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  1. Rhonda

    Northern Wheatear (nesting)

    You can only get to the Prince of Wales Fort by boat. I don't have a boat, but I have a freind that does whale watching tours and he was protesting a Parks Canada decision blah blah blah, anyway the only reason I made the trip is I'd heard of a pair of Northern Wheatears were nesting in the...
  2. Rhonda

    Good news on Snowy Owls

    I posted this info in bird and Birding and realized it should have gone here. The Churchill Northern Studies Centre is releasing 5 (yes 5) Snowy Owls rehabilitated at the Owl Foundation in Ontario. I don't know why they are coming to Manitoba but that's okay it's a perfect area for them. This...
  3. Rhonda

    Good News

    The Churchill Northern Studies Centre is going to be releasing 5 (yes 5) Snowy Owls back into the wild on Thursday May 18 at about 1215 Manitoba time. These are owls rehabilitated after some mishap or another at the Owl Foundation in Ontario. I don't know why Manitoba gets them but oh well it's...
  4. Rhonda

    Stupid question but I have to know.

    Okay I am sucking up all of my courage and am ready (I think) for the emotional beating I am about to take but here it comes, are you ready? I can't believe I'm asking this What's a twitch and what's a tick, please try to be gentle. Rhonda |:$|
  5. Rhonda

    Cackling Goose

    The geese are on their way to Churchill and I have just now heard of a cackling goose. Does anyone know what I missed? I can't find it in my books, I know a lesser Canada Goose and a Canada Goose, is a Cackling just another name for Canada Goose or a whole new goose? If it is a new goose what...
  6. Rhonda

    What got you started birding

    As a child we had a cottage on a lake in Northern Ontario. We always has feeders and my mother was the "look it up" queen whether a dictionary or reference book we "looked it up" by the window in front of the feeders was the bird book and we would have lively discussions on what bird was what...
  7. Rhonda

    Hello from Churchill on the shores of Hudson Bay

    I am a semi-new member, I have been out of touch for a while. I live in Churchill Manitoba and have been birding for 5 years. Out of 200 species I have 129 on my life list and not all of those were seen here so I have a ways to go. I have been watching birding sites because we are still covered...
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