Re: Argentina Trip Report
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On Sun, Mar 20, 2022 at 6:13 PM Derek Matthews < Derek@...> wrote: Hi Vanbcbirders, ? Quite a few people asked if I could notify them when the trip report for Argentina was done. It did take a bit longer than anticipated but is now up for anyone interested and can be viewed here: ?
? Happy spring birding and banding! ? Derek ? 
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Hi Vanbcbirders, ? Quite a few people asked if I could notify them when the trip report for Argentina was done. It did take a bit longer than anticipated but is now up for anyone interested and can be viewed here: ?
? Happy spring birding and banding! ? Derek ? 
| Derek J. Matthews
Chairman, ?Director Communication
NABC Certified Trainer
Vancouver?Avian Research Centre
Registered Canadian Charity #82118 2656 RR0001
4115, East Braemar Road, North Vancouver, BC, V7K 3C9
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On 2022-03-17 11:25 p.m., Daniel Bastaja wrote: How Migrating Birds Use Quantum Effects to Navigate Thanks Daniel, interesting article. This is also available without the "Apple" baggage at: www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-migrating-birds-use-quantum-effects-to-navigate -- Richard James From an Island in the Pacific, Victoria, BC
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Interesting article about bird migration¡
How Migrating Birds Use Quantum Effects to Navigate - Scientific American
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Salish Sea Wild: Saving a Sea Duck Known as Ol' Skunkhead
Great video from SeaDoc Society on our local sea ducks, and more specifically surf scoters.
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Birding Surrey parks ... Part 2 - link correction
Try this one ...
https://rokman61.wordpress.com/2022/02/22/birding-surrey-parks-part-2/
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Re: Birding Surrey Parks ... Part 2
Just tap on ¡° visit Rokman 61¡±. It worked for me
Hello, I am asked to create a WordPress account to see this. I¡¯ve never seen this before. Could you maybe make this visible without having to sign in? Thank you in advance! ³Õ¨¦°ù´Ç On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 9:48 AM rokman39 < cgio@...> wrote: In 2021, I attempted to visit and bird in as many City of Surrey parks as I could.? A link to a preliminary report of this project was presented in message #500 of this site.? I have just posted my second and final report - see this link if interested.
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Re: Birding Surrey Parks ... Part 2
Hello, I am asked to create a WordPress account to see this. I¡¯ve never seen this before. Could you maybe make this visible without having to sign in? Thank you in advance! ³Õ¨¦°ù´Ç
On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 9:48 AM rokman39 < cgio@...> wrote: In 2021, I attempted to visit and bird in as many City of Surrey parks as I could.? A link to a preliminary report of this project was presented in message #500 of this site.? I have just posted my second and final report - see this link if interested.
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Birding Surrey Parks ... Part 2
In 2021, I attempted to visit and bird in as many City of Surrey parks as I could. ?A link to a preliminary report of this project was presented in message #500 of this site. ?I have just posted my second and final report - see this link if interested.
https://wordpress.com/post/rokman61.wordpress.com/5115
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Yes, Happy to Eric ¨C should be within the next week or two as it¡¯s a pretty long report and will take a few days to do, but I will let you know as soon as it¡¯s up. And just let me know if you need any additional information or advice and we¡¯ll be happy to help! ? Happy birding! ? Derek ? ?
