70 Robins. The complete list is Canada Goose Eurasian Wigeon American Wigeon Mallard Barrow's Goldeneye Bufflehead California Quail Ring-necked Pheasant Killdeer Ring-billed Gull Rock Dove Northern Flicker Say's Phoebe American Dipper Western Bluebird American Robin Black-capped Chickadee Pygmy Nuthatch Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch Steller's Jay Black-billed Magpie Common Raven Yellow-rumped Warbler Dark-eyed Junco Red-winged Blackbird Western Meadowlark Cheers, Jim Ginns [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Yellow-rumped warbler From: "A & J Ginns" <ginnsj AT shaw.ca> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:08:36 -0800 The birders of the South Okanagan Naturalists' Club did a loop from Penticton south to White Lake through Willowbrook by Green Lake down to Okanagan Falls and back to Penticton via East Side Road. We had pictured a sunny spring-like day but found the snow moving horizontally! The highlights were a Yellow-rumped Warbler, a male Eurasian Wigeon, Say's Phoebe, Killdeer, several singing W. Meadowlarks, a dozen W. Bluebirds and a flock of over 70 Robins. The complete list is Canada Goose Mallard Barrow's Goldeneye Bufflehead California Quail Ring-necked Pheasant Killdeer Ring-billed Gull Northern Flicker Say's Phoebe American Dipper Western Bluebird American Robin Black-capped Chickadee Pygmy Nuthatch Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch Steller's Jay Black-billed Magpie Common Raven Yellow-rumped Warbler Dark-eyed Junco Red-winged Blackbird Western Meadowlark Cheers, Jim Ginns [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Re: ruby-crowned kinglet From: RICK HOWIE <r.howie AT shaw.ca> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:52:07 -0700 Yes Janna: sacrifices of some sort seem to be in order. So I sacrificed birds. I abandoned most thoughts of anything resembling serious birding and went to a gunfight at the OK Corral in Tombstone. As luck would have it, weather is improving and by the time we leave, temps could soar. Saw 2 Kestrels yesterday which was the only hint of a possible start to the raptor migration. But perhaps it is happening in western Arizona where the weather has been somewhat warmer. Rick Howie ----- Original Message ----- From: Janna Leslie Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 10:24 pm Subject: Re: [bcintbird] ruby-crowned kinglet To: bcintbird AT yahoogroups.com > Rick -- sorry to hear the weather gods are not co-operating with > your visit. More vestal virgins for sacrifice must be in order. > > Janna > > > --- On Wed, 3/10/10, RICK HOWIE wrote: > > From: RICK HOWIE > Subject: Re: [bcintbird] ruby-crowned kinglet > To: bcintbird AT yahoogroups.com > Received: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 11:41 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Janna: you should feel fortunate > to see a migrant. I am in Tucson and it is colder than > blazes here. The past several days have been nothing but high > winds, cold temperatures, heavy rain and new snow on the > mountains. Migration seems some distance off in the future. > Today was sunny but quite cool and windy. It was the first sunny > day since Saturday. > > > > I spent most of the day in Madera Canyon. The lower canyon was > nearly birdless and it was not until reaching the feeders at > Santa Rita Lodge at 5000' did we find any birds. It was very > busy there with lots of Yellow-eyed Juncos driven down from > higher elevations by the snows. Bridled Titmice were around and > lots of Acorn Woodpeckers, Lesser Goldfinches, Mexican Jays and > other resident species. Missed Arizona Woodpecker. In the lower > grasslands, Canyon Towhees, Phainopeplas, Mockingbirds, Cactus > Wrens, Curve-billed Thrashers and Pyrruloxias were evident > enough but no real sense of migration except for 2 White- > throated Swifts and 1 Pacific-slope Flyctacher up in the canyon. > I have seen 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler in 3 days and 1 Barn > Swallow. No other swallows period. Even Robins are not > around in any numbers. > > > > So birds that are getting to Canada are avoiding this "sun" > capital where my bathing trunks are staying at the bottom of the > suitcase. Had to spend a day in the mall buying warm clothes. > > > > I find it amusing to see the locals walking around town in > fleece jackets with hoods up and tourists in shorts pretending > they are not nearing frost bite as the rains pelt down like a > good blustery winter day in Vancouver. > > > > Rick Howie > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Janna Leslie > > Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 5:39 pm > > Subject: [bcintbird] ruby-crowned kinglet > > To: bcintbird > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > My first of the year ruby-crowned kinglet was seen at the > Adam's > > > bird sanctuary (Summerland) today. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Janna Leslie, > > > Naramata > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ > _Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! > > > > > > http://www.flickr. com/gift/ > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________________Get the name you've always wanted AT ymail.com or AT rocketmail.com! Go to http://ca.promos.yahoo.com/jacko/ > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Re: Northern Hawk Owl in Summerland From: Laure Neish <natureneish AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:50:56 -0800 No Hawk owls on the east side that I know of but I did see 2 Turkey Vultures tilting in the wind over our Columbia neighbourhood yesterday afternoon. Laure On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 8:33 PM, Laurie Rockwell wrote: > > > Birders, > > At 7.30 pm I got a call from Lisa Scott who reliably described what > could have only been a NHOW sitting on a pole on Lewes Avenue,just > before Hillborn St,about 5.30pm. She described the long tail that > was"flicked",barring on the breast/belly,no tufts and "mid-sized". I > immediately dispatched myself to the site and drove the perimeter of the > marshy area,but no luck. This may be the same bird that was seen in > Naramata earlier this year? > > I also had a report fron David Lane of a Turkey Vulture near his home > along Canyon View Road near Munroe Ave.,close to the above site. > > Cheers........Laurie R > > -- > > Know Thyself Coaching > Summerland, BC, Canada > 250-494-7558; knowthyselfcoaching AT vip.net > Member International Coach Federation > > If you do not go within,you will go without > > > -- Canon 50 D + Canon 300mm IS f/2.8 x 1.4 telex - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Laure Wilson Neish Penticton, BC Canada http://natureniche.zenfolio.com/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To contact the moderator email bcintbird-owner AT yahoogroups.com Also, consider joining these groups. bcbirds-subscribe AT yahoogroups.com an all BC group. If you have pictures to share try this group. http://groups-beta.google.com/ From here you have to join the bcintbird-pics group before you can see the pictures. