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Off-leash dog park

Dared to venture into a local park which is off-leash for
dogs hoping to see some birds..At the retention pond close to the park saw,
72.Common Snipe
73.American Coot
74.Pied-billed Grebe
At Kilcona Park got the following birds,
75.Brewer's Blackbird-
Not to sure on this one have great difficulty identifying this species,
will post some extra photos.
76.Tree Swallow

Following are some photos of the day including Northern Flickers
doing a courtship display;

 

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Is this a Brewer's Blackbird?

Some photos,

 

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Kil-Cona Park

My boss called in sick so I decided to go birding to my
local park.Lots of birds around including numerous ducks in the ponds.New for the year,
77.Horned Grebe
78.Ring-necked Duck
79.Savannah Sparrow
80.American White Pelican

Location: Kil-Cona park
Observation date: 4/29/09
Number of species: 29

Canada Goose 6
Mallard 12
Blue-winged Teal 1
Ring-necked Duck 15
Bufflehead 32
Hooded Merganser 2
Pied-billed Grebe 8
Horned Grebe 1
American White Pelican 29
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Merlin 1
American Coot 8
Killdeer 1
Ring-billed Gull 4
Belted Kingfisher 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Hermit Thrush 4
American Robin 13
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
American Tree Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 9
Dark-eyed Junco 3
Red-winged Blackbird 16
Western Meadowlark 1
Common Grackle 2

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photos.scruffy looking a.t. sparrow,r.n.duck,h.grebe,a.w.pelican

 

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Grand Beach weekend

Beautiful couple of days spent at Grand Beach birding.Counted
56 species all together including 7 new species for the year ,
81.Swainson's Hawk-pair seen in Winnipeg
82.Osprey
83.Great Egret
84.Turkey Vukture
85.Common Loon
86.Yellow-headed Blackbird
87.Brown-headed Cowbird
88.American Goldfinch
89.Chipping Sparrow

Here's a sample of what I saw on a Saturday morning walk;


Location: cedarvale/channel/grandbeachwalk
Observation date: 5/2/09
Number of species: 43

Canada Goose 27
Wood Duck 1
Mallard 6
Blue-winged Teal 2
Northern Shoveler 4
Ring-necked Duck 21
Bufflehead 20
Common Goldeneye 65
Common Merganser 5
Red-breasted Merganser 19
Sharp-tailed Grouse 1
Double-crested Cormorant 8
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 1
American Coot 3
Sandhill Crane 1
Killdeer 2
Wilson's Snipe 1
Ring-billed Gull 4
Herring Gull 3
Mourning Dove 5
Belted Kingfisher 1
Northern Flicker 3
Eastern Phoebe 3
Black-billed Magpie 2
American Crow 7
Tree Swallow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Hermit Thrush 9
American Robin 18
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6
American Tree Sparrow 9
Song Sparrow 22
White-throated Sparrow 7
Dark-eyed Junco 27
Red-winged Blackbird 30
Common Grackle 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Purple Finch 2
Common Redpoll 1
Pine Siskin 3

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photos,osprey,tree swallow,y.h.blackbird,b.h.cowbird.g.egret

 

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More photos of the Grand Beach weekend May1-3

1.Sand!
2.Piping Plover Enclosure
3Check the background the enclosure not working!
4.Spirit Rock
5.The actual rock!

 

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First tick of the year and that's not bird parlance!

Went birding this afternoon to a local park.
Felt a lot of creepy crawlies on my legs today after hearing
that other people were reporting them on another message
board.Sure enough when I got home a wood tick was looking for
dinner on my leg!Did see a new bird for the year,
90.Palm Warbler



Location: Kil-Cona park
Observation date: 5/6/09
Number of species: 15

Canada Goose 1
Mallard 8
Blue-winged Teal 1
Hooded Merganser 2
Franklin's Gull 23
Ring-billed Gull 3
Tree Swallow 18
Black-capped Chickadee 1
American Robin 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 22
Palm Warbler 2
Savannah Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird X
Western Meadowlark 1

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Lincoln's Sparrow

Was not sure of my identification of this bird yesterday at Assiniboine
Park until I saw this thread,
http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=141143

91.Lincoln's Sparrow

 

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Is migration dragging on or is it my personality!

