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Salish Sea Gull Project 2023 Field Report
开云体育Forwarding on behalf of the research team at ECCC. Surrey has been participating in this study for several years (or rather the gulls that happen to use some our foreshore parks). If you have any questions regarding the report or the project as a whole please reach out to ECCC staff: ? Dr. Mark Hipfner, Mark.Hipfner@... Nik Clyde, Nik.Clyde@... Pamela Zevit RPBio | Biodiversity Conservation Planner ? T 604.590.7254
As a second generation settler, I am a privileged guest working on the shared traditional lands (tém:éxw) of the s?myám? (Semiahmoo), sq??c?iy?a?? (Katzie), K?ik?????m (Kwikwetlem), q??ɑ:n????n? (Kwantlen), Qiqéyt (Qayqayt), Sc??waθ?n (Tsawwassen) and x?m?θk??y??m (Musqueam). ? ? ? |
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Bad Timing: As Climate Change Brings Earlier Springs, Breeding Birds Aren’t Adjusting Fast Enough
开云体育Bad Timing: As Climate Change Brings Earlier Springs, Breeding Birds Aren’t Adjusting Fast Enough. A new study using data from the MAPS program estimates that songbirds could produce 12% fewer young by the end of the century. ? “In a paper published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Dr. Casey Youngflesh of Michigan State University, along with colleagues from IBP, UCLA, Pennsylvania State University, University of Florida and the University of North Carolina, used data from the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship bird banding program (MAPS) coordinated by IBP to examine phenological mismatch between breeding songbirds and spring “green-up” (when deciduous plants leaf out.)” *the link to the open access research paper is near the top, on the right. Pamela Zevit RPBio | Biodiversity Conservation Planner ? T 604.590.7254
I am privileged to work on the shared traditional territories (tém:éxw) of the s?myám? (Semiahmoo), sq??c?iy?a?? (Katzie), K?ik?????m (Kwikwetlem), q??ɑ:n????n? (Kwantlen), Qiqéyt (Qayqayt), Sc??waθ?n (Tsawwassen) and x?m?θk??y??m (Musqueam). ? ? |
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Pelagic Seabirding Via Cruise Ship
开云体育? ?We will be undertaking our first Alaska cruise in the latter half of August with the usual stops in Skagway, Juneau and Ketchikan.? I’m planning to do as much pelagic seabirding as possible along the way. I’ll be using my Canon 90D with 100-400L v. 2 & 1.4 extender.? I’d appreciate any advice from folks here who may have undertaken such trips including photo settings and techniques, prime areas to search, potential species to look for, etc.? I’ll be bringing some good reference works along: Thanks for any advice; you may message me directly if you wish.? Perry Edwards North Vancouver? |
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Birds and Insecticides Webinar
开云体育Forwarding this from the ABC. Please contact them directly if you have any questions. Pamela Zevit RPBio | Biodiversity Conservation Planner ? T 604.590.7254
I am privileged to work on the shared traditional territories (tém:éxw) of the s?myám? (Semiahmoo), sq??c?iy?a?? (Katzie), K?ik?????m (Kwikwetlem), q??ɑ:n????n? (Kwantlen), Qiqéyt (Qayqayt), Sc??waθ?n (Tsawwassen) and x?m?θk??y??m (Musqueam). ? ? From: Jordan E. Rutter, American Bird Conservancy <info@...>
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Re: RBA Indigo Bunting
开云体育Hi Derek, ? Sorry – tried three more times and each time it bounces back as “cannot be delivered”. Perhaps if you wrote direct to my e-mail address above then maybe a reply would reach you? ? Many Thanks, ? As Always, ? Ian ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Derek Matthews
Sent: June-30-23 2:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [vanbcbirds] RBA Indigo Bunting ? That’s weird Ian – it’s just derek@... and I’m not having any other issues with Outlook and sending/receiving email. Can you try again? ? Thanks. ? Derek ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of ian@... ? Hi Derek, ? I tried to send you a private e-mail concerning a different subject, but it bounced back from your e-mail address. Please can you advise what I should do? ? Many thanks, ? Ian Tyzzer ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Derek Matthews ? Good morning Vanbirders, ? No doubt about bird of the morning today at the Colony Farm banding station when we trapped and banded this second year male Indigo Bunting – our second capture of this species in our 15 years of banding and monitoring at Colony Farm. ? Derek
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Re: RBA Indigo Bunting
开云体育That’s weird Ian – it’s just derek@... and I’m not having any other issues with Outlook and sending/receiving email. Can you try again? ? Thanks. ? Derek ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of ian@...
