Hi Gord,

I don't know if this is important or not. I am not a real bird watcher even thought we have bird feeders, suet, etc. We do have a lot of the most common birds, sparrow, starlings, black birds, finches, chickadees, wrens, crossbecks, crows, etc..

On Saturday, May 15, 1999 in the early afternoon my husband spotted a Baltimore Oriole. We have never seen one here before. It was sitting on our plum tree. Today, again, my husband spotted the oriole in the same tree. I have, since, gotten more information on the bird so we could set up some feeders. They are really pretty.

Thank you in advance.

Christmas bird count results:

December 22nd, 1998

Beginning temp: - 28
High of the day: - 20

Clear skies

Wind NW at 6 (Beaufort scale)
15 cm of snow

Total kilometers by vehicle: 215
Total kilometers by foot/ski/snowshoe: 73

Hours of observation by vehicle: 23
Hours of observation by foot etc: 34

Birds seen:

• bald eagle - 1
• northern goshawk - 1
• ruffed grouse - 14
• sharp-tailed grouse - 3
• downy woodpecker - 7
• hairy woodpecker - 10
• pileated woodpecker - 1
• gray jay - 14
• blue jay - 23
• black-billed magpie - 25
• common raven - 178
• black-capped chickadee - 206
• boreal chickadee - 22
• red-breasted nuthatch - 3
• white-breasted nuthatch - 11
• golden crowned kinglet - 3
• northern shrike - 1
• snow bunting - 35
• pine grosbeak - 16
• common redpoll - 102
• hoary redpoll - 1
• pine siskin - 10
• evening grosbeak - 210
• house sparrow - 19
• song sparrow - 1
• varied thrush - 1

Observers included:

Cheryl Penny, Madeleine Sarrasin, Sean Frey, Debi Forlanski, Geraldine David, Wybo Vanderschuit, Marcy Nylen-Nemetchek, Gabe Boros, Ray Whaley, Ken Kingdon, Rae Kingdon, Ang Bidinosti, Chris Bidinosti, Buzz Crowston, Devon Crowston, Dave McArthur, Jillian Maguet, Les Ellchuk, and Cheryl Ellchuk.

Hi Gord,

I may be a little late in responding to your request for comments of birding hotspots in Ontario and Canada - but better late than never.

Even though I've been in the Toronto area for over 10 years now, I still don't feel like I have any great knowledge of any of the local hotspots, save for the obvious ones. However, I do have some limited knowledge of fairly productive areas in Saskatchewan. Furthermore, I was just there for my parents 50th wedding anniversary and was able to get at least a little birding done. The total number of species I saw was around 40. However, I believe this reflects the limited effort I was able to put into the task rather than it being an indication of what is available. I'll start with a quick report of where I was what I saw. It will give an indication of what can be expected in the areas I went.

The time I had was distributed between the City of Saskatoon and the area of Prince Albert National Park (and the highway between the two areas).

Saskatoon itself is bisected by the South Saskatchewan River and this watercourse attracts a very pleasing mix of birds due to the variety of habitats. There is the river with its sandbars, the embankments which are wooded and the prairie above the embankment. My only real effort at birding involved a one and a half hour walk along the Meewasin Trail. This trail has been constructed along both sides of the river. I walked a short section within the grounds of the University of Saskatchewan campus. The river itself produced numerous MALLARDS and CANADA GEESE, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, RING-BILLED GULL and WHITE PELICAN (which fish the river in the vicinity of the weir). The embankment was very productive and yielded MERLIN, COMMON FLICKER and young, EASTERN KINGBIRD and young, TREE SWALLOW, BROWN THRASHER and young, YELLOW WARBLER, PHILADELPHIA VIREO and BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE. The University grounds, which are rather open and meadow-like in this area, produced AMERICAN GOLDFINCH, BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE (numerous and raucous, as expected), CLAY-COLOURED SPARROW, BREWERS BLACKBIRD, NORTHERN ORIOLE, MOURNING DOVE and inumerable ROBINS with their fledglings.

