Birdwatching in Saskatchewan

Re: [Saskbirds] piping plovers

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:56:55 -0500

Great information Bob. We may make that our next stop after leaving
Val Marie. Hang on to that Summer Tanager for us.
Thanks so much

See you in the field
Len Jellicoe
Abbotsford, BC
Canada

http://lenjellicoe.zenfolio.com/

On 25-May-12, at 5:07 AM, (email address filtered) wrote:

> Len
> Piping Plovers can be seen in several roadside

Re: [Saskbirds] piping plovers

Fri, 25 May 2012 07:07:14 -0500

Len
Piping Plovers can be seen in several roadside bays a shorter distance south of Chaplin along # 58. The surrounding lands are private and these endangered birds are breeding so it is critical to remain on the road.

This gravel road has much traffic. Local travellers know that people

[Saskbirds] Learning the Distinctive Calls and Songs of Three Tanager Species

Fri, 25 May 2012 06:50:36 -0500

The songs and particularly the emphatic alarm calls of the Summer Tanager are diagnostic for this colourful often wary species which can forage high in the canopy when silent 'hiding in plain sight' This species wanders as a vagrant far from its breeding haunts during spring and particularly fall

[Saskbirds] Re: Summer Tanager continues in Regina

Thu, 24 May 2012 19:10:19 -0500

Thanks Bob, what weather to go birding... I just checked my Summer Tanager photo from last year and it was May 16th that he was in N. Regina.

Terry
Lakewood, Regina

--- In (email address filtered), tsb2001@... wrote:
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> The male Summer Tanager continues to the southeast of the Legislature. The bird is

[Saskbirds] Wildhorse; no Mountain Plovers

Thu, 24 May 2012 15:02:37 -0500

Paid a visit to Wildhorse and there were no Mountain Plovers along 23A for a distance of 5 kilometers. The directions that I received previously were either in error or there have been changes in the roads. 23A has a dogleg to the right after driving about 1 or slightly

[Saskbirds] Summer Tanager continues in Regina

Thu, 24 May 2012 11:14:53 -0500

The male Summer Tanager continues to the southeast of the Legislature. The bird is wary at times signals its presence by the distinctive alarm notes. At other times it forages silently high in the taller mature ash ? trees just back from the street. These trees are just

[Saskbirds] piping plovers

Thu, 24 May 2012 09:46:25 -0500

Hi
It's time for a trip back to Sask. again. We are going to start at
Grasslands Park and work our way north. Can anyone suggest a location
for Piping Plovers?
Thanks.

See you in the field
Len Jellicoe
Abbotsford, BC
Canada

http://lenjellicoe.zenfolio.com/

[Saskbirds] P.A national park backpacking trip

Thu, 24 May 2012 00:13:34 -0500

hey all

this past long weekend I went with two buddies on backpacking trip to pa national park. We hiked the grey owl trail to his cabin and back for a total of 40 some km and let me say, nothing puts a kilometer into perspective like hiking it with

[Saskbirds] Regina pm

Wed, 23 May 2012 21:01:27 -0500

This afternoon,while unloading the first of two trucks,I got a call from Bob Luterbach. He had spotted and still had in his sights,a summer tanager. He knows(knew now) that I have never seen a tanager of any sort and wished to do so. He gave me directions to

[Saskbirds] Possible Summer Tanager in Saskatoon

Wed, 23 May 2012 17:44:47 -0500

Hello,

At about 3:30 pm today (May 23), Bill and Audrey MacKenzie observed a bird that they suspect might be a first year male Summer Tanager. It was described as orange in colour with brown wings and no wingbars. The bird is no longer in their yard but might be in

[Saskbirds] Grasslands National Park

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:00:10 -0500

Hi All,
Amy and I spent the weekend down at Grasslands National Park, our first visit. What an amazing place, so nice to see such expansive grassland and all of the associated species that should be there. Below are the species and numbers from our trip. I recorded birds in a

Re: [Saskbirds] Black-bellied Plover

Wed, 23 May 2012 15:36:46 -0500

Black bellied Plovers are regular in spring and fall.
. That Snowy Owl is very late. Enjoy your birding

Bob L

On 2012-05-23, at 2:18 PM, "Lorna" <(email address filtered)> wrote:

> i am wondering if these birds are very common to this area? I saw it and photographed it south west of

[Saskbirds] Black-bellied Plover

Wed, 23 May 2012 15:18:11 -0500

i am wondering if these birds are very common to this area? I saw it and photographed it south west of Gull Lake on Thursday. It was hanging out with some avocets. I also saw a female Snowy Owl north of Gull Lake ten days ago. That seems

Re: [Saskbirds] Summer Tanager

Wed, 23 May 2012 13:45:18 -0500

Summer Tanager is back on the west side of Tennis court at Leg

Bob L

On 2012-05-23, at 7:55 AM, Bob <(email address filtered)> wrote:

> The bird has now flown somewhere . It was seen also byJim Cummings and Steven Weir. it was in full song plus gave some alarm calls. It

[Saskbirds] Summer Tanager

Wed, 23 May 2012 08:55:33 -0500

The bird has now flown somewhere . It was seen also byJim Cummings and Steven Weir. it was in full song plus gave some alarm calls. It remained high in the canopy during the 20 minutes it was under observation.

Bob L

[Saskbirds] Adult Summer Tamager near Tennis Courts

Wed, 23 May 2012 08:25:26 -0500

Now

Bob L

[Saskbirds] Rainy Day Birding

Tue, 22 May 2012 23:18:20 -0500

I saw several Black & White Warblers at Moose Jaw in Wakamo Park.

Mom got to see the Ibis North of Herbert today. Unfortunatly it was hidding when I arrived. There was also a small flock of about 8 Lark Buntings South of Herbert.

Joel

[Saskbirds] Chaplin lake and Old Wives lake

Tue, 22 May 2012 19:46:25 -0500

Hi everyone,

Long time I didn't post anything. This past week end I went to Chaplin lake. On Saturday morning I drove along the road 58. The water level was pretty high so not too many shorebirds. Just when i come a Peregrine made an attempt to catch one Sanderling but

[Saskbirds] Lark Buntings and Common Nighthawk

Tue, 22 May 2012 18:27:03 -0500

Yesterday was an exciting day for me, though I didn't have time to go
birding. Ray phoned from the field to say there was a small flock of
Lark Buntings out there so I jumped in a truck and went to see. After
about 20 minutes search we found 4

[Saskbirds] Re: RFID audio

Tue, 22 May 2012 11:19:45 -0500

Pete, listening to this again, I'm inclined to think it IS a Red-breasted Nuthatch.
I've heard a very similar alarm call from them when danger is around. We have a pair of nesting Merlin's in the neighborhood, and that sound is similar to what I hear our RBNU's make when the

[Saskbirds] Re: RFID audio

Tue, 22 May 2012 11:07:18 -0500

Thanks Jim. It does sound a bit like Chipping Sparrow. The trill rate is right but somehow the tone sounds off to me.

Pete

[Saskbirds] American Redstart

Tue, 22 May 2012 09:59:53 -0500

American Redstart in our yard this morning.

Joel

[Saskbirds] Yellow Grass

Tue, 22 May 2012 00:11:14 -0500

We drove to the Yellow Grass grid again this morning and ended up staying three hours in the area including Buttermilk Lake. Anyway three American Bittern were in full view on the east side of the road. One chased another. One did something funny, it walked in the dead grass

[Saskbirds] Lark Bunting

Mon, 21 May 2012 22:53:38 -0500

I saw a Lark Bunting North of Morse today and my first of year Red-eyed Vireos at home today as well.

An Ibis was seen North of Herbert Yesterday.

Joel

[Saskbirds] Black-belied Plover

Mon, 21 May 2012 18:02:16 -0500

There was a male Black-bellied plover at a slough south east of Gull Lake on Thursday afternoon. I have pictures.

Re: [Saskbirds] RFID audio

Mon, 21 May 2012 13:13:14 -0500

First,I hate IDing by sound,because I suck at it. But I have anew tool in my tool box,its called the Sibley app for phones. It says that the slow pulse call of the chipping sparrow sounds like your sound file. But thats just me.
Jim Nordquist
Regina Sask

From: el_supremo01
Sent: Monday, May

[Saskbirds] Buff- breasted Sandpipers

Mon, 21 May 2012 11:41:07 -0500

There are 3 birds foraging with the group of Golden Plovers in a typical seeded field at roadside near a large yellow pipe line sign( 06) east of Cinema Six.

