On the Elbow River Survey in Calgary, from Stanley Park (42Av & Macleod Tr SW) to Glenmore Reservoir Dam, the following species were observed: 1- Canada...
This afternoon I had a Long-tailed Duck on the Bow River about 300m north of Glenmore Trail. The duck's plumage most closely resembled the juvenile plumage...
Started my winter birding list at sunrise this morning with 6 slate juncos at my feeder, which is a great way to start this birding season. Spent most of the...
Checked the Spruce Lot on Meadowview Drive this afternoon, and found a female black-backed woodpecker. Probably the same bird we found on November 5th. The...
I spent the morning birding the Nanton - Chain Lakes area. The bird of the day was a male winter-plumaged INDIGO BUNTING in one of the tall poplars above the...
Within five feet of a Black-backed Woodpecker?! I didn't think the species was that hard to identify! _ Regards, ( '< Jason Rogers / ) ) Banff, AB //" "...
I spent a couple hours in the Water Valley area early this morning - I was looking for owls but didn't see or hear any. As a consolation, I heard and then saw...
The last I saw the Cape May Warbler was Nov 22 at dusk. The weather turned bitterly cold with very high wind chills. This weather persisted for the next 2 days...
Rosemary Gallinger reports a Townsend's Solitaire in her yard on Cataract Road SW in High River. A picture of the bird can be seen at the following site...
I managed to pick up a few more good Winter birds today. One winter male Rusty Blackbird and one adult male Yellow-headed Blackbird were on the fences at the...
This morning, I followed Greg Wagner's example and drove around Frank Lake; however I could not find a Short-eared Owl anywhere. Just west of the southerly...
Andrew Slater
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Dec 3, 2006 10:25 pm
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Afternoon drive through Priddis to Bragg Ck, north and west to Sibbald Tr then Ghost Res. Several short hikes and not much was stirring. At Priddis about 500...
Hi All! At 10:00 AM a group of around 9 birders met at Capilano Park to see what they could find on the North Saskatchewan River in Edmonton. The trip got off...
A pair of female Long-tailed Ducks afforded excellent views as they floated about 60' off the Lake Minnewanka dam in Banff National Park early this afternoon....
hi everyone, Its been a while since I have posted.However I have not stopped enjoying the birds and reading other posts. Today in my yard there was a flock of...
Hi, Rob Hughes suggested that I post the following message. My wife, Ann, and I live in Erskine, Alberta, not far from Stettler. We have a large backyard with...
Charley Such occurrences do ocur in many birds including Hummingbirds and after long discussions among many hummer banding people it was finally agreed that...
Hi Cam, Thanks for your thoughts. I looked at a number of "leucistic" redpoll images on Google and they showed generally whiter birds, not one with a white...
... Albertabird does not allow photos in messages and strips them off. You must put the photo in a Photo album on the web site. Go to http://groups.yahoo.com...
Hi all, I have put 3 images of our white-headed Common Redpoll up. My album is called "Charley Bird". This is the individuals that has been showing up at our...
With the assistance of Percy Zalasky we saw a mourning dove this afternoon at a farm lot just north of Saint Albert. The property owners are concerned about...
Hi Charlie, I wrote a short article on this phenomenon awhile back and Wikipedia has great explanations for both albinism and leucism on the net. Leucism...
At noon today, we found a female Red-breasted Merganser hugging the east shore of the Bow River in Carburn Park. It drifted downstream some distance, but then...
Jason, first off, I would like to tell you that I have enjoyed reading your past postings on Albertabird. Albertabird, is a venue to allow all of us Alberta...
Hi Stan, The purpose of my comment was to indicate to group members, who are perhaps new to birding and are learning about how birders conduct themselves in...
Last week of July 2006, Bearhole Lk PP, BC. Kiskatinaw forestry road runs along the northern park boundary. As the sun gets low on the horizon the air cools to...
