First bird of the year: Black-billed Magpie just south of High River. Next was Snowy Owl 1.5 km N of Nanton. In Nanton, the Northern Mockingbird was very busy...
New year's morning birds at Carburn Park, north of the carpark, included one male American Wigeon, one male Northern Pintail, one male Hooded Meganser and two...
Andrew Slater
andrewslater@...
Jan 1, 2006 8:11 pm
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We had two killdeer today at the south end of Carburn Park, Calgary, along the river bank. There was a male pintail along the river just north of Carburn...
Today on a bright sunny morning once the fog had lifted around Strathmore we saw an AMERICAN KESTREL south of town along SR 817 near the railway crossing....
Hello All I want to wish everyone a Happy New Year and may you spot many lifers in 2006. I have uploaded the updated monthly lists for May-Oct, November month...
Afternoon of Sunday Jan 1st, 2006. Not sure exactly what roads we were on but viewed an adult GYRFALCON (gray phase) and a PRAIRIE FALCON just NE of the...
Yesterday, a trip out to Wabamun proved to be a great eagle day. At the Genesee plant there were 3 Bald eagles, and then at the Keephills ponds there were the...
A decent outing to Tofield this afternoon... Saw a single Snowy Owl in the town of Tofield (perched on a pole above the IGA at one point). The bird was quite...
Hi everyone: Saw a very nice Great Grey Owl out at Opal yesterday, the 2nd of Jan, at about 2:30 PM. He flew out of the evergreens on the SW corner of RR 224...
With the mild December, Cold Lake has remained open into the New Year. This is only the 3rd time in the past 25 years that the lake was open through Jan 1....
Hello Alberta Birders. I am passing this unverified report along in case somebody is interested in investigating. The park mentioned in the report is one of my...
I took a drive up Grand Valley road, west of Cochrane Jan 2. About 2 km south of the Water Valley road I picked up my first Northern-Pygmy Owl. He was flitting...
- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * Jan 2, 2006 * ABCA0601.02 - Birds mentioned Great Blue Heron Long-tailed Duck Northern Shoveler American Kestrel ...
Jean Moore
jmmoore@...
Jan 3, 2006 7:29 pm
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Hello All, There's been a kestrel hanging out in Whitemud Ravine for the past few days. I've seen it in the (relatively open) area near the pipeline crossing....
Happy New Year Albertabirders, The 4th annual DPP CBC took place yesterday with a total of six participants under fairly warm and sunny conditions. The count...
Albertabirders, Today, Laura Jackson, James Glasier and I went to Wabamun Lake. Yes, yesterday was their CBC, but we missed that, unfortunately, and I'm not ...
I don't take many photographs but I managed to take one yesterday of the Great Horned Owl at Sikome Lake - the light was pretty good and so I thought I would...
Dear all, and happy new year. I participated the Wabamun count on Mo 2nd Jan and have at least some idea on what was there... (Sorry, only a few exact numbers...
Spend a pleasant afternoon in the sun along the Bow. Highlights were: Inglewood: 1 f Redhead, 2 m Northern Pintails, 1 f Merlin. Carburn: 1 f Barrow's...
- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * Jan 5, 2006 * ABCA0601.05 - Birds mentioned Northern Pintail Gadwall Redhead Bufflehead Greater Scaup Hooded Merganser...
Jean Moore
jmmoore@...
Jan 6, 2006 5:08 am
8078
There is a new batch of Alberta rarities being reviewed by the Alberta Bird Record Committee. The batch consists of 14 Great Egtrets, 7 Snowy Egrets and 5...
Despite continued highs near zero, overnight lows this past week have allowed winter to increase it's grasp on the open water of Cold Lake. Through the week,...
I drove to Chain Lakes Provincial Park west of Nanton this morning, then up to Strathmore via Frank Lake and Carseland, and finished off the day along the Bow...
Hi all; Yesterday, Jan. 7,2006 I went up to Exshaw and Harvie Heights to see what might be around that might be different. Exshaw was quiet at the feeders...
This morning I mentally tossed a coin as to where to go birding:east for blackbirds or west for owls. Owls won, so I headed for Sibbald Creek Road. There were...
Andrew Slater
andrewslater@...
Jan 9, 2006 12:00 am
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Has any one else seen the white duck at the Keephills cooling pond? Saturday the 7 th, I was scoping the ducks on the pond , when I saw among a group of ...
Andrew Slater's decision to head west may not have been a bad one. We decided to head to Strathmore and south to the MacGregor Lake area. However, along SR...
On Saturday, between 3 and 4 pm, I looked around the open water at Frank Lake and saw: 1 adult Bald Eagle 1000 Mallards 1-f Northern Shoveller 1-m Lesser Scaup...
Sunday 8 Jan - My morning walk in the MD park was rewarded with a Brown Creeper along the entrance road. On afternoon drive to Edmonton observed Northern...