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcintbird/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcintbird/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: bcintbird-digest AT yahoogroups.com bcintbird-fullfeatured AT yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: bcintbird-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Subject: Birders in Seattle and Oregon coast From: "Carol" <ctaffy2 AT shaw.ca> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:50:12 -0800 Hi All, I must talk to an experienced birder in the Seattle and Oregon coast area. Thanks, Carol Subject: Northern Hawk Owl in Summerland From: Laurie Rockwell <hardrock AT vip.net> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:33:35 -0800 Birders, At 7.30 pm I got a call from Lisa Scott who reliably described what could have only been a NHOW sitting on a pole on Lewes Avenue,just before Hillborn St,about 5.30pm. She described the long tail that was"flicked",barring on the breast/belly,no tufts and "mid-sized". I immediately dispatched myself to the site and drove the perimeter of the marshy area,but no luck. This may be the same bird that was seen in Naramata earlier this year? I also had a report fron David Lane of a Turkey Vulture near his home along Canyon View Road near Munroe Ave.,close to the above site. Cheers........Laurie R -- Know Thyself Coaching Summerland, BC, Canada 250-494-7558; knowthyselfcoaching AT vip.net Member International Coach Federation If you do not go within,you will go without Subject: open ponds and lakes From: Chris Siddle <chris.siddle AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:03:53 -0800 Hi birders, For those of you planning birding trips around the North Okanagan, here are the current ice conditions: Otter Lake - ice-free O'Keefe Pond - ice-free Bailey Road Pond - ice-free Swan Lake - about half the lake is open with ice cover shifting with the winds. Rose's Pond - still frozen as of 10 March. Today (11 March) small numbers of Mallards, American Wigeons, and Northern Pintails were in ponds along Deep Creek which runs from Armstrong to Head-Of-the-Lake, Okanagan Lake, while very small numbers of diving ducks (Redhead, Canvasback, both goldeneyes, buffleheads) were beginning to appear on local ponds. I didn't find any swans or Northern Shovelers yet. Ring-billed Gulls are on the move with 200 in a wet field along Otter Lake Road opposite the gravel operation. Also there is a male Eurasian Wigeon with the Mallards and Americans (wigeons, that is) along the creek at this point. Chris Siddle [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Re: ruby-crowned kinglet From: Janna Leslie <jannamles AT yahoo.ca> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:13:28 -0800 (PST) Rick -- sorry to hear the weather gods are not co-operating with your visit.  More vestal virgins for sacrifice must be in order. Janna --- On Wed, 3/10/10, RICK HOWIE wrote: From: RICK HOWIE Subject: Re: [bcintbird] ruby-crowned kinglet To: bcintbird AT yahoogroups.com Received: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 11:41 PM   Janna: you should feel fortunate to see a migrant. I am in Tucson and it is colder than blazes here. The past several days have been nothing but high winds, cold temperatures, heavy rain and new snow on the mountains. Migration seems some distance off in the future. Today was sunny but quite cool and windy. It was the first sunny day since Saturday. I spent most of the day in Madera Canyon. The lower canyon was nearly birdless and it was not until reaching the feeders at Santa Rita Lodge at 5000' did we find any birds. It was very busy there with lots of Yellow-eyed Juncos driven down from higher elevations by the snows. Bridled Titmice were around and lots of Acorn Woodpeckers, Lesser Goldfinches, Mexican Jays and other resident species. Missed Arizona Woodpecker. In the lower grasslands, Canyon Towhees, Phainopeplas, Mockingbirds, Cactus Wrens, Curve-billed Thrashers and Pyrruloxias were evident enough but no real sense of migration except for 2 White-throated Swifts and 1 Pacific-slope Flyctacher up in the canyon. I have seen 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler in 3 days and 1 Barn Swallow. No other swallows period. Even Robins are not around in any numbers. So birds that are getting to Canada are avoiding this "sun" capital where my bathing trunks are staying at the bottom of the suitcase. Had to spend a day in the mall buying warm clothes. I find it amusing to see the locals walking around town in fleece jackets with hoods up and tourists in shorts pretending they are not nearing frost bite as the rains pelt down like a good blustery winter day in Vancouver. Rick Howie ----- Original Message ----- From: Janna Leslie Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 5:39 pm Subject: [bcintbird] ruby-crowned kinglet To: bcintbird > Hi all, > > My first of the year ruby-crowned kinglet was seen at the Adam's > bird sanctuary (Summerland) today. > > Cheers, > Janna Leslie, > Naramata > > > > > ____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! > > http://www.flickr. com/gift/ > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __________________________________________________________________ Get the name you've always wanted AT ymail.com or AT rocketmail.com! Go to http://ca.promos.yahoo.com/jacko/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Re: ruby-crowned kinglet From: RICK HOWIE <r.howie AT shaw.ca> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:41:39 -0700 Janna: you should feel fortunate to see a migrant. I am in Tucson and it is colder than blazes here. The past several days have been nothing but high winds, cold temperatures, heavy rain and new snow on the mountains. Migration seems some distance off in the future. Today was sunny but quite cool and windy. It was the first sunny day since Saturday. I spent most of the day in Madera Canyon. The lower canyon was nearly birdless and it was not until reaching the feeders at Santa Rita Lodge at 5000' did we find any birds. It was very busy there with lots of Yellow-eyed Juncos driven down from higher elevations by the snows. Bridled Titmice were around and lots of Acorn Woodpeckers, Lesser Goldfinches, Mexican Jays and other resident species. Missed Arizona Woodpecker. In the lower grasslands, Canyon Towhees, Phainopeplas, Mockingbirds, Cactus Wrens, Curve-billed Thrashers and Pyrruloxias were evident enough but no real sense of migration except for 2 White-throated Swifts and 1 Pacific-slope Flyctacher up in the canyon. I have seen 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler in 3 days and 1 Barn Swallow. No other swallows period. Even Robins are not around in any numbers. So birds that are getting to Canada are avoiding this "sun" capital where my bathing trunks are staying at the bottom of the suitcase. Had to spend a day in the mall buying warm clothes. I find it amusing to see the locals walking around town in fleece jackets with hoods up and tourists in shorts pretending they are not nearing frost bite as the rains pelt down like a good blustery winter day in Vancouver. Rick Howie ----- Original Message ----- From: Janna Leslie Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 5:39 pm Subject: [bcintbird] ruby-crowned kinglet To: bcintbird > Hi all, > > My first of the year ruby-crowned kinglet was seen at the Adam's > bird sanctuary (Summerland) today. > > Cheers, > Janna Leslie, > Naramata > > > > > __________________________________________________________________Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! > > http://www.flickr.com/gift/ > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Re: some birds of Baja California and other critters From: Janna Leslie <jannamles AT yahoo.ca> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:05:44 -0800 (PST) The frigatebird certainly can soar.  