The only other area in Saskatoon that I had any opportunity to bird (if you can call 10 minutes a birding opportunity) was the local zoo, which is located at the Forestry Farm. These grounds are fairly extensive and can be interesting at times. While there I was able to get a very close look at a HOUSE WREN and spotted a small flock of CEDAR WAXWINGS. As I suggested, this small total indicates that I had only a small amount of time at my disposal. There certainly is much more available than that which I saw. For example, the river bank should be able to produce three falcon species for those who put in the effort. Merlin and Kestrel are relatively common and there is, or at least there was, a Peregrine Falcon reintroduction program in the City. The river itself is a good spot for waterfowl and there is more there than I can report. In my short visit, if I didn't trip over it, I didn't record it.

Prince Albert National Park is located about 2 to 2 and a half driving hours north of Saskatoon. The drive itself can be interesting. There are numerous sloughs and ponds along the route (this can be said for just about any section of Saskatchewan highway). It is very easy to spend a day just investigating these wetlands and watching the skies for raptors and the crops and grasslands for land birds. The one stop I made was at a pond covered with waterfowl. The pond itself was at quite a distance and the sun was partially in my eyes but I did determine that it was occupied by hundreds of AMERICAN COOT. Otherwise, I was able to observe some wading birds and waterfowl at other ponds but I did not take the time to investigate any further. American Avocet are striking birds that are fairly common. Yellow-headed Blackbirds breed in the area. I didn't see either this time around. A TURKEY VULTURE was seen.

I spent a few days at a cottage at Emma Lake, just south of the National Park. Local birds included COMMON MERGANSER, COMMON LOON, RED-NECKED GREBE, MALLARD, RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD at the cottage feeder, PILEATED WOODPECKER, one or the other of the DOWNY/HAIRY WOODPECKERS (too brief a look to say which), RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, COMMON TERN, BLACK TERN, BLUE JAY, GRAY JAY, BARN and TREE SWALLOWS, BELTED KINGFISHER, and more BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE. I spent most of my time swimming and playing with nieces/nephews. If a bird didn't get in my face, I didn't notice it.

We took a short trip to Anglin Lake and rented a boat with a small motor. We only got to spend an hour on the water before it started to rain. In that short period of time, we did get to see more Mallards, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, more Red-necked Grebe, another White Pelican and somewhere between 20 and 30 Common Loons (probably 8 to 10 family groups with young). I've previously seen breeding White-winged Scoter and Osprey at this lake. Otherwise, we saw a few RUFFED GROUSE and a pair of grazing ELK along the roadside within the National Park. The lakes of Saskatchewn are also a spot to find California Gull, although it might be necessary to know where to look.

As for hotspots in Saskatchewan, a few areas come to mind. They are as follows:

Last Mountain Lake Bird Sanctuary - a stopover spot for migrating waterfowl and both North American crane species (numbers like 75,000 Sandhill Cranes and 400,000 geese are mentioned in the literature on the area), breeding bird species number approximately 100 and include the Piping Plover, Wilson's Phalarope, Ferruginous Hawk, Avocet, Forster's and Caspian Tern, Marbled Godwits and Willets etc.

The Quill Lakes - a Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network (WHSRN) site that hosts over 300 species of nesting and migrating birds including nearly 7% of the world's Piping Plovers, Hudsonian Godwits, Peregrine Falcons, Ferruginous Hawks, Baird Sparrow, cranes, herons, pelicans etc.

Chaplin Lake - another WHSRN site, over 6,000 hectares (15,000 acres) of shallow waters, and a stopover site for more than 30 species of shorebirds.

Redberry Lake - a federal migratory bird sanctuary and a place to find about 200 bird species including White-winged Scoter, Double-crested Cormorants, White Pelicans, Piping Plovers etc.

