At least 1, probably 2, 1st winter Snowy Owls continue to be seen in the Edmonton Garrison area just north of Edmonton over the past two weeks. Various reports...
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Andrew Slater
andrewslater@...
Feb 2, 2007 3:26 am
Take heart, Simone. Gyrfalcon was my "hex" bird too, for many years. After chasing every report I heard of for ten or eleven winters, and getting only one...
-RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * Feb 1, 2007 * ABCA0702.01 -Birds mentioned Gadwall Northern Pintail Great Blue Heron Northern Goshawk Gyrfalcon ...
This was on the Bidchat and I thought that this sad news would be of interest to all birders Sandra Savage savagebirder@... Subject: Loss of Whooping...
Took a drive east of Calgary today. East of Hwy 791 on Township 232 there was a flock of redpolls and a Snowy Owl. On Range Road 274 south of Hwy 560 there a...
I drove east of the city today looking for the Short-eared Owls reported in the Langdon and Sheperd areas. After several trips I'd had no luck and the first...
The Harris' Sparrow was still at the feeders along the alleyway west of 23 Ave north of 17 St in Nanton this morning. Along Hwy 533, 17 km west of Nanton, 20...
Hello, I'm a new member to the group, having just arrived in Calgary within the last month. I've been birding recreationally (and at times professionally) in...
An hour's Sunday afternoon walk along the Elbow R. in Elbow Park and back along Lansdowne Avenue produced: -5 pairs of Wood Duck at the Sifton Rd/8th St. walk...
I started and ended the trip at the Western Feedlot south of Strathmore, looking for Yellow-headed Blackbird, but other than pigeons and house sparrows there...
Greetings I'm not sure if the sparrow newly added to my album is a Clay-colored Sparrow or the southern variety of Brewer's. It was taken south of Brooks this...
Hi Don, Your sparrow looks like a Vesper Sparrow. As for the redpoll, I don't think you can see enough in your photo to make a positive ID. I'd want to see the...
Don; Your sparrow is a Vesper Sparrow, by the overall pale colouration and the reddish patch at the bend of the wing. A clay-coloured would have a more ...
Thank you for your responses. I came here for learning and I am. Don...
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Sandy Ayer
SAyer@...
Feb 5, 2007 9:39 pm
Hi everyone, On Feb, 4th just before 3:00 p.m., while travelling west on Hwy 1, I observed two Snowy Owls sitting on power poles on the south side of the ...
On Twp Rd 230 just west of Indus, I spotted a large bird on a power pole today. It was obviously a duck with a dark body, white head and red bill. I'd never...
Hello: I attended some annual crane meetings in Lafayette, Louisiana, from January 28 through February 4, 2007. Lafayette is located about 100 miles NW of New...
I've recently been going through some early accounts of ornithology in Alberta. While reading about the ptarmigans collected during the land and sea...
Jason, There is a much more southern record for the Rock Ptarmigan in BC. Following is a clip from the Vancouver Bird Alert this summer. Sightings for...
Del Huget reports that on the Cold Lake outing Saturday 5 Feb they located a Hawk Owl near the jct of Twp Rd 634/RR 434. A Northern Goshawk had also been...
Albertabird Membership The following request for assistance was received this week. If you would like to assist Jory in his identification please contact him....
Around noon today, I went for a cross-country ski in Riverlot 56 in St. Albert and within minutes heard the excited chatter of chickadees which often means OWL...
For those of you interested in the true meaning of pirch, it is a small branch often used by birds found on birch trees. A perch on the other hand is a fish. ...
I've posted a photo of a House Finch from today in Fish Creek where there was a flock of them in some willows. Someone had left some seeds nearby. Mike...
I do not know what dictionary you are using but perch is either a fish or a thing something like a bird sits on PIRCH stands for Polargeek's Internet Relay...