Congrats on the bell bird -- one of the many I missed in my travels in the general area. Cheers, Janna --- On Wed, 3/10/10, A & J Ginns wrote: From: A & J Ginns Subject: Re: [bcintbird] some birds of Baja California and other critters To: bcintbird AT yahoogroups.com Received: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 10:16 PM   Well the Baja has one big thing going for it -- it doesn't rain! Just back from 2 w in Panama and their "dry season" where it rained nearly every day or the humidity was 110 percent or we were in the cloud forests. One deluge left me with a leaky umberella and 4 cms water in knapsack. Seems the manufacturer had done a good job of waterproofing the bottom so the rain stayed in!!! But tallied 260 or so species, including (to you Baja people) the mundane Three-wattled Bell bird, Montezuma Oropendula, Respelnt Quetzel, White-necked Jacobin and Black-crowned Tityra. But nothing beats the shape of a dried-out, soaring Magnificent Frigatebird. Cheers, Jim Ginns ----- Original Message ----- From: Janna Leslie To: bcintbird AT yahoogrou ps.com Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 4:20 PM Subject: Re: [bcintbird] some birds of Baja California and other critters Highlights included the Belding's yellowthroat, scott's oriole, snowy plover, xantu's hummingbird and gilded flicker (all lifers for me). Janna --- On Wed, 3/10/10, Laure Neish wrote: From: Laure Neish Subject: Re: [bcintbird] some birds of Baja California and other critters To: bcintbird AT yahoogrou ps.com Received: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 5:09 PM Well, I had no idea so many local birders went down there! What birds did you see Janna? On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Janna Leslie wrote: > > > Nice photos Laure. Rick and I were also down in Cabo, staying at El > Presidente beside El Estero estuary, so it brought back some memories. We > actually arrived the day that Jim and Dierdre left! > > Cheers, > Janna > > --- On Wed, 3/10/10, Laure Neish > > wrote: > > From: Laure Neish > > Subject: [bcintbird] some birds of Baja California and other critters > To: "BC interior birds list" > > > Received: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 4:03 PM > > > > > We took a trip to Los Cabos, the southern most tip of Baja California from > > Feb. 25-March 5. It was a bit of an adventure driving in Mexico with the > > rental car, but we didn't want to stay in an all-inclusive resort and > > needed the car to get around from a small inn on the Corridor and to drive > > up the Pacific coast to a town called Todos Santos. The corridor is the > less > > developed area between Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo. In fact, we > > could walk right into the desert/scruba area from the Inn. There are some > > interesting endemic birds - like the Xantus's Hummingbird, which I got many > > shots of and other birds I had only seen along the southern US states, like > > Scott's Oriole and Zone-tailed Hawk. Some birds I couldn't get photos of - > > like the Blue-footed Booby offshore from the Lands End or the Belding's > > Yellowthroat which was adept at hiding. Some hotspots in the area are the > > Estuary at San Jose del Cabo (El Estero) right next to the El Presidente > > resort and the inn we stayed at was a bird magnet too with its waterfall > and > > red flowers. I am puzzled over why Baja is not included in the ABA list of > > birds, yet the string of Aleutians in Alaska are! Many of the bird in Baja > > are those seen in California itself. I only got a list of 75 bird species > > because I came down with a bad sinus infection on Day 2 and I was also > > trying for photos as much as anything. > > Many thanks to Jim Turnbull, who I ran into the day before we left, for > > providing us with a lot of valuable info on what birds to look for and > where > > to find them, a list from eBird plus suggesting awesome out-of-the-way > lunch > > location! > > Here is the link to my gallery and if you hit the "Slideshow" button the > > photos appear larger. http://natureniche. zenfolio. com/p731998110 > > Laure > > -- > > Canon 50 D + Canon 300mm IS f/2.8 x 1.4 telex > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > Laure Wilson Neish > > Penticton, BC Canada > > http://natureniche. zenfolio. com/ > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > ____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _ > Looking for the perfect gift? 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Canada Messenger for the Web BETA at http://ca.messenger .yahoo.com/ webmessengerprom o.php [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- - No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.436 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2734 - Release Date: 03/10/10 07:33:00 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __________________________________________________________________ The new Internet Explorer® 8 - Faster, safer, easier. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Re: some birds of Baja California and other critters From: "A & J Ginns" <ginnsj AT shaw.ca> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:16:17 -0800 Well the Baja has one big thing going for it -- it doesn't rain! Just back from 2 w in Panama and their "dry season" where it rained nearly every day or the humidity was 110 percent or we were in the cloud forests. One deluge left me with a leaky umberella and 4 cms water in knapsack. Seems the manufacturer had done a good job of waterproofing the bottom so the rain stayed in!!! But tallied 260 or so species, including (to you Baja people) the mundane Three-wattled Bell bird, Montezuma Oropendula, Respelnt Quetzel, White-necked Jacobin and Black-crowned Tityra. But nothing beats the shape of a dried-out, soaring Magnificent Frigatebird. Cheers, Jim Ginns ----- Original Message ----- From: Janna Leslie To: bcintbird AT yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 4:20 PM Subject: Re: [bcintbird] some birds of Baja California and other critters Highlights included the Belding's yellowthroat, scott's oriole, snowy plover, xantu's hummingbird and gilded flicker (all lifers for me). Janna --- On Wed, 3/10/10, Laure Neish wrote: From: Laure Neish Subject: Re: [bcintbird] some birds of Baja California and other critters To: bcintbird AT yahoogroups.com Received: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 5:09 PM Well, I had no idea so many local birders went down there! What birds did you see Janna? On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Janna Leslie wrote: > > > Nice photos Laure. Rick and I were also down in Cabo, staying at El > Presidente beside El Estero estuary, so it brought back some memories. We > actually arrived the day that Jim and Dierdre left! > > Cheers, > Janna > > --- On Wed, 3/10/10, Laure Neish > > wrote: > > From: Laure Neish > > Subject: [bcintbird] some birds of Baja California and other critters > To: "BC interior birds list" > > > Received: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 4:03 PM > > > > > We took a trip to Los Cabos, the southern most tip of Baja California from > > Feb. 25-March 5. It was a bit of an adventure driving in Mexico with the > > rental car, but we didn't want to stay in an all-inclusive resort and > > needed the car to get around from a small inn on the Corridor and to drive > > up the Pacific coast to a town called Todos Santos. The corridor is the > less > > developed area between Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo. In fact, we > > could walk right into the desert/scruba area from the Inn. There are some > > interesting endemic birds - like the Xantus's Hummingbird, which I got many > > shots of and other birds I had only seen along the southern US states, like > > Scott's Oriole and Zone-tailed Hawk. Some birds I couldn't get photos of - > > like the Blue-footed Booby offshore from the Lands End or the Belding's > > Yellowthroat which was adept at hiding. Some hotspots in the area are the > > Estuary at San Jose del Cabo (El Estero) right next to the El Presidente > > resort and the inn we stayed at was a bird magnet too with its waterfall > and > > red flowers. I am puzzled over why Baja is not included in the ABA list of > > birds, yet the string of Aleutians in Alaska are! Many of the bird in Baja > > are those seen in California itself. I only got a list of 75 bird species > > because I came down with a bad sinus infection on Day 2 and I was also > > trying for photos as much as anything. > > Many thanks to Jim Turnbull, who I ran into the day before we left, for > > providing us with a lot of valuable info on what birds to look for and > where > > to find them, a list from eBird plus suggesting awesome out-of-the-way > lunch > > location! > > Here is the link to my gallery and if you hit the "Slideshow" button the > > photos appear larger. http://natureniche. zenfolio. com/p731998110 > > Laure > > -- > > Canon 50 D + Canon 300mm IS f/2.8 x 1.4 telex > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > Laure Wilson Neish > > Penticton, BC Canada > > http://natureniche. zenfolio. com/ > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > __________________________________________________________ > Looking for the perfect gift? 