Grasslands National Park - an relatively new addition to the National Parks system, not all that well developed, and the site for Sage and Sharp-tailed Grouse, Burrowing Owls, Long-billed Curlews, Chestnut-collared and McCown's Longspurs.

Prince Albert National Park - a checklist of 232 birds, a million acres of lakes and boreal forest, nesting sites for Bald and Golden Eagle, Great Gray Owls, Northern Goshawk, and miles upon miles of trails etc.

There are other areas as well. The ones I've listed here are simply those that are well known. I would recommend the province to anyone who wants to bird or just explore an area unknown to them. Maybe that's to be expected, I'm from there and only recently transplanted myself to Toronto.

I hope this is of interest to someone.

By for now,

The Big Muddy Valley is a wide area of shortgrass sagebrush prairie that ranges from heavily grazed to natural. It starts in the southeast of the province, and eventually crosses the border to the U.S.(This summary also includes the 100 km stretch from Regina to the valley.)

A family of 5 BURROWING OWLS was in a pasture by the highway, and another single owl down in the valley. Also along the highway were 4 UPLAND SANDPIPERS, all sitting on fenceposts. VESPER SPARROWS were abundant, as we saw at least 500 on the day. A good find was a single GRASSHOPPER SPARROW, uncommon in the southeast of the province. RED-TAILED HAWKS were fairly numerous, and were much more common than the SWAINSON'S HAWKS. We had also had an outstanding view of a FERRUGINOUS HAWK, which sat and preened itself only thirty feet from the road. (we saw another later on). In the middle of a summerfallow field, a PRAIRIE FALCON perched conspicuously on a transformer box and allowed for good viewing. We spotted a probable second-year GOLDEN EAGLE soaring high above the valley floor. About 60 LARK BUNTINGS had congregated around one 2 km stretch of road, but these were generally not seen elsewhere. In the same area, CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPURS were also very common. SPRAGUE'S PIPITS were heard occasionally and a COMMON SNIPE called briefly from a boggy area on the valley bottom. In the sloughs we found EARED and HORNED GREBES, SHOVELERS, MALLARDS, PINTAILS, BLACK TERNS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, and a flock of unidentified small sandpipers. WESTERN MEADOWLARKS, HORNED LARKS, RED-WINGED and BREWER'S BLACKBIRDS and EASTERN and WESTERN KINGBIRDS were pretty much everywhere. By good luck, an AMERICAN BITTERN flew over the highway right in front of us. We did not see some of the songbirds we would have liked (Orchard Oriole, Say's Phoebe) because we couldn't walk much for the heat and horseflies.

I am contemplating a family holiday/birding trip for a first time adventure into Sask. Can anyone provide some useful info about these areas? Hotspots/facilities for a holiday trailer/good family spot/trails/and how are the Bugs this year? no-seeums are bugging us in Alberta this year. Thanks for any gems.

Dear Gord

I have just found this site and am impressed though I have just begun to look through it. I am a birder in Moose Jaw, SK. There aren't a lot to be seen on a regular type day, but during migration it can be fun.

Last week I added the American Golden Plover to my life list as we drove a new route to Saskatoon and saw a flock in a farmers field. What a beautiful bird. Today I added the Horned Grebe and Wednesday I am going to a Burrowing Owl exhibit here in Moose Jaw and am hoping to see one of 4 nesting pairs that live at the Exhibition grounds. Out here in Sask. I have seen more owls than ever before. Last year we had 6 Northern Hawk owl chicks and one adult for sure, mewing (yes they mew!) behind our tent at a campsite. Short eared owls abound plus we have seen some long eared owls. This year we found a great horned owls nest with two chicks and had mother cluck at me when I got too close to the bottom of their nesting tree.

Anyhow, enough rambling. Thanks for getting this site going and hope it continues for a long time.

Sincerely

Big Muddy Valley area (approximately 100 km south of Regina)
Approximately 4 degrees Celsius and windy.

