Re: [Tweeters] Vaux's Happening
I checked the Courtney web cam at 9:10 and the Swifts are arriving. Thanks Wayne. Long may you run Len Jellicoe
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lenjellicoe
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FW:[Tweeters] Vaux's Happening
Latest report of Vaux's Swifts from Monroe, WA, forwarded from the TWEETERS e-mail group. Wayne Weber Delta, BC contopus@...
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Wayne Weber
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Re: Dusky Flycatchers (was: Empid question)
Hi It should be said that we have 3 records of Dusky in Victoria so far this May that is higher than the usual one or two. Keith Taylor
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pat.mary.taylor
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Re: Dusky Flycatchers (was: Empid question)
Hi Wayne, Thanks so much for such detailed information - your data and records going back to the 60's are truly impressive. With technology and the advent of repositories like eBird, people forget
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Derek Matthews
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Re: Need help with ID please (a flycatcher and a duck)
Thanks Wayne
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Nikhil Patwardhan
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Re: Need help with ID please (a flycatcher and a duck)
Nikhil, Your tentative identifications are correct-- Western Wood-Pewee and Common Goldeneye! Wayne Weber Delta, BC contopus@... Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2022 3:40 PM To: [email protected]
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Wayne Weber
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Dusky Flycatchers (was: Empid question)
Derek, As the main person who has kept track of rare bird sightings in Metro Vancouver since the 1960s, I can give a very definite answer to your question. It is an unqualified YES! Since May 4th this
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Wayne Weber
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Re: Empid Question!
Interesting ¨C thanks Quentin! Derek Sent: May 14, 2022 4:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [vanbcbirds] Empid Question! Certainly an increase in Dusky sightings at Maplewood, Derek.
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Derek Matthews
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Re: Empid Question!
Certainly an increase in Dusky sightings at Maplewood, Derek. Whereas one a spring would be exciting, we¡¯re now seeing reports lately on an almost daily basis. We¡¯ve also had many more Hammond¡¯s
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Quentin Brown
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Empid Question!
Hi Vanbirders! Are there any Empid experts out there who have noticed a lot of Dusky Flycatchers in the lower mainland this spring? For us as banders with birds in the hand, we can fairly easily
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Derek Matthews
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Need help with ID please (a flycatcher and a duck)
Can anyone help identify these birds please? 1) Flycatcher today in White Rock. The bird was perched above a small pond. Attached is a small video as well as pictures. I'm leaning towards Western
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Nikhil Patwardhan
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FW: [bcintbird] Link to "Vaux's Happening" website
Birders, I thought some of you might be interested in this message that I posted recently to BCINTBIRD, about communal roosts of Vaux's Swifts in chimneys. It turns out that there is also one of these
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Wayne Weber
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Re: Bird for ID please
Thanks Monte, Perry, I went back at noon and found the flock again, this time to the east and vastly bigger than what I saw in the early morning. Video below shows the extent:
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Nikhil Patwardhan
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Re: Bird for ID please
Emailed Nikhil and told him. That's what it appears to be although Clark's can't be ruled out with such a distant shot. But most probably Western anyway. Monte Taylor Tustin Ranch, CA
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Tsuru <tsuru88@...>
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Re: Bird for ID please
Western Grebe? Perry Edwards North Vancouver
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PERRY EDWARDS
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Bird for ID please
At White Rock Pier today morning around 7:30 AM, there was a large flock (~100 birds) far out into the sea. I only had a camera and no binoculars. Attached are fully zoomed in photos (100% crop from
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Nikhil Patwardhan
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Re: PALM WARBLER - male - Blakeburn Lagooons Park - Port Coquitlam
Great shots, we¡¯ll done, Sandy Blair East Van
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Alexander Blair
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Re: PALM WARBLER - male - Blakeburn Lagooons Park - Port Coquitlam
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Colin Clasen
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Re: PALM WARBLER - male - Blakeburn Lagooons Park - Port Coquitlam
Nice find Colin and congratulations! We caught one at Colony Farm one fall a few years back (see photo attached). Hopefully, this one makes its way to the Farm as well! Derek Derek J. Matthews
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Derek Matthews
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Re: PALM WARBLER - male - Blakeburn Lagooons Park - Port Coquitlam
Great find Colin. So this was seen from the largest platform that resembles a pier?
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Rich Wakelam <richardwakelam@...>
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