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Eric Tull
Sent: February 20, 2022 4:10 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [vanbcbirds] Birding Argentina? We are in the process of planning our Argentina birding trip for upcoming November (Buenos Aires & Entre Rios; Corboda; and Northwest Argentina; with possibly adding on Ibera wetlands).? I will be very interested in your report when you post it.? Will you notify vanbcbirds when it is posted on your website?? Ifnot,could Iask you to notify me? Many thanks and good birding ------ Original Message ------ Sent: 2022-02-20 2:41:33 PM Subject: [vanbcbirds] Birding Argentina This trip was planned pre-Covid and was originally designed to be a big 3-month tour to include Antarctica, Argentina, Chile and Brazil but Covid whittled that down to Antarctica and Argentina. We headed to the airport on December 28th to stay overnight and have our PCR tests done before we flew out the following morning to board a boat in Ushuaia for Antarctica when Carol tested positive for Covid! The following morning, we had to return home! 2 days later I tested positive as well and we were both quite sick ¨C Carol had the Delta variant and I had the Man-Covid variant which was MUCH worse! (lol) ? Not to be completely defeated, we decided we could still pick up the Argentina leg of the trip and left on January 16th for Buenos Aires. ? Our 5-week trip took us from BA to southern Patagonia, we then flew to Cordoba and drove down to San Luis to bird central Argentina, flew back to BA for a couple of days R&R from all the early morning birding before heading to the Atlantic coast and then back to BA to bird Ceibas and Otamendi north of the city, before flying to Posadas in Misiones Province in northeast Argentina, on the border with Paraguay and Brazil ¨C the itinerary allowing us to cover all of the different habitats we needed in the country. Our guide was ´³³Ü±ô¾±¨¢²Ô Vidoz who co-authored the field guide to the birds of Bolivia; he was recommended to us by my friend Andy Whittaker, a senior bird guide for VENT (Victor Emmanuel Nature Tours). It¡¯s aways a privilege to bird with the world¡¯s best guides, their knowledge and skill is truly impressive and ´³³Ü±ô¾±¨¢²Ô fue fenomenal! ? We managed 481 species, of which 308 (64%) were new for us, and had fantastic views of everything thanks to the expertise of ´³³Ü±ô¾±¨¢²Ô who not only had super local knowledge of the micro-habitats where the birds are but an unbelievable knowledge of bird vocalizations, having personally recorded calls and songs of more than 2,000 species in south America, and without which we would never have seen half of the species we did ¨C- much¨ªsimas gracias amigo! ? Among the many highlights was searching for the critically endangered Hooded Grebe in the high plateau of the Patagonia steppe ¨C it was a marathon 3.5-hour 4x4 drive up barely a mountain track to a high plateau lagoon where Hooded Grebes are found and where the wind can reach speeds up to 120 kph ¨C it was brutally cold and windy but such an experience to be in such a remote and wild place! ? Killer views of Austral Rail, a highly sought species by world listers and a bird often heard but hardly ever seen, and it walked out in to the open for us! ? Spot-lighting nightjars in Rincon Santa Maria was a magical experience with spectacular views of Sickle-winged Nightjar (wow!), Scissor-tailed Nightjar (wow!) and Little Nightjar (wow!) ? 16 species of woodpecker including the rare and threatened Helmeted Woodpecker, and 5 species of Tinamou! ? We loved Argentina ¨C incredible birding with fantastic views of everything, great hotels and roads, good food and lovely people ¨C our guide was awesome so other than an insane amount of driving for the species we wanted, Argentina is a 10 experience and a superhigh recommend; and we have never been able to say that for any of the other south American countries (Ecuador, Colombia and Peru) we have birded in! ? We will post a full trip report on our birding website () shortly with full details of the trip itinerary along with the bird list, guide and accommodations information and, as always, happy to help and provide information for anyone thinking of planning a trip there. ? Derek 
| Derek J. Matthews
Chairman, ?Director Communication
NABC Certified Trainer
Vancouver?Avian Research Centre
Registered Canadian Charity #82118 2656 RR0001
4115, East Braemar Road, North Vancouver, BC, V7K 3C9
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Hello Derek We are in the process of planning our Argentina birding trip for upcoming November (Buenos Aires & Entre Rios; Corboda; and Northwest Argentina; with possibly adding on Ibera wetlands).? I will be very interested in your report when you post it.? Will you notify vanbcbirds when it is posted on your website?? Ifnot,could Iask you to notify me? Many thanks and good birding Eric Tull Sidney
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Subject: [vanbcbirds] Birding Argentina