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Canada Messenger for the Web BETA at http://ca.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.436 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2734 - Release Date: 03/10/10 07:33:00 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Re: some birds of Baja California and other critters From: Laure Neish <natureneish AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:36:45 -0800 Interesting, I brought National Geo. 5th edition for the same reason. It was good for species ranges. Laure On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Janna Leslie wrote: > > > Hi Laure. > > Actually, National Geographic's "Birds of North America" covers the Baja > quite nicely. That is where I first bought my guide when we visited Loreto > back in 2001 (and it was my first bird guide -- the start of it all. I was > seeing all these neat birds and didn't know what they were). There's just a > few species not listed in it. > > Janna > > --- On Wed, 3/10/10, Laure Neish > > wrote: > > From: Laure Neish > > Subject: Re: [bcintbird] some birds of Baja California and other critters > To: bcintbird AT yahoogroups.com > Received: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 6:16 PM > > Thanks Dick and for the positive ID on the whale. If you were there in '82, > I can imagine you and Marg would just cringe at the rampant development > going on there now. San Jose was a much more enjoyable town that Cabo San > Lucas we discovered. > I think if we went back I would be interested staying at El Presidente for > its great birding hotspot location. > Jim Turnbull referred me to eBird to get a list of Baja birds because the > only field guide available, I believe, is the Birds of Mexico and N. > Central America by Howell and Webb and that is like carrying a large brick, > so it stayed home. > > Laure > > On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Dick Cannings > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Laure: > > > > Lovely shots. Marg and I stayed in San Jose del Cabo when the only > "hotel" > > on the beach was called the "Nuevo Sol"--it was the ATCO trailers > formerly > > used by the highway construction workers ($5/night). The El Presidente > was > > just being built (this was 1982 as I recall). Lovely desert for hiking > as > > you found, though I totally dipped on Xantus's Hummingbird (all we saw > were > > Costa's). > > > > cheers > > Dick Cannings > > Penticton, BC > > > > PS: those are pictures of Hump-backed Whales for sure > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Laure Neish 40gmail.com>> > > Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 1:03 pm > > Subject: [bcintbird] some birds of Baja California and other critters > > To: BC interior birds list > > > > > > > > > We took a trip to Los Cabos, the southern most tip of Baja > > > California from > > > Feb. 25-March 5. It was a bit of an adventure driving in > > > Mexico with the > > > rental car, but we didn't want to stay in an all-inclusive > > > resort and > > > needed the car to get around from a small inn on the Corridor > > > and to drive > > > up the Pacific coast to a town called Todos Santos. The corridor > > > is the less > > > developed area between Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo. In > > > fact, we > > > could walk right into the desert/scruba area from the Inn. > > > > There are some > > > interesting endemic birds - like the Xantus's Hummingbird, which > > > I got many > > > shots of and other birds I had only seen along the southern US > > > states, like > > > Scott's Oriole and Zone-tailed Hawk. Some birds I couldn't get > > > photos of - > > > like the Blue-footed Booby offshore from the Lands End or the > > > Belding'sYellowthroat which was adept at hiding. Some hotspots > > > > in the area are the > > > Estuary at San Jose del Cabo (El Estero) right next to the El > > > Presidenteresort and the inn we stayed at was a bird magnet too > > > > with its waterfall and > > > red flowers. I am puzzled over why Baja is not included in the > > > ABA list of > > > birds, yet the string of Aleutians in Alaska are! Many of > > > the bird in Baja > > > > are those seen in California itself. I only got a list of 75 > > > bird species > > > because I came down with a bad sinus infection on Day 2 and I > > > was also > > > trying for photos as much as anything. > > > > > > Many thanks to Jim Turnbull, who I ran into the day before we > > > left, for > > > providing us with a lot of valuable info on what birds to look > > > for and where > > > to find them, a list from eBird plus suggesting awesome out-of- > > > the-way lunch > > > location! > > > > > > > Here is the link to my gallery and if you hit the "Slideshow" > > > button the > > > photos appear larger. http://natureniche.zenfolio.com/p731998110 > > > > > > Laure > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Canon 50 D + Canon 300mm IS f/2.8 x 1.4 telex > > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > Laure Wilson Neish > > > Penticton, BC Canada > > > http://natureniche.zenfolio.com/ > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > -- > Canon 50 D + Canon 300mm IS f/2.8 x 1.4 telex > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Laure Wilson Neish > Penticton, BC Canada > http://natureniche.zenfolio.com/ > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > ------------------------------------ > > To contact the moderator email > bcintbird-owner AT yahoogroups.com > Also, consider joining these groups. > bcbirds-subscribe AT yahoogroups.com > an all BC group. > If you have pictures to share try this group. > http://groups-beta.google.com/ > From here you have to join the bcintbird-pics group before you can see the > pictures. > Yahoo! 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Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Re: some birds of Baja California and other critters From: Janna Leslie <jannamles AT yahoo.ca> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:20:33 -0800 (PST) Highlights included the Belding's yellowthroat, scott's oriole, snowy plover, xantu's hummingbird and gilded flicker (all lifers for me). Janna --- On Wed, 3/10/10, Laure Neish wrote: From: Laure Neish Subject: Re: [bcintbird] some birds of Baja California and other critters To: bcintbird AT yahoogroups.com Received: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 5:09 PM Well, I had no idea so many local birders went down there!  What birds did you see Janna? On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Janna Leslie wrote: > > > Nice photos Laure.  Rick and I were also down in Cabo, staying at El > Presidente beside El Estero estuary, so it brought back some memories.  