Hi Birders, I am a new member to Albertabirds, so I thought I would introduce myself. I have just moved to Calgary from Ontario, where I have been active in...
Hi All, The Sharp-tailed Sandpiper found by Ray Wershler on Sunday (Sept. 26) was still at Langdon Reservoir this afternoon (Oct. 1). It was seen from the...
Hi Birders, This evening at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, I was able to find the Green Heron again, feeding just before sunset on the east side, in the grassy...
Looking for some information. I am trying to remember a book, maybe written by Ken Kaufman or someone like that who is now a regular contributor to Birder's...
I just saw Matt Timpf's report that the Green Heron is still at IBS. After our first hard freeze this week and the earnest onset of fall, that bird is a real...
Thanks Barb Beck for the info. Kingbird Highway was the book. It was driving me crazy, if you will pardon the pun. Joe Crichton [Non-text portions of this...
The juvenile Sharp-tailed Sandpiper was still at Langdon Reservoir this morning around 9 am -- lifer and new Alberta bird for me!!. With the sun rising in the...
Excited to report an adult, male Hooded Warbler in my lilac bushes Sunday afternoon! The bushes grow right up by the house, and I was inside looking out, about...
PAT BUMSTEAD
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Oct 3, 2004 9:10 pm
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Hi All! Satuday, Oct. 2 was a cool but sunny morning when 7 participants met at the Elk Island Information Center parking lot for a day of birding in the park....
Today, (Oct 3) I and two other birders observed the immature green heron that has been sighted the last few weeks at Inglewood bird sanctuary in Calgary. For...
Brooke Clibbon and I visited Cattlelands Slough this afternoon (Sunday). The slough is directly north of Strathmore, east of the Cattlelands feedlot. There...
Eric Tull
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Oct 4, 2004 3:23 am
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Pat, A Hooded Warbler prowled a neigbourhood in central Edmonton for several weeks three years ago (November 4 to 25, 2001), was seen by several observers,...
While counting raptors at the Mt. Lorette site in the Kananaskis west of Calgary yesterday, I talked to a birder from Pennsylvania who had camped at the Mt....
Hi, It is a common misconception that boreal chickadees are always just brown. Do not go by the red color when identifying a Chestnut-backed Chickadee. ....
Hello, Early this afternoon, Helga and Al Borgardt, Thérèse and I went to Langdon Reservoir to see the Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. We headed on the little island...
The adult breeding-plumaged Parasitic Jaeger was still at Langdon Reservoir until at least 7:30 this evening, when it flew towards the north end. It spent...
The adult Parasitic Jaeger was still at Langdon Reservoir this morning. Ray Wershler relocated the Jaeger swimming on the main body of water north of the...
The raptor migration at Mt. Lorette in the Kananaskis west of Calgary is progressing well. Here is Peter Sherrington's latest update. Bill Wilson Calgary MOUNT...
I forgot to mention yesterday evening that Pat Bullman mentioned to me that he had seen two Sharp-tailed Sandpipers at Langdon Reservoir. He was there with...
I spent a couple of hours at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary this morning, roughly 8:30 - 10:30. The weather today was clear and warm (probably about 10C at the...
At 7:30 am on Wed Oct 6, the hooded warbler showed up again in my yard. I heard him long before I saw him, as his 'chip' is very loud for such a small bird. At...
Pat Bumstead
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Oct 6, 2004 4:19 pm
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Around 1:00 PM today I saw a flock of eight Evening Grosbeaks, near the Priddis Greens clubhouse. Priddis Greens is a golf course to the west of Priddis, which...
Hi We are getting a lot of sightings of Evening Grosbeaks around the lower mainland area here also. It must be a good year for them. See you in the field, Len...
Howdy Albertabirders, Sorry for the delay on this posting but I have been away on Outreach for the past few days. On Saturday October 2nd at 10:00 a.m. I...
I spotted a jaeger chasing a gull just south of the Canoe Club at 5:30 this evening. It was into the sun so could not get a positive id. When it turned it...
This morning, October 8, at 10:00Am I spotted a Northern Hawk Owl along Burma Road about 0.2km east of Rocky Ridge Road. This bird was on top of the row of...
Milton Spitzer
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Oct 8, 2004 4:59 pm
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The adult parasitic jaeger stayed at Glenmore Reservoir overnight and was still there midday Friday Oct 8th. Predominantly quartering closer to the N side than...