This trip was planned pre-Covid and was originally designed to be a big 3-month tour to include Antarctica, Argentina, Chile and Brazil but Covid whittled that down to Antarctica and Argentina. We headed to the airport on December 28th to stay overnight and have our PCR tests done before we flew out the following morning to board a boat in Ushuaia for Antarctica when Carol tested positive for Covid! The following morning, we had to return home! 2 days later I tested positive as well and we were both quite sick ¨C Carol had the Delta variant and I had the Man-Covid variant which was MUCH worse! (lol) ? Not to be completely defeated, we decided we could still pick up the Argentina leg of the trip and left on January 16th for Buenos Aires. ? Our 5-week trip took us from BA to southern Patagonia, we then flew to Cordoba and drove down to San Luis to bird central Argentina, flew back to BA for a couple of days R&R from all the early morning birding before heading to the Atlantic coast and then back to BA to bird Ceibas and Otamendi north of the city, before flying to Posadas in Misiones Province in northeast Argentina, on the border with Paraguay and Brazil ¨C the itinerary allowing us to cover all of the different habitats we needed in the country. Our guide was ´³³Ü±ô¾±¨¢²Ô Vidoz who co-authored the field guide to the birds of Bolivia; he was recommended to us by my friend Andy Whittaker, a senior bird guide for VENT (Victor Emmanuel Nature Tours). It¡¯s aways a privilege to bird with the world¡¯s best guides, their knowledge and skill is truly impressive and ´³³Ü±ô¾±¨¢²Ô fue fenomenal! ? We managed 481 species, of which 308 (64%) were new for us, and had fantastic views of everything thanks to the expertise of ´³³Ü±ô¾±¨¢²Ô who not only had super local knowledge of the micro-habitats where the birds are but an unbelievable knowledge of bird vocalizations, having personally recorded calls and songs of more than 2,000 species in south America, and without which we would never have seen half of the species we did ¨C- much¨ªsimas gracias amigo! ? Among the many highlights was searching for the critically endangered Hooded Grebe in the high plateau of the Patagonia steppe ¨C it was a marathon 3.5-hour 4x4 drive up barely a mountain track to a high plateau lagoon where Hooded Grebes are found and where the wind can reach speeds up to 120 kph ¨C it was brutally cold and windy but such an experience to be in such a remote and wild place! ? Killer views of Austral Rail, a highly sought species by world listers and a bird often heard but hardly ever seen, and it walked out in to the open for us! ? Spot-lighting nightjars in Rincon Santa Maria was a magical experience with spectacular views of Sickle-winged Nightjar (wow!), Scissor-tailed Nightjar (wow!) and Little Nightjar (wow!) ? 16 species of woodpecker including the rare and threatened Helmeted Woodpecker, and 5 species of Tinamou! ? We loved Argentina ¨C incredible birding with fantastic views of everything, great hotels and roads, good food and lovely people ¨C our guide was awesome so other than an insane amount of driving for the species we wanted, Argentina is a 10 experience and a superhigh recommend; and we have never been able to say that for any of the other south American countries (Ecuador, Colombia and Peru) we have birded in! ? We will post a full trip report on our birding website () shortly with full details of the trip itinerary along with the bird list, guide and accommodations information and, as always, happy to help and provide information for anyone thinking of planning a trip there. ? Derek
| Derek J. Matthews
Chairman, ?Director Communication
NABC Certified Trainer
Vancouver?Avian Research Centre
Registered Canadian Charity #82118 2656 RR0001
4115, East Braemar Road, North Vancouver, BC, V7K 3C9
T: (604) 218-1191
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This trip was planned pre-Covid and was originally designed to be a big 3-month tour to include Antarctica, Argentina, Chile and Brazil but Covid whittled that down to Antarctica and Argentina. We headed to the airport on December 28th to stay overnight and have our PCR tests done before we flew out the following morning to board a boat in Ushuaia for Antarctica when Carol tested positive for Covid! The following morning, we had to return home! 2 days later I tested positive as well and we were both quite sick ¨C Carol had the Delta variant and I had the Man-Covid variant which was MUCH worse! (lol) ? Not to be completely defeated, we decided we could still pick up the Argentina leg of the trip and left on January 16th for Buenos Aires. ? Our 5-week trip took us from BA to southern Patagonia, we then flew to Cordoba and drove down to San Luis to bird central Argentina, flew back to BA for a couple of days R&R from all the early morning birding before heading to the Atlantic coast and then back to BA to bird Ceibas and Otamendi north of the city, before flying to Posadas in Misiones Province in northeast Argentina, on the border with Paraguay and Brazil ¨C the itinerary allowing us to cover all of the different habitats we needed in the country. Our guide was ´³³Ü±ô¾±¨¢²Ô Vidoz who co-authored the field guide to the birds of Bolivia; he was recommended to us by my friend Andy Whittaker, a senior bird guide for VENT (Victor Emmanuel Nature Tours). It¡¯s aways a privilege to bird with the world¡¯s best guides, their knowledge and skill is truly impressive and ´³³Ü±ô¾±¨¢²Ô fue fenomenal! ? We managed 481 species, of which 308 (64%) were new for us, and had fantastic views of everything