October 17, 2020 - FOYs

 1 Northern Shrike

1 White-winged Scoter

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October 3, 2020 - FOYs

 5 Lapland Longspur

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October 1, 2020 - FOYs

  1 Harris's Sparrow

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September 8, 2020 - FOYs

 1 Wilson's Warbler

2 Canada Warbler

2 Philadelphia Vireo

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September 5, 2020 - FOYs

 1 Gray-Cheeked Thrush

1 Blue-headed Vireo

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August 3, 2020 - FOYs

 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee

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July 3, 2020 - FOYs

 1 Indigo Bunting

1 Yellow-throated Vireo

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June 26, 2020 - FOYs

 1 Great Crested Flycatcher

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Jun 6, 2020 - FOYs

Great Gray Owl

Caddy Lake Area

May 29-31, 2020 - Spruce Woods PP, Whitewater Lake PWMA, Manitoba Grasslands Birding Trail

FOYs are in regular type, with lifers marked in bold and italics.

Spruce Woods PP

Northern Waterthrush
Eastern Towhee
Broad-winged Hawk
Ruby-throated Hummingbird



Whitewater Lake PWMA

Ruddy Duck
Eared Grebe
American Avocet
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Upland Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Caspian Tern
American Bittern
Great Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Baltimore Oriole



Hwy 251 near Waskada

Stilt Sandpiper



Provincial Hwy 256

Loggerhead Shrike



Manitoba Grasslands Birding Trail

Ferruginous Hawk
Grasshopper Sparrow
Baird's Sparrow
Chestnut-colored Longspur



Links to eBird Checklists can be found in my blog post about the weekend.

May 28, 2020 - FOYs

2 Warbling Vireo
4 Chimney Swift

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May 26, 2020 - FOYs

1 Scarlet Tanager
1 Cape May Warbler
1 Red-headed Woodpecker

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May 24, 2020 - FOY Alert

1 Brown Thrasher

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May 24, 2020 - FOY Alert

1 Brown Thrasher

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May 23, 2020 - FOY Alert - OHM, Birds Hill PP

Oak Hammock Marsh (7:20am)
58 sp. - 3 lifers - 15 FOYs

Personal highlights include:
4 Sora
2 American Coot (FOY)
4 Semipalmated Plover
2 Hudsonian Godwit
6 Marbled Godwit (FOY)
4 Dunlin
4 Baird's Sandpiper (FOY)
3 White-rumped Sandpiper
12 Semipalmated Sandpiper (FOY)
3 Willet
12 Black Tern
6 Forster's Tern (FOY)
2 Eastern Kingbird
3 Northern Rough-winged Swallow (FOY)
8 Bank Swallow (FOY)
4 Cliff Swallow (FOY)
4 Sedge Wren (FOY)
5 Marsh Wren (FOY)
2 Nelson's Sparrow (FOY)
20 Yellow-headed Blackbird
2 Brewer's Blackbird
2 Tennessee Warbler
8 Common Yellowthroat
10 Yellow Warbler
1 Palm Warbler

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Birds Hill Provincial Park - Cedar Bog Trail (10:30am)
34 sp. - 2 lifers - 8 FOYs

Personal highlights include:
1 Cooper's Hawk
1 Pileated Woodpecker
1 Olive-sided Flycatcher
11 Least Flycatcher
2 Red-eyed Vireo (FOY)
1 House Wren
3 Swainson's Thrush
3 Cedar Waxwing
2 Purple Finch
2 Rusty Blackbird
7 Black-and-white Warbler (FOY)
2 Tennessee Warbler
16 Nashville Warbler
9 American Redstart (FOY)
1 Magnolia Warbler
1 Blackburnian Warbler (FOY)
7 Chestnut-sided Warbler (FOY)
2 Blackpoll Warbler
6 Rose-breasted Grosbeak

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As I was driving out of the park I also heard 1 LeConte's Sparrow which also was a first of year for me.

