Barb Beck said: "You send in the 5 bucks per bush beater who is not a member of BSC and any rare bird forms you picked up to justify unusual sightings and the...
I was intrigued by Barb's comment that "I was born in California when the population was LESS than that in Alberta today," so I did a little research on the...
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Andrew Slater
andrewslater@...
Jan 1, 2003 7:45 pm
There was a female Purple Finch in Carburn Park this morning, just where the bicycle path from the carpark reaches the river and turns north close to houses...
I saw two swans in the park today -- slightly upstream of the waste treatment facility, just north of the footbridge to Mackenzie Lake/Douglasdale, at about...
Hi. It certainly might have been a flying squirrel -- http://weaselhead.org/learn/mammals_northern_flying_squirrel.asp Best regards, Brent Johner ICQ --...
On Dec.23 we reported that a Trumpeter Swan had been seen on the Waterton CBC held on Dec.21. The identification of that bird now has been called into...
Continuing Andrew Slater's post earlier today for Calgary birding, I walked downstream from the Graves Bridge (Glenmore Trail) for about 400 m, towards Carburn...
Hi, I have most of the results in for the Devon-Calmar count. The count was started 16 years ago by Karen and Rufus Day. The circle is located just to the...
I forgot to mention in my previous post that the Glaucous Gull was still at the Shepard Landfill in SE Calgary this morning, for those wanting to chalk up this...
I am looking for migration routes around the edmonton area if anyone would happen to know a website, thanks James Ross Edmonton...
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Malcolm McDonald
joanmalc@...
Jan 2, 2003 2:25 am
As Bill Wilson mentioned, the Glaucous Gull was still at the Shepard Landfill this morning when we passed at 9.30 am. We were treated to an interesting...
Jackie and I took a short drive to the E of Calgary on New Years day. Our run took us out of Calgary on 22x, to highway 9, to Irricana, onto the back roads 10...
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Dwight Knapik
catbirdcrazy@...
Jan 2, 2003 6:10 pm
Hello Everyone: On January 1, 2003, I took a drive from Dewinton, just south of Calgary, southeast to Wyndham-Carseland Provincial Park, and further southeast...
Thanks very much, Teresa and Doug. We now have our own swans in Calgary which have been identified as juvenile Trumpeters, so I am leaving the species on the...
Hi: The Cape May Warbler was seen in High River at the feeder at 835 8th St SW. Only a few Mallards and 10 horned larks seen at the northwest of Frank Lake...
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Bill Walker
walkerw@...
Jan 2, 2003 10:58 pm
Thirty-two participants toured the park in rather pleasant weather (compared to 2002 when the themometer registered about -25 deg) and found 36 species, about...
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Dwight Knapik
catbirdcrazy@...
Jan 2, 2003 11:04 pm
Hi Everyone: On January 2, 2003, I went birding west of Calgary, from Dewinton to Priddis and Brown-Lowery Provincial Park, and as far west as Elbow Falls....
Dwight, where were the redpolls? They have been very hard to find so far this winter. Bill Wilson Calgary ... ADVERTISEMENT ... [Non-text portions of this...
Hi folks, best of the new year to everyone, Bryan Vroom and I were walking at the strathcona science park just east of Edmonton two days ago and came upon a...
Jackie and I saw the Cape May Warbler in High River briefly at 2:45 and again at 3:30 pm. I got a few pictures of the bird during the second viewing but the...
After two days of very quiet walks in the neighbourhood (Varsity Village East), today was a pleasant change. After leaving many House Finch in our yard I heard...
- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * Jan 2, 2003 * ABCA0301.02 - Birds mentioned Gadwall Red-tailed Hawk Gyrfalcon Glaucous Gull Horned Lark Cape May...
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Malcolm McDonald
joanmalc@...
Jan 4, 2003 3:07 am
Today we took a trip up to Bow Summit to see if we could find any ptarmigan. After an interesting drive to Lake Louise, in complete white-out conditions at...
Hi All! Today I had a second look at the bird I reported as a Lincoln's Sparrow. I now realize it was just a White-throated Sparrow. It was a dusky, first...
Hi All - This is my first posting to this forum. My name is George Newton; I live in Edmonton. I own a dog (oops!). Though well past 50, I am a very 'young'...
Hi Phil and everyone. I've just noticed that Royce Howland reported a Palm Warbler in Pearce Estate Park, Calgary on January 4. If it can be verified, I think...
Hello Phil and all. Here is what Royce had to say about the Palm Warbler report -- ... Royce Howland wrote: Hi Brent, happy to. It was exciting, even if our...
Hi everyone. Out to Weaselhead today. Not much to see, but I did get one female Black-backed Woodpecker on Jack Rabbit Trail about 25 yards east of Great ...
Hello everyone. I have to go to dinner right now, so I'll leave it up to you all to debate this one. The images sent by Royce are at the following URL -- ...