We > actually arrived the day that Jim and Dierdre left! > > Cheers, > Janna > > --- On Wed, 3/10/10, Laure Neish > > wrote: > > From: Laure Neish > > Subject: [bcintbird] some birds of Baja California and other critters > To: "BC interior birds list" > > > Received: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 4:03 PM > > > > > We took a trip to Los Cabos, the southern most tip of Baja California from > > Feb. 25-March 5. It was a bit of an adventure driving in Mexico with the > > rental car, but we didn't want to stay in an all-inclusive resort and > > needed the car to get around from a small inn on the Corridor and to drive > > up the Pacific coast to a town called Todos Santos. The corridor is the > less > > developed area between Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo. In fact, we > > could walk right into the desert/scruba area from the Inn. There are some > > interesting endemic birds - like the Xantus's Hummingbird, which I got many > > shots of and other birds I had only seen along the southern US states, like > > Scott's Oriole and Zone-tailed Hawk. Some birds I couldn't get photos of - > > like the Blue-footed Booby offshore from the Lands End or the Belding's > > Yellowthroat which was adept at hiding. Some hotspots in the area are the > > Estuary at San Jose del Cabo (El Estero) right next to the El Presidente > > resort and the inn we stayed at was a bird magnet too with its waterfall > and > > red flowers. I am puzzled over why Baja is not included in the ABA list of > > birds, yet the string of Aleutians in Alaska are! Many of the bird in Baja > > are those seen in California itself. I only got a list of 75 bird species > > because I came down with a bad sinus infection on Day 2 and I was also > > trying for photos as much as anything. > > Many thanks to Jim Turnbull, who I ran into the day before we left, for > > providing us with a lot of valuable info on what birds to look for and > where > > to find them, a list from eBird plus suggesting awesome out-of-the-way > lunch > > location! > > Here is the link to my gallery and if you hit the "Slideshow" button the > > photos appear larger. http://natureniche. zenfolio. com/p731998110 > > Laure > > -- > > Canon 50 D + Canon 300mm IS f/2.8 x 1.4 telex > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > Laure Wilson Neish > > Penticton, BC Canada > > http://natureniche. zenfolio. com/ > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > __________________________________________________________ > Looking for the perfect gift? 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Canada Messenger for the Web BETA at http://ca.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Re: some birds of Baja California and other critters From: Janna Leslie <jannamles AT yahoo.ca> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:10:03 -0800 (PST) Hi Laure. Actually, National Geographic's  "Birds of North America" covers the Baja quite nicely.  That is where I first bought my guide when we visited Loreto back in 2001 (and it was my first bird guide -- the start of it all.  I was seeing all these neat birds and didn't know what they were).  There's just a few species not listed in it. Janna --- On Wed, 3/10/10, Laure Neish wrote: From: Laure Neish Subject: Re: [bcintbird] some birds of Baja California and other critters To: bcintbird AT yahoogroups.com Received: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 6:16 PM Thanks Dick and for the positive ID on the whale. If you were there in '82, I can imagine you and Marg would just cringe at the rampant development going on there now. San Jose was a much more enjoyable town that Cabo San Lucas we discovered. I think if we went back I would be interested staying at El Presidente for its great birding hotspot location. Jim Turnbull referred me to eBird to get a list of Baja birds because the only field guide available, I believe,  is the Birds of Mexico and N. Central America by Howell and Webb and that is like carrying a large brick, so it stayed home. Laure On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Dick Cannings wrote: > > > Hi Laure: > > Lovely shots.  Marg and I stayed in San Jose del Cabo when the only "hotel" > on the beach was called the "Nuevo Sol"--it was the ATCO trailers formerly > used by the highway construction workers ($5/night).  The El Presidente was > just being built (this was 1982 as I recall).  Lovely desert for hiking as > you found, though I totally dipped on Xantus's Hummingbird (all we saw were > Costa's). > > cheers > Dick Cannings > Penticton, BC > > PS:  those are pictures of Hump-backed Whales for sure > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Laure Neish > > Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 1:03 pm > Subject: [bcintbird] some birds of Baja California and other critters > To: BC interior birds list > > > >  > We took a trip to Los Cabos, the southern most tip of Baja > > California from > > Feb. 25-March 5.  It was a bit of an adventure driving in > > Mexico with the > > rental car, but we didn't want to stay in an all-inclusive > > resort and > > needed the car to get around from a small inn on the Corridor > > and to drive > > up the Pacific coast to a town called Todos Santos. The corridor > > is the less > > developed area between Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo. In > > fact, we > > could walk right into the desert/scruba area from the Inn. > > There are some > > interesting endemic birds - like the Xantus's Hummingbird, which > > I got many > > shots of and other birds I had only seen along the southern US > > states, like > > Scott's Oriole and Zone-tailed Hawk. Some birds I couldn't get > > photos of - > > like the Blue-footed Booby offshore from the Lands End or the > > Belding'sYellowthroat which was adept at hiding. Some hotspots > > in the area are the > > Estuary at San Jose del Cabo (El Estero) right next to the El > > Presidenteresort and the inn we stayed at was a bird magnet too >  > with its waterfall and > > red flowers. I am puzzled over why Baja is not included in the > > ABA list of > > birds, yet the string of Aleutians in Alaska are!  Many of > > the bird in Baja > > are those seen in California itself. I only got a list of 75 > > bird species > > because I came down with a bad sinus infection on Day 2 and I > > was also > > trying for photos as much as anything. > > > > Many thanks to Jim Turnbull, who I ran into the day before we > > left,  for > > providing us with a lot of valuable info on what birds to look > > for and where > > to find them, a list from eBird plus suggesting awesome out-of- > > the-way lunch > > location! > > > > Here is the link to my gallery and if you hit the "Slideshow" > > button the > > photos appear larger. http://natureniche.zenfolio.com/p731998110 > > > > Laure > > > > > > -- > > Canon 50 D +  Canon 300mm IS f/2.8 x 1.4 telex > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > Laure Wilson Neish > > Penticton, BC  Canada > > http://natureniche.zenfolio.com/ > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >  > -- Canon 50 D +  Canon 300mm IS f/2.8 x 1.4 telex - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Laure Wilson Neish Penticton, BC  Canada http://natureniche.zenfolio.com/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To contact the moderator email bcintbird-owner AT yahoogroups.com Also, consider joining these groups. bcbirds-subscribe AT yahoogroups.com  an all BC group. If you have pictures to share try this group.  