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- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * Jun 30, 2003 * ABCA0306.30 - Birds mentioned Krider's subspecies Red-tailed Hawk Yellowlegs sp. Evening Grosbeak Brewer's Sparrow Lark Sparrow Sage Sparrow Lark Bunting Baird's Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow Golden-crowned Sparrow - Transcript Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society's Bird Alert Number: (403) 221-4519 To Report: (403) 221-4519 Coverage: Southern Alberta Compiler: Terry Korolyk (CFNS & IBS) Transcriber: Chris Havard (ckhavard@shaw.ca) Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded on Monday, June 30 at 9:30am. To report a bird sighting, leave a message after the recording or to bypass the recorded message, press the pound key on your touch tone phone. To speak to a naturalist, please phone 221-4500 during office hours. A GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW was both seen and heard at Griffith Woods on Saturday morning, June 28. The observation was made by Robert Heidemann. Robert found the bird approximately 200 metres along the first gravel trail leading westward from the asphalt parking lot. For more details on the bird, call Robert Heidemann at 286-2380. To reach Griffith Woods, go west on Hwy 8 to 69 St. SW, turn left, go through the traffic circle, then turn left. As many as 2 SAGE SPARROWS were reported near Medicine Hat on either Wednesday, June 18 or Thursday, June 19. The birds were seen by both Ben Velner and Bob Parsons. Other birders have attempted to find the birds but have thus far failed. To reach the location where the birds were seen, go west on Hwy 41A from the Hwys 41 and 41A junction east of Medicine Hat. Turn right onto the first range road west of the junction and drive a short distance on it to where the road becomes somewhat of a dirt track. Go north on the dirt track to approximately a point where there is a small grove of trees on the right. This is the area where the birds were seen with other sparrows reported in the area including BAIRD'S, GRASSHOPPER, and BREWER'S. On Saturday, June 21 Mike Mulligan saw a male LARK BUNTING not far from this site. A KRIDER'S subspecies RED-TAILED HAWK was seen on Sheriff King Street south of Hwy 22X south of Calgary on Sunday, June 29. The bird was seen by Terry Korolyk. Mary Huston saw 2 unidentified YELLOWLEGS at the Swalwell Dam on June 29 and also the same day saw 2 LARK BUNTINGS on Range Road 231 near Carbon, while Dwight Knapik, on June 26, reported 2 EVENING GROSBEAKS near the start of the Foreign Grade Trail in Kananaskis Country. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Thursday, July 3. CFNS MEETINGS AND FIELD TRIPS: BIRDING FIELD TRIPS: Tue Jul 1, 6:30 am: Elbow River Monthly Birding Survey. Stanley Park, 42 Av SW, W of Macleod Tr. 3.5 hr walk to Glenmore Reservoir return by car. Call Aileen Pelzer/Gus Yaki, 243-2248, to ensure vehicles for return. Wed Jul 2, 6:30 pm: Two field trips. Weaselhead, 37 St & 66 Av SW, leader, Bruce Barnetson, 246-1329 or Bebo Grove, FCPP, S end of 24 St SW, leader, Jeff Bank, 271-1848. Sat July 5, 7:30 am: Bragg Creek Natural Area for birds, plants. Rugged terrain requires rubber boots. Limit of 10 participants. Call Chris Havard, 242-0664. Sat Jul 5, 9 am: Rare Wildflowers, Lawrey Gardens, Edworthy Park with Red Deer River Naturalists. Meet W end of 10 Av SW, W of Crowchild Tr. Gus Yaki, 243-2248. Sun Jul 6, 7 am-3 pm: Ptarmigan Cirque, Highwood Pass, Kananaskis, sub alpine birds and flowers, 6 km walk, 450 m elevation gain. Meet Mecca Café, SW of Hwy 1 at Stoney Tr. Ted Bodner, 247-9696. Tue Jul 8, 6:30 pm: Bird Bowness Park. Meet, 1st parking lot. John Cartwright, 265-2980. Wed Jul 9, 7 pm: Botany of Erlton/Roxboro Natural Area. Meet at 4 St SW & Rideau, S of Elbow River. Aileen Pelzer/Gus Yaki, 243-2248. Sat Jul 12, 8 am: Willow Creek Provincial Park & Pine Coulee Reservoir, all-day. Meet Anderson LRT station S of pedestrian bridge. Don Stiles, 271-4689. Sun Jul 13, 8:30 am: All you ever wanted to know about birds or plants but were afraid to ask. Meet Weaselhead parking lot, 37 St & 66 Av SW. Gus Yaki, 243-2248. Tue Jul 15, 6:40 am: Monthly Birding Survey, Carburn Park. S from Glenmore Tr at 18 St SE to second stoplight, then right & follow signs. Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Tue July 15, 6:30 pm: Birding Lawrey Gardens, W end Edworthy Park. Meet W end of 10 Av SW, W of Crowchild Tr. Paula/Jack Sisko, 286-7103. Sat Jul 19, 8 am: Explore Life in Beaverdam Flats Park, N of Glenmore Tr on 18 St SE. Victor Basok, 235-2050. Tue Jul 22, 7 pm: Peregrine Falcon Fledglings at U of C. Meet in parking lot L1 by Craigie Hall, S side U of C, off University Dr NW. Elli Jilek, bus: 220-5959; res:282-1722. Sat Jul 26, 7 am: Bird Weaselhead for young of the year. Meet 37 St & 66 Av SW. Gary/Nellie Simpson, 249-7003. Tue Jul 29, 6:30 pm: Western Kingbirds. Meet parking lot at far S end of Bow Bottom Tr, S of Hwy 22X bridge. Nimali Seneviratne, 271-5146. Fri Aug 1, 7 am: Elbow River Monthly Birding Survey, see Jul 1.Tue Aug 5, 6:30 pm: Bird SE Sloughs. Meet Southland Park (E end Southland Dr). Bill Walker, 278-7271. Sun Aug 10, 7:15 am: Bird Frank Lake all-day. Meet Anderson LRT station S of pedestrian bridge. Ian Halladay, 282-1420. Tue Aug 12, 6:30 pm: Early Autumn Warblers. Meet Hull's Wood parking lot, FCPP off Bow Bottom Tr. Dick/Lenora Flynn, 271-1269. Fri Aug 15, 7 am: Monthly Birding Survey, Carburn Park. see Jul 15. Sat Aug 16, 9 am: Autumn Birding Carburn Park, see Jul 15.Tue Aug 19, 6:30 pm: Bird Votier's Flats, FCPP, S end of Elbow Dr. Leader, Mary Huston, 238-3019. Sat Aug 23, 8 am: Bird South Carburn Park. Meet Southland Park, E end of Southland Dr. Leader, Jim St. Laurent, 246-6314. (Rain date, Sep 6). Tue Aug 26, 6:30 pm. Fall Migrants, Inglewood, see Jun 17. Jan Roseneder, 286-5920. Sat Aug 30, 9 am: What's alive in Bowness Park? See Jul 8. Gus Yaki, 243-2248. Inglewood Bird Sanctuary is a City of Calgary natural area. Staff offer information, courses and field trips relating to natural history. For information call (403) 221-4500. Calgary Field Naturalists' Society promotes the observation, study and conservation of the native habitat through lectures, field trips and collection of scientific data. CFNS publishes a monthly newsletter and a quarterly journal, PICA. For membership or event information, call (403) 285-8553, email cfns@cfns.fanweb.ca or visit the website at www.cfns.fanweb.ca. A Birdfinding Guide to the Calgary Region, ed. Joan F. McDonald(CFNS, 1993) is out of print. Copies are no longer available from CFNS. - End transcriptCalgary Field Naturalists' Society
PO Box 981, Station M
Calgary, AB
T2P 2K4
- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * Jun 26, 2003 * ABCA0306.26 - Birds mentioned Lesser Yellowlegs Greater Yellowlegs Brewer's Blackbird Lazuli Bunting - Transcript Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society's Bird Alert Number: (403) 221-4519 To Report: (403) 221-4519 Coverage: Southern Alberta Compiler: Terry Korolyk (CFNS & IBS) Transcriber: Chris Havard (ckhavard@shaw.ca) Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded on Thursday, June 26 at 11:50am. To report a bird sighting, leave a message after the recording or to bypass the recorded message, press the pound key on your touch tone phone. To speak to a naturalist, please phone 221-4500 during office hours. A male LAZULI BUNTING was seen in northwest Calgary on Monday, June 23. The bird was seen by Ted Bodner at approximately 7pm in the northwest corner of the cul-de-sac on Calling Horse Estates Road. LAZULI BUNTING are more frequently being reported in the Calgary birding area every passing year. For details or information on this bird, call Ted Bodner in Calgary at 247-9696. An albino BREWER'S BLACKBIRD has been reported near Linden. The report was made by Terry Miller on Wednesday, June 25. For details on the bird, Terry can be reached at 546-2165. Shorebirds from the north are starting to show up in the Calgary birding area now. Both GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS were seen by Terry Korolyk east of Calgary on Friday, June 20. Terry saw a lone GREATER YELLOWLEGS and a total of 3 LESSER YELLOWLEGS at sloughs north of Strathmore that day and he also observed a lone LESSER YELLOWLEGS at a slough on Township Road 252 west of Hwy 9 near Dalroy. Observers are reminded to please be as specific as possible in giving directions to their sightings. Please supply route name or number where applicable, distance from prominent landmarks, etcetera. We must have your address and telephone number and , of course, your name which should be spelled for the purposes of accurate record keeping. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Monday, June 30. CFNS MEETINGS AND FIELD TRIPS: BIRDING FIELD TRIPS: Sat Jun 28, 8 am: Birding De Winton Marshes. Meet NW corner of Shawnessy Co-op parking lot (Shawville Blvd SE). Romana Windsteig, 254-9657. Sun Jun 29, 7 am: Birding Sheep River Valley, Lazuli Buntings, etc all day. Meet Anderson LRT station S of pedestrian bridge. Mike Harrison, 236-4700. Tue Jul 1, 6:30 am: Elbow River Monthly Birding Survey. Stanley Park, 42 Av SW, W of Macleod Tr. 3.5 hr walk to Glenmore Reservoir return by car. Call Aileen Pelzer/Gus Yaki, 243-2248, to ensure vehicles for return. Wed Jul 2, 6:30 pm: Two field trips. Weaselhead, 37 St & 66 Av SW, leader, Bruce Barnetson, 246-1329 or Bebo Grove, FCPP, S end of 24 St SW, leader, Jeff Bank, 271-1848. Sat July 5, 7:30 am: Bragg Creek Natural Area for birds, plants. Rugged terrain requires rubber boots. Limit of 10 participants. Call Chris Havard, 242-0664. Sat Jul 5, 9 am: Rare Wildflowers, Lawrey Gardens, Edworthy Park with Red Deer River Naturalists. Meet W end of 10 Av SW, W of Crowchild Tr. Gus Yaki, 243-2248. Sun Jul 6, 7 am-3 pm: Ptarmigan Cirque, Highwood Pass, Kananaskis, sub alpine birds and flowers, 6 km walk, 450 m elevation gain. Meet Mecca Café, SW of Hwy 1 at Stoney Tr. Ted Bodner, 247-9696. Tue Jul 8, 6:30 pm: Bird Bowness Park. Meet, 1st parking lot. John Cartwright, 265-2980. Wed Jul 9, 7 pm: Botany of Erlton/Roxboro Natural Area. Meet at 4 St SW & Rideau, S of Elbow River. Aileen Pelzer/Gus Yaki, 243-2248. Sat Jul 12, 8 am: Willow Creek Provincial Park & Pine Coulee Reservoir, all-day. Meet Anderson LRT station S of pedestrian bridge. Don Stiles, 271-4689. Sun Jul 13, 8:30 am: All you ever wanted to know about birds or plants but were afraid to ask. Meet Weaselhead parking lot, 37 St & 66 Av SW. Gus Yaki, 243-2248. Tue Jul 15, 6:40 am: Monthly Birding Survey, Carburn Park. S from Glenmore Tr at 18 St SE to second stoplight, then right & follow signs. Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Tue July 15, 6:30 pm: Birding Lawrey Gardens, W end Edworthy Park. Meet W end of 10 Av SW, W of Crowchild Tr. Paula/Jack Sisko, 286-7103. Sat Jul 19, 8 am: Explore Life in Beaverdam Flats Park, N of Glenmore Tr on 18 St SE. Victor Basok, 235-2050. Tue Jul 22, 7 pm: Peregrine Falcon Fledglings at U of C. Meet in parking lot L1 by Craigie Hall, S side U of C, off University Dr NW. Elli Jilek, bus: 220-5959; res:282-1722. Sat Jul 26, 7 am: Bird Weaselhead for young of the year. Meet 37 St & 66 Av SW. Gary/Nellie Simpson, 249-7003. Tue Jul 29, 6:30 pm: Western Kingbirds. Meet parking lot at far S end of Bow Bottom Tr, S of Hwy 22X bridge. Nimali Seneviratne, 271-5146. Fri Aug 1, 7 am: Elbow River Monthly Birding Survey, see Jul 1.Tue Aug 5, 6:30 pm: Bird SE Sloughs. Meet Southland Park (E end Southland Dr). Bill Walker, 278-7271. Sun Aug 10, 7:15 am: Bird Frank Lake all-day. Meet Anderson LRT station S of pedestrian bridge. Ian Halladay, 282-1420. Tue Aug 12, 6:30 pm: Early Autumn Warblers. Meet Hull's Wood parking lot, FCPP off Bow Bottom Tr. Dick/Lenora Flynn, 271-1269. Fri Aug 15, 7 am: Monthly Birding Survey, Carburn Park. see Jul 15. Sat Aug 16, 9 am: Autumn Birding Carburn Park, see Jul 15.Tue Aug 19, 6:30 pm: Bird Votier's Flats, FCPP, S end of Elbow Dr. Leader, Mary Huston, 238-3019. Sat Aug 23, 8 am: Bird South Carburn Park. Meet Southland Park, E end of Southland Dr. Leader, Jim St. Laurent, 246-6314. (Rain date, Sep 6). Tue Aug 26, 6:30 pm. Fall Migrants, Inglewood, see Jun 17. Jan Roseneder, 286-5920. Sat Aug 30, 9 am: What's alive in Bowness Park? See Jul 8. Gus Yaki, 243-2248. Inglewood Bird Sanctuary is a City of Calgary natural area. Staff offer information, courses and field trips relating to natural history. For information call (403) 221-4500. Calgary Field Naturalists' Society promotes the observation, study and conservation of the native habitat through lectures, field trips and collection of scientific data. CFNS publishes a monthly newsletter and a quarterly journal, PICA. For membership or event information, call (403) 285-8553, email cfns@cfns.fanweb.ca or visit the website at www.cfns.fanweb.ca. A Birdfinding Guide to the Calgary Region, ed. Joan F. McDonald(CFNS, 1993) is out of print. Copies are no longer available from CFNS. - End transcriptCalgary Field Naturalists' Society
PO Box 981, Station M
Calgary, AB
T2P 2K4
- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * Jun 23, 2003 * ABCA0306.23 - Birds mentioned Cinnamon-Blue-winged Teal hybrid Black-necked Stilt Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Bonaparte's Gull Violet-green Swallow Sage Thrasher Sage Sparrow - Transcript Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society's Bird Alert Number: (403) 221-4519 To Report: (403) 221-4519 Coverage: Southern Alberta Compiler: Terry Korolyk (CFNS & IBS) Transcriber: Chris Havard (ckhavard@shaw.ca) Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded on Monday, June 23 at 2:25pm. To report a bird sighting, leave a message after the recording or to bypass the recorded message, press the pound key on your touch tone phone. To speak to a naturalist, please phone 221-4500 during office hours. The first southward-bound shorebirds have been seen this season in the Calgary birding area. One GREATER YELLOWLEGS and a total of 4 LESSER YELLOWLEGS were seen east of the city on Friday, June 20. The birds were seen by Terry Korolyk . The lone GREATER YELLOWLEGS was with one LESSER YELLOWLEGS approximately 1 km. west of Hwy 817 5.2 kms. north of the Golf Course road at the north end of Strathmore, while a pair of LESSER YELLOWLEGS were just east of Hwy 817 5.2 kms. north of the Golf Course road. One LESSER YELLOWLEGS was .8kms