Birding
Birding
As we drive, wander and tend to the lands around us, we keep watch for feathered regulars and visiting friends. We’re not professionals in any way, so our identifications may not be thorough and may occasionally be less than precise. We’ve placed a Birding Log in the Guesthouse so this information will be updated occasionally.
We recommend the following site if you want to research images and information about any of the birds below:
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/
1. Birds we and/or guests have seen here (160 acres of bush / wetland beside Turtle Mountain Park and a few miles south of Whitewater Lake). We’ve used ‘Manitoba Birds’ Field Guide by Brezener and De Smet as our naming and organizational guide.
| American White Pelican (rare) | Double Crested Cormorant |
| Great Blue Heron | Turkey Vulture |
| Canada Goose (nesting) | Ducks: Wood, Mallard, Teals, Pintail |
| Bald Eagle (early spring or late fall) | Red Tailed Hawk |
| Northern Harrier | Ruffed Grouse |
| Sora Rail | Killdeer |
| Franklins Gull | Common Tern |
| Rock Dove | Mourning Dove |
| Great Horned Owl | Snowy Owl |
| Common Nighthawk | Ruby Throated Hummingbird |
| Belted Kingfisher | Downy Woodpecker (feeders) |
| Pileated Woodpecker (rare) | Eastern Phoebe |
| Red Eyed Vireo | Blue Jay (feeders) |
| American Crow | Common Raven |
| Barn Swallow | Black Capped Chickadee (feeders) |
| White Breasted Nuthatch (feeders) | House Wren |
| Ruby-Crowned Kinglet | Eastern Bluebird |
| American Robin | Gray Catbird |
| Brown Thrasher | Chipping Sparrow |
| Evening Grosbeak (feeders) | American Goldfinch (feeders) |
| Pine Siskin (feeders) | Common Redpoll (feeders) |
| Purple Finch (feeders) | Brewer’s Blackbird |
| Baltimore Oriole | Rose Breasted Grosbeak |
| Red-Winged Blackbird | Cedar Waxwing |
| Yellow Warbler | American Redstart |
| Sparrows – various (feeders) | Dark Eyed Junco |
Birds common to Farmland between us and Whitewater (not yet mentioned).
| Snow Goose | Green Heron |
| Hawks – various | Sharp-Tailed Grouse (near-by) |
| Black-Billed Magpie | Purple Martin (town) |
| Western Meadowlark | Yellow-Headed Blackbird |
Birds common to Turtle Mountain Provincial Park (not yet mentioned) – helped by pg 14 of “Manitoba Birds”.
| Bobolink (Peace Garden) | Ovenbird |
| Common Loon (Lakes/Ponds) | Red-Necked Grebe |
| Pied-billed Grebe | Black-crowned Night Heron |
| American Wigeon | Spotted Sandpiper |
| Sharp-skinned Hawk | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
| Mourning Warbler |
Birds common to Whitewater Lake/Marsh –
info from “Community Conservation Plan for the Whitewater Lake
Important Bird Area” by Cory Lindgren.
| Western Grebe | Eared Grebe |
| American White Pelican | Double-Crested Cormorant |
| Marsh Hawk | Great Blue Heron |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | American Bittern |
| Sandhill Crane | Sora Rail, |
| Yellow Rail | American Coot |
| American Avocet | Black-Bellied Plover, |
| Killdeer | Marbled Godwit |
| Hudsonian Godwit | Upland Plove |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Willet, |
| Greater Yellowleg | Lesser Yellowlegs |
| Long-Billed Dowitcher | Pectoral Sandpiper |
| Baird’s Sandpiper | Least Sandpiper |
| Semi-Palmated Sandpiper | Wilson’s Phalarope |
| Herring Gull | Ring-billed Gull |
| Bonoparte’s Gull | Franklin’s Gull |
| Common Tern | Forester’s Tern |
| Caspian Tern | Black Tern |
| Long-billed Marsh Wren, | Bobolink |
| Redwing Blackbird | Yellow Headed Blackbird |
| Savanah Sparrow | LeConte’s Sparrow |
| Vesper Sparrow | Swamps Sparrow |
| Song Sparrow |
Birds common to Melita, Poverty Plains area 1 hour west of us (not yet mentioned).
| Gray Partridge | Ring-necked Pheasant |
| Ferruginous Hawk | Say’s Phoebes |
| Willow Flycatcher | Upland Sandpiper |
| Loggerhead Shrike | Chestnut-collared Longspur |
| Grasshopper Sparrow | Burrowing Owl |
| Lark Bunting | Orchard Oriole |
| Baird’s Sparrow |