thanks to the expertise of ´³³Ü±ô¾±¨¢²Ô who not only had super local knowledge of the micro-habitats where the birds are but an unbelievable knowledge of bird vocalizations, having personally recorded calls and songs of more than 2,000 species in south America, and without which we would never have seen half of the species we did ¨C- much¨ªsimas gracias amigo! ? Among the many highlights was searching for the critically endangered Hooded Grebe in the high plateau of the Patagonia steppe ¨C it was a marathon 3.5-hour 4x4 drive up barely a mountain track to a high plateau lagoon where Hooded Grebes are found and where the wind can reach speeds up to 120 kph ¨C it was brutally cold and windy but such an experience to be in such a remote and wild place! ? Killer views of Austral Rail, a highly sought species by world listers and a bird often heard but hardly ever seen, and it walked out in to the open for us! ? Spot-lighting nightjars in Rincon Santa Maria was a magical experience with spectacular views of Sickle-winged Nightjar (wow!), Scissor-tailed Nightjar (wow!) and Little Nightjar (wow!) ? 16 species of woodpecker including the rare and threatened Helmeted Woodpecker, and 5 species of Tinamou! ? We loved Argentina ¨C incredible birding with fantastic views of everything, great hotels and roads, good food and lovely people ¨C our guide was awesome so other than an insane amount of driving for the species we wanted, Argentina is a 10 experience and a superhigh recommend; and we have never been able to say that for any of the other south American countries (Ecuador, Colombia and Peru) we have birded in! ? We will post a full trip report on our birding website () shortly with full details of the trip itinerary along with the bird list, guide and accommodations information and, as always, happy to help and provide information for anyone thinking of planning a trip there. ? Derek 
| Derek J. Matthews
Chairman, ?Director Communication
NABC Certified Trainer
Vancouver?Avian Research Centre
Registered Canadian Charity #82118 2656 RR0001
4115, East Braemar Road, North Vancouver, BC, V7K 3C9
T: (604) 218-1191
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Re: Yellow-headed Blackbirds in MX
Wow! Very odd.
Paul Levesque
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Yellow-headed Blackbirds in MX
This is a bizarre story. Check out the sheer size of the flock in the video! Crazy! :O
Daniel Bastaja
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This is free for those with a FVRD library card or who know one who does. Looks interesting, global perspective.
Greg
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Re: Are declines in insects and insectivorous birds related?
Thanks for posting Paul ¨C interesting paper and as you say it¡¯s not good news for our aerial insectivores! ? Derek ?
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Paul Levesque
Sent: January 14, 2022 8:58 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [vanbcbirds] Are declines in insects and insectivorous birds related?? There is a new paper published in Ornithological Aplications that is important and should be read by every person on the planet. It is open access. Bummer alert: it is not good news.
Are declines in insects and insectivorous birds related?
Ornithological Applications, Volume 123, Issue 1, 1 February 2021, duaa059,??
Paul
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Are declines in insects and insectivorous birds related?
There is a new paper published in Ornithological Aplications that is important and should be read by every person on the planet. It is open access. Bummer alert: it is not good news.
Are declines in insects and insectivorous birds related?
Ornithological Applications, Volume 123, Issue 1, 1 February 2021, duaa059,??
Paul
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Re: BC Bird of the Year - And the winner is ........
Thanks Kevin Always good fun to see what wins. Hope you get over for the hawk. Cheers?
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On Jan 13, 2022, at 10:49 AM, Kevin Neill < goshawk67@...> wrote: For the first time almost every bird on the list this year got at least one vote, with an additional write-in vote for a bird not on the list.? ?
37% - Red-shouldered Hawk?
24% - Tri-colored Heron?
18% - Wood Sandpiper?
It was a close race for a while, but the Hawk from south of here prevailed. Was a lifer for many I believe, or at least a Canada bird, and it stuck around long enough for many to see (except for me) so it became the clear winner this year.?
Kevin Neill?
Victoria?
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BC Bird of the Year - And the winner is ........
For the first time almost every bird on the list this year got at least one vote, with an additional write-in vote for a bird not on the list.? ?
37% - Red-shouldered Hawk?
24% - Tri-colored Heron?
18% - Wood Sandpiper?
It was a close race for a while, but the Hawk from south of here prevailed. Was a lifer for many I believe, or at least a Canada bird, and it stuck around long enough for many to see (except for me) so it became the clear winner this year.?
Kevin Neill?
Victoria?
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Derek Matthews
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