west of Range Road 273 on Township Road 252 west of Dalroy. A hybrid male CINNAMON-BLUE-WINGED TEAL was seen north of Strathmore on Friday, June 20. The bird was seen by Terry Korolyk. This was a bird different from the individual seen by Terry west of Dalroy on June 13. Other birds seen by Terry on June 20 included 2 pair of BLACK-NECKED STILTS each with young at the Cattleland Feedlots Slough in the northeast corner of the Hwy 817-564 junction north of Strathmore, and a lone BLACK-NECKED STILT .81 km west of Range Road 273 on Township Road 252. Terry observed 10 BONAPARTE'S GULLS on the slough west of Railway Slough in the Irricana Sloughs on June 20 - those birds are probably oversummering. On Sunday, June 22, Terry Korolyk observed a VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW feeding over the Elbow River off Hwy 66 west of Bragg Creek. The bird was seen off the viewpoint .4kms west of the Beaver Flat Campground Road junction. Please exercise good birding ethics there as the bird may be breeding. A SAGE SPARROW has been reported twice since the end of May near Medicine Hat and a SAGE THRASHER has been seen by at least two observers recently southeast of Manyberries. Observers interested in details on these birds can call Terry Korolyk in Calgary at 254-1878. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Thursday, June 26. CFNS MEETINGS AND FIELD TRIPS: BIRDING FIELD TRIPS: Wed Jun 25, 8 am: Bird and Botanize Rotary Park. Hwy 22X, turn N on McKenzie Lake Blvd, E of Bow River. Follow road to McKenzie Meadow Golf Course, under 22X to parking lot. Romana Windsteig, 254-9657. Sat Jun 28, 8 am: Birding De Winton Marshes. Meet NW corner of Shawnessy Co-op parking lot (Shawville Blvd SE). Romana Windsteig, 254-9657. Sun Jun 29, 7 am: Birding Sheep River Valley, Lazuli Buntings, etc all day. Meet Anderson LRT station S of pedestrian bridge. Mike Harrison, 236-4700. Tue Jul 1, 6:30 am: Elbow River Monthly Birding Survey. Stanley Park, 42 Av SW, W of Macleod Tr. 3.5 hr walk to Glenmore Reservoir return by car. Call Aileen Pelzer/Gus Yaki, 243-2248, to ensure vehicles for return. Wed Jul 2, 6:30 pm: Two field trips. Weaselhead, 37 St & 66 Av SW, leader, Bruce Barnetson, 246-1329 or Bebo Grove, FCPP, S end of 24 St SW, leader, Jeff Bank, 271-1848. Sat July 5, 7:30 am: Bragg Creek Natural Area for birds, plants. Rugged terrain requires rubber boots. Limit of 10 participants. Call Chris Havard, 242-0664. Sat Jul 5, 9 am: Rare Wildflowers, Lawrey Gardens, Edworthy Park with Red Deer River Naturalists. Meet W end of 10 Av SW, W of Crowchild Tr. Gus Yaki, 243-2248. Sun Jul 6, 7 am-3 pm: Ptarmigan Cirque, Highwood Pass, Kananaskis, sub alpine birds and flowers, 6 km walk, 450 m elevation gain. Meet Mecca Café, SW of Hwy 1 at Stoney Tr. Ted Bodner, 247-9696. Tue Jul 8, 6:30 pm: Bird Bowness Park. Meet, 1st parking lot. John Cartwright, 265-2980. Wed Jul 9, 7 pm: Botany of Erlton/Roxboro Natural Area. Meet at 4 St SW & Rideau, S of Elbow River. Aileen Pelzer/Gus Yaki, 243-2248. Sat Jul 12, 8 am: Willow Creek Provincial Park & Pine Coulee Reservoir, all-day. Meet Anderson LRT station S of pedestrian bridge. Don Stiles, 271-4689. Sun Jul 13, 8:30 am: All you ever wanted to know about birds or plants but were afraid to ask. Meet Weaselhead parking lot, 37 St & 66 Av SW. Gus Yaki, 243-2248. Tue Jul 15, 6:40 am: Monthly Birding Survey, Carburn Park. S from Glenmore Tr at 18 St SE to second stoplight, then right & follow signs. Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Tue July 15, 6:30 pm: Birding Lawrey Gardens, W end Edworthy Park. Meet W end of 10 Av SW, W of Crowchild Tr. Paula/Jack Sisko, 286-7103. Sat Jul 19, 8 am: Explore Life in Beaverdam Flats Park, N of Glenmore Tr on 18 St SE. Victor Basok, 235-2050. Tue Jul 22, 7 pm: Peregrine Falcon Fledglings at U of C. Meet in parking lot L1 by Craigie Hall, S side U of C, off University Dr NW. Elli Jilek, bus: 220-5959; res:282-1722. Sat Jul 26, 7 am: Bird Weaselhead for young of the year. Meet 37 St & 66 Av SW. Gary/Nellie Simpson, 249-7003. Tue Jul 29, 6:30 pm: Western Kingbirds. Meet parking lot at far S end of Bow Bottom Tr, S of Hwy 22X bridge. Nimali Seneviratne, 271-5146. Fri Aug 1, 7 am: Elbow River Monthly Birding Survey, see Jul 1.Tue Aug 5, 6:30 pm: Bird SE Sloughs. Meet Southland Park (E end Southland Dr). Bill Walker, 278-7271. Sun Aug 10, 7:15 am: Bird Frank Lake all-day. Meet Anderson LRT station S of pedestrian bridge. Ian Halladay, 282-1420. Tue Aug 12, 6:30 pm: Early Autumn Warblers. Meet Hull's Wood parking lot, FCPP off Bow Bottom Tr. Dick/Lenora Flynn, 271-1269. Fri Aug 15, 7 am: Monthly Birding Survey, Carburn Park. see Jul 15. Sat Aug 16, 9 am: Autumn Birding Carburn Park, see Jul 15.Tue Aug 19, 6:30 pm: Bird Votier's Flats, FCPP, S end of Elbow Dr. Leader, Mary Huston, 238-3019. Sat Aug 23, 8 am: Bird South Carburn Park. Meet Southland Park, E end of Southland Dr. Leader, Jim St. Laurent, 246-6314. (Rain date, Sep 6). Tue Aug 26, 6:30 pm. Fall Migrants, Inglewood, see Jun 17. Jan Roseneder, 286-5920. Sat Aug 30, 9 am: What's alive in Bowness Park? See Jul 8. Gus Yaki, 243-2248. Inglewood Bird Sanctuary is a City of Calgary natural area. Staff offer information, courses and field trips relating to natural history. For information call (403) 221-4500. Calgary Field Naturalists' Society promotes the observation, study and conservation of the native habitat through lectures, field trips and collection of scientific data. CFNS publishes a monthly newsletter and a quarterly journal, PICA. For membership or event information, call (403) 285-8553, email cfns@cfns.fanweb.ca or visit the website at www.cfns.fanweb.ca. A Birdfinding Guide to the Calgary Region, ed. Joan F. McDonald(CFNS, 1993) is out of print. Copies are no longer available from CFNS. - End transcriptCalgary Field Naturalists' Society
PO Box 981, Station M
Calgary, AB
T2P 2K4
- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * Jun 19, 2003 * ABCA0306.19 - Birds mentioned Great Egret House Finches Chukar - Transcript Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society's Bird Alert Number: (403) 221-4519 To Report: (403) 221-4519 Coverage: Southern Alberta Compiler: Terry Korolyk (CFNS & IBS) Transcriber: Chris Havard (ckhavard@shaw.ca) Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded on Thursday, June 19 at 12:25pm. To report a bird sighting, leave a message after the recording or to bypass the recorded message, press the pound key on your touch tone phone. To speak to a naturalist, please phone 221-4500 during office hours. A GREAT EGRET has now been seen by a few people at Lake Bonavista in the city of Calgary. The bird was first seen by Dave Reid? at the lake on Sunday, June 8 and then was seen everyday there by Hurt Milc? up until Sunday, June 15. Sheila Rayer? saw the bird there on the evening of Sunday, June 15, then watched the bird there for 1.5 hours early on Monday, June 16, then watched it again later in the afternoon and evening. Those are the only reports to this point of the bird. There are viewpoints of the lake at the Shopping Centre in the northeast corner of the lot and in the northwest corner of the lake 2 km. west of the Shopping Centre on Lake Bonavista Drive. The bird has been described as "active" but seems to have been most prominent between the island and the west shoreline. HOUSE FINCHES continue to spread within the City of Calgary. Karen Perlette in Lake Sundance has reported she had a pair of HOUSE FINCHES around her home for approximately 10 days now. HOUSE FINCHES were reported in Midnapore last year and have gradually spread to other parts of Calgary from their original locations in Varsity, North Haven and Marlborough when they were first reported in the city a few years ago. There have been many reports of CHUKAR PARTRIDGE in the area in recent weeks. These reports are probably those of birds that have escaped from private collections as the bird never really got established as an introduced species. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Monday, June 23. Thank you for calling the City of Calgary and the CFNS Bird ALert. Leave your bird sightings after the beep or call 221-4500 if you have any enquiries about our local wildlife, or if you wish to report an injured bird or animal. CFNS MEETINGS AND FIELD TRIPS: BIRDING FIELD TRIPS: Wed Jun 25, 8 am: Bird and Botanize Rotary Park. Hwy 22X, turn N on McKenzie Lake Blvd, E of Bow River. Follow road to McKenzie Meadow Golf Course, under 22X to parking lot. Romana Windsteig, 254-9657. Sat Jun 28, 8 am: Birding De Winton Marshes. Meet NW corner of Shawnessy Co-op parking lot (Shawville Blvd SE). Romana Windsteig, 254-9657. Sun Jun 29, 7 am: Birding Sheep River Valley, Lazuli Buntings, etc all day. Meet Anderson LRT station S of pedestrian bridge. Mike Harrison, 236-4700. Tue Jul 1, 6:30 am: Elbow River Monthly Birding Survey. Stanley Park, 42 Av SW, W of Macleod Tr. 3.5 hr walk to Glenmore Reservoir return by car. Call Aileen Pelzer/Gus Yaki, 243-2248, to ensure vehicles for return. Wed Jul 2, 6:30 pm: Two field trips. Weaselhead, 37 St & 66 Av SW, leader, Bruce Barnetson, 246-1329 or Bebo Grove, FCPP, S end of 24 St SW, leader, Jeff Bank, 271-1848. Sat July 5, 7:30 am: Bragg Creek Natural Area for birds, plants. Rugged terrain requires rubber boots. Limit of 10 participants. Call Chris Havard, 242-0664. Sat Jul 5, 9 am: Rare Wildflowers, Lawrey Gardens, Edworthy Park with Red Deer River Naturalists. Meet W end of 10 Av SW, W of Crowchild Tr. Gus Yaki, 243-2248. Sun Jul 6, 7 am-3 pm: Ptarmigan Cirque, Highwood Pass, Kananaskis, sub alpine birds and flowers, 6 km walk, 450 m elevation gain. Meet Mecca Café, SW of Hwy 1 at Stoney Tr. Ted Bodner, 247-9696. Tue Jul 8, 6:30 pm: Bird Bowness Park. Meet, 1st parking lot. John Cartwright, 265-2980. Wed Jul 9, 7 pm: Botany of Erlton/Roxboro Natural Area. Meet at 4 St SW & Rideau, S of Elbow River. Aileen Pelzer/Gus Yaki, 243-2248. Sat Jul 12, 8 am: Willow Creek Provincial Park & Pine Coulee Reservoir, all-day. Meet Anderson LRT station S of pedestrian bridge. Don Stiles, 271-4689. Sun Jul 13, 8:30 am: All you ever wanted to know about birds or plants but were afraid to ask. Meet Weaselhead parking lot, 37 St & 66 Av SW. Gus Yaki, 243-2248. Tue Jul 15, 6:40 am: Monthly Birding Survey, Carburn Park. S from Glenmore Tr at 18 St SE to second stoplight, then right & follow signs. Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Tue July 15, 6:30 pm: Birding Lawrey Gardens, W end Edworthy Park. Meet W end of 10 Av SW, W of Crowchild Tr. Paula/Jack Sisko, 286-7103. Sat Jul 19, 8 am: Explore Life in Beaverdam Flats Park, N of Glenmore Tr on 18 St SE. Victor Basok, 235-2050. Tue Jul 22, 7 pm: Peregrine Falcon Fledglings at U of C. Meet in parking lot L1 by Craigie Hall, S side U of C, off University Dr NW. Elli Jilek, bus: 220-5959; res:282-1722. Sat Jul 26, 7 am: Bird Weaselhead for young of the year. Meet 37 St & 66 Av SW. Gary/Nellie Simpson, 249-7003. Tue Jul 29, 6:30 pm: Western Kingbirds. Meet parking lot at far S end of Bow Bottom Tr, S of Hwy 22X bridge. Nimali Seneviratne, 271-5146. Fri Aug 1, 7 am: Elbow River Monthly Birding Survey, see Jul 1. Tue Aug 5, 6:30 pm: Bird SE Sloughs. Meet Southland Park (E end Southland Dr). Bill Walker, 278-7271. Sun Aug 10, 7:15 am: Bird Frank Lake all-day. Meet Anderson LRT station S of pedestrian bridge. Ian Halladay, 282-1420. Tue Aug 12, 6:30 pm: Early Autumn Warblers. Meet Hull's Wood parking lot, FCPP off Bow Bottom Tr. Dick/Lenora Flynn, 271-1269. Fri Aug 15, 7 am: Monthly Birding Survey, Carburn Park. see Jul 15. Sat Aug 16, 9 am: Autumn Birding Carburn Park, see Jul 15. Tue Aug 19, 6:30 pm: Bird Votier's Flats, FCPP, S end of Elbow Dr. Leader, Mary Huston, 238-3019. Sat Aug 23, 8 am: Bird South Carburn Park. Meet Southland Park, E end of Southland Dr. Leader, Jim St. Laurent, 246-6314. (Rain date, Sep 6). Tue Aug 26, 6:30 pm. Fall Migrants, Inglewood, see Jun 17. Jan Roseneder, 286-5920. Sat Aug 30, 9 am: What's alive in Bowness Park? See Jul 8. Gus Yaki, 243-2248. Inglewood Bird Sanctuary is a City of Calgary natural area. Staff offer information, courses and field trips relating to natural history. For information call (403) 221-4500. Calgary Field Naturalists' Society promotes the observation, study and conservation of the native habitat through lectures, field trips and collection of scientific data. CFNS publishes a monthly newsletter and a quarterly journal, PICA. For membership or event information, call (403) 285-8553, email cfns@cfns.fanweb.ca or visit the website at www.cfns.fanweb.ca. A Birdfinding Guide to the Calgary Region, ed. Joan F. McDonald(CFNS, 1993) is out of print. Copies are no longer available from CFNS. - End transcriptCalgary Field Naturalists' Society
PO Box 981, Station M
Calgary, AB
T2P 2K4
- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * Jun 16, 2003 * ABCA0306.16 - Birds mentioned Great Egret Cinnamon-Blue-winged Teal hybrid Black-necked Stilt Bonaparte's Gull Indigo Bunting Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow - Transcript Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society's Bird Alert Number: (403) 221-4519 To Report: (403) 221-4519 Coverage: Southern Alberta Compiler: Terry Korolyk (CFNS & IBS) Transcriber: Chris Havard (ckhavard@shaw.ca) Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded on Monday, June 16 at 11:20am. To report a bird sighting, leave a message after the recording or to bypass the recorded message, press the pound key on your touch tone phone. To speak to a naturalist, please phone 221-4500 during office hours. A GREAT EGRET has been reported at Lake Bonavista in the city of Calgary. The bird was apparently first seen probably on Sunday, June 8 by Dave Reid and has been seen at the lake daily since then by Stuart Mile. Stuart's most recent sighting of the bird was 7:30pm Sunday, June 15. There are two observation areas for the lake. One of them is at the shopping centre at Lake Bonavista Drive and Acadia Drive and the other is on Lake Bonavista Drive approximately 1/2 km west of the shopping centre. A male INDIGO BUNTING was both seen and heard along Hwy 68 west of Calgary on Saturday, June 14. The bird was located by Bill Wilson and Horst Grothman. Bill and Horst first found the bird approximately 5 1/2 kms south of Hwy 1. It was near an oil well on the west side of the highway and then flew over to the east side of the highway. A hybrid male CINNAMON-BLUE-WINGED TEAL was seen at a slough east of Calgary on Friday, June 13. The bird was found by Terry Korolyk on a slough on Township Road 252 less than a kilometre west of the Range Road 273 junction west of Hwy 9. The bird was in the company of several male BLUE-WINGED TEAL. Also at the slough was one BLACK-NECKED STILT. Dwight Knapik reported a total of 4 NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS at the Calgary Zoo's private breeding ranch off Dunbow Road south of Calgary on Saturday, June 14 while another sighting of interest was a single BONAPARTE'S GULL seen by Terry Korolyk at the slough west of Railway Slough in the Irricana Sloughs on Friday, June 13. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Thursday, June 19. CFNS MEETINGS AND FIELD TRIPS: BIRDING FIELD TRIPS: Tue Jun 17, 9:30 am: Edworthy Wildflowers. Meet at Boothman Bridge, Shaganappi Tr & Bowness Rd. Linda Cole, 277-6686. Tue Jun 17, 6:30 pm: Inglewood, E end of 9 Av SE. Penny Smith, 283-9260. Wed Jun 18, 9 am: Mountain Bluebird and Tree Swallows eggs and young. Half day. Meet Anderson LRT station S of pedestrian bridge. Don Stiles, 271-4689. Sat Jun 21, 9 am: Geologic Processes for Beginners, Edworthy Park. Early Tertiary sedimentary rocks, glacial deposits and erosion, Wildwood slide and springs. Meet at S parking lot upper level, from Spruce Dr SW. Terry Poulton, 274-7393. Sun Jun 22, 9:30 am-2 pm: Cross Conservation Area wildlife and wildflowers. Meet Anderson LRT station S of pedestrian bridge. Dick Choy 252-2131. Tue Jun 24, 6:30 pm: Birding Confluence Park for Black-crowned Night-Herons. Meet parking lot at Beddington Tr and Beddington Blvd NE. M. Coughlin, 275-9651. Sat Jun 28, 8 am: Birding De Winton Marshes. Meet NW corner of Shawnessy Co-op parking lot (Shawville Blvd SE). Romana Windsteig, 254-9657. Sun Jun 29, 7 am: Birding Sheep River Valley, Lazuli Buntings, etc all day. Meet Anderson LRT station S of pedestrian bridge. Mike Harrison, 236-4700. Tue Jul 1, 6:30 am: Elbow River Monthly Birding Survey. Stanley Park, 42 Av SW, W of Macleod Tr. 3.5 hr walk to Glenmore Reservoir return by car. Call Aileen Pelzer/Gus Yaki, 243-2248, to ensure vehicles for return. Wed Jul 2, 6:30 pm: Two field trips. See Bird Study Group page 1.Sat July 5, 7:30 am: Bragg Creek Natural Area for birds, plants. Rugged terrain requires rubber boots. Limit of 10 participants. Call Chris Havard, 242-0664. Sat Jul 5, 9 am: Rare Wildflowers, Lawrey Gardens, Edworthy Park with Red Deer River Naturalists. Meet W end of 10 Av SW, W of Crowchild Tr. Gus Yaki, 243-2248. Sun Jul 6, 7 am-3 pm: Ptarmigan Cirque, Highwood Pass, Kananaskis, sub alpine birds and flowers, 6 km walk, 450 m elevation gain. Meet Mecca Café, SW of Hwy 1 at Stoney Tr. Ted Bodner, 247-9696. Tue Jul 8, 6:30 pm: Bird Bowness Park. Meet, 1st parking lot. John Cartwright, 265-2980. Wed Jul 9, 7 pm: Botany of Erlton/Roxboro Natural Area. Meet at 4 St SW & Rideau, S of Elbow River. Aileen Pelzer/Gus Yaki, 243-2248. Sat Jul 12, 8 am: Willow Creek Provincial Park & Pine Coulee Reservoir, all-day. Meet Anderson LRT station S of pedestrian bridge. Don Stiles, 271-4689. Sun Jul 13, 8:30 am: All you ever wanted to know about birds or plants but were afraid to ask. Meet Weaselhead parking lot, 37 St & 66 Av SW. Gus Yaki, 243-2248. Tue Jul 15, 6:40 am: Monthly Birding Survey, Carburn Park. S from Glenmore Tr at 18 St SE to second stoplight, then right & follow signs. Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Tue July 15, 6:30 pm: Birding Lawrey Gardens, W end Edworthy Park. Meet W end of 10 Av SW, W of Crowchild Tr. Paula/Jack Sisko, 286-7103. Sat Jul 19, 8 am: Explore Life in Beaverdam Flats Park, N of Glenmore Tr on 18 St SE. Victor Basok, 235-2050. Tue Jul 22, 7 pm: Peregrine Falcon Fledglings at U of C. Meet in parking lot L1 by Craigie Hall, S side U of C, off University Dr NW. Elli Jilek, bus: 220-5959; res:282-1722. Sat Jul 26, 7 am: Bird Weaselhead for young of the year. Meet 37 St & 66 Av SW. Gary/Nellie Simpson, 249-7003. Tue Jul 29, 6:30 pm: Western Kingbirds. Meet parking lot at far S end of Bow Bottom Tr, S of Hwy 22X bridge. Nimali Seneviratne, 271-5146. Fri Aug 1, 7 am: Elbow River Monthly Birding Survey, see Jul 1.Tue Aug 5, 6:30 pm: Bird SE Sloughs. Meet Southland Park (E end Southland Dr). Bill Walker, 278-7271. Sun Aug 10, 7:15 am: Bird Frank Lake all-day. Meet Anderson LRT station S of pedestrian bridge. Ian Halladay, 282-1420. Tue Aug 12, 6:30 pm: Early Autumn Warblers. Meet Hull's Wood parking lot, FCPP off Bow Bottom Tr. Dick/Lenora Flynn, 271-1269. Fri Aug 15, 7 am: Monthly Birding Survey, Carburn Park. see Jul 15. Sat Aug 16, 9 am: Autumn Birding Carburn Park, see Jul 15. Tue Aug 19, 6:30 pm: Bird Votier's Flats, FCPP, S end of Elbow Dr. Leader, Mary Huston, 238-3019. Sat Aug 23, 8 am: Bird South Carburn Park. Meet Southland Park, E end of Southland Dr. Leader, Jim St. Laurent, 246-6314. (Rain date, Sep 6). Tue Aug 26, 6:30 pm. Fall Migrants, Inglewood, see Jun 17. Jan Roseneder, 286-5920. Sat Aug 30, 9 am: What's alive in Bowness Park? See Jul 8. Gus Yaki, 243-2248. Inglewood Bird Sanctuary is a City of Calgary natural area. Staff offer information, courses and field trips relating to natural history. For information call (403) 221-4500. Calgary Field Naturalists' Society promotes the observation, study and conservation of the native habitat through lectures, field trips and collection of scientific data. CFNS publishes a monthly newsletter and a quarterly journal, PICA. For membership or event information, call (403) 285-8553, email cfns@cfns.fanweb.ca or visit the website at www.cfns.fanweb.ca. A Birdfinding Guide to the Calgary Region, ed. Joan F. McDonald(CFNS, 1993) is out of print. Copies are no longer available from CFNS. - End transcriptCalgary Field Naturalists' Society
PO Box 981, Station M
Calgary, AB
T2P 2K4
- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * Jun 12, 2003 * ABCA0306.12 - Birds mentioned Barrow's Goldeneye Great Blue Heron Semipalmated Plover Common Nighthawk Brewer's Blackbird - Transcript Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society's Bird Alert Number: (403) 221-4519 To Report: (403) 221-4519 Coverage: Southern Alberta Compiler: Terry Korolyk (CFNS & IBS) Transcriber: Chris Havard (ckhavard@shaw.ca) Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded on Thursday, June 12 at 6:50pm. To report a bird sighting, leave a message after the recording or to bypass the recorded message, press the pound key on your touch tone phone. To speak to a naturalist, please phone 221-4500 during office hours. A SEMIPALMATED PLOVER was seen at a slough east of Calgary on Wednesday, June 11. The bird was seen by Bill Walker. Bill said the bird was at a slough just north of Heatherglen Gold Course. The road runs along the west flank of Heatherglen and the slough is on the east side of that road. This would probably be a very late northward-bound migrant. A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary in Calgary on Thursday, June 5. The bird was seen by Shonna Macleod and Steve Lane. This is the only report of this species in the area thus far this year. Last year, nighthawks were unusually common in the Calgary area with numerous observations including locations such as Edworthy Park, Calgary Shawnessy, McKnight Blvd and Deerfoot Trail junction, south of Bragg Creek, and the Votier's Flats area of west Fish Creek PP. Recent years also have seen reports from the Hwy 68 - Jumpingpound Forest Demonstration Road area. Male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE were at 2 very unusual locales on Friday, June 6. A total of 7 were found near the airport by Terry Korolyk. Three were on Goose Lagoon which is in the southwest corner of the 36 St NE - 80 Ave junction, and the other 4 were on a slough past the first farm on the west side of 36 St NE north of Country Hills Boulevard. This species was also fairly widespread in foothills south and west of Calgary this spring. A GREAT BLUE HERON was observed with a possible unusual prey item in its bill on Monday, June 9. Ted Bodner observed the bird at a pond at the northeast corner of the Old Banff Coach Road - Hwy 1 junction. Ted said the bird had a BREWER'S BLACKBIRD in its bill, but didn't know if the heron had killed it, or had picked it up as carrion. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Monday, June 16. CFNS MEETINGS AND FIELD TRIPS: BIRDING FIELD TRIPS: Sat Jun 14, 8:30 am: Highwood River, natural riparian habitat & open grassland on private ranch. Bring lunch. Meet Anderson LRT (Macleod Tr). Leaders, Joyce & Don Moore, 255-7890 (cell 312-9960). Sun Jun 15, 6:40 am: Monthly Birding Survey, Carburn Park. S from Glenmore Tr. at 18 St SE to second stoplight, then right & follow signs. Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Tue Jun 17, 9:30 am: Edworthy Wildflowers (see Jun 3). Leader, Linda Cole, 277-6686. Tue Jun 17, 6:30 pm: Inglewood (see May 20) Leader, Penny Smith, 283-9260. Wed 18 June, 9 am: Mountain Bluebird and Tree Swallows eggs and young. Half day. Meet at Anderson LRT station S of pedestrian bridge. Leader, Don Stiles, 271-4689. Sat Jun 21, 9:00 am: Geologic Processes for Beginners, Edworthy Park. Early Tertiary sedimentary rocks, glacial deposits and erosion, Wildwood slide and springs. Meet at S parking lot upper level, from Spruce Dr SW. Leader, Terry Poulton, 274-7393. Sun Jun 22, 9:30 am-2:00 pm: Cross Conservation Area wildlife and wildflowers. Meet Anderson LRT Station S of pedestrian overpass. Leader, Dick Choy 252-2131. Tue Jun 24, 6:30 pm: Birding Confluence Park for Black-crowned Night-Herons. Meet parking lot at Beddington Tr and Beddington Blvd NE. Leader, M. Coughlin, 275-9651. Inglewood Bird Sanctuary is a City of Calgary natural area. Staff offer information, courses and field trips relating to natural history. For information call (403) 221-4500. Calgary Field Naturalists' Society promotes the observation, study and conservation of the native habitat through lectures, field trips and collection of scientific data. CFNS publishes a monthly newsletter and a quarterly journal, PICA. For membership or event information, call (403) 285-8553, email cfns@cfns.fanweb.ca or visit the website at www.cfns.fanweb.ca. A Birdfinding Guide to the Calgary Region, ed. Joan F. McDonald(CFNS, 1993) is out of print. Copies are no longer available from CFNS. - End transcriptCalgary Field Naturalists' Society
PO Box 981, Station M
Calgary, AB
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- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * Jun 9, 2003 * ABCA0306.09 - Birds mentioned Barrow's Goldeneye Common Nighthawk Baltimore Oriole - Transcript Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society's Bird Alert Number: (403) 221-4519 To Report: (403) 221-4519 Coverage: Southern Alberta Compiler: Terry Korolyk (CFNS & IBS) Transcriber: Chris Havard (ckhavard@shaw.ca) Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded on Monday, June 9 at 12:15. To report a bird sighting, leave a message after the recording or to bypass the recorded message, press the pound key on your touch tone phone. To speak to a naturalist, please phone 221-4500 during office hours. Shonna Mcleod and Steve Lane had a COMMON NIGHTHAWK at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Thursday, June 5 on the south side of the sanctuary along the Bow River. Bill Wilson had several nighthawk sightings in the surrounding area at Dinosaur Provincial Park and Pakowki Lake. Terry Korolyk saw 3 male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE on Goose Lagoon at the SW corner of 36 St and 80 Ave NE. He also saw 4 more BARROW'S GOLDENEYE just north of Country Hills Blvd on 36 St, NE on the west side. The BARROW'S GOLDENEYE have been in unusually high numbers this spring. Look for an expansion in their breeding territory while out birding. Paul Smith reported several BALTIMORE ORIOLES where 22X crosses the Bow River. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Thursday, June 5. CFNS MEETINGS AND FIELD TRIPS: BIRDING FIELD TRIPS: Tue Jun 10, 6:30 pm: Birding Votier's Flats, FCPP, S end of Elbow Dr SW. Leaders, Lenora and Dick Flynn, 271-1269. Wed June 11, 7:30 am: Birding west end Elbow River. Car pool from S side Cdn. Tire parking lot, Richmond Road SW, E of Sarcee Tr call Gus Yaki, 243-2248. Or meet 8:00 am W on Hwy 8 to Range Rd 40, to sign for Entheos Retreat (2 km before Hwy 22); then N to T-intersection; then W to cul-de-sac. Leader, Linda Saville, 246-4638. Thu Jun 12, 9:30 am: Flowers and Birds, FCPP. Meet Votier's Flats, S end of Elbow Dr SW. Leader, Robin Hitchon, 271-8789. Sat Jun 14, 8:30 am: Highwood River, natural riparian habitat & open grassland on private ranch. Bring lunch. Meet Anderson LRT (Macleod Tr). Leaders, Joyce & Don Moore, 255-7890 (cell 312-9960). Sun Jun 15, 6:40 am: Monthly Birding Survey, Carburn Park. S from Glenmore Tr. at 18 St SE to second stoplight, then right & follow signs. Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Tue Jun 17, 9:30 am: Edworthy Wildflowers (see Jun 3). Leader, Linda Cole, 277-6686. Tue Jun 17, 6:30 pm: Inglewood (see May 20) Leader, Penny Smith, 283-9260. Wed 18 June, 9 am: Mountain Bluebird and Tree Swallows eggs and young. Half day. Meet at Anderson LRT station S of pedestrian bridge. Leader, Don Stiles, 271-4689. Sat Jun 21, 9:00 am: Geologic Processes for Beginners, Edworthy Park. Early Tertiary sedimentary rocks, glacial deposits and erosion, Wildwood slide and springs. Meet at S parking lot upper level, from Spruce Dr SW. Leader, Terry Poulton, 274-7393. Sun Jun 22, 9:30 am-2:00 pm: Cross Conservation Area wildlife and wildflowers. Meet Anderson LRT Station S of pedestrian overpass. Leader, Dick Choy 252-2131. Tue Jun 24, 6:30 pm: Birding Confluence Park for Black-crowned Night-Herons. Meet parking lot at Beddington Tr and Beddington Blvd NE. Leader, M. Coughlin, 275-9651. Inglewood Bird Sanctuary is a City of Calgary natural area. Staff offer information, courses and field trips relating to natural history. For information call (403) 221-4500. Calgary Field Naturalists' Society promotes the observation, study and conservation of the native habitat through lectures, field trips and collection of scientific data. CFNS publishes a monthly newsletter and a quarterly journal, PICA. For membership or event information, call (403) 285-8553, email cfns@cfns.fanweb.ca or visit the website at www.cfns.fanweb.ca. A Birdfinding Guide to the Calgary Region, ed. Joan F. McDonald(CFNS, 1993) is out of print. Copies are no longer available from CFNS. - End transcriptCalgary Field Naturalists' Society
