I took an an early morning trip before work today to follow up observations by Terry Korolyk reported on the RBA. The Trumpeter Swan was still on McElroy's...
Birders, Jocelyn Hudon has written to me to say that the eider is, after all, a Common Goldeneye. I goofed, sorry. The white secondaries, visible in two of...
John: We appreciate the quick posting of the potential Eider and of the correction on this as we are planning to head to the Whitecourt area tomorrow. I...
Malcolm, Thanks for the supportive words. I've had some other spectacular misidentifications that I'd rather not discuss right now myself. My fault for 1)...
Birders, Another sympathetic friend, who shall remain nameless, just sent me this: "Oh yes, I just saw your 'false alarm' message. Well, as you said, it's...
Hey Albertabirders, A trip yesterday out to Little Fish Lake (LFL) produced some fairly good shorebirding, although because of the high wind and small...
Hey again Albertabirders. Sorry for the delay on this posting. I spent July 20th to the 23rd at Waterton Park birding and exploring this amazing area. Some...
If someone hasn't done so, it might be worth checking the H. Crow for bands. If it is an escapee, perhaps it is banded. Paul Goossen Sherwood Park ... From:...
Paul & Valorie Goossen
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Aug 1, 2006 10:57 pm
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There was an American Dipper seen at the south end of IBS this morning. Also about 12 Yellow-rumped Warblers and 4 Tennessee Warblers. Calgary Bird Banding...
I forgot to mention that there were two whitish birds the size and shape of Black-crowned Night-herons in the shrubbery over the water at Airport Slough, on...
Greg Wagner saw a Great Egret today at Lost Lake, which is 5 or 6 km east of Enchant on Hwy 526. This location is 40 or 50 km NW of Fincastle Lake, where...
I too took a drive east of Calgary, today, but it was in the evening after work. At the slough on Twp. Rd. 273(not Rge. Rd.) I saw only about 20 Marbled...
Coming back from Silverton Falls near Lake Louise, my wife and I were surprised by a pair of three toed woodpeckers who parked themselves about 15 feet from...
Hey Robert, Really enjoyed checking out your Three-Toed and Rocky Mountain hiking photo's. Some terrific scenery! Thanks for posting...Randy Findlay,...
There was a single Northern Waterthrush at Inglewood (IBS), south end, this morning Pat Mitchell deemit@... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Hello: I would second the opinion that there is a good variety of shorebirds and other waterbirds in the Irricana Sloughs area, especially the slough along ...
Hello: I took a drive down to the Taber area on Wednesday, August 2, 2006, and proceeded to Fincastle Lake, approx. 11 km. NE of Taber, where I did see a Great...
- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * Aug 3, 2006 * ABCA0608.03 - Birds mentioned Great Egret Trumpeter Swan Hudsonian Godwit Semipalmated Plover ...
Jean Moore
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Aug 3, 2006 6:03 pm
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Hi, A trip to Elk Island yesterday with my parents (who are visiting from Denmark) resulted in a couple of interested sightings at Tawayik Lake. We went for a...
Thomas, Would you be so kind as to fill out a Rare Bird Form (attached) regarding your unusual sighting? Ruffs (or it is reeves?) are still rare enough in the...
Just got back from a few days in the backcountry of Jasper National Park. I hiked the Maccarib Pass trail in an effort to determine whether Willow Ptarmigan...
Alberta birders, Thomas's earlier message (Re: possible Ruff) forced me to enjoy some oxygen and birds at Elk Island Pk / Tawayik Lake this evening, from 18:30...
On Wednesday morning we drove to Whitecourt along with Jerry Pilney. We arrived at Riverside Rd. just before noon and spent the rest of the day watching for...
Hi all, I noticed recently that Lee Valley Tools is carrying decals of spiders webs for this purpose. The decal webs have the white sections in them (I can't...
I saw 2 Hudsonian Godwits along with the Marbled Godwits at the slough on Hwy 273 just east of Strathmore this morning, August 4. Other species were the same...
According to Dunn (1993), decals on windows and moving objects hung in front of windows do not, under experimental conditions, reduce window strikes. When one...
Hi All; A birding acquaintance of mine, not a member of this discussion group, will be spending a few days in the Lake Louise area at the end of August, and...
