Jason, If you have a copy of The Sibley Guide to Birds, page123 shows good illustrations. The underside (belly) is almost immaculate white. Light morph...
Hi I have uploaded 2 pictures to the file section under "Kriders". They were taken in Saskatchewan in Sept. The bird is a lot lighter than Robs. I sent the...
The ice has melted however it is very slow for waterfowl. This morning there was 3 mallards on the big pond. The highlight was two male Pine Grosbeaks in the...
Hi All, Rob posted beautiful photos, as he always does, of that Red-tailed Hawk. But, it seems to me that the subspecies is unlikely to be Krider's. In his ...
Hi John and thanks for the thumbs up on the images, I love photographing boids in flight as you know ;) I would like to add, The "banded tail", makes it a...
Hi Rob, You're welcome. I definitely agree on the juvenile part - that's why I wish that Sibley had included a light juvenile Harlan's illustration. Even the ...
I agree the bird is a juvenile, the banded tail is a trait of ALL the forms of juvenile Red-tailed Hawks. Also agree with John & the others that it doesn't...
Calgary area birders may soon encounter a newly-arrived vagrant who has recently left his regular roost in coastal BC and is reportedly headed east. His name...
Yesterday, November 2, Cedric Hitchon and I found an impressive number of Trumpeter Swans at Frank Lake. In the late morning there were approximately 600...
I would like to invite anyone in southern Alberta who may be interested to my annual Snow Goose field trip, to Stirling and Tyrrell Lakes. People can meet at...
The light colored eye also indicates the bird is a juvenile and the full crop indicates it is eating well : > ). Nice shots Gerald. See you in the field Len...
Hey Rob, et al, evidently, message gremlins sucked up the ".", and made it part of the URL I provided in my previous message. If you haven't already realized...
Seems to be some confusion on the what bird we are talking about as I have had quite a few emails on it.. The original thread/bird is this one, with the full ...
Just a reminder. I have had the vocalizations of the two winter wrens under in my folder under files in this group. I think all of you can easly hear the...
Greetings Ken Hansen spotted a Barred Owl roosting along the Fox Farm trail this morning. We also observed two Northern Shrikes perching together above the...
Birders, I just received word that there has been a Black-throated Blue Warbler at Police Point Park in Medicine Hat for the past couple days. It has...
Haven't posted here through the entirety of the last moon cycle, which is normally called Iitao'tsstoyi (when cold arrives), but given the conditions this may...
East of Calgary today Mike Mulligan, Ray Woods and I saw 3 White-faced Ibis at the SW corner of Eagle Lake. At Weed Lake (Glenmore access), there was a...
So, what kind of boots do you wear? ________________________________ From: Ryan Heavy Head <akayokaki@...> To: Albertabird@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri,...