Sent: June 30, 2023 10:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [vanbcbirds] RBA Indigo Bunting ? Hi Derek, ? I tried to send you a private e-mail concerning a different subject, but it bounced back from your e-mail address. Please can you advise what I should do? ? Many thanks, ? Ian Tyzzer ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Derek Matthews ? Good morning Vanbirders, ? No doubt about bird of the morning today at the Colony Farm banding station when we trapped and banded this second year male Indigo Bunting – our second capture of this species in our 15 years of banding and monitoring at Colony Farm. ? Derek
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Re: RBA Indigo Bunting
开云体育Hi Derek, ? I tried to send you a private e-mail concerning a different subject, but it bounced back from your e-mail address. Please can you advise what I should do? ? Many thanks, ? Ian Tyzzer ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Derek Matthews
Sent: June-28-23 12:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [vanbcbirds] RBA Indigo Bunting ? Good morning Vanbirders, ? No doubt about bird of the morning today at the Colony Farm banding station when we trapped and banded this second year male Indigo Bunting – our second capture of this species in our 15 years of banding and monitoring at Colony Farm. ? Derek
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Re: RBA Indigo Bunting
开云体育Thanks Dan – Yes, it really is an oasis for migrants crossing these increasingly fragmented urban and suburban landscapes! ? Derek ? -----Original Message----- ? Great! Keep at it Derek. I think it is just a question of time before some more amazing rarities show up in the nets. Such a good location. That patch of serious green in an ocean of suburbia. It’s like a magnet for migrants. ? Daniel Bastaja ? > On Jun 29, 2023, at 12:39 AM, Derek Matthews <Derek@...> wrote: > > Thanks Vero and Dan! >? Yeah, what a spectacular bird eh? They hybridize with Lazuli Bunting > where their ranges overlap and we obviously have breeding LAZB in the park – having said that it’s still way outside of range as you guys know. As for banded species we were stuck on 99 for the longest time and finally got species 100 and were expecting it to be something really amazing….it was an Eurasian Collared Dove! :o)? Happy birding! >? Derek >? -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Daniel > Bastaja > Sent: June 28, 2023 12:34 PM > To: Vanbirds <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [vanbcbirds] RBA Indigo Bunting? Derek… wow! Nice! I > didn’t realize you had one before.? How many species have you now > banded at Colony Farm?? Daniel Bastaja danielbastaja@...? > On > Jun 28, 2023, at 9:01 PM, Derek Matthews <Derek@...> wrote: > > > Good morning Vanbirders, > >? No doubt about bird of the morning today at the Colony Farm banding station when we trapped and banded this second year male Indigo Bunting – our second capture of this species in our 15 years of banding and monitoring at Colony Farm. > >? Derek<image003.png> > > 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 > > E: Derek@... > > W: > >?? <inbu_sym_jun23.png> >?????? ? ? ? ? ? ? |
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Re: RBA Indigo Bunting
开云体育In 2021 (22 and 23 July) we photographed and eBirded an Indigo Bunting at Colony Farms in the area where Lazuli are usually seen.? David & Noreen -------- Original message -------- From: Derek Matthews <Derek@...> Date: 2023-06-28 12:01 (GMT-08:00) Subject: [vanbcbirds] RBA Indigo Bunting Good morning Vanbirders, ? No doubt about bird of the morning today at the Colony Farm banding station when we trapped and banded this second year male Indigo Bunting – our second capture of this species in our 15 years of banding and monitoring at Colony Farm. ? Derek
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Re: RBA Indigo Bunting
