I saw an olive-sided flycatcher at Griffiths Woods today - not sure if this is rare at this time of year but it's rare for me to find them. He was singing...
We have just spent the last fifteen minutes or so watching the antics of three just fledged Blue Jays and (presumably) mom. It would seem that she has grown...
I took a pleasant raft trip down the Bow river, from Cushing bridge to the 22x hiway on Sunday, June 29. The bird of note was a male Blackpoll Warbler flitting...
I would appreciate someone sending me the name and telephone number of the co-ordinator of the current Alberta Bird Atlas project. Thank you Mike Mulligan ...
Hi All , I tried on the role of birdfinding guide on Tuesday July 1 for three visitors to our City , two from Hungary and one from the U.K. We started out on...
Phil Penner in Edmonton is currently coordinating the project with the help of regional coordinators. His number in Edmonton is 427-8124 (the Federation of...
Hello all, Just got back from a two-night backpacking trip in Banff NP and was pleasantly surprised with the good variety of mountain birds that was ...
We would like to know of any Pileated Woodpecker nests within 2 hours' drive of Calgary. We have visited the Muleshoe one (they fledged sometime after 30 June...
I watched a hole being excavated earlier this year, about 1/3-1/2 way between the Elbow Drive and 24St parking lots at Fish Creek Park, on the east side of a...
I saw what looked like a female Ruby-throated Hummer seen mostly from the back (basically a metallic green back with no rufous visible around the tail, and no...
So far this year only a Rufous at Raven Rock. Last year a male Ruby-throat landed a few feet from me while I was sitting beside the creek about 100 m. upstream...
Bill Walker
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Jul 3, 2003 11:01 pm
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Hi everyone, An update on our bird walk Wed. July 2nd from Bebo Grove @ 6:30 -9:00 pm There were 10 participants. We identified 24 species, plus heard 1 R. C....
Nice report Jeff. Today I had a volunteer shift at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, and we noted either 39 or 40 species, I forget which. We also found one Western...
Hi everyone, I've uploaded some new photos - this past weekend I went to Brooks & Dinosaur Park. It was a photographers dream, good light & co-operative birds....
My wife and I were sitting out on our deck late last evening, and I heard a bird call unfamiliar to me. It was a single note rising abit at the end. A very...
We will be taking some easterners out for a morning's birding next week, and our target list includes Trumpeter Swan, Eared, Western and Clark's Grebes,...
Tina MacDonald
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Jul 5, 2003 6:59 pm
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Great picture Bill. I've put it up in your folder in the Albertabird Photo area. It is also on my Birding website for those who do not know how to get to the...
That's a cool shot. Thanks Bill & Alan for posting it. I saw a Calliope Hummingbird in the usual meadow of Weaselhead this past Thursday, July 3. It was around...
Hi all, just returned form a short holiday in B.C.. This siting has taken me entirely by suprise. We were driving up a high elevation mountain road in Golden,...
I had also found a few more birds of interest on my B.C. journey. B.C. is a little ahead of Alberta time wise as far as breeding birds, many more of the birds...
I was driving back to Calgary from Sundre this evening, stopping at a few likely and unlikely looking spots for birds, and found the first Sprague's Pipit I've...
Hello everyone, Following is a report of my first real birding outing since moving to Calgary from Regina on June 18. I plan to bird Edworthy Park regularly ...
Sandy Ayer
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Jul 7, 2003 4:03 pm
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Hi Stan According to "Birds Of BC" there have only been 5 records of this bird in BC. Another one was seen at Riefel Sanctuary in Richmond last September....
Hi All , I was asked to be the moderator for the Albertabird Photo section , and have noticed that the available space for our albums was approaching its limit...
This may not be too much help - but saw my first GT Towhee in mountainous sandy pine forest at the Desert Museum in Bend, Oregon. He and his family were...
I just received this message from Jay VanderGaast, friend and guide for Field Guides. Mike Mulligan ... From: Jay VanderGaast To: potoo@... Sent: Tuesday,...
Had a short walk in Glennfield a couple of nights ago. We spent some time watching two families; one with two adult and two recently fledged kestrels; the...