-3 Golden Eagles
-1 Bald Eagle
-1 unidentified raptor (Ferruginous or Krider's Hawk)
-1 Northern Harrier
-5 Mountain Bluebirds
-1 American Robin
-1 Yellow (not Yellow-rumped) Warbler
-12 Sharp-tailed Grouse
-30 American Tree Sparrows
-5 Dark-eyed Juncos
-Ring-billed Gulls
-Mallards
-American Pintails
-Common Goldeneyes
-American Crows
-Black-billed Magpies
-Eurasian Starlings
-Horned Larks

'till next time,

Saturday, February 21 field trip to the Qu'appelle Valley

-1 Northern Shrike hunting over a marsh by the Qu'appelle Dam
-1 first year Bald Eagle at Katepwa Lake
-1 Common Merganser with a flock of 50 or so Mallards at Echo Valley Provincial Park
-4 Pine Grosbeaks, 2 White-breasted Nutches and 2 or 3 Common Redpolls at Qu'appelle
-Numerous Pine Siskens and Black-capped Chickadees along the valley
-3 Blue Jays
-1 Red-breasted Nuthatch (Fort San)
-1 Hairy Woodpecker
-4 Canada Geese
-2 Common Ravens

I recently had the pleasure of a few days birding in Saskatchewan. I arrived in Regina about noon on Thursday, Sept. 18. I immediately called local birder Bob Kreba to discuss strategy. He suggested I that for the afternoon I explore the Wascana Lake area within the city (I had no car at this stage). While on the elevator of the downtown hotel with my scope I was asked if I was a paparazzi! There was a great variety of waterbirds near the Centre of the Arts. Eared Grebes were a good find for this Ontarian. A Merlin was another nice find. An American Bittern flew by. Yellow-rumped, Orange-crowned and Palm Warblers filled the trees and bushes. Black-billed Magpies (lifer) were the afternoon's highlight and continued to impress me in spite of being quite common everywhere I went. The evening and next day was work time so no birding.

Saturday morning took me to the Regina Cemetary and a variety of passerines and another Merlin but not Harris' Sparrow as I hoped. Back to Wascana Lake for a close look at a Western Grebe (lifer). Nearby Rotary Park yielded 14 Franklin Gulls overhead and a Great-crested Flycatcher. Back to work in the afternoon and evening.

On Sunday morning I picked up a rental car and was off to explore the countryside. A drive along Hwy 99 (gravel) in the Qu'Appelle Valley produced Mountain Bluebirds (lifer) near Craven. Valeport Marsh (look for the picnic sign half way up the hill north of Craven) had lots of Western Grebes, including young still being fed by parents, a good variety of ducks, three flocks totaling about 100 Greater White-fronted Geese flew over but no Clark's Grebe. A Broad-winged Hawk was good Saskatchewan bird and a close pass by a Swainson's Hawk was welcome. Two Spotted Towhees co-operated. I then worked my way over to Nicolle Flats on gravel and earth back roads. The marsh was filled with ducks but close approach was not readily available. I drove around to the other side (Buffalo Pound Provincial Park) seeing more Mountain Bluebirds. This added American White Pelican, Marsh Wren and Tundra Swan to my list.

Monday morning in front of the Saskatchewan Legislature produced a Harris' Sparrow (lifer) and perhaps more surprising the latest Yellow Warbler I have ever seen. I picked Bob Kreba up at his workplace: he navigated, I drove. The plan was simple: back to Valeport...I know there are Clark's Grebes there, Bob said, and then further north for the other Canadian endemic breeder: Whooping Crane. (After the Harris' Sparrow it would be nice to get both on the same day.) The problem was that Bob could not get through to the people who track the cranes. After much searching Valeport did have a Clark's Grebe (lifer). North to the other end of Last Mountain Lake. Yes, there is a mountain of sorts nearby. We stopped at the banding station and got distressingly vague reports of Whooping Crane locations. Other interesting reports were of a Varied Thrush (no luck), a dead juvenile Thayer's Gull (interesting and instructive) and Cattle Egret (found one later). There was no shortage of Sandhill Cranes which was a real treat for me having only ever seen two before. A farmyard was filled with Brewer's Blackbirds and a small number of another trip bird after five days in Saskatchewan, at last...European Starling. The abundant, but always distant Snow Geese, caused momentary interest at times. Eventually it was almost dark and we were not far from Saskatoon. Alas it was time to head back without the Whooping Crane.

