I received a call a few minutes ago (7:45am, Fri May 1) from Hank Vanderpol, calling from the Baikal Teal location. He is watching the bird, which currently is...
A walk through the university farm, Whitemud Ravine and along the river to Hawrelak park yielded some interesting migrants on Wednesday. Notable additions to...
I took a longer walk to work this morning, leaving early and heading up 4th St NW to 64th Ave then along Hunterview Drive to the trail in to Porcupine Valley,...
Spent the morning on a 200 km loop east of Calgary. Weed Lake had pretty much every species I saw on the day: Black-necked Stilt - 22 (plus 3 elsewhere) ...
Hi, If anybody of you are interested in seeing banding or learning about the activities of the Beaverhill Bird Observatory there is a banding demo at Janzen...
Have just arrived back from an early trip to Point Pelee April 22-23, and some business in Regina this week, so quite a sighting to see the BAIKAL TEAL, after...
The Baikal Teal continues to be seen up to at least 6pm this evening. I have updated the Google map with the places I am aware of its having been sighted at...
I forgot to mention - on the road in front of Cattleland Slough was a dead Snow Goose (shot) - I thought that strange because it's not on the normal Snow Goose...
Hello: On my way to the Cypress Hills on Monday, April 27, 2009, I saw a total of three Turkey Vultures perched in the wind and blowing snow along the...
Hello: On Thursday, April 30, 2009, I finally found some time to bird around the townsite of Elkwater, in Cypress Hills Provincial Park, in SE Alberta. The...
Saw my first longbilled curlew of season, three were digging around in the snow, (bring snow boots if birding Mtn View or Waterton we had over four feet of...
I have had quite a few inquiries about the Brooks May Species Count, so here is the information. http://birdcomp.fanweb.ca/news/BrooksMilkRiv_pamph.pdf This...
ENC trip to Telford Lake and area saw seven of us head out to Telford Lake Saturday morning. We had many of the expected waterfowl but the highlights were ...
On Friday morning I explored this natural area while scouting for upcoming ENC trips. Ruby Crowned and Golden Crown Kinglets, Boreal and Blackcapped chickadess...
This sure seems early for Goldfinches. Murray ... From: bjsedmonton To: Albertabird@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 4:14 PM Subject: [Albertabird]...
Up to 30 birders in up to 13 vehicles visited the Bruce Lake - Irricana area today. The numbers of both varied somewhat as birders joined or left the...
The email about the Goldfinches being early reminded me that at some point there was a file posted on Albertabird that showed the arrival dates for migrants....
Hi everyone, I and three other birders thoroughly cased the slough near Irricana where the Baikal Teal was last seen, but came up empty, though we saw a fair...
That's bad news, but it does increase the likelihood of the bird actually being a spontaneous vagrant! Anyways, I had a good look at it yesterday morning and...
Yesterday afternoon Lois and I looked at what we 'think' was an Eastern Phoebe. On Beaupré Creek Rd. just east of the Beaupré Community centre where the road...
A Townsend's Solitaire was in my yard in the Brentwood area of NW Calgary this afternoon. It was on the ground and then flew up into the Mountain Ash and ate a...
There was a group of three Savannah Sparrows just west of Lochend Rd on TWP Rd 274A Sunday about 3 pm. Not a single Bluebird around; lots of Tree Swallows. ...
On the way into Calgary this afternoon definitely Stilts on Langdon Reservoir off Glenmore Trail, and I thought I saw Avocets as well. On the way back no...
We just had a Say's Phoebe in our yard which is 800 metres east of Horse Creek Rd on TWP Rd 272. Also, today we drove down to Frank Lake and saw really a lot...
More good things have turned up since my last message. May 1st was a good example of how great birds can turn up, even while I am working on a tractor in a...
Nine people participated in the Nature Calgary walk in Carburn Park this morning. A pleasant morning, sunny with temperatures rising from about 8 C to 13 C....
