What's Flying Around YNS - YFBTA Newsletter Archive

All issues of the YFBTA newsletter "What's Flying Around", since the initial publication in February of 2004, can be found below.

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Volume 1  Issue 1  February 2004 - YFBTA One Year Old - Hosting Nature Saskatchewan Fall Meeting     Volume 1  Issue 2  August 2004 - Nature Sask Meeting & Registration info - About the YFBTA (Also available printed on white paper)   Volume 1  Issue 3  January 2005 - Registration for YFBTA AGM - Christmas Bird Count   Summer 2005 - Summer Student; Youth Program - Western Red Lily Project - Madge Lake Loon & Grebe Study - Cherrydale Trail Tour / YFBTA Meeting             January 2006  Issue 1 - AGM Agenda - Christmas Bird Count - Saltcoats' Leflay Trail - The Chickadee   March 2006  Issue 2 - AGM Synopsis - The Genesis of 'Prairie Phoenix' - Mario Sumner - Sawkey Bird & Nature Trail - Committees of the YFBTA - Bird-Proofing Windows - Woodpeckers in Saskatchewan           June 2006  Issue 3 - Increasing Awareness of the Natural World - Birding Trails / EcoTourism - Monarchs Like Milkweed - Kaposvar Birding Trail - Turkey Vulture Tracking Program   November 2006  Issue 4 - YFBTA: the year in review - Bradford Farms / Slough View tours reviewed - A Day at Grasslands National Park - Burrowing Owl Visit to Saltcoats School - Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup             January 2007  Issue 1 - Jim & Shirley Jowsey - Candace Savage - Sara Williams - The Mourning Dove - Christmas Bird Count   April 2007  Issue 2 - Giving the Gift of Time - Choosing Our Future - Bluebird Youth Mentoring - The Joy of the Osprey           July 2007  Issue 3 - Summer Comes to the Yellowhead - Bill & Joyce Anaka - Me and My Shadow - tale of a Ruffed Grouse - Raymond LaCusta Loon video   November 2007  Issue 4 - Fall Migration Musings - Cherrydale Birding Trail - AGM & Birding Symposium - Youth Programs             February 2008  Issue 1 - Redberry Lake Biosphere Reserve - Churchbridge Public School Project - Butterfly Observations / Painted Ladies - Christmas Bird Count results   May 2008  Issue 2 - Thoughts on Linda Haverstock at Bird Symposium - Undeveloped Road Allowance - Carlton Regional Park & Leflay trails - Partnering with DUC - Falcons  /  Loon Initiatives           October 2008  Issue 3 - Nature Deficit Disorder - A Tale of Mother Goose - Loss of Bird Species: An Environmental Crisis - Casino Lights: Fatal Attraction - Coming AGM and Symposium info             January 2009  Issue 1 - Legacies and Partnerships - The story of an orphaned Western Meadowlark - Canora's water award - Casino Lights: SIGA response - Dr. R. Mark Brigham - Symposium presenter - Kaposvar's three birding/nature trails   May 2009  Issue 2 - YFBTA to host Nature Sask fall meeting - Isabel M. Priestly - Habitat Loss: preservation of prairie songbirds - Little Boggy Creek Valley / Border Mountain B&B - Area sightings, Loons report           September 2009  Issue 3 Special Edition - Trash Talk, Special sightings, more Casino lights,   Owls, Bison, Brown Creepers, Gaelic Blessings,   Nature Sask's Upcoming Fall Meeting,   Rob Wilson on board with Nature Sask.   