Tuesday morning Bob and I went south and east of the city in search of Sharp-tailed Grouse and Burrowing Owl. A few Baird's Sandpipers were the highlight of one stop. Six Sharp-tailed Grouse (lifer) co-operated by flying by us at another stop. Burrowing Owls are in severe decline in Saskatchewan. They simply do not come back in spring: no one knows why. Bob had heard of one farm that still had some but it was late in the season. We started scoping the field when we saw the farmer and asked if they were still around. He told us that they were last seen at the back of the field, not visible from the road. He then invited us onto his property to see them. My arm required no twisting. We had good looks at two adults (lifer). I was told that the young migrate first and were likely gone. There was also a lifer mammal: Richarson's Ground Squirrel.

The fields were filled with flocks of very flighty Lapland Longspurs. While observing one such flock a Sharp-shinned Hawk made an unsuccessful try for lunch. It was odd to see a Sharpie trying to work in wide open country. The strangest combination of species was a Northern Flicker on mud with American Pipits. We drove around a bit looking at hawks: most were Red-tails, some Swainson's working their way south and Merlins were more common than American Kestrals. Time to head home.

In total I saw 93 species. If anyone wants more details just ask.

General considerations:

The major roads are good, the speed limit is normally 100 km/h. The grid roads are unpaved, sometimes not even gravelled, have no signs to identify them and are not marked on ordinary road maps. Some roads simply end in a field. Bob used his 1:250,000 topgraphic map in unfamiliar country. Having said all that the grid roads are very passable, often allowing speeds of up to 80 km/h even on earth (it was dry).

The countryside is sparsely populated so services like gas, restaurants and motels are not abundant but they do exist.

The prairie nesting sparrows and longspurs I had at one time hoped for had all gone south.

The scope, the tripod and Air Canada: No problem. The tripod (Manfotto 144) with minor disassembly fit into an old gym bag. The scope (Meade ETX) was wrapped in a wool sweater and placed in a cotton bag which all went in with the scope. This easily fit in the overhead bin on the A320 to Regina. The way home involved a much smaller jet as far Winnipeg. They asked me to "skycheck" the tripod on the first flight since space was more limited on the small plane. I was glad I had the scope in a separate bag which I could separate from the bulkier tripod.

I owe Bob Kreba many thanks for spending a day and a half with me. Bob told me he takes visiting birders out about six times a year. He can be reached at 306 584-3140 (home) or 306 787-2807 (work). The Regina Natural History Society, 306 949-2505 Mon-Fri, has a 78 page booklet called "A Birdfinding Guide to the Regina Area" (1985) with seasonal abundance charts. There is also a recent birding atlas for the whole province.

Thanks are also owed to the bird chatters from British Columbia to Ontario who helped out with preparations. I would especially like to thank Tony Lang for giving me Bob's phone number.

My sister and I spotted an albino house sparrow this morning.

It was amongst a flock of other sparrows which were feeding on spilt grain along the railroad tracks... very striking and worthy of reflection on a day of international mourning. Dennis

Dear Birders:

Myself, and two other Saskatewan birders, Guy and Robert Wapple are currently collecting information on birds for a revision 'The Birds of Rosetown-Biggar district, Saskatchewan" (1975). The study-block is located due west of Saskatoon and encompasses an area the extends roughly from Perdue to the east, to Plenty to the west, to Rosetown to the south, and to Spinney Hill and North Saskatchewan River to the north. Our current data-base includes approximately 26,000 records collected from 1968 to 1997, and includes 269 species.

