This afternoon (Tuesday) we went out to Grand Valley Road looking for the Great Gray reported on Sunday, without success. We continued on to Water Valley and...
Hello All With the passing of January we are into the last month of the winter count. Only a few species have been added since the last update. The Provincial...
Hello: On Wednesday, February 1, 2006, I took a drive west of Calgary, along Highway 68 in Kananaskis Country, through Exshaw, Harvie Heights, and Canmore, and...
Yesterday (Feb. 01) was the third time in four weeks that a Sharp-shinned Hawk appeared in our back garden - due no doubt to the abundance of birds around the...
Nice pictures of that sharpie. I don't think that this species has changed its range much since they are observed in low numbers every year based on Edmonton...
Interesting article just off the wire VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Experts who conducted tests on 40 songbirds found dead in Vienna say they didn't die of bird flu...
Perhaps the birds realized they had liver disease and they purposely got drunk and flew into the windows to commit suicide. Unlikely, but cannot be ruled out....
Hi All, It seems I've misplaced my binoculars and am looking for replacements. The list seems a bit slow now so I figured I'd get a thread going. I'm a fan of...
Hi Greg, I've been using the Fujinon 8x42 CDs since my MSc work back in 1997 and have found them to be sharp, easy to use, and durable. That said, the one...
Binoculars need to FIT YOU. A pair of binos may be great for a friend and he may love them but for you it may not fit any better than his shoes. If you are...
What Sibley you are using. First let me say that I dearly love my Sibleys. In my opinion it is far above our other field guides. I have used the Large Guide...
Hello: On Thursday, February 2, 2006, I took a morning walk through Inglewood Bird Sanctuary in SE Calgary. It was a calm, relatively mild day out. Highlights...
I've used -- heavily -- a pair of Zeiss Dialyt 10x40 optics in the field for over 20 years, and have always been delighted with their brightness, ease of focus...
Hi all Just wanted to send a really big THANK YOU! to all the fantastic locals that have sent me information for my day of birding yesterday. Sadley, I missed...
Despite having slept through my alarm and oversleeping a solid 2 hours, I finally awoke this morning to the pleasant surprise of a singing house finch. When I...
Alberta birders, today (Feb 3) I spent some six hours west from Edmonton, near the power plants of Genesee, Keephills and Sundance. (Did not have time for...
... 949.00cdn, I have a pair, that replaced my Swaro's and I very happy VIP warranty is the best I have ever seen, Michael Woertman. ps here are the specs, ...
That is an amazing list of waterfowl, Matti, for Feb 03 in Alberta! And you didn't even get to Wabamun, which was always the principal place for winter...
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Andrew (and others), compared to Keephills, Wabamun has clearly been poorer for waterfowl at least during the past 3 winters I have been here, and (I would...
Susan and I took a drive out to Sibbald Flats this morning having read about the Northern Hawk Owl. Sure enough at 11am Saturday it was in exactly the spot on...
Hi All! The generatiing plant at Wabamun is slated to be closed down. I believe the target date is 2010. In the meantime it is operating at reduced capacity....
Dear alberta birders, brief family touring around the city of Edmonton and Big Lake today: - Starling 36 (170 st x 41 SW av cattle farm) - Bald eagle 3 ad (Big...
In the hopes that the warm weather had kept this winter's unusual birds around, I drove to Chain Lakes for sunrise, then worked my way back to Beaverdam Flats...
This morning we went to Inglewood to try to find the Harlequin we have failed to find on 4 previous visits to the river. We were in luck and saw the male at...
... Out of curiosity, is it possible that this Belted Kingfisher has over-wintered at the ponds? Presumably it is the same one I was seeing there late last...
Royce: I think you are probably correct. Joan had a quick sighting of it on January 14th flying up the river but I missed it. Malcolm Joan & Malcolm McDonald...