PO Box 981, Station M
Calgary, AB
T2P 2K4
- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * Jun 5, 2003 * ABCA0306.05 - Birds mentioned Upland Sandpiper Western Kingbird Spotted Towhee - Transcript Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society's Bird Alert Number: (403) 221-4519 To Report: (403) 221-4519 Coverage: Southern Alberta Compiler: Terry Korolyk (CFNS & IBS) Transcriber: Chris Havard (ckhavard@shaw.ca) Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded on Thursday, June 5 at 9:40am. To report a bird sighting, leave a message after the recording or to bypass the recorded message, press the pound key on your touch tone phone. To speak to a naturalist, please phone 221-4500 during office hours. Two UPLAND SANDPIPERS have been seen on the Deadhorse Road just south of Langdon. The birds were seen on Tuesday, June 3 by Mary Coughlin and Kathleen Roman who said the birds were on the eastern section of the road which is a road running eastward from Hwy 797. This is the first report of the species in the area thus far this year. Other generally reliable sites for seeing the species the past couple of years have been Langdon Reservoir and the Irricana Sloughs. A total of 6 WESTERN KINGBIRDS were seen in east Fish Creek PP over the past weekend of May 31 and June 1. The birds were seen by Nemali Semiviratne under the Hwy 22X Bridge. WESTERN KINGBIRDS were seen in this area last year as well and were also seen further downriver at Policeman's Flats which is at the end of 40 St. SE off Dunbar Road. There were reports of SPOTTED TOWHEES in the area on May 31. Terry Korolyk observed a bird singing in North Glenmore Park on the south-facing slope of the "L" parking area while Jim Black and Gary Tomasson reported Towhees at 2 different sites in the brushy grasslands between Votier's Flats and Woodbine in west Fish Creek PP. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Thursday, June 5. CFNS MEETINGS AND FIELD TRIPS: BIRDING FIELD TRIPS: Sun Jun 8, 3:30 am: Dawn Chorus Weaselhead (see May 31). Leader Gus Yaki, 243-2248. Sun Jun 8, 9:00 am: Three species of Hummingbirds. Weaselhead (see May 31). Leader, Andrew Holder, Mon-Thu 246-3096, Fri-Sat 403-678-4010. Tue Jun 10, 6:30 pm: Birding Votier's Flats, FCPP, S end of Elbow Dr SW. Leaders, Lenora and Dick Flynn, 271-1269. Wed June 11, 7:30 am: Birding west end Elbow River. Car pool from S side Cdn. Tire parking lot, Richmond Road SW, E of Sarcee Tr call Gus Yaki, 243-2248. Or meet 8:00 am W on Hwy 8 to Range Rd 40, to sign for Entheos Retreat (2 km before Hwy 22); then N to T-intersection; then W to cul-de-sac. Leader, Linda Saville, 246-4638. Thu Jun 12, 9:30 am: Flowers and Birds, FCPP. Meet Votier's Flats, S end of Elbow Dr SW. Leader, Robin Hitchon, 271-8789. Sat Jun 14, 8:30 am: Highwood River, natural riparian habitat & open grassland on private ranch. Bring lunch. Meet Anderson LRT (Macleod Tr). Leaders, Joyce & Don Moore, 255-7890 (cell 312-9960). Sun Jun 15, 6:40 am: Monthly Birding Survey, Carburn Park. S from Glenmore Tr. at 18 St SE to second stoplight, then right & follow signs. Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Tue Jun 17, 9:30 am: Edworthy Wildflowers (see Jun 3). Leader, Linda Cole, 277-6686. Tue Jun 17, 6:30 pm: Inglewood (see May 20) Leader, Penny Smith, 283-9260. Wed 18 June, 9 am: Mountain Bluebird and Tree Swallows eggs and young. Half day. Meet at Anderson LRT station S of pedestrian bridge. Leader, Don Stiles, 271-4689. Sat Jun 21, 9:00 am: Geologic Processes for Beginners, Edworthy Park. Early Tertiary sedimentary rocks, glacial deposits and erosion, Wildwood slide and springs. Meet at S parking lot upper level, from Spruce Dr SW. Leader, Terry Poulton, 274-7393. Sun Jun 22, 9:30 am-2:00 pm: Cross Conservation Area wildlife and wildflowers. Meet Anderson LRT Station S of pedestrian overpass. Leader, Dick Choy 252-2131. Tue Jun 24, 6:30 pm: Birding Confluence Park for Black-crowned Night-Herons. Meet parking lot at Beddington Tr and Beddington Blvd NE. Leader, M. Coughlin, 275-9651. Inglewood Bird Sanctuary is a City of Calgary natural area. Staff offer information, courses and field trips relating to natural history. For information call (403) 221-4500. Calgary Field Naturalists' Society promotes the observation, study and conservation of the native habitat through lectures, field trips and collection of scientific data. CFNS publishes a monthly newsletter and a quarterly journal, PICA. For membership or event information, call (403) 285-8553, email cfns@cfns.fanweb.ca or visit the website at www.cfns.fanweb.ca. A Birdfinding Guide to the Calgary Region, ed. Joan F. McDonald(CFNS, 1993) is out of print. Copies are no longer available from CFNS. - End transcriptCalgary Field Naturalists' Society
PO Box 981, Station M
Calgary, AB
T2P 2K4
- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * Jun 2, 2003 * ABCA0306.02 - Birds mentioned Great Egret Turkey Vulture Broad-winged Hawk Sabine's Gull Caspian Tern Short-eared Owl Lewis's Woodpecker Pacific-Slope Flycatcher Dusky Flycatcher Purple Martin Hermit Thrush Cassin's Vireo Ovenbird Connecticut Warbler MacGillivray's Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat Brewer's Blackbird (partially albino) - Transcript Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society's Bird Alert Number: (403) 221-4519 To Report: (403) 221-4519 Coverage: Southern Alberta Compiler: Terry Korolyk (CFNS & IBS) Transcriber: Chris Havard (ckhavard@shaw.ca) Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded on Monday, June 2 at 9:05am. To report a bird sighting, leave a message after the recording or to bypass the recorded message, press the pound key on your touch tone phone. To speak to a naturalist, please phone 221-4500 during office hours. A perhaps unprecedented-size flock of SABINE'S GULLS were seen at Chestermere Lake on Sunday, June 1. The birds were seen by Terry Korolyk between 2 - 3 pm from the public parking area on the east side of the lake a kilometre south of the main intersection east of the bridge. Terry reported at least 93 birds were there which could be the largest-size flock ever in Southern Alberta if not even in the entire province. At noon, Terry photographed a lone adult Sabine's Gull on a slough in the southwest corner of the Hwy 22X-88 St SE junction. A GREAT EGRET was seen on the east side of Hwy 2 just south of Nanton on Saturday, May 31. Probably being the same bird that was east of Okotoks on May 25, Pauline Wiersma saw the bird south of Nanton on May 31st at 8:10pm and Rick Rowell saw it there June 1 at 9am. Grace Norgard saw the bird fly westward later in the day. A LEWIS'S WOODPECKER was seen west of Longview on Sunday, June 1. Joan and Malcolm Macdonald saw a bird flycatching from a telephone pole 21.4 kms west of Hwy 22 on Hwy 541. Gus Yaki has reported 2 YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS have been heard singing on the Jack Nodwell property near Carseland on Sunday, June 6. For a chance to see these birds, or for more details, call Gus in Calgary at 243-2248. For the second time this year, a TURKEY VULTURE has been seen