We will be collecting bird records for this area over the next two years and would be interested to know if anyone out there has any record which they would be will to share with us. We are particularly interested in species which are regionally or nationally endangered: including Burrowing Owl, Long-billed Curlew, Upland Sandpiper, Loggerhead Shrike, American Bittern and Greater Prairie Chicken.

During this past spring we established four new breeding records for Sandhill Crane, and saw many more pairs and single birds. Anywhere in southern Saskatchewan, one recent breeding record would be considered a milestone in the re-establishing of a one large breeding population. We believe there is a self-sustaining population nesting in our study area and tend to carry on more intensive surveys in the following two summer to provide an accurate estimate of that population. We would be very interested in receiving any new or unpublished breeding records for this species in the province, so that we might put these records of our in context to the general breeding population of Saskatchewan.

Field research this spring and summer reveal some interesting observations, of which I will mention a few:

Population increases:
Yellow-breasted Chats: five found singing on territories from the Eagle Creek Valley near Stranrae to the North Saskatchewan River Valley north of Spinney Hill; four nest records of Rednecked Grebes; Sedge Wrens singing in at least 10 locations.

High counts:
5 June: Opuntia Lake: 162 Buffleheads; 450 Eared Grebes; 2,800 male Canvasback; 6 Long-billed Curlews
27 May: Perdue area: 2,460 Red-necked Phalarope; 105 Stilt Sandpipers
28 May: Coldspring Lake: 70 Ross's Geese;
29 May: Perdue Area: 52 Black-bellied Plovers: 687 Baird's Sandpiper; 1,170 Semipalmated Sandpipers; 110 Pectoral Sandpipers; 12 White-winged Scoters; Lizard Lake: 31 White-winged Scoters.
The Northern Pintail, which was in the mid 1970's, as common as the Mallard, ranked 10th in abundance among the ducks censed, being less common than even the Blue-winged Teal.

For those interested in recieving more information on this project, please e-mail me here in Mississauga or mail at:

9 Oakwood Avenue N.,
Mississauga, Ont.
L5G 3L6.

A new study area and annotated list of birds will be mailed those who request them.

Best regards,

We live at Turtle Lake, Saskatchewan, (NW of North Battleford). We were out on the lake tonight watching a nest of Ospreys! The mother was fishing and feeding as many as six young adult birds. Quite a sight! Our bird book says these birds are uncommon. We feel privileged to have witnessed them in action.

There hasn't been a whole lot of winter activity here yet. There has been a raven here (on Oct 23) chasing around the crows, and a very late (for here) orange crowned warbler on the same day. That looked awfully wierd hanging around in the snow.

Hello folks, hello from nearer the middle of our fair land. Hope all have had an exciting and rewarding summer/fall birding season. We are just settling into our winter routine -no leaves, fill the feeders each day, watch for that off course visiter (rosey finch last winter).

This is the first posting for me and I am looking for feed back on a couple of things:

a) anyone in Saskatchewan that wants to keep in touch please call,
b) any thoughts on the proposed endangered species act?
c) as part of the executive of Nature Prince Albert we are always on the lookout for appropriate activities for our members and other folks with similar interests.

Birds at the feeders this year so far: evening grosbeaks, chickadees, siskins, hairy woody, redbreasted nuthatch, blue jay, juncos (mostly gone this week), the late sparrows (harris, whitethroat, tree) seem to be gone as well. Passing over we still have many Canadas. white fronts, some swans, magpies, ravens, and the odd hawk (goshawk, sharpshin, merlin) to scare up our feeding friends.

Hope to talk to you again

Hi Chatters:

In the middle of August, I posted the group with a request for information on locating Whooping Cranes (scientific names are given in the trip list below) in Saskatchewan, Canada and promised a trip report in return. I was in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan from September 26 to 28 and had Saturday September 28 for birding.