Bob L

[Saskbirds] Buff breasted Sandpiper

Mon, 21 May 2012 11:11:03 -0500

Currently I am looking at a single Buff-breasted Sandpiper with 34 Golden Plover just east of Cinema Six slough.

Bob L

[Saskbirds] RFID audio

Mon, 21 May 2012 10:33:02 -0500

I didn't get a good look at this bird but it appeared to be a Red-breasted Nuthatch. I've never heard one make this sound before.
http://members.shaw.ca/el.supremo/q_120520_044.mp3
Is it a RBNU? It never did make their usual "yank-yank" sound - just this trill.

Thanks

Pete
Saskatoon

[Saskbirds] Saskatoon Nature Society Shorebird Field Trip - 9 am Mon. May 21

Sun, 20 May 2012 21:13:33 -0500

Hello,

Dan Giesbrecht will be leading the Saskatoon Nature Society's Shorebird field trip on Mon. May 21. It departs at 9 am from the NW corner of the parking lot for the mall at circle and 8th. Bring a lunch. Everyone welcome.

Check www.saskatoonnaturesociety.sk.ca<http://www.saskatoonnaturesociety.sk.ca> for more details about this and other trips.

Stan

[Saskbirds] Re: whimbrel (Lucky you - our trip there and to Yellow Grass)

Sun, 20 May 2012 18:14:51 -0500

Lucky you Dan. Our daughter and I drove by there yesterday around suppertime and saw only two ducks on the whole lake!! We were very disappointed. But on a brighter note we drove down the grid road just west of Yellow Grass that connects #39 and #13 highways. There is

[Saskbirds] Lazuli Bunting & Warblers

Sun, 20 May 2012 15:39:31 -0500

Hi Birders:

I hope everyone is having a great & birdy long weekend.

Yesterday afternoon I had a yard first with a male Lazuli Bunting coming to my seed feeders. It came and went several times. Perhaps now that Im taking a break from yard work, it and a few

[Saskbirds] whimbrel

Sun, 20 May 2012 15:31:24 -0500

Hi

I was lucky enough to find a single Whimbrel at Buck Lake at noon today. It was on the north shore but flew off to the north after a couple of minutes. Perhaps it will show up at Cinema 6 later today.

At a wetland just to the west of the

[Saskbirds] Connecticut Warblers in Goose Hill Park

Sun, 20 May 2012 13:17:09 -0500

There were two vocal yet skulking Connecticut Warblers in Goose Hill Park this morning along with a Mourning Warbler and a Common Yellowthroat. Also present were the usual species of late including now many more Baltimore Orioles and more than six Rose breasted Grosbeaks, several Red-eyed Vireos and now a

[Saskbirds] Luck Lake and today's partial solar eclipse

Sun, 20 May 2012 10:47:03 -0500

Robert Johanson, John Patterson and I drove to Luck Lake on May 19. All 3 sections of the lake were at fairly high water levels. We saw good numbers of ducks and 3 swans. There was a pair of Hooded Mergansers at the Northeast wetlands near Frank Roy's brother's homestead.

[Saskbirds] Indian Head/Katepwah

Sun, 20 May 2012 01:40:41 -0500

Took a leisurely drive out to Indian Head tree farm and Katepwah Lake this afternoon. The following birds were noted:
Indian Head:
Cedar Waxwings 5-6
Eastern Bluebird
Chipping Sparrows, many
Yellow Warbler
Black-crowned Night Heron

Katepwah:
Ruby-throated Hummingbird "in" the greenhouse at U&K Greenhouses
American Pelicans 25, Katepwah Lake damn
American Goldfinch
Rose-breased Grosbeak
Tree swallows, dozens at damn site.

Terry
Regina

[Saskbirds] Big Muddy May Long Weekend 2012 Day 1

Sat, 19 May 2012 22:28:33 -0500

Our day started early in the afternoon where we seen 3 antelope, 1male and 2 very pretty females.

