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Great Backyard Bird Count goes global, shatters records

From Antarctica to Afghanistan, birdwatchers from 101 countries made history in the first global Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC), Feb. 15 to 18, 2013. In the largest worldwide bird count ever, birdwatchers set new records, counting more than 25 million birds on 116,000 checklists in four days — and recording 3,138 species, nearly one-third of
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A good winter for birders

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The term bird irruptions (also known as eruptions), sounds like it might be something dangerous, but it just means a year when an unusually large number of a certain bird invades a region. This can be an exciting event for birders. Some winters there may be a larger-than-usual number of snowy owls in the southern
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Manitoba Breeding Bird Atlas

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Are you interested in birds? Would you like to contribute to a study about the various birds that nest in Manitoba? Then consider joining the project called the Manitoba Breeding Bird Atlas. Now in its third year, this is a five-year project that aims to record the distribution and abundance of all the birds that
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Duck harvest coming later in fall

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Anew study has confirmed what veteran duck hunters have long suspected — hunting season is significantly later in the year these days than it was decades ago. Delta Waterfowl science director Frank Rohwer looked at migration dates by examining data from the annual Parts Collection Survey that has gathered comprehensive harvest data from hunters since
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Early not always best

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Will our mild winter bring the migrating songbirds back sooner than usual? Perhaps — but it’s difficult to predict how birds will react. Snowstorms in North and South Dakota may keep them from flying back to Manitoba, or an early thaw there may result in their arrival earlier than usual here. But whether they return
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Changing bird habits

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As an avid birdwatcher, I am always interested to learn about the birds that other people see. In winter, besides checking my own birdfeeders, and keeping a lookout whenever I drive or walk somewhere, I frequently check a local website called “birding on the Net” that gives details of birds seen by others — and
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Wood Ducks: Let’s Help Their Comeback

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One of Manitoba’s most photogenic water birds, with its bright, iridescent feathers, is the wood duck. For a time this colourful duck was in decline across North America, but with a little help from humans, it is making a definite comeback. Still, its numbers in Manitoba remain relatively small, and I’m always pleased when I
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Manitoba’s Wild Turkeys

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Over the years attempts have been made to introduce or reintroduce a number of birds into southern Manitoba. Some of these – pheasants and chucker partridges, for example – have been unsuccessful, mainly due to our harsh winters. But one success story is that of the eastern wild turkey whose spread throughout the province is
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Friends Of The Bluebirds

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Have you noticed birdhouses as you drive along rural roads in southern Manitoba? These may have been put out by the Friends of the Bluebirds. This group, centred in Brandon but with members in many surrounding communities, is the legacy of John and Nora Lane. Over the years the society has been an important factor
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Our Resident Dove: Lonesome Or Not?

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For the past four years a mourning dove has overwintered in the town of MacGregor. Presumably the same bird, it has come to feed and drink in our backyard almost every day for the past four winters. Because it was always by itself, we named it “Lonesome Dove” (from the Texan town and movie, of

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