Hi everyone. Our Cape May Warbler made its regular appearance with a small flock of chickadees this morning (December 1) in southwest Calgary. Best regards, ...
Hi all, Yesterday Nov 30 I tried for White-tailed Ptarmigans at Highwood Pass. There were a lot of tracks around the short willows in the meadow just SE of the...
Hi folks- Lisa Priestly from the Beaverhill Bird Observatory reports 61 Shot-eared Owls this afternoon from Francis Viewpoint on Beaverhill Lake. For anyone...
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-RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * Dec 1, 2005 * ABCA0512.01 -Birds mentioned Northern Harrier Prairie Falcon Snowy Owl Northern Shrike Common Redpoll ...
I went out to Beaverhill Lake today with Jim Morrison & John Moore. We got to Francis Viewpoint at about the same time as Chuck & LIsa Priestly, & Geoff...
Was north of Morinville today just after noon hour. Was checking the area of township road 572 and RR 260. Had a suprisingly good day. Between Twnship rd 270...
Hi John - the bird in the photo is a shrike - i can't tell from the photo but at this time of year that would probably be a Northern Shrike - wonderful photo ...
Birders, By contrast, James Glasier and I were there on Friday afternoon at about 3 pm and saw absolutely nothing after a miserably cold walk to the blind! I...
I visited the NW corner of Frank Lake this afternoon, east of High River. A relatively small area is open due to the "processed water" inflow there. One f/i...
I took a quick walk around Inglewood this morning (between 9 and 10 am)and lucked into a Northern Goshawk. It was perched 30 feet up on the west side of the...
This afternoon in the Winchell Lake area (south of Water Valley), we saw 2 PYGMY OWLS. This first was near the junction of TWP 290 (as far as I can judge from...
On our way to the grocery store this afternoon we decided to take the long way around and drove down 85 St East. There were Canada Geese everywhere and at...
Hi Now that an Anna's has been found near Calgary, thought you might be interested in a few reports us hummer banders have recently received: An Anna's found...
Although the warm weather didn't hold, I decided that now that the Winter Count has started I'd try for the blackbirds near Taber again. Highlights in order...
My December sightings to date: DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT (x1) Cold Lake off Marina 3 Dec Canada Geese (~500) flew in to roost on lake near Prov Park beach 4...
It would appear that Bill Wilson has stolen some of my thunder already, with his recent sightings around Taber. Last Saturday was quite lucky for me, not for...
Hi - 15+ American Goldfinch are feeding on our sunflowers at the back, as the snow swirls. First time I've seen them in the yard this winter. 3 years in a row...
Hello All I have uploaded 2 files to the Files Section. One is the updated November Month List. There are still a couple of species (marked with C) that were...
Today (Dec 5) I received the following message from Bob Frew in Medicine Hat. Birders there are not aware of any previous Hat Steller's Jay records. "On Oct...
Here is Peter Sherrington's final Fall 2005 update for the raptor migration through the Mt. Lorette area of the Kananaskis Valley west of Calgary. Bill Wilson ...
Hi all, I little trip of a couple hours on Sunday afternoon travelling the roads north of St.Albert (which is just north of Edmonton) turned up a few...
Published in the New York Times, November 30: By SCOTT WEIDENSAUL Published: November 30, 2005 Schuylkill Haven, Pa. WITH a wary eye on the clouds, I hurried...
Half-hour past sunrise this morning (7 Dec) seven birders assembled in the Visitors Centre parking lot at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. These had to be some of...
I'm attempting to get a better handle on the distribution and abundance on those sister species whose ranges meet or overlap in Banff and Jasper national...
... Somewhere in my files I have an interesting study on these flycatchers, Jason. I will try to look it up or maybe someone here will offer come forward with...
Hello All 16 species have been added since my last posting bringing the winter total up to 79 species thanks to messages from the Dolmans in Lethbridge, Phil...
There is an excellent article on Cackling Goose ID on the Idahobirds web site at http://www.idahobirds.net/identification/cackling.html. This includes some...
