Happy New Year! My year begins with two American Goldfinch, at my tube feeder out back. I hadn't seen any all winter and had been waiting. The two appeared...
A morning trip through blowing snow to Dickson Dam got my 2005 list off to a good start, with the Yellow-billed Loon still in the water just below the dam. ...
Happy New Year Everyone With colder temperatures over the last few days not much has changed and the official Winter tally sits at 135 with an additional 4 ...
Thanks to John Bregar for his posting and directions to the Gyrfalcons just east of Calgary at twp rd. 240 and rng. rd. 280. I was fortunate enough to find...
The New Year got off to a great start for me as I enjoyed two more hours of watching three gyrfalcons harrass ducks between 2 PM and 4 PM. I watched about a...
I took part in the annual Fish Creek PP New Year's Day count this morning, in a party of seven covering the Hull's Wood area. The highlight was a Northern...
Hi All! 2005 LIST STARTER Jan. 1/05 After seeing my first 2 birds of the year, Black-capped Chickadee and Red-breasted Nuthatch I headed out to add more...
When I was returning from Taber and Enchant yesterday (Dec. 31), I also found a Golden Eagle on a fencepost 26 km west of Vulcan, on the road from Vulcan to...
Hello! I am jsut wondering if anyone knows of any permanent or semi- permanent blinds are around Edmonton. I am specifically looking for a blind that i can...
Other bird counts and bitterly cold weather resulted in a low turn out for this trip but, along with Tony Timmors, we managed to see some interesting birds...
Having been intrigued by all the reports of Gyrfalcons east of Calgary, I headed up and down 84 St E this morning. Since it seems to be an afternoon event, I...
Andrew Slater
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Jan 3, 2005 2:18 am
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Don Stiles, Pat Bulman, Jim Black and I saw a Barred Owl today on the Cochrane Wildlife Reserve CBC. The owl was hunting at 4:45 PM on the south side of Twp....
A couple days ago the U.S. Embassy in Panama issued a warning "Security Alert- Camino de Cruces Trail." If you are planning on birding in the (former) Canal...
The Golden Eagle I saw near Vulcan on December 31 was 26 km east (not west) of Vulcan, on the road to Lomond. Thanks to Phil Cram for pointing out the...
We don't have the complete results yet, but some of the highlights were; a NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL near Seba Beach (it was in the Shady Brook Campground, which is...
Del Huget reports observing 4 Great Gray Owls along English Bay Road just NW of Cold Lake this afternoon. One near the jct of Hwy 55 and English Bay Road, and...
Yesterday, January 2, on the Cochrane Wildlife Reserve Xmas Bird Count, our group saw a couple of more unusual species. The most important was a Mourning Dove...
Hello All There has only been 1 new addition to the Provincial Winter List Mourning Dove. This is also an addition to the Calgary area winter list. The species...
We've had lots of pine siskins and house finches at our feeders in Calgary (varsity area) every day this new year... along with red and white breasted...
PS And there is probably a hoary redpoll in with all the redpolls but I would love someone in the know to ID it too. It is totally white on the breast with...
Preliminary results from the Nanton CBC include several sightings of Golden Eagle, Rough-legged Hawk, a Ring-necked Pheasant chasing our car, many Sharp-tailed...
Gustave J. Yaki
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Jan 3, 2005 10:22 pm
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Hi Birders Just thought you might be interested in what happened in paradise in 2004. Taking a break from entering Xmas Count Data, i thought it was time to...
Jack Shier reporst seeing a Spotted Towhee today in his yard west of Cayley. This is third or fourth time he has seen the bird this winter. He also reports...
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Jan 3, 2005 11:55 pm
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Hi former Alberta birder friends, thought you'd be interested to what was seen on Vancouver Island this past year. See below. Note the 311 species!!! and some...
I made my way to Innisville from Calgary to see if the Yellow-billed Loon was still present at the dam (it was) via Grand Valley Rd. and Sundre. On Grand...
Hi, This year, 40 birders were on the field for this CFNS count, the best number since the beginning in 1994, but the birds were not very participant in the...
Spent today out birding with RDRN. We stopped out by Dickson Dam for a quick look at the now infamous Yellow-billed Loon. Is it just me or is his plumage...