Been very impatient lately for the main migration to start!Don't
keep records but it seems that things are moving slowly here
in Manitoba,probably because of the late spring and the flooding.Quite
envious of the birds seen in other parts of Canada,especially
those colorful warblers!Did get a snippet of things to come
yesterday at King's Park in Winnipeg!Here's some new birds for
the year including some drab warblers!:t:
92.Orange-crowned Warbler
93.Northern Waterthrush
94.Black and White Warbler
95.Broad-winged Hawk
96.Spotted Sandpiper
97.Sora(made it's presence known as I walked past the marsh)
98.Least Flycatcher?
99.Swainson's Thrush

What I saw at King's Park,
Location: Kings Park
Observation date: 5/10/09
Notes: Too many White-throated Sparrows to count!Heard the Sora.
Number of species: 29

Canada Goose 4
Wood Duck 3
Mallard 4
Turkey Vulture 1
Sora 1
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Least Flycatcher 2
Eastern Phoebe 4
American Crow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
Brown Creeper 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8
Swainson's Thrush 1
American Robin 3
Orange-crowned Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 13
Palm Warbler 4
Black-and-white Warbler 4
Northern Waterthrush 1
Chipping Sparrow 16
Song Sparrow 1
Lincoln's Sparrow 7
White-throated Sparrow X
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Brewer's Blackbird 1
Pine Siskin 5
American Goldfinch 3

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/canada)

Some photos,

1.nice A.Crow photo ruined by a branch:eek!::eek!:
and the rest of my crappy photos!
2.N.Waterthrush
3.Least Flycatcher
4.O.C.Warbler
5.Broad-winged Hawk

 

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Puddle Birding in Oakbank!

Always carry my binoculars in my lunch bucket.Paid off today.
There was a little puddle of water at the house I was working at.
Lots of birds coming to the water including American Crow,
2 Blue Jays,4 Chipping Sparrows,a Lincoln's Sparrow,2 House Sparrows,
a Hermit Thrush,American Goldfinch,Yellow-rumped Warbler,
Song Sparrow,Savannah Sparrow,Downy,Woodpecker,Hairy Woodpecker
(last two did not use the water).And the two best birds of the day
100.Lark Sparrows!

Seen all these birds during my lunch break through the back window.

100 species for the year!:clap::clap:

 

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15 species of warblers!

Great day to be out birding here in Manitoba!Lovely weather,lots
of birds fluttering around to train your binoculars on!Was at
Assiniboine Park this mourning where there is always lots of WARBLER
activity every spring!

Here's a list of warblers seen,

tennessee warbler
orange-crowned warbler
nashville warbler
yellow warbler
magnolia warbler
cape may warbler
black-throated green warbler
yellow-rumped warbler
palm warbler
blackpoll warbler
black-and-white warbler
northern waterthrush
ovenbird
common yellowthroat
wilson's warbler

And new for the year!

101.Rose-breasted Grosbeak
102.House Wren
103.Clay-colored Sparrow
104.White-Crowned Sparrow
105.Cooper's Hawk
106.Blue-headed Vireo
107.Tennessee Warbler
108.Nashville Warbler
109.Yellow Warbler
110.Magnolia Warbler
111.Cape May Warbler
112.Black-throated Green Warbler
113.Blackpoll Warbler
114.Common Yellowthroat
115.Wilson's Warbler
116.Ovenbird

And some photos of the days events!

 

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Can you see the tail in this photo?

Also took this photo of a Cooper's Hawk nest today,can you see a tail?

 

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A little pond that could!