May 22, 2020 - FOY Alert

1 Common Nighthawk

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Transcona Bioreserve

1 Gray Catbird
3 Common Yellowthroat
2 Magnolia Warbler

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May 21, 2020 - FOY Alert

1 Sora
1 Least Flycatcher
1 House Wren
7 Black Tern

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May 20, 2020 - FOY Alert

1 Yellow Warbler
1 Tennessee Warbler
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1 Bobolink

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May 19, 2020 - FOY Alert

1 Eastern Kingbird

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May 18, 2020 - FOY Alert

1 Ovenbird
2 Winter Wren
1 Western Kingbird

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May 17, 2020 - FOY Alert

6 Least Sandpiper
4 Solitary Sandpiper

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May 16, 2020 - FOY Alert

2 Brewer's Blackbird

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May 15, 2020 - FOY Alert

1 Nashville Warbler

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May 13, 2020 - FOY Alert

1 Spotted Sandpiper

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May 5, 2020 - FOY Alert

3 Bonaparte's Gull

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May 3, 2020 - FOY Alert

2 Lincoln's Sparrow
2 Clay-colored Sparrow
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1 Swainson's Thrush
1 House Finch
2 White-crowned Sparrow
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April 30 - FOY Alert

3 Yellow-headed Blackbird
1 American Goldfinch
1 Willet
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2 Osprey
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35 Red-breasted Merganser
1 Ruffed Grouse
1 Pied-billed Grebe
1 Western Grebe
1 Lesser Yellowlegs
30 Red-throated Loon
15 Common Loon
2 Belted Kingfisher
1 Orange-crowned Warbler
2 Palm Warbler
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April 29, 2020 - FOY Alert

2 Tree Swallow
1 Barn Swallow

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April 28 - FOY Alert

1 Lark Sparrow
1 Peregrine Falcon
22 Brown-headed Cowbird
3 White-throated Sparrow
4 Northern Cardinal
1 Worm-eating Warbler (Lifer)
15 Red-necked Grebe

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April 27, 2020 - FOY Alert

3 Franklin's Gull

2 Vesper Sparrow

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April 26, 2020 - FOY Alert

1 Horned Grebe (FOY)
1 Swainson's Hawk (FOY)
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet (FOY)
1 Purple Martin (FOY)

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April 24, 2020 - FOY Alert

2 Wilson's Snipe (FOY)
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (FOY)
1 Savannah Sparrow (FOY)
1 Greater Yellowlegs (FOY)
1 Eastern Phoebe (FOY)

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April 24, 2020

Dawson Road, Taché MB (9:30am)
28 sp.

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3 Gray Partridge
2 Wilson's Snipe (FOY)
40 Double-crested Cormorant
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (FOY)
19 Northern Flicker
1 American Kestrel
1 Merlin
10 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 Hermit Thrush
31 American Robin
12 American Tree Sparrow
10 Fox Sparrow
70 Dark-eyed Junco
12 Song Sparrow
23 Red-winged Blackbird
38 Common Grackle

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April 23, 2020 - FOY Alert

1 Northern Goshawk (FOY)

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April 22, 2020 - FOY Alert

1 Hermit Thrush

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April 21, 2020 - FOY Alert

4 Blue-winged Teal (FOY)

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April 20, 2020 - Lockport

Lockport (4:00pm)
10 sp.

50 Canada Goose
11 Hooded Merganser
4 Common Merganser
3 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
12 Ring-billed Gull
2 Double-crested Cormorant
65 American White Pelican
2 American Crow
8 European Starling
40 Red-winged Blackbird
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April 20, 2020 - Clandeboye Rd.

Clandeboye Rd. (1:30pm)
38 sp.

3 Greater White-fronted Goose
10 Cackling Goose
4000 Canada Goose
30 Northern Shoveler
25 Gadwall (FOY)
50 American Wigeon (FOY)
1500 Mallard
200 Northern Pintail (FOY)
1 Green-winged Teal (FOY)
24 Canvasback
12 Redhead
20 Ring-necked Duck
4 Greater Scaup (FOY)
10 Lesser Scaup (FOY)
2 Bufflehead
20 Common Goldeneye
4 Killdeer
3 Ring-billed Gull
23 American White Pelican
2 Turkey Vulture
9 Northern Harrier
15 Bald Eagle
1 Red-tailed Hawk
2 American Kestrel
1 Merlin
2 Black-billed Magpie
8 American Crow
2 Common Raven
1 Black-capped Chickadee
2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet (FOY)
5 Snow Bunting
7 Dark-eyed Junco
2 Song Sparrow
1 Swamp Sparrow
140 Red-winged Blackbird
5 Rusty Blackbird (FOY)
2 Common Grackle
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (FOY)
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Other FOYs on April 20, 2020 (not on Clandeboye Rd.)
Canvasback
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
American White Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant

April 19, 2020 - FOY Alert

1 Mourning Dove (FOY)

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April 18, 2020 - FOY Alert

1 Chipping Sparrow (FOY)

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April 17, 2020 - Regent Park

Regent Park (6:45pm)
16 sp.