November 2009  Issue 4 - Wing Tags and Knowledge - Assisting Owls & Hawks - Prairie & Parkland Marsh Monitoring Program - Tour reports: Birding by Water, Kaposvar Trail tour - Preserving Nature             March 2010  Issue 1 - John Sawkey: Nomination for Greenwing Award - The Joy of Gardening - Quill Lakes International Bird Area - Symposium presenters   June 2010  Issue 2 - YFBTA growing - Summer Student program - Symposium Review: Nora Stewart - Bird banding - Outdoor Ed at Saltcoats Regional Park           August 2010  Issue 3 - Synergies & reflections - New Life to an Old Farmyard - Symposium review - Kelsey Ecological Society - Foam Lake Excursion   December 2010  Issue 4 - "Give Your Life Away" - Bobolinks visit - YFBTA summer student Nancy Kennedy - Upcoming Spring Symposium presenters             March 2011  Issue 1 - April Symposium agenda - The Bluebird Line - Bill & Joyce Anaka - Nature Sask Spring Meeting report - 2011 Summer Student - Vultures of Destiny   December 2011  Issue 2 - John Andrew Sawkey - The Greater Sage Grouse - Owls, Loons, Cardinals and Bluebirds - Kelsey Ecological Society Fall Lecture           April 2012  Issue 1 - Spring Symposium - Greater Sage Grouse - Sharp-Tailed Grouse - YFBTA members win prestigious award - Young Readers Corner   June 2012  Issue 2 - PFRA - Snake Mortality - Loose Moose - Symposium report - Summer Program Facilitator Tanner Garbutt           September 2012  Issue 3 - Composting - Nature Sask Fall meeting - Hayfield Hawks - Falcon Facts - Photography Workshop   December 2012  Issue 4 - Crediting those behind the YFBTA - Barred Owls - Cougars moving south - Wilson's Snipe - YFBTA Summer Students: Where are they now?             March 2013  Issue 1 - Sharing the Land / PFRA pastures - A Tale of 'Chicken Little' - YFBTA Spring Symposium - Observations & Reflections of a bird watcher     July 2013  Issue 2 - Sask Volunteer Medal - Joan Wilson - The Boreal Owl - YFBTA: Keeping with the plan - Northern Hawk Owl - Chimney Swifts           November 2013  Issue 3 - Forest Bathing - Saskatchewan Pelicans - Greater Sage Grouse - Water Quality Management - YFBTA member forays                 March 2014  Issue 1 - Symposium Presenters - Loons & Mercury - Golden Eagles - Owl encounter - Launch of Writers Corner & Members Gallery     June 2014  Issue 2 - Martha & Walter Karau - Bats & Bobolinks - 2014 Summer Program Facilitator - Light Pollution             October 2014  Issue 3 - Remembering Shirley Jowsey - YFBTA Tours - Happy in Hirundinidae - LeFlay Trail               February 2015  Issue 1 - Avocet - Owl Rescue - Beleaguered Bats - Sharp-Tailed Grouse Plummet - YFBTA to host Spring Meet   July 2015  Issue 2 - Out & About with Gerri Knudsen - Owl Rehabilitation - Landscaping for Water - Tribute to John Senkiw             November 2015  Issue 3 - What the Cat Brought In - Flitting Fritillaries - Results: Bluebird Trail Nesting 2014 - Keep Eyes and Ears Open                 February 2016  Issue 1 - Bald Eagles - Vampire Plant - Jim Jowsey - Ruth Smith Donation - Visiting Egrets   October 2016  Issue 2 - Dragonflies at Good Spirit - Managing Wolves - An Avian Mystery - The Naming of Birds - What's Flying Around at Night             November 2016  Issue 3 - Turkey Vultures - A Matter of Love - Rare Red-bellied Woodpecker sightings - Mobile Robin Nursery - You May Get a Charge out of This - Owls, Cranes and Youth               March 2017  Issue 1 - Dark-eyed Juncos - Turtle with a Transmitter - Get Those Ticks Off - Something to Rail About - Nature is Cool   July 2017  Issue 2 - Pileated Woodpecker - Trouble for Aquatic Invertebrates - Do You Know about Neotony - Unraveling a Migration Mystery - Consider Becoming an Atlasser            October 2017  Issue 3 - A Swift Article - Avian Snapshot - Stewardship in Action - Identifying Waxwings - Acid