Took my mountain bike for a ride this morning to Kil-cona
Park.Lots of bird activity especially at a little pond where I
frequently bird.Seems all sorts of species were hawking
insects here!Counted 32 species here including four types
of swallows,Tree,Barn,Cliff and Bank!Lots of warblers were
flycatching and seen my first Baltimore Oriole,Western
Kingbird and Caspian Tern at the pond.The Caspian Tern
caught a fish here and ate it in flight! Birded other parts of
the park but soon the park was full of off leash dogs .I
left after one dog was quite threatening and I had to get off
my bike to protect myself.Owner had no control of his dog.
Then went to a pond across the highway were hundreds of
Franklin's Gulls were feeding on something on the surface of
the pond!New here was a Lesser Yellowlegs and after
studying the birds for a while two Forster's Terns.
Also forgot to mention that two Red-tailed Hawks were calling
across the park,think their nesting here.This hawk has
evaded me so far this year should have seen way earlier than
this.In the same area pretty sure I heard a LeConte's Sparrow,
right habitat but my hearing is lousy, so a no go for my list!

New,

117.Western Kingbird
118.Barn Swallow
119.Bank Swallow
120.Cliff Swallow
121.Caspian Tern(rare in city environs)
122.Red-tailed Hawk
123.Lesser Yellowlegs?
124.Baltimore Oriole
125.Forster's Tern
126.American Redstart

Photos taken today,W.Warbler,A.Redstart,B.Oriole overexposed
W.kingbird:eek!:,Caspain Tern with fish in its mouth!

 

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Other odds and ends from birding today!

Photos,
1.City of Winnipeg spraying for mosquitoes!Was getting too
close to where I was birding,had to watch myself!||
2.Where I have a rest every time I go birding to kil-cona park.
My bike and other accoutrements!
3.The pond where I saw all the birds today!
4.Somebody did not like this sign!
5.Franklin's Gull

 

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The lawns were awash with sparrows today!

Went to work this morning on a holiday:t:.At 6:00a.m while
waiting for my ride there was all sorts of sparrows feeding on
the lawns in the vicinity!Just was thinking if I would see this
species this year,narrow window of opportunity.What looked
like House Sparrows in the din turned into a Harris Sparrow,
in fact 7 of them.Probably more but unfortunately my ride
arrived!|=@|I also identified lots of White-crowned's in the mix.
Probably more species in there!I wish my boss was more tardy!8-P

127.Harris's Sparrow

 

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Birding,photographing through my back window

Spent the evening looking through my back window at the
huge tree in my backyard to see what might show up!Cedar Waxwings
hung around for a bit,a few Nashville warblers dropped by,
a Swainson's Thrush rummaged around on the ground,
Chipping Sparrows chased each other,a flycatcher fluttered
around amongst the new leafs, and a nice
128.Grey-checked Thrush posed for a photograph.
Recorded a Swainson's Thrush singing,never hear that in the
city!Beautiful song to hear through the city din!

Some photographs,
1&2-Grey-checked Thrush
3.Swainson's Thrush
4.Nashville Warbler

 

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A little expense,a few birds

Assiniboine Park-5:30a.m to 9:30a.m

Left my house at 5:00a.m. and spent a few extra dollars to
get birding early at this park.Is a beautiful sunny day today
and I wanted to avoid the big crowds which sure enough by
8:00a.m. materialized.This is the most popular park in Winnipeg
and is very crowded on weekends! Was disappointed at the
bird movement .Seen less warbler species than last weekend,
12 species.Quite the walk though around the perimeter of the
park,5 kilometers.
Take heart I did see 3 new species,
129.Grey Catbird
130.Red-eyed Vireo
131.Warbling Vireo(heard than seen one later)


Some record shots of a Grey Catbird and Red-eyed Vireo,

 

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Blackburnians,Bobolinks and Baltimores!

Kil-cona Park and Environs-5:00-9:30a.m today.

