25 Species on this Custom List
To upload the attached Custom list and Quiz yourself on birds that may be seen on this VENT Tour, right-click HERE and select "Save Target As.." (You may want to rename the file Polarbear.xml)
Nov. 2-Nov. 8, 2009
Polar Bears .
Photo: Barry Zimmer
Huge sparring males, mothers with tiny twin cubs, giant bears sleeping in the snow: the greatest seasonal concentration of Polar Bears in the world along southwest Hudson Bay makes for one of the most memorable wildlife viewing experiences anywhere.
Visit Harold and Paula Ables website, www.imagesbyables.com for a wonderful look at VENT's 2006 Polar Bears of Churchill tour!
With the coming of winter, Churchill changes character. The tundra is snow-covered and nearly all the shorebirds have migrated south. This is the time of year for polar bears. For several weeks each fall there are more polar bears in the Churchill area than in any other place in the world. This tour will spend four days in Churchill, three aboard Tundra Buggies in the Hudson Bay coastline area, where you will see numbers of these magnificent creatures including mothers with cubs, enormous males—often some play-fighting—and enjoy very close views from the Tundra Buggy. The number of bird species is small, but the species that remain are spectacular and often include such specialties as Gyrfalcon, Snowy Owl, and Willow Ptarmigan, as well as Snow Buntings, Common Eiders, and Purple Sandpipers. This tour is ideal for photographers because the bears and other Arctic species such as Arctic fox, red fox, and Arctic hare are often seen at very close range.
Very good accommodations; easy, non-strenuous walking; three days of touring aboard Tundra Buggies; cold weather conditions require adequate warm layering.
To Get (upload) a Custom List from this Forum and add it to your computer:
1. Open the Posting of the Custom List you want to upload to your computer.
2. Right-click on the word "Attachment" at the bottom of the post -- it will be a hyperlink and underlined.
3. Select "Save Target As..." and save to your desktop. (You may want to rename the file - but do not change the .xml file extension)
4. Open your Thayer Birding Software birding program version 3.5 or 3.9.
5. Click the Custom List icon
6. In the upper left corner of the Custom List screen, click on the word File.
7. Click Import. Select the file you just uploaded to your desktop. Click Open.
8. The Custom List will now appear on your computer with your other Custom Lists. (You may rename the Custom List if you like.)
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