Saskatoon is located in the heart of the Canadian Prairies, at approximately 52 degrees north and 106 degrees west, and being in the heart of the central flyway, is a great location for locating migrating geese and ducks as well as both Sandhill and Whooping Cranes.

Local birders guided me to a Whooping Crane about 40 Km (25 miles) west of Saskatoon, near the town of Asquith. After searching for an hour, we had a wonderful view as it fed in a recently harvested wheat field with eight Sandhills. A very moving and marvellous sight. In the area were many Snow, Canada and Greater White-fronted Geese as well as numerous unidentified ducks (I was too busy scanning for Whooping Cranes). After we found the crane I said good-bye (and many thank yous) to my guides and drove to the Last Mountain Lake National Wildlife Area, which is about 160 Km (100 miles) south east of Saskatoon. According to the brochure, "it was the first federal bird sanctuary reserved in North America" and has been designated as a "Wetland of International Importance". Having seen my main target I spent the rest of the day sampling the local avifauna. A full trip list is given below.

Many thanks to chatters Theo Hofmann, Larry de March, Anthony Lang and Peter Taylor for their information which ultimately led me to the Crane.

Pied-billed Grebe            Podilymbus podiceps
Horned Grebe                 Podiceps auritus
Red-necked Grebe             Podiceps grisegena
Western Grebe                Aechmophorus occidentalis
American White Pelican       Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Double-crested Cormorant     Phalacrocorax auritus
American Bittern             Botaurus lentiginosus
Great Blue Heron             Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night-Heron    Nycticorax nycticorax
Tundra Swan                  Cygnus columbianus
Greater White-fronted Goose  Anser albifrons
Snow Goose                   Anser caerulescens
Canada Goose                 Branta canadensis
Green-winged Teal            Anas crecca
Mallard                      Anas platyrhynchos
Northern Pintail             Anas acuta
Blue-winged Teal             Anas discors
Northern Shoveler            Anas clypeata
Gadwall                      Anas strepera
American Wigeon              Anas americana
Canvasback                   Aythya valisineria
Bufflehead                   Bucephala albeola
Osprey                       Pandion haliaetus
Bald Eagle                   Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Northern Harrier             Circus cyaneus
Sharp-shinned Hawk           Accipiter striatus
Red-tailed Hawk              Buteo jamaicensis
Prairie Falcon               Falco mexicanus
Sharp-tailed Grouse          Tympanuchus phasianellus
American Coot                Fulica americana
Sandhill Crane               Grus canadensis
Whooping Crane               Grus americana
Greater Yellowlegs           Tringa melanoleuca
Long-billed Dowitcher        Limnodromus scolopaceus
Common Snipe                 Gallinago gallinago
Bonaparte's Gull             Larus philadelphia
Ring-billed Gull             Larus delawarensis
Rock Dove                    Columba livia
Mourning Dove                Zenaida macroura
Horned Lark                  Eremophila alpestris
Black-billed Magpie          Pica pica
American Crow                Corvus brachyrhynchos
Black-capped Chickadee       Parus atricapillus
White-breasted Nuthatch      Sitta carolinensis
American Robin               Turdus migratorius
Gray Catbird                 Dumetella carolinensis
European Starling            Sturnus vulgaris
Yellow-rumped Warbler        Dendroica coronata
Palm Warbler                 Dendroica palmarum
Savannah Sparrow             Passerculus sandwichensis
White-throated Sparrow       Zonotrichia albicollis
White-crowned Sparrow        Zonotrichia leucophrys
Harris's Sparrow             Zonotrichia querul
Dark-eyed Junco              Junco hyemalis
Lapland Longspur             Calcarius lapponicus
Western Meadowlark           Sturnella neglecta
American Goldfinch           Carduelis tristis
House Sparrow                Passer domesticus

Bruce Brydon
133 Mount Albert Rd
Holland Landing Ont
Canada
L9N 1K4

bbrydon@eda.com
work (416) 425-7800
home (905) 836-8589

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