Know it was going to a great birding morning when I saw a
Belted Kingfisher at dawn!This bird as been seen a few times
before,is it taking up residence within the city!Would be
unusual.The park was just full of birds,sore arms in no time!

Seen,
Canada Goose,Mallard,Northern Shoveler,Hooded Merganser,Double-crested
Cormorant,Red-tailed Hawk,Sora,American Coot,Killdeer,Spotted Sandpiper,
Wilson's Snipe,Franklin's Gull,Ring-billed Gull,Mourning Dove,Least Flycatcher,
Eastern Phoebe,Eastern Kingbird,Blue-headed Vireo,Warbling Vireo,Red-eyed
Vireo,American Crow,Common Raven(nesting in the park),Tree Swallow,Bank
Swallow,Cliff Swallow(starting to build nests under the mini bridges),Barn
Swallow,Black-capped Chickadee,Swainson's Thrush,American Robin,Grey
Catbird,European Starling,Cedar Waxwing,Tennessee Warbler,Orange-crowned
Warbler,Nashville Warbler,Yellow Warbler,Magnolia Warbler,Yellow-rumped
Warbler,Palm Warbler,Blackpoll Warbler,Black-and-white Warbler,American
Redstart,Ovenbird,Common Yellowthroat,Wilson's Warbler,Chipping Sparrow,
Clay-colored Sparrow,Savannah Sparrow,Song Sparrow,Lincoln's Sparrow,
White-crowned Sparrow,Red-winged Blackbird,Brewer's Blackbird,Common
Grackle,Brown-headed Cowbird,Baltimore Oriole,Pine Siskin,House Sparrow
American Goldfinch

Two new warblers seen,
132.Blackburnian Warbler
133.Canada warbler

Heard a familiar gurgling song,can't be!Here!Sure enough flying
away with it's distinctively marked back was a
134.Bobolink!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJ8DvLsnOFw
There's is some appropriate habitat for this bird across the creek
at this park.
135.Eastern Wood-peewee
No eyering,yellow wash on chest gave this bird away.

As I said previously thought I heard a LeConte's Sparrow across
the road from the park.Went and had a closer look and sure enough
two were singing!
136.LeConte's Sparrow
Recorded it's song among others will try and get it on here in the
future.The Red-tail Hawks are nesting here!
And finally after checking out a regular spot for them saw a,
137.Purple Martin

Photos,
1&2.Blackburnian Warbler
3.Baltimore Oriole
4&5.Leconte's Sparrow

 

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Red-tailed Hawks nesting from Sunday

Within city limits!
Kept my distance!
Was warned by there call!

Photos,

 

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Chilly at the end of May WHAT THE.........!

Assiniboine Park 5:00-9:00a.m

It was wickedly cold out here this morning especially near the river
where the wind was quite biting!Was shivering throughout and
finally had enough and headed home!:eek!:A flock of Canada geese
were even heading south!:t:As usual at this park great birds made
up for it.

Heading north over the trees were two SQUAWKING,
138.Great Blue Herons
As I walked down a dark path spied my favorite bird a beautiful,
139.Indigo Bunting!
Reliable spot here every year at the Leo Mole Gardens in the park!
Another one of my favorite birds which I had pined for over the years until
I saw one here last year was a ,
140.Yellow-throated Vireo
And finally from their loud calling,
141.Great-crested Flycatcher


Photos,Indigo Bunting,Yellow-throated Vireo,G.c.Flycatcher

 

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Some lose ends.

Forgot to mention on that on Thursday,May 28 while coming back
from Oakbank saw a bird flycatching with a brown back and white
edges on it's tail.And yesterday at Assiniboine Park was not sure
of one bird but thanks to some members of Birdforum got the
identification right!
142.Western Kingbird
143.Philadelphia Vireo

Photos,
Philadelphia Vireo,
Chipping Sparrow,
House Finch
Rose-breasted Grosbeak,
Leo Mol sculpture,all taken yesterday