http://groups-beta.google.com/ From here you have to join the bcintbird-pics group before you can see the pictures. Yahoo! Groups Links __________________________________________________________________ Get the name you've always wanted AT ymail.com or AT rocketmail.com! Go to http://ca.promos.yahoo.com/jacko/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Re: some birds of Baja California and other critters From: Laure Neish <natureneish AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:16:17 -0800 Thanks Dick and for the positive ID on the whale. If you were there in '82, I can imagine you and Marg would just cringe at the rampant development going on there now. San Jose was a much more enjoyable town that Cabo San Lucas we discovered. I think if we went back I would be interested staying at El Presidente for its great birding hotspot location. Jim Turnbull referred me to eBird to get a list of Baja birds because the only field guide available, I believe, is the Birds of Mexico and N. Central America by Howell and Webb and that is like carrying a large brick, so it stayed home. Laure On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Dick Cannings wrote: > > > Hi Laure: > > Lovely shots. Marg and I stayed in San Jose del Cabo when the only "hotel" > on the beach was called the "Nuevo Sol"--it was the ATCO trailers formerly > used by the highway construction workers ($5/night). The El Presidente was > just being built (this was 1982 as I recall). Lovely desert for hiking as > you found, though I totally dipped on Xantus's Hummingbird (all we saw were > Costa's). > > cheers > Dick Cannings > Penticton, BC > > PS: those are pictures of Hump-backed Whales for sure > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Laure Neish > > Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 1:03 pm > Subject: [bcintbird] some birds of Baja California and other critters > To: BC interior birds list > > > > > We took a trip to Los Cabos, the southern most tip of Baja > > California from > > Feb. 25-March 5. It was a bit of an adventure driving in > > Mexico with the > > rental car, but we didn't want to stay in an all-inclusive > > resort and > > needed the car to get around from a small inn on the Corridor > > and to drive > > up the Pacific coast to a town called Todos Santos. The corridor > > is the less > > developed area between Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo. In > > fact, we > > could walk right into the desert/scruba area from the Inn. > > There are some > > interesting endemic birds - like the Xantus's Hummingbird, which > > I got many > > shots of and other birds I had only seen along the southern US > > states, like > > Scott's Oriole and Zone-tailed Hawk. Some birds I couldn't get > > photos of - > > like the Blue-footed Booby offshore from the Lands End or the > > Belding'sYellowthroat which was adept at hiding. Some hotspots > > in the area are the > > Estuary at San Jose del Cabo (El Estero) right next to the El > > Presidenteresort and the inn we stayed at was a bird magnet too > > with its waterfall and > > red flowers. I am puzzled over why Baja is not included in the > > ABA list of > > birds, yet the string of Aleutians in Alaska are! Many of > > the bird in Baja > > are those seen in California itself. I only got a list of 75 > > bird species > > because I came down with a bad sinus infection on Day 2 and I > > was also > > trying for photos as much as anything. > > > > Many thanks to Jim Turnbull, who I ran into the day before we > > left, for > > providing us with a lot of valuable info on what birds to look > > for and where > > to find them, a list from eBird plus suggesting awesome out-of- > > the-way lunch > > location! > > > > Here is the link to my gallery and if you hit the "Slideshow" > > button the > > photos appear larger. http://natureniche.zenfolio.com/p731998110 > > > > Laure > > > > > > -- > > Canon 50 D + Canon 300mm IS f/2.8 x 1.4 telex > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > Laure Wilson Neish > > Penticton, BC Canada > > http://natureniche.zenfolio.com/ > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- Canon 50 D + Canon 300mm IS f/2.8 x 1.4 telex - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Laure Wilson Neish Penticton, BC Canada http://natureniche.zenfolio.com/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To contact the moderator email bcintbird-owner AT yahoogroups.com Also, consider joining these groups. bcbirds-subscribe AT yahoogroups.com an all BC group. 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Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Subject: Re: some birds of Baja California and other critters From: Dick Cannings <dickcannings AT shaw.ca> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:25:58 -0800 Hi Laure: Lovely shots.  Marg and I stayed in San Jose del Cabo when the only "hotel" on the beach was called the "Nuevo Sol"--it was the ATCO trailers formerly used by the highway construction workers ($5/night).  The El Presidente was just being built (this was 1982 as I recall).  Lovely desert for hiking as you found, though I totally dipped on Xantus's Hummingbird (all we saw were Costa's). cheers Dick Cannings Penticton, BC PS:  those are pictures of Hump-backed Whales for sure ----- Original Message ----- From: Laure Neish Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 1:03 pm Subject: [bcintbird] some birds of Baja California and other critters To: BC interior birds list > We took a trip to Los Cabos, the southern most tip of Baja > California from > Feb. 25-March 5.  It was a bit of an adventure driving in > Mexico with the > rental car, but we didn't want to stay in an all-inclusive > resort and > needed the car to get around from a small inn on the Corridor > and to drive > up the Pacific coast to a town called Todos Santos. The corridor > is the less > developed area between Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo. In > fact, we > could walk right into the desert/scruba area from the Inn.  > There are some > interesting endemic birds - like the Xantus's Hummingbird, which > I got many > shots of and other birds I had only seen along the southern US > states, like > Scott's Oriole and Zone-tailed Hawk. Some birds I couldn't get > photos of - > like the Blue-footed Booby offshore from the Lands End or the > Belding'sYellowthroat which was adept at hiding. Some hotspots > in the area are the > Estuary at San Jose del Cabo (El Estero) right next to the El > Presidenteresort and the inn we stayed at was a bird magnet too > with its waterfall and > red flowers. I am puzzled over why Baja is not included in the > ABA list of > birds, yet the string of Aleutians in Alaska are!  Many of > the bird in Baja > are those seen in California itself. I only got a list of 75 > bird species > because I came down with a bad sinus infection on Day 2 and I > was also > trying for photos as much as anything. > > Many thanks to Jim Turnbull, who I ran into the day before we > left,  for > providing us with a lot of valuable info on what birds to look > for and where > to find them, a list from eBird plus suggesting awesome out-of- > the-way lunch > location! > > Here is the link to my gallery and if you hit the "Slideshow" > button the > photos appear larger. http://natureniche.zenfolio.com/p731998110 > > Laure > > > -- > Canon 50 D +  Canon 300mm IS f/2.8 x 1.4 telex > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Laure Wilson Neish > Penticton, BC  Canada > http://natureniche.zenfolio.com/ > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Re: some birds of Baja California and other critters From: Laure Neish <natureneish AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:09:47 -0800 Well, I had no idea so many local birders went down there! What birds did you see Janna? On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Janna Leslie wrote: > > > Nice photos Laure. Rick and I were also down in Cabo, staying at El > Presidente beside El Estero estuary, so it brought back some memories. We > actually arrived the day that Jim and Dierdre left! > > Cheers, > Janna > > --- On Wed, 3/10/10, Laure Neish > > wrote: > > From: Laure Neish > > Subject: [bcintbird] some birds of Baja California and other critters > To: "BC interior birds list" > > > Received: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 4:03 PM > > > > > We took a trip to Los Cabos, the southern most tip of Baja California from > > Feb. 25-March 5. It was a bit of an adventure driving in Mexico with the > > rental car, but we didn't want to stay in an all-inclusive resort and > > needed the car to get around from a small inn on the Corridor and to drive > > up the Pacific coast to a town called Todos Santos. The corridor is the > less > > developed area between Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo. In fact, we > > could walk right into the desert/scruba area from the Inn. There are some > > interesting endemic birds - like the Xantus's Hummingbird, which I got many > > shots of and other birds I had only seen along the southern US states, like > > Scott's Oriole and Zone-tailed Hawk. Some birds I couldn't get photos of - > > like the Blue-footed Booby offshore from the Lands End or the Belding's > > Yellowthroat which was adept at hiding. Some hotspots in the area are the > > Estuary at San Jose del Cabo (El Estero) right next to the El Presidente > > resort and the inn we stayed at was a bird magnet too with its waterfall > and > > red flowers. I am puzzled over why Baja is not included in the ABA list of > > birds, yet the string of Aleutians in Alaska are! Many of the bird in Baja > > are those seen in California itself. I only got a list of 75 bird species > > because I came down with a bad sinus infection on Day 2 and I was also > > trying for photos as much as anything. > > Many thanks to Jim Turnbull, who I ran into the day before we left, for > > providing us with a lot of valuable info on what birds to look for and > where > > to find them, a list from eBird plus suggesting awesome out-of-the-way > lunch > > location! > > Here is the link to my gallery and if you hit the "Slideshow" button the > > photos appear larger. http://natureniche. zenfolio. com/p731998110 > > Laure > > -- > > Canon 50 D + Canon 300mm IS f/2.8 x 1.4 telex > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > Laure Wilson Neish > > Penticton, BC Canada > > http://natureniche. zenfolio. com/ > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > __________________________________________________________ > Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! > > http://www.flickr.com/gift/ > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- Canon 50 D + Canon 300mm IS f/2.8 x 1.4 telex - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Laure Wilson Neish Penticton, BC Canada http://natureniche.zenfolio.com/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To contact the moderator email bcintbird-owner AT yahoogroups.com Also, consider joining these groups. bcbirds-subscribe AT yahoogroups.com an all BC group. If you have pictures to share try this group. http://groups-beta.google.com/ From here you have to join the bcintbird-pics group before you can see the pictures. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcintbird/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bcintbird/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: bcintbird-digest AT yahoogroups.com bcintbird-fullfeatured AT yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: bcintbird-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Subject: Re: some birds of Baja California and other critters From: Janna Leslie <jannamles AT yahoo.ca> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:50:24 -0800 (PST) Nice photos Laure.  Rick and I were also down in Cabo, staying at El Presidente beside El Estero estuary, so it brought back some memories.  We actually arrived the day that Jim and Dierdre left! Cheers, Janna --- On Wed, 3/10/10, Laure Neish wrote: From: Laure Neish Subject: [bcintbird] some birds of Baja California and other critters To: "BC interior birds list" Received: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 4:03 PM   We took a trip to Los Cabos, the southern most tip of Baja California from Feb. 25-March 5. It was a bit of an adventure driving in Mexico with the rental car, but we didn't want to stay in an all-inclusive resort and needed the car to get around from a small inn on the Corridor and to drive up the Pacific coast to a town called Todos Santos. The corridor is the less developed area between Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo. In fact, we could walk right into the desert/scruba area from the Inn. There are some interesting endemic birds - like the Xantus's Hummingbird, which I got many shots of and other birds I had only seen along the southern US states, like Scott's Oriole and Zone-tailed Hawk. Some birds I couldn't get photos of - like the Blue-footed Booby offshore from the Lands End or the Belding's Yellowthroat which was adept at hiding. Some hotspots in the area are the Estuary at San Jose del Cabo (El Estero) right next to the El Presidente resort and the inn we stayed at was a bird magnet too with its waterfall and red flowers. I am puzzled over why Baja is not included in the ABA list of birds, yet the string of Aleutians in Alaska are! Many of the bird in Baja are those seen in California itself. I only got a list of 75 bird species because I came down with a bad sinus infection on Day 2 and I was also trying for photos as much as anything. Many thanks to Jim Turnbull, who I ran into the day before we left, for providing us with a lot of valuable info on what birds to look for and where to find them, a list from eBird plus suggesting awesome out-of-the-way lunch location! Here is the link to my gallery and if you hit the "Slideshow" button the photos appear larger. http://natureniche. zenfolio. com/p731998110 Laure -- Canon 50 D + Canon 300mm IS f/2.8 x 1.4 telex - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Laure Wilson Neish Penticton, BC Canada http://natureniche. zenfolio. com/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __________________________________________________________________ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: some birds of Baja California and other critters From: Laure Neish <natureneish AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:03:14 -0800 We took a trip to Los Cabos, the southern most tip of Baja California from Feb. 25-March 5. It was a bit of an adventure driving in Mexico with the rental car, but we didn't want to stay in an all-inclusive resort and needed the car to get around from a small inn on the Corridor and to drive up the Pacific coast to a town called Todos Santos. The corridor is the less developed area between Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo. In fact, we could walk right into the desert/scruba area from the Inn. There are some interesting endemic birds - like the Xantus's Hummingbird, which I got many shots of and other birds I had only seen along the southern US states, like Scott's Oriole and Zone-tailed Hawk. Some birds I couldn't get photos of - like the Blue-footed Booby offshore from the Lands End or the Belding's Yellowthroat which was adept at hiding. Some hotspots in the area are the Estuary at San Jose del Cabo (El Estero) right next to the El Presidente resort and the inn we stayed at was a bird magnet too with its waterfall and red flowers. I am puzzled over why Baja is not included in the ABA list of birds, yet the string of Aleutians in Alaska are! Many of the bird in Baja are those seen in California itself. I only got a list of 75 bird species because I came down with a bad sinus infection on Day 2 and I was also trying for photos as much as anything. Many thanks to Jim Turnbull, who I ran into the day before we left, for providing us with a lot of valuable info on what birds to look for and where to find them, a list from eBird plus suggesting awesome out-of-the-way lunch location! Here is the link to my gallery and if you hit the "Slideshow" button the photos appear larger. http://natureniche.zenfolio.com/p731998110 Laure -- Canon 50 D + Canon 300mm IS f/2.8 x 1.4 telex - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Laure Wilson Neish Penticton, BC Canada http://natureniche.zenfolio.com/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: say's phoebe - finally From: Janna Leslie <jannamles AT yahoo.ca> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:40:59 -0800 (PST) Hi all. Well, the Say's phoebe has finally arrived in the neighbourhood -- only a week later than last year!  