120 Canada Goose
2 Northern Shoveler (FOY)
8 Mallard
1 Redhead (FOY)
4 Common Goldeneye
9 Ring-billed Gull
1 Great Blue Heron (FOY)
3 Northern Harrier
2 Black-billed Magpie
11 American Crow
5 Black-capped Chickadee
15 American Robin
5 House Sparrow
35 Dark-eyed Junco
1 Song Sparrow
1 Red-winged Blackbird
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April 14, 2020 - FOY Alert

1 Turkey Vulture (FOY)
1 Purple Finch (FOY)

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April 13, 2020 - FOY Alert

2 Wood Duck (FOY)
1 American Tree Sparrow (FOY)
1 Hooded Merganser (FOY)

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April 12, 2020 - FOY Alert

1 Brown Creeper (FOY)

Seen in Transcona

April 10, 2020 - FOY Alert

1 American Kestrel (FOY)

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April 8, 2020 - FOY Alert

1 Sharp-shinned Hawk (FOY)
2 Song Sparrow (FOY)

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April 7, 2020 - FOY Alert

2 Horned Lark (FOY)
2 Fox Sparrow (FOY)

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April 6, 2020 - FOY Alert

1 Cedar Waxwing (FOY)

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April 5, 2020 - FOY Alert

1 Common Merganser (FOY)

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April 1, 2020 - FOY Alert

4 Cackling Goose (FOY)
4 Trumpeter Swan (FOY)
2 Northern Flicker (FOY)
2 Rough-legged Hawk (FOY)
1 Cooper's Hawk (FOY)
1 Northern Harrier (FOY)
5 Sandhill Crane (FOY)
13 Tundra Swan (FOY)

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March 31, 2020 - FOY Alert

3 Western Meadowlark (FOY)
35 Dark-eyed Junco (FOY)
1 Herring Gull (FOY)
4 Red-winged Blackbird (FOY)

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March 29, 2020 - FOY Alert

2 Common Grackle (FOY)

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March 28, 2020 - FOY Alert

2 Killdeer (FOY)
2 Red-tailed Hawk (FOY)

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March 27, 2020 - FOY Alert

3 Ring-billed Gull (FOY)

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March 25, 2020 - FOY Alert

2 Merlin (FOY)
7 Bohemian Waxwing (FOY)

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March 17, 2020 - FOY Alert

1 Wild Turkey (FOY)

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March 7, 2020 - FOY Alert

2 Eurasian Collared-Dove (FOY)
1 Snowy Owl (FOY)

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February 22, 2020 - FOY Alert

1 White-breasted Nuthatch (FOY)

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February 21, 2020 - Spruce Siding Rd.

Sandilands PF - Spruce Siding Rd. (9:20am)
11 sp.

2 Canada Jay (FOY)
2 Blue Jay
2 Common Raven
11 Black-capped Chickadee
4 Boreal Chickadee
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch (FOY)
2 Pine Grosbeak (FOY)
4 Common Redpoll
3 Red Crossbill
9 White-winged Crossbill (FOY)
18 Pine Siskin (FOY)

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Other FOY (Not at Spruce Siding Rd.)

4 Snow Bunting (FOY)

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February 19, 2020 - FOY Alert

1 American Robin (FOY)

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February 18, 2020 - FOY Alert

8 Canada Goose (FOY)
140 Mallard (FOY)
1 American Black Duck
1 Common Goldeneye (FOY)

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February 3, 2020 - FOY Alert

3 American Crow (FOY)

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February 2, 2020 - FOY Alert

5 Sharp-tailed Grouse (FOY)

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January 26, 2020 - FOY Alert

1 Blue Jay (FOY)

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January 25, 2020 - FOY Alert

2 Downy Woodpecker (FOY)

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January 24, 2020 - FOY Alert

1 European Starling (FOY)

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January 19, 2020 - FOY Alert

25 House Sparrow (FOY)

Seen in Transcona

January 18, 2020 - FOY Alert

31 Gray Partridge (FOY)

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January 14, 2020 - FOY Alert

2 Common Redpoll (FOY)

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January 12, 2020 - FOY Alert

1 Hairy Woodpecker (FOY)

Seen in Transcona

January 9, 2020 - FOY Alert

1 Bald Eagle (FOY)

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January 7, 2020 - FOY Alert

1 Rock Pigeon (FOY)

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January 6, 2020 - FOY Alert

1 Pileated Woodpecker (FOY)
2 Black-capped Chickadee (FOY)

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January 4, 2020 - FOY Alert

1 Black-billed Magpie (FOY)

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January 2, 2020 - FOY Alert

1 Great Horned Owl (FOY)

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January 1, 2020 - FOY Alert

1 Common Raven (FOY)

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