The first bird of 2007 was a *Great Horned Owl* sitting on the odomoter test section "5 km" sign on Hwy 2 about 17 km south of High River about 8:00 am today,...
Took a brief run this pm east from Shepard. Met my 1st Snowy Owl just past sec.hwy.791 as well as 100+ Redpolls that may have included a Hoary. I believe these...
Hello Alberta Birders. The 20th Devon-Calmar Christmas Bird Count (south-west of Edmonton) was held on December 28th. Overall it was a great count – 35...
The results of the Wabamun Lake Christmas Bird Count have been finalized. There were 26 Bushbeaters and 4 Feeder Watchers participating on the count this year,...
This is a bit late, & I don't have complete results (The Friends of Elk Island compile the count) but I joined 7 other members of the Edmonton Nature Club on...
Today 12 participants went out for the Opal CBC. I haven't worked out all the numbers yet, but here's a preliminary list of species reported: N. Goshawk G....
Hi All! Today I went north of St Albert to get a start on my 2007 list. A couple of highlights were a Snowy Owl along RR 261 just north of a farmyard...
Hi Blake, Here is an update for the Alberta Winter Birding webpage. Not all CBC's have posted their results yet but this takes into consideration all messages...
Hello: On January 1, 2007, I was working and birding at the Calgary Zoo's private breeding centre along Dunbow Road, SE of Calgary. The weather was mild, with...
On a beautiful Sunday 31 Dec 06, a group of 5 birder's left Cold Lake to make the annual Christmas expedition to the Cold River and Pierce Lake CBC Count...
Hello: I just received a copy of the Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation's (AIWC) newsletter, The Recovery Review (Vol. 13, Issue 4, Winter 2006). On...
Hi All! The info on the female Red-winged Blackbird north of St Albert should have read; At a feeder in the first yard north of Twp. 572 on RR 260. Fred Whiley...
Here are the 2006 High River Christmas Bird Count Results. We had 39 species on count day, and an additional nine species count week. The Common Snipe was a...
I observed a Pileated Woodpecker at Carburn Park yesterday. This individual was north of the small foot bridge in the wilderness section of the park. There are...
Hi Jackie and I took a loop from Calgary, Frank Lake, Brant, Shepard and back home on Tuesday afternoon. All together we saw 6 Snowy Owls (4 at Frank Lake, 2...
Hello: On Saturday, January 6, 2007, I was working and birding at the Calgary Zoo's private breeding centre, along Dunbow Road, SE of Calgary. I managed to...
We headed out yesterday to Shepard, Langdon and Weed Lake. There was a juv. Snowy Owl east of Shepard (just east of Hwy 791). A couple of miles west of Weed...
The dark Red-tailed Hawk was still west of the river and south of the Graves Bridge (Glenmore Trail) in Calgary this morning, and a visit to the Western...
Brian Elder and I walked the Bow River from Carburn Park (CB)to Beaverdam Flats (BDF)this morning between 0900 and 1230 hrs. Highlights included: Northern...
Several months ago Ken Havard and I (plus a couple U.S. friends) spent some time birding in Costa Rica. If you're interested in reading the report (and I...
I saw an almost completely white waxwing (still had yellow tips to tail feathers, some grey in primaries, and faint grey mask) in South Glenmore Park (just...
Hello Sarah: A most interesting sighting. South Glenmore Park is south of the Glenmore Reservoir from about 24th St W and westward to the Weaselhead Natural...
It was intended as a winter birding trip for Great Gray Owls and Northern Hawk Owls but it turned out to be mainly a winter finch bird outing with some snowy...
... Sorry to confuse everyone - I meant the continuation of Sandy Beach Park at the north end of the reservoir.... I was at the north end of the large...
As I was walking home from downtown Calgary about 4:15 this afternoon, a flock of about 80 American Crows was flying around Eau Claire, just south of Prince's...
Hello: On Tuesday, January 9, 2007, I drove southwest of Calgary, through Bragg Creek, to Brown-Lowery Provincial Park, for some morning birding. Wildlife was...