开云体育Thanks Vero and Dan! ? Yeah, what a spectacular bird eh? They hybridize with Lazuli Bunting where their ranges overlap and we obviously have breeding LAZB in the park – having said that it’s still way outside of range as you guys know. As for banded species we were stuck on 99 for the longest time and finally got species 100 and were expecting it to be something really amazing….it was an Eurasian Collared Dove! :o) ? Happy birding! ? Derek ? -----Original Message----- ? Derek… wow! Nice! I didn’t realize you had one before. ? How many species have you now banded at Colony Farm? ? Daniel Bastaja ? > On Jun 28, 2023, at 9:01 PM, Derek Matthews <Derek@...> wrote: > > Good morning Vanbirders, >? No doubt about bird of the morning today at the Colony Farm banding station when we trapped and banded this second year male Indigo Bunting – our second capture of this species in our 15 years of banding and monitoring at Colony Farm. >? Derek<image003.png> > 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 > E: Derek@... > W: >?? <inbu_sym_jun23.png> ? ? ? ? ? ? |
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Re: RBA Indigo Bunting
Wow, this is fantastic! And what a handsome fellow this is! Thanks for sharing On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 12:01 PM Derek Matthews <Derek@...> wrote:
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RBA Indigo Bunting
开云体育Good morning Vanbirders, ? No doubt about bird of the morning today at the Colony Farm banding station when we trapped and banded this second year male Indigo Bunting – our second capture of this species in our 15 years of banding and monitoring at Colony Farm. ? Derek
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Re: Western Pacific Odyssey
开云体育Thanks again Keith – funnily enough we are booked to go to Chile and Antarctica this December. Antarctica was originally booked 5 years ago and delayed multiple times due to Covid so we finally get to go this year! Andy Whittaker will be the guide for Antarctica and Julian Vidoz for Chile – they are both friends and two of the best bird guides I’ve birded with anywhere in the world. Julian is the co-author and illustrator of the Birds of Bolivia and Andy is the authority on Amazonian birds and worked with David Attenborough in Brazil for the BBC Life of Birds series. When you bird with guides like that you understand what it takes to be a really good guide! ? As for books, I’ve always wanted to tell you how much I loved your Birder’s Guide to BC when it came out – what a great book that was to have before all the technology of smart phones, e-Bird, Siri, dropping pins on Google maps and Merlin etc.! I remember following all the directions in your book setting the milometer at zero and then following all the directions like: “At 00.8 km you will see a Bank Swallow colony on the northside of the road” etc. – absolutely brilliant! Was birding more of an adventure then when you had to find birds yourself and work out songs and calls or am I just getting old?!! :o) ? Take care. ? Derek ? ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of pat.mary.taylor
Sent: June 13, 2023 7:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [vanbcbirds] Western Pacific Odyssey ? That horrible Derek. So Heritage was just as inefficient as Rockjumper. Is there a possibility?though that one company thought the other company was taking care of business? I can see that it was not always the case as with the landing permits. You would think that a company that runs ships regularly would know or at least check if permits were required. That must have been heartbreaking missing the species required at those places.? ? Yes, I know that you normally use private guides and drivers. I wasn't directing the tour scenario at you. And yes, sometimes there is no option as to whether tours are taken or guides used. When traveling to Attu it was a "guided tour" but once on the island you could bird on your own if you wished. I prefer to bird on my own or with a friend but at the Borneo Rainforest Lodge and La Selva Lodge as you know guides are required to walk the trails...no choice... Yet still I managed to bird on my own. ? I hope your next birding experience makes up for this one Derek.Here's one for you: Holland America has a 22-day cruise from Buenos Aires with stops at Puerto Madryn, the Falkland Islands, ?Antarctica, Ushuaia, Punta Arenas, et cetera finishing at Santiago Chili. $3,613 Canadian each. Every southern pelagic possible and a few hours at each port to bird. ? Keith ? ? ? On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 6:27?PM Derek Matthews <Derek@...> wrote:
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Re: Western Pacific Odyssey