Rain: Some Thoughts           February 2018  Issue 1 - Magpie Moment - A Dandy Possibility for Amelioration - To Live or to Die - History of the LeFlay Trail - Metis Musings August 2018  Issue 2 - Grieving Finches - A Life Dedicated to Nature - A Saltcoats Geography Lesson - Boreal Owls in Our Region - Laurie Leads           October 2018  Issue 3 - An Incomplete Discussion - Nightjars Need Your Assistance - A Whooping Good Time  - Read This for Gosh Sake - Loss May Trigger Grieving     February 2019  Issue 1 - Himalayan Horror - Pesticides May be Causing Confusion - Whitetail Tales - Eco-museum Envy - Buy these Birds June 2019  Issue 2 - Osprey Updates - Getting Her Feet Wet on the New Job - Hunting Sharp-tailed Grouse - Full of Feces (Cranberries for Xmas) - For Your Eddie-fication           November 2019  Issue 3 - Loon Lore - Research and writing - Meaningful Math in the Out-of-doors - Weyerhaeuser Weighs In     February 2020  Issue 1 - A Sight for Sora Eyes - They Thought That They Could - Salamanders Need Wetlands - "Big Boy" - Frequent Feeder - Rhyme it or ... Hum it March 2020  Issue 2 - Promotion and Leadership, Please - Opportunities to Help YFBTA - Meet Us at the Meet - Update 2019: The Loons of Madge - YFBTA takes Pride in this Program     August 2020  Issue 3 - Fishy Facts - A New Photo for the Sask. Bird Book? - A Labour of Love - An Extraordinary Birder - Habitat in Perpetuity October 2020  Issue 4 - Searching for a Church - Osprey Observers - YFBTA has a Winner: Bob Lavender - Summary of Loon Initiatives 2020 Report - Report: Summer Program Initiative 2020         March 2021  Issue 1 - Trees Have Value - Birds in Danger in Saskatoon - Can You be Attracted to Atlassing? - Something About Which to Grouse - I May Have Saved a Leopard   October 2021  Issue 2 - Be Prepared to be Surprised - Mysteries of Monarchs - Tracking Trumpers - Care Givers Go to Bat - Big Boost: YFBTA Youth Program       November 2021  Issue 3 - Volunteers Conserving Plovers - Unintended Exposure - Don't Know the Blues - Black-headed Visitor at Logan Green - On the YFBTA website         May 2022  Issue 1 - Take a Dive with Corixids - Will You Observe And Report? - Missing in Action in 2021? - Take Action on Rehab - Is Being Active-in-Nature For You?   November 2022  Issue 2 - Do You Hear What Laurie Heard? - Sharing Spaces - Support for Arbour Day - All You Have to Do is Look - You Never Know "Who" Will Visit         February 2023  Issue 1 - A Thorny Issue - Make Allowance for Nature - Adapting to Changing Conditions - "Kenn Found His Thrill..." - Grandpa's Legacy   June 2023  Issue 2 - On the Trail of Ticks - Loons and the YFBTA - Something Worth Looking For - Garden Survivors - Report that GHOW         December 2023  Issue 3 - Something Upon Which to Chew - Craning for a Look - A Spectacular Deceptive Queen - Look out for Those Loons           February 2024  Issue 1 - Ring Around the Tree - Deserving Nomination - A Valuable Coffee Shop Conversation - Make Allowances for Biodiversity - Fungi: Food for Thought   March 2024  Issue 2   Special Issue - Healthy Trees - Healthier People - Healthy Trees - Working Together - Re-creating a Hedgerow - Heroes From Hobbits to Trees         December 2024  Issue 3 - Fond Remembrance - Meewasin Makes Music - Beetles Beware - Tribute to Isabel Priestly - Bluebird Trail Banding Outing   September 2025  Issue 1 - State of Canada's Birds - Nuthatch Opinions - A Wrenching Message - Christmas Bird Count Summary

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