We seen:
- too many Meadow Larks and Red Wing BB's to count
- 5 Swainson Hawks
- yellow headed black birds
- 3 Burrowing Owls
- great horned owl
- 1 blue bird
- 1 badger
- 1 coyote
- several

[Saskbirds] Big Muddy May Long Weekend 2012 Day 1

Sat, 19 May 2012 22:24:57 -0500

[Saskbirds] Say's Phoebe & Loggerhead Shrike

Sat, 19 May 2012 19:20:42 -0500

I saw a Say's Phoebe North of Morse today and a Loggerhead Shrike South.

I also forgot to mention that we saw a Black Tern and a Gray-cheeked Thrush yesterday as well.

Joel

[Saskbirds] Re: Warblers This Morning at Cosmopolitan Park

Sat, 19 May 2012 14:40:03 -0500

um..and that would be a strong gust of wind :-)

--- In (email address filtered), "Nick Saunders" <nikovich@...> wrote:
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> Greetings folks,
>
> I left the house bright n' early this morning, and arrived at the park around 7:45.
>
> * indicates new for the year :
>
> Despite some string gusts

[Saskbirds] Warblers This Morning at Cosmopolitan Park

Sat, 19 May 2012 14:36:03 -0500

Greetings folks,

I left the house bright n' early this morning, and arrived at the park around 7:45.

* indicates new for the year :

Despite some string gusts of wind, and a chill in the air, I was able to snag the following species :

*Mourning Warbler - 2 males

*Magnolia Warbler - 1

[Saskbirds] Morning activity

Sat, 19 May 2012 11:49:46 -0500

Swainsons thrush
American goldfinches
Baltimore oriole F
Rose-breasted grosbeak F
Yellow warbler
Least flycatcher
House wren
Off to Indian Head for an outing (plants for the wife, birds for me)

[Saskbirds] May Long...

Fri, 18 May 2012 21:55:59 -0500

Fellow Birders,

It looks as if the first half of the May Long is holding true to the recent form of previous years---cool, wet weather. AGAIN!!! However on the plus side, it may also "ground" some birds for us to look at. In fact, it already has done that here in

[Saskbirds] Lazuli Buntings

Fri, 18 May 2012 19:01:01 -0500

We saw two Lazuli Buntings in Herbert today, one adult male in breeding plumage and the other not.

I also saw a small flock of Black-bellied Plovers & Red Knots on the road again South of Reed Lake yesterday.

Joel

[Saskbirds] Birds seen during SNS picnic - Philadelphia Vireo

Fri, 18 May 2012 17:25:24 -0500

In my opinion, the highlight of birds seen during the Saskatoon Nature Society's spring picnic at Meewasin park yesterday was a Philadelphia Vireo. Other birds of interest included Redstart, Yellow Warbler, Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Swainson's Thrushes.

Stan Shadick

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[Saskbirds] Cape May Warber

Fri, 18 May 2012 16:42:38 -0500

Good afternoon fellow birders,

A striking male Cape May Warbler graced our backyard just after lunch today. A Tennessee Warbler showed up yesterday suppertime, and the male Ruby-throated Hummingbird was here again first thing this morning.

Cheers,

Nick

Saskatoon

http://www.saskbirder.com/

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[Saskbirds] Black necked stilt

Fri, 18 May 2012 14:55:10 -0500

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[Saskbirds] Robin Fledgling in Rochdale

Fri, 18 May 2012 14:55:00 -0500

Hi everyone.
This morning I saw my first Robin fledgling of the year in my next door neighbour's yard.
Kim in Regina

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Re: [Saskbirds] Birds & Vinyl Cafe

Fri, 18 May 2012 12:07:49 -0500

At 12:19 2012-05-18, you wrote:
>Good Morning, Birders
>
>Itâ??s a cloudy, almost rainy morning here in
>Estevan. I hear Baltimore Orioles but havenâ??t
>seen any yet. The Warbling Vireos and House
>Wrens are making some lovely music in the yard.
>
>In other entertainment news, Iâ??ve just read
>that the Vinyl Cafe

[Saskbirds] Birds & Vinyl Cafe

Fri, 18 May 2012 11:19:25 -0500

Good Morning, Birders

Its a cloudy, almost rainy morning here in Estevan. I hear Baltimore Orioles but havent seen any yet. The Warbling Vireos and House Wrens are making some lovely music in the yard.

In other entertainment news, Ive just read that the Vinyl Cafe broadcast (CBC radio)