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Hi Birders: Still open waters on Lake Astotin in EINP on Hallowe'en. From the west end, smaller numbers of Tundra and at least one Trumpeter Swan, 5 Hooded...
Birds observed on the monthly Elbow River Birding Survey, Calgary, 0815-11am, 01Nov07, from Stanley Park to Glenmore Reservoir Dam. Canada Geese-4; Wood...
I went out yesterday afternoon for a mini-Albertabird reunion in Ponoka. Around 3:30 a few of us got a brief glimpse of the woodpecker. This guy (it's an adult...
Clear and calm again this morning (Nov. 02) so I made an early trip to Tyrrell Lake arriving at 0817. 5 minutes later at sunrise there was a major lift-off of...
Iris English of Cold Lake area reported the following on Wed 31 Oct. On the trip home from Edmonton today, saw two flocks, each of a couple of hundred, of...
Had my first Evening Grosbeaks (3) of the fall season visit my yard and feeders in Hillsborough Estates north of Gibbons. Didn't hang around long but hopefully...
Greetings When I arrived home from work today there were 4 Common Redpolls in the bird bath along with the usual House Sparrows and Chickadees. there was also...
Terry Thormin and I went to Ponoka to look for the Red-bellied Woodpecker today and spent approx. 5 1/2 hours (10:45 am - 4:10 pm) watching the front yard...
A walk round Terwillegar Park (Edmonton) this afternoon turned up a juvenile Northern Shrike (which was there yesterday as well) and a juvenile Rough-Legged...
hello folks, The Beaver River Naturalists went on a drive during a very windy Saturday morning. We stopped at French Bay, on Cold Lake. We saw ruffed grouse,...
It was quite windy this Saturday in the Kananaskis. Not much of note on the lakes. A few Horned Grebes, Western Grebes and a raft of Golden eye. No Loons were...
Saturday visited Ponoka, arriving at 16:30. Was told that the Red- bellied Woodpecker had been seen several minutes before. It finally reappeared at 17:35...
A quick trip to Glenmore Reservoir around noon today after the snow stopped turned up the following, seen from the point west of the Canoe Club on the north...
Hi Tim Where is Big Spruce Lake? Allan Cole - Calgary Nature photos: http://members.shaw.ca/allan.cole/ ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Hi AB Birders: On Sunday (4 Nov.)morning I saw a Townsend's Solitaire on the west side of Lake Astotin, just east of the warden office. Also a single Greater...
Birders, Late last week I saw (and heard, singing softly) a solitaire at the U of A in Edmonton, just behind Ring House 2, in a decorative crab apple tree that...
Continued my journey from Ponoka following the siren call of the drilling rigs on their northward winter migration. Yesterday nothing at all except a...
Hi Sean, I've seen Solitaires at Elk Island in the fall at least twice in the past 5 or 6 years. They're recorded on the Edmonton Christmas Bird Counts fairly...
This past Sunday, 11 members of the Edmonton Nature Club set out on a one day trip to Cold Lake for some fall birding. We left at 6:30 am, so the extra hour of...
The annual Snow Goose field trip went last Saturday, Nov.3, 2007, with almost 20 people attending. This is arranged for the Lethbridge Naturalists Society,...
A parasitic jaeger was observed again at Cold Lake's Kinasoo beach on Saturday about 4:30PM by Richard Kluake and Ted Hindmarch. Richard also seen another...
Hi Everyone, Unfortunately I have some very, very sad news. Alberta has lost one of it's best birders, most popular trip leaders, & a great friend. Dave Nadeau...
Today at about 945 am while walking to the Erlton Train Station from my place in Ramsay, I took a shortcut thorough a summertime parking lot for the folks...
One Northern Pygmy-Owl and a group of 4 Ruffed Grouse were observed near Turner Valley driving along 450th Ave Tuesday afternoon by myself and Jerry Pilny. ...
I am happy to report that the Red-bellied Woodpecker is still being seen at 4206 -38th Street in Ponoka. Richard Thomas and I arrived at 3:55 p.m. and within...