I was starting to wonder when I would hear him, after seeing my first of the year down at Road 22 on Feb 25. Cheers, Janna Leslie, Naramata __________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Big Year Blog updated From: Russell Cannings <russellcannings AT shaw.ca> Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:54:06 -0800 Hi all, After a good few days of birding, I've updated the blog so ch-check it out! http://bcbigyear.blogspot.com/ Kind regards, Russell Cannings Penticton, BC [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: greater white-fronted goose From: Janna Leslie <jannamles AT yahoo.ca> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 16:18:47 -0800 (PST) Hi all, Today a small flock of canada geese were hanging about the small pond north of Skaha Lake (along East Side road) among which was a greater white-fronted goose.  First seen about 10:30 and still there about 3:30. Cheers, Janna Leslie, Naramata __________________________________________________________________ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Christmas Bird Counts From: "marven007ca" <marven007ca AT yahoo.ca> Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:49:32 -0000 Okay Birders Don't panic it's not time yet to make decisions, but it is way past time for all of you compilers out there who have failed to send in your details for the past count. As the keeper of the British Columbia Winter Bird List for Blake Maybank's Winter Bird List site AT http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/maybank/other/bcwinter.htm I find it very frustrating that you compilers cannot get your totals posted to the Audubon data site in a timely manner, there is no excuse for taking so long, why it's nearly summer for pete's sake. Here are just some of the counts who have failed to post their results yet: Saltspring/Saanich Peninsular Ladner White Rock All counts on the Queen Charlotte's and a few others that should have sent in their numbers by now, so come on you folks lets have your results, so that i can finish up the Winter List and pack it away for another year. Derrick Marven North Cowichan, BC Subject: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tundra Swan Festival From: Susan Harris <susanh AT msn.com> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 14:02:27 -0800 Press Release 2010 Tundra Swan Festival Newport, WA, February, 2010: Join us to celebrate the Tundra swans on Saturday, March 20! Come and witness this beautiful spectacle! The event is co-hosted by the Natural Resources Department of the Kalispel Tribe of Indians and the Pend Oreille River Tourism Alliance (PORTA). Hundreds of swans migrate through the Pend Oreille River Valley in February and March, resting and feeding on Calispell Lake, designated an Important Bird Area, during the journey to their breeding grounds. We will unveil the Audubon Society’s Eastern Washington “Palouse to Pines” map of the Great Washington State Birding Trail. http://wa.audubon.org/birds_GreatWABirdingTrail.html. Hillary Hilscher, Audubon Washington Communications, will present the map at the unveiling. KXLY (Ch. 4, ABC) will be filming the event and the map presentation. Ř We will gather at the Camas Wellness Center, 1981 N. LeClerc Road in Usk and travel via bus to Calispell Lake at 10 a.m. The owners of the lake property have graciously afforded us access to the site. Ř We will return to the Camas Wellness Center for lunch by noon. Ř Visit our website www.porta-us.com/birding for downloads of the Agenda, Maps, Lodging, What to Bring List, Swan/birding links, and Pend Oreille County video. Ř Please register via PayPal by Friday, March 12. You may register by check. Please send to P.O. Box 1182, Newport, WA 99156 Space is limited. Ř Website: http://www.porta-us.com for information and registration Ř Fees: $10 for adults, $5 for children 12 and under. Presenters during lunch are: Ray Entz, Wildlife Program Manager, Natural Resources Department. Kalispel Tribe of Indians TOPIC: “Kalispel Tribe – A Review of the Wildlife Program and Projects.” Ray has focused his career with the Tribe on Floodplain and wetland restoration as well as shoreline erosion bio-engineered stabilization techniques. Ray has a B.S. and M.S. in Biology from EWU. He serves on the Mountain Caribou Recovery Team and Chairs the International Mountain Caribou Technical Committee. Martha Jordan, also affectionately known as “The Swan Lady.” TOPIC: “White Birds of Winter.” Come, share and learn the facts, myths and legends of Washington’s white birds. Martha Jordan is a well-known biologist who will speak about our native trumpeter and tundra swans. She is director of the Washington Swan Working Group, an Affiliate of the Trumpeter Swan Society, a non-profit organization dedicated to assuring the vitality and welfare of wild swan populations. Bart George, Resources Biologist, Pend Oreille County PUD. TOPIC: Survey of osprey, Eagle, Great Blue Heron and Cormorant along the Pend Oreille River. Hillary Hilscher, Communications, Washington Audubon Society. TOPIC: Swans, bobolinks, and other sundries. Free skiing, cross-country and alpine, and free rentals are offered by 49 Degrees North, Chewelah. Please register for skiing by visiting the 49 Degrees North website: http://www.ski49n.com/ Susan Harris Executive Director PORTA Pend Oreille River Tourism Alliance P.O. Box 1182 Newport, WA 99156 509-447-5286 home office 509-671-2147 mobile susan AT porta-us.com www.porta-us.com The purpose of the Pend Oreille River Tourism Alliance is to create a responsible tourism economy in the Pend Oreille River Community in ways sensitive to the culture, heritage and environment of the region. _______________________________________________ Inland-nw-birders mailing list Inland-nw-birders AT uidaho.edu https://www.lists.uidaho.edu/mailman/listinfo/inland-nw-birders Subject: Re: Turkey Vulture From: RICK HOWIE <r.howie AT shaw.ca> Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:45:33 -0700 HI Dick et al: I am currently in Tucson, Arizona- and it is cold, windy and rainy. Feels like Vancouver in December. Saw one Turkey Vulture yesterday and it is certainly not vulture weather. Saw a single yellow-rumped warbler as well. If the weather here is any indication, migration could be stalled. Brrrr. New snow on the mountains so I headed to the mall to buy suitable clothes to bird in the cold. Shorts and T-shirt just won't cut it. Rick Howie ----- Original Message ----- From: Dick Cannings Date: Monday, March 8, 2010 9:57 am Subject: [bcintbird] Turkey Vulture To: bcintbird > Hi birders: > > I cycled down to Skaha Lake yesterday in hopes of adding a few > species to my non-motorized list. I did see my first > Killdeer, but no sign of swallows, teal, or Wood Ducks. > The big surprise on the way back was a Turkey Vulture tilting > over the grasslands south of my house--a couple of weeks early > I'd say. > > cheers > Dick Cannings > Penticton, BC > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Re: Kalamalka Lake Park From: "douglasbrown01" <douglasbrown01 AT yahoo.ca> Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:54:44 -0000 Hi Sam; Varied Thrush start migrating very early and their peak numbers passing through is right around this time. Doug Brown Osoyoos --- In bcintbird AT yahoogroups.com, Samantha Brett wrote: > > > Hi birders! > > I was mountain biking in Kalamalka Lake Park on Saturday and I saw two Varied-Thrush in a coniferous tree, up high on a north-facing slope. Is it uncommon to see this bird in mid-March? Anyhow, they were beautiful, one seemed to be a lighter grey than the other (perhaps a female?). I saw a few other birds such as a Red-tailed Hawk, a Bald Eagle, and a few falcons that I couldn't identify without binoculars. Also a Downy woodpecker, and about 10 Goldfinch in a friends backyard! Spring is upon us. > > Cheers, > > Samantha > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > IM on the go with Messenger on your phone > http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9712960 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >