New to birding
Hi all, My names Callum and I've recently joined the group, so please let me know if this post isn't allowed. I'm looking for advice on where to start birding. I have no prior experience other than
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Callum
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Re: Tofino Pelagic Trip: April 8, 2023
I am interested! ** Sabine Jessen NatureEye Photography +1-604-657-2813
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Sabine Jessen <sabine.jessen@...>
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#737
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Re: CANADA JAY ¨C should it be Canada¡¯s national bird?
The name of the bird was officially changed back to Canada Jay by the AOS in about 2018. Carlo in Cloverdale
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rokman39
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Tofino Pelagic Trip: April 8, 2023
Hey Everyone, I am hoping to organize a second boat to accompany an already full boat for a pelagic birding trip out of Tofino with The Whale Centre on April 8, 2023 (with the backup weather dates on
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Gavin McKinnon
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#735
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Re: CANADA JAY ¨C should it be Canada¡¯s national bird?
Hello all, Since this species doesn't seem to have a home for its name, back and forth, back and forth, from Canada Jay to Gray Jay to Canada Jay. Might one want to get the 'powers to be' to once and
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Tsuru <tsuru88@...>
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Trip Reports
Hi Vanbirders, For those of you who have asked we've finally finished the trip reports for Indonesia, West Papua and Tasmania with full details of the itineraries, accommodations, guides/field guides
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Derek Matthews
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Re: CANADA JAY ¨C should it be Canada¡¯s national bird?
I think the Canada Jay would be a great choice! DB
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Daniel Bastaja
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Re: CANADA JAY ¨C should it be Canada¡¯s national bird?
Hi Daniel, Until I heard Dr. Bird's presentation at Nature Vancouver, I didn't realize we didn't have a national bird either. I feel his list of reasons makes for a logical and compelling reason to
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Colin Clasen
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Re: CANADA JAY ¨C should it be Canada¡¯s national bird?
Thanks for the message Colin. I didn¡¯t realize Canada didn¡¯t have a national bird. Daniel Bastaja danielbastaja@... <mailto:danielbastaja@...>
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Daniel Bastaja
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CANADA JAY ¨C should it be Canada¡¯s national bird?
Dr. David Bird is a Professor Emeritus of Wildlife Biology at McGill University, including teaching university-level courses in ornithology. He has been the strongest promoter for the Canada Jay to be
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Colin Clasen
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Ecuador birding trip July 2023
There is a 3 week birding trip to Ecuador in July, organized by Adrian Leather of Quesnel with Real Nature Tours. We have been on a couple of birding trips in Ecuador with Galo Real and he is very
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John Hodges
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Birding for All: How to Make Enjoying Birds More Accessible
Happy new year, hope everyone had fun Christmas Bird Count events in December! Great article on birding and inclusivity. ¡°The Revelator spoke with McGregor about the joys of birding, what land
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Pamela Zevit
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Re: Red-tailed Hawk in Richmond misidentified as an eagle in the news
Thanks all. I didn't know about the airport program. Good to know that the relevant people are notified already as well.
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Nikhil Patwardhan
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Re: Red-tailed Hawk in Richmond misidentified as an eagle in the news
Note that both Bud Anderson (SeaTac) and Gary Searing (YVR) retired some time ago. Kris Kirk is the contact for YVR tagged raptor sightings (black on white) kkirkby@... New contact for SeaTac
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PERRY EDWARDS
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Re: Red-tailed Hawk in Richmond misidentified as an eagle in the news
YVR Wildlife Control tag ¡®V19¡¯ noted; Kris Kirk has been advised there. Perry Edwards North Vancouver
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PERRY EDWARDS
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Re: Red-tailed Hawk in Richmond misidentified as an eagle in the news
From an old (2014) Birding in BC Forum by "Greatblue1".... "Wing-tagged raptors in southwestern British Columbia and northwestern Washington are part of a program for airport safety and raptor
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Richard James
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Re: Red-tailed Hawk in Richmond misidentified as an eagle in the news
The wing tag looks like one of the tags that the airport attaches to nuisance birds that they catch. They have a program which is designed to keep birds from being a flight hazard, and sometimes they
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Paul Clapham
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Red-tailed Hawk in Richmond misidentified as an eagle in the news
They're calling it a Bald Eagle ? https://www.castanet.net/news/BC/403496/Video-Juvenile-bald-eagle-takes-break-on-Richmond-highrise-balcony It's been several hours since I responded to their
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Nikhil Patwardhan
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BC Bird of the Year - 2022 Edition
So many great BC birds to see this year, and so few EV charging stations in distant places to chase them all. Below is a snapshot of what I believe to be the most interesting birds to show up in our
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Kevin Neill
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Re: Banded CAGO at Piper Spit, Burnaby Lake
Hi Ted, Bird bands are administered by the federal Bird Banding Office (BBO) in Canada and by the Bird Banding Lab via USGS in the U.S. All bands issues in North America are part of the combined NA
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Derek Matthews
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