I'm spending a few days in Toronto and would like to get out to a park to bird - any suggestions? Thanks Sandra Savage savagebirder@... [Non-text portions...
Hi All , Yesterday morning I drove out through the Elbow River Valley ( Hwy 22X turns into Hwy 66 west of the Bragg Creek turnoff ) . The Elbow Falls area is ...
Hello Sandra: As you will be in Toronto with some birding time available I have few suggestions. First on the list is the Leslie Street Spit, also known as...
Al, I also had some luck today with a Goshawk. I managed some great views of a young bird down the Sheep River Rd. west of Turner Valley and just west of the...
We were out for a drive this afternoon and made a stop at Hastings Lake, SE of Sherwood Park. About 75 American White Pelicans were in the water at the west...
1 Aug: Dell Huett, who has recently taken up residence in the area from Edmonton, and I took an evening drive to check some shorebird habitat west of Cold...
The place to be for shorebirds in southern Alberta seems to be Hay Lake, on Twp Rd 130 just east of Hwy 23 NNW of Lethbridge. There were about 2,000...
Hi Stan--good to hear your news! I was thinking of going out on thursday, what route didi you follow? I am going to email you about Learn to bird and what type...
Hi All , I found at least 7 Sharp-tailed Sparrows today at Frank Lake . They are located on the south side - Highway 23 past the first entrance to the blind a...
Although somewhat late in the season, I decided to follow up on the pointers provided by Bob and by Liis Veelma for Bullock's Orioles. If I didn't find any,...
- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * Aug 2, 2004 * ABCA0408.02 - Birds mentioned White-faced Ibis Western Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper ...
Jean Marie Moore
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Aug 3, 2004 8:59 pm
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2 Aug: As a follow-up, the trip to Marguerite Lake was a bust for migrant shorebirds, but we were able to get excellent views of three separate Le Conte...
Some points on Sandhill Crane sub-species below that were passed on by Richard Klauke are worth sharing with the group. I was unaware of the Rowan's...
Richard Klauke, Vilna reports the following for 3 and 4 Aug; Yesterday made a brief visit to Therien Lake (St Paul) to look for shorebirds. Both species of...
- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * Aug 5, 2004 * ABCA0408.05 - Birds mentioned American White Pelican Least Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Semipalmated...
Jean Marie Moore
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Aug 5, 2004 9:26 pm
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Hello to all, Next weekend I plan to go to the Drumheller area with my boys to do some birding and other diversions. Any suggestions as to highlights and good...
Day off today and intended to do some butterflying in the sandhills around Clyde,Opal and Redwater. However morning fog delayed swinging the net so out came...
Howdy - Yesterday (Friday), Richard Thomas and I headed east to Birch Lake for shorebirds. Including stops along the Yellowhead at select sloughs (RRs 141,...
This morning I spotted my first Northern Waterthrush for the fall season. In amongst cattails and deadfall at the Heritage Lakes looking for breakfast. I also...
Hi everyone, Many thanks to Al Mackeigan for his post re the Northern Goshawk near Elbow Falls. Actually, that's the only part of his posting that I remembered...
Sandy Ayer
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Aug 8, 2004 7:30 pm
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Hi All , I spent most of the morning on the shore of the northern- most basin of Frank Lake . This area is accessed by parking east of the gate , near the ...
Hi everyone, The Bobolinks reported a couple of weeks ago at the junction of Grand Valley Road and Township road 280 (north of Cochrane) were still there on...
Hi Doug I was able to do some birding near Drumheller (East Coulee) a few years ago and was quite impressed with the number of birds seen. We took a 4 hr boat ...
- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * Aug 9,2004 * ABCA0408.09 - Birds mentioned American Avocet Baird's Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper ...
Jean Marie Moore
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Aug 10, 2004 12:19 am
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You might want to start noting the number of juv shorbirds you are seeing. Barb Beck Edmonton ... From: NBHC ID-FRONTIERS Frontiers of Field Identification ...
With son Brian to basin 2 - pr. of Short-eared Owls on the way in, probable Clark's Grebe with juv., several W-f.Ibis,all flying towards the SE, hundreds of...
Bill Walker
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Aug 10, 2004 7:39 pm
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With son Brian to basin 2 - pr. of Short-eared Owls on the way in, probable Clark's Grebe with juv., several W-f.Ibis,all flying towards the SE, hundreds of...
Bill Walker
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Aug 10, 2004 7:40 pm
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Howdy - A morning trip to Beaverhill today with R. Thomas got us, among other shorebirds, a Ruddy Turnstone, on the mudflats around Lister Lake. Best approach...
Hello all, Spent the morning photographing and birding along Vermillion Lakes Drive in Banff. Found a couple mixed flocks of songbirds which included the...
Thanks for your posting Bill ; I just returned from the same spot SW of Brant and may have actually got some Ibis pictures . Most were younger though - it ...
