Sixteen participants joined the Nature Calgary Field Trip along the Bow River in Fish Creek P.P.on Sunday.We birded the area from Hull's Woods to Lafarge...
Greetings I encounterd a flock of about 20 White-winged Crossbills feeding high in the Spruce trees near the second bridge. I also saw one Pine Grosbeak. I...
Things were pretty slow at the park today, lower bird numbers & diversity are sure making things look like winter is on the way. Did see one wierd/late bird...
A pair of Evening Grosbeaks appeared in my backyard on the weekend. First time I have seen them at my feeders. Also a single female Pine Grosbeak (heard long...
Hi everyone, at about 8:30 a.m. today I saw a Townsend's Solitaire and a Pine Grosbeak in the tall spruces adjoining the soccer field in SW Calgary's Christie...
The annual Snow Goose field trip was held Saturday, November 7, starting at Stirling Lake. It was hard to tell how many people attended, because there always...
IIII ) llllllllllllllll Flocks (4Nov09) 1001 Driving the BTAP canal, expecting to encounter some large mallard or goose congregations. The nights have become...
With an examination of the down-loaded photo's, The sub-adult male hummingbird reported below is now identified as a sub-adult male ANNA's hummingbird fall...
Richard Klauke reported house finches in Smokey Lake on 4 Nov. John Farquhar observed and photographed 6 (2m, 4f) at his Casa VistaEstates home SE of Gibbons...
Observed my first fall Pine Grosbeaks (2) of the season as I walked around the Estates on 9 Nov. Other highlights were a Merlin steaking low across the...
A Northern Hawk Owl was observed by the Paulus' on 5 Nov on Hwy 81 just south of Hwy 55, 72km west of Cold Lake. After the initial Harlequin duck report 1 Nov,...
Andy DuFrane had a Black-Backed Woodpecker in the section of Whitemud Ravine (Edmonton) between Fox Drive and Snow Valley on Sunday afternoon (8 November) ...
While eating lunch at home today in the Mount Royal district of Calgary, I was treated to a good variety and number of birds. Seen were: Downy Woodpecker, 2...
Hi Birders, Lots of Canada Geese and Tundra Swans on Gull Lake today, at the Summer Village of Gull Lake, along with three Killdeers and a small flock of...
Birders, The following item from Yahoo News is a welcome one indeed: the Brown Pelican has recovered to the extent that it has now been officially removed from...
Hello: On the morning of Wednesday, November 11, 2009, I took a walk in the west end of Fish Creek Provincial Park, in the Shannon Terrace-Bebo Grove area. The...
Very quiet this afternoon in Whitemud. Highlight was a cruise past by a Rough-Legged Hawk. One Pileated Woodpecker was calling a fair bit. Otherwise just B-C...
After we found a N. Pygmy-Owl, just west of Bebo Grove on Sat. 7 Nov., Mark Collard photo'd one at Shannon Terrace, FCPP, Calgary, today. Gus Yaki [Non-text...
Hi there, Yesterday on our acreage in rural Rollyview finally a new species for me again. Two female Pine cross beaks where present for a short time. Beside...
Ted, Thanks for passing along the true identity of the Casa Vista Estates hummingbird! This helps to explain why the hummer had still not left as of October...
There are approximately 12 records for Alberta. Jason Rogers hawkowl@... ... _________________________________________________________________ Eligible...
Hi Wayne et al.: Anna's have made it through winters in the Okanagan--at least one I remember made it into mid-March at least before disappearing. That one...
Here finally is the list of birds seen during last Saturday's field trip to Stirling and Tyrrell Lakes. There were a few birds I saw on the way to Stirling...
Got a message yesterday that Alan Hingston & Bob Lane had found a Snowy Owl on the outskirts of St Albert.When I got out to McKenney & Hogan Rd, the bird was...
Some new winter birds have arrived in the Taber area in the last few days. Last Sunday I found a bunch of about 10 Bohemian Waxwings in Taber, and when I went...