That horrible Derek. So Heritage was just as inefficient as Rockjumper. Is there a possibility?though that one company thought the other company was taking care of business? I can see that it was not always the case as with the landing permits. You would think that a company that runs ships regularly would know or at least check if permits were required. That must have been heartbreaking missing the species required at those places.? Yes, I know that you normally use private guides and drivers. I wasn't directing the tour scenario at you. And yes, sometimes there is no option as to whether tours are taken or guides used. When traveling to Attu it was a "guided tour" but once on the island you could bird on your own if you wished. I prefer to bird on my own or with a friend but at the Borneo Rainforest Lodge and La Selva Lodge as you know guides are required to walk the trails...no choice... Yet still I managed to bird on my own. I hope your next birding experience makes up for this one Derek.Here's one for you: Holland America has a 22-day cruise from Buenos Aires with stops at Puerto Madryn, the Falkland Islands, ?Antarctica, Ushuaia, Punta Arenas, et cetera finishing at Santiago Chili. $3,613 Canadian each. Every southern pelagic possible and a few hours at each port to bird. Keith On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 6:27?PM Derek Matthews <Derek@...> wrote:
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Re: Western Pacific Odyssey
开云体育Oh and we also asked for assurances that the group would be split in to small groups each with a guide and were told that would absolutely happen! ? D. ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of pat.mary.taylor
Sent: June 13, 2023 5:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [vanbcbirds] Western Pacific Odyssey ? Hi ? Seems to me there were too many fingers in the pie. If Heritage had arranged the tour it would likely have fared better. Too bad that both companies have to pay the price of dissatisfied customers. The itinerary was fantastic and let’s hope that it can continue with more expertise. The two concerns that stand out as displeasing to me are the meeting arrangements to begin the trip and not having at least 7-8 guides to split the group into reasonable sizes. I can’t imagine trying to find a secretive ground species (like a pitta) with even 10 people………but that’s why I don’t take tours. ? Keith Taylor Victoria BC
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Re: Western Pacific Odyssey
开云体育Thanks Keith – It was more of a Heritage issue on board the boat as we were all blatantly lied to regarding the landing permissions that Heritage were supposed to have in advance and actually didn’t have at all. We subsequently found out that they just assumed we could land in the Caroline Islands and the Japanese Islands, neither of which had opened up after Covid for people landing directly from boats. The Covid case on board then became a perfect excuse but they never had the permissions to land in the first place! ? And we don’t generally go on group tours either - we always use local guides unless it involves a boat like the Galapagos, Amazon, Antarctica or this one when you have no choice. Otherwise we always bird on our own with a guide and driver - that gives us the flexibility to change the itinerary if we want to – birding in any group where people are talking or having difficulty getting on a bird is super-frustrating, especially if you’re forest birding and we learnt long ago not to do it! ? Thanks again. ? Derek ? ? From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of pat.mary.taylor
Sent: June 13, 2023 5:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [vanbcbirds] Western Pacific Odyssey ? Hi ? Seems to me there were too many fingers in the pie. If Heritage had arranged the tour it would likely have fared better. Too bad that both companies have to pay the price of dissatisfied customers. The itinerary was fantastic and let’s hope that it can continue with more expertise. The two concerns that stand out as displeasing to me are the meeting arrangements to begin the trip and not having at least 7-8 guides to split the group into reasonable sizes. I can’t imagine trying to find a secretive ground species (like a pitta) with even 10 people………but that’s why I don’t take tours. ? Keith Taylor Victoria BC
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