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  1. borealowl47

    St. Boniface Industrial Park Patch

    Never seen one,only heard one a few times.Here,behind the Costco on Regent Ave.and at Oak Hammoch Marsh.Only hear a few reports a year of fellow birders hearing this bird in Manitoba never mind seeing it! It is a lovely place to do a walk and I think I know were that part of the TCT in...
  2. borealowl47

    St. Boniface Industrial Park Patch

    Just behind that Fedex building heard Yellow Rails a few years back!I did not either until I started walking there often!
  3. borealowl47

    St. Boniface Industrial Park Patch

    Bald Heads and Shags,Opps Snags! Do one of these every weekend!Big Green Day.Today I walked 10km and spent four hours looking for birds!First stop was a pond where Ruddy Ducks are regular.Three there with two males chasing the female.Unusual behavior observed ,a Bufflehead female was...
  4. borealowl47

    St. Boniface Industrial Park Patch

    Saw three species of grebe in one pond yesterday!3 Red-necked,1 Horned and 4 Pied .Flushed up a Swamp Sparrow.I was wrong about the plant they are a Petasites species.
  5. borealowl47

    St. Boniface Industrial Park Patch

    Thanks,have a short better one of a sapsucker filmed yesterday, http://youtu.be/AETXs41lz74 As for the plants,checked my field guides and come to the conclusion that's what they were.I could be mistaken though will check periodically to see how they have grown.Were only a few inches high.
  6. borealowl47

    St. Boniface Industrial Park Patch

    Saw my first warbler of the year Yellow-rumped Warbler!:t:My first flower of the year a Rosy Pussytoe!:-OAnd many other nice Foy`s.Check out my blog below for photographs and videos!
  7. borealowl47

    St. Boniface Industrial Park Patch

    1.Yes,I can identify them by sight and name.But there are always one's that I cannot identify!The ones with orange/brown tails are Fox Sparrows quite a few moving north right now.Have not seen many other types of sparrows migrating yet except junco's. Here's a photo of a Fox Sparrow showing it's...
  8. borealowl47

    St. Boniface Industrial Park Patch

    Lots of chickens running around! Saturday,April 7,2011 Awful weather almost sent me home today.Even before I started birding.Heavy winds,cold,light rain and darkness made me pause as I eat my McDonald's breakfast.Walked eight kilometers and seen plenty of nice birds!In the first pond I...
  9. borealowl47

    St. Boniface Industrial Park Patch

    Go ahead and post!:t:Would be nice to here from you and others in Manitoba.You can describe the flicker here or upload a photo which would be even better!
  10. borealowl47

    St. Boniface Industrial Park Patch

    American Kestrel! Unexpectedly had the day off so went and scoured my patch for new arrivals.Huge numbers of Dark-eyed Juncos and American Tree Sparrows were seen.It seemed every cluster of bushes held either one or the other!In the first pond I visited interesting were a lone Canvasback and a...
  11. borealowl47

    St. Boniface Industrial Park Patch

    Fresh Tracks in the Snow Went for a walk in the calm after the storm!Since there was fresh snow everywhere walked along the road looking for tracks.Lots of Snowshoe Hare tracks.Looked online at Coyote tracks,one followed a "jackrabbit"looking for a meal!On the way back did see two Snowshoe...
  12. borealowl47

    St. Boniface Industrial Park Patch

    My employer phoned me this morning informing me that he had a hangover and that we would not be going to work today.B (:So I decided to go restock the feeders at my patch.Even though the weather has been terrific here all winter ,it was brutal today.Gusts of 54km/h winds blowing lots of falling...
  13. borealowl47

    St. Boniface Industrial Park Patch

    Excited that spring is around the corner so I decided to start a new thread about my upcoming observations at my local patch.The patch is located within the city limits of Winnipeg,Manitoba and because of a lot of factors most of my birding takes place here. http://g.co/maps/3ktbx One of the...
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