in the Weaselhead area of Glenmore Park. Jim St. Laurent who saw the first bird there May 13, saw it or another while leading a CFNS Field Trip there on Saturday, May 31. A CASPIAN TERN was seen in the west end of Glenmore Reservoir on May 31 by Terry Korolyk, and a 2nd year BROAD-WINGED HAWK was seen later that day by Terry at the Etherington Creek Rec. Area a few kms south of Highwood Jctn. on Hwy 940. Jim Black and Gary Tomasson saw a SHORT-EARED OWL at the south end of Frank Lake on Saturday, May 31 while Gus Yaki observed a male PURPLE MARTIN at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, also on May 31. Bill Wilson observed a CASSIN'S VIREO, a HERMIT THRUSH, a CONNECTICUT WARBLER, 2 OVENBIRDS, and 3 PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHERS at William J. Bagnall Wilderness Park near Water Valley on May 31 while Dwight Knapik saw a partially albino BREWER'S BLACKBIRD west of Stavely on Hwy 527 near Range Road 281 on May ? and also on May 29, saw 2 DUSKY FLYCATCHERS and a MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER at Highwood campground in Kanaskis Country west of Longview. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Thursday, June 5. CFNS MEETINGS AND FIELD TRIPS: BIRDING FIELD TRIPS: Wed Jun 4, 6:45 am: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, (see May 20) Leader, TBA. Wed Jun 4, 6:30 pm: Weaselhead, (see May 31) Leader, TBA Wed Jun 4, 6:30 pm: Bebo Grove FCPP, S end 24 St SW. Leader, Mike Rogers, 251-9438. Thu Jun 5, 8:30 am: Bow River near Carseland (see Jun 1). Leader, Gus Yaki, 243-2248. Fri Jun 6, 6:30 pm: Cultural uses of Plants. Meet Fish Creek Park HQ, off Bow Bottom Tr. Leader, Deni Paquette, 287-0538. Sat Jun 7, 8:00 am: Birding Big Hill Springs and surroundings. All day trip. Meet Cochrane Ranche parking lot, N of Hwy 1A. Leader, Milt Spitzer, 932-7394. Sat Jun 7, 9:00 am: Birding Bowmont Park. Meet Maranatha Church, 2111 52 St NW. (N end Home Rd). Leader, Horst Grothman, 286-3048. Sun Jun 8, 3:30 am: Dawn Chorus Weaselhead (see May 31). Leader Gus Yaki, 243-2248. Sun Jun 8, 9:00 am: Three species of Hummingbirds. Weaselhead (see May 31). Leader, Andrew Holder, Mon-Thu 246-3096, Fri-Sat 403-678-4010. Tue Jun 10, 6:30 pm: Birding Votier's Flats, FCPP, S end of Elbow Dr SW. Leaders, Lenora and Dick Flynn, 271-1269. Wed June 11, 7:30 am: Birding west end Elbow River. Car pool from S side Cdn. Tire parking lot, Richmond Road SW, E of Sarcee Tr call Gus Yaki, 243-2248. Or meet 8:00 am W on Hwy 8 to Range Rd 40, to sign for Entheos Retreat (2 km before Hwy 22); then N to T-intersection; then W to cul-de-sac. Leader, Linda Saville, 246-4638. Thu Jun 12, 9:30 am: Flowers and Birds, FCPP. Meet Votier's Flats, S end of Elbow Dr SW. Leader, Robin Hitchon, 271-8789. Sat Jun 14, 8:30 am: Highwood River, natural riparian habitat & open grassland on private ranch. Bring lunch. Meet Anderson LRT (Macleod Tr). Leaders, Joyce & Don Moore, 255-7890 (cell 312-9960). Sun Jun 15, 6:40 am: Monthly Birding Survey, Carburn Park. S from Glenmore Tr. at 18 St SE to second stoplight, then right & follow signs. Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Tue Jun 17, 9:30 am: Edworthy Wildflowers (see Jun 3). Leader, Linda Cole, 277-6686. Tue Jun 17, 6:30 pm: Inglewood (see May 20) Leader, Penny Smith, 283-9260. Wed 18 June, 9 am: Mountain Bluebird and Tree Swallows eggs and young. Half day. Meet at Anderson LRT station S of pedestrian bridge. Leader, Don Stiles, 271-4689. Sat Jun 21, 9:00 am: Geologic Processes for Beginners, Edworthy Park. Early Tertiary sedimentary rocks, glacial deposits and erosion, Wildwood slide and springs. Meet at S parking lot upper level, from Spruce Dr SW. Leader, Terry Poulton, 274-7393. Sun Jun 22, 9:30 am-2:00 pm: Cross Conservation Area wildlife and wildflowers. Meet Anderson LRT Station S of pedestrian overpass. Leader, Dick Choy 252-2131. Tue Jun 24, 6:30 pm: Birding Confluence Park for Black-crowned Night-Herons. Meet parking lot at Beddington Tr and Beddington Blvd NE. Leader, M. Coughlin, 275-9651. Inglewood Bird Sanctuary is a City of Calgary natural area. Staff offer information, courses and field trips relating to natural history. For information call (403) 221-4500. Calgary Field Naturalists' Society promotes the observation, study and conservation of the native habitat through lectures, field trips and collection of scientific data. CFNS publishes a monthly newsletter and a quarterly journal, PICA. For membership or event information, call (403) 285-8553, email cfns@cfns.fanweb.ca or visit the website at www.cfns.fanweb.ca. A Birdfinding Guide to the Calgary Region, ed. Joan F. McDonald(CFNS, 1993) is out of print. Copies are no longer available from CFNS. - End transcriptCalgary Field Naturalists' Society
PO Box 981, Station M
Calgary, AB
T2P 2K4
- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * May 29, 2003 * ABCA0305.29 - Birds mentioned GREAT EGRET FULVOUS WHISTLING-DUCK White-faced Ibis Eurasian Wigeon Hooded Merganser Harlequin Duck Surf Scoter Golden Eagle Sandhill Crane Whimbrel Red Knot Great Gray Owl Western Bluebird Brewer's Sparrow - Transcript Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society's Bird Alert Number: (403) 221-4519 To Report: (403) 221-4519 Coverage: Southern Alberta Compiler: Terry Korolyk (CFNS & IBS) Transcriber: Jean Moore (jmmoore@ucalgary.ca) Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded Thursday, May 29, 2003, at 11:15 am. To report a bird sighting, leave a message after the recording or to bypass the recorded message, press the pound key on your touch tone phone. To speak to a naturalist, please phone (403) 221-4500 during office hours. A FULVOUS WHISTLING-DUCK found near the Calgary Airport by Ken and Chris Havard on Sunday, May 25, has been seen by many observers. The location of the original sighting was at a slough immediately north of a tree farm in the northwest corner of the Country Hills Blvd / Barlow Trail junction. The bird was said to be at a slough farther south of that later in the week, but this in unconfirmed. There have been no further reports to this point on a GREAT EGRET found approx 16 km east of Okotoks on Sunday, May 25. Ian Halladay, Don Magnasson, Dave Gibson and Bruce Barnetson all saw the bird at a dugout in the SE corner of the 160 St / 306 Ave SE junction. The bird was seen later that day at the north end of Blizzard Lake by Terry Korolyk, but there have been no further reports since. Blizzard Lake is a few hundred yards south of the dugout. Both of these birds were recorded on the Calgary area May Species Count, which was held on the weekend. The pair of WESTERN BLUEBIRDS nesting west of Longview were also recorded on the Count. Other highlights of the Count included a male EURASIAN WIGEON seen by Al Borgardt and Phil Cram a couple of kilometres east of the Hwys 1 and 68 junction and a possible BREWER'S SPARROW heard along the Big Hill Springs access road by Julie Lefaivre and Mike Carter. Ian Halladay et al found 4 WHITE-FACED IBIS at Frank Lake on the Count and also reported a lone WHIMBREL. Joan and Malcolm McDonald observed a SURF SCOTER, a GOLDEN EAGLE and a HOODED MERGANSER near Cochrane. A total of 6 RED KNOTS - five were recorded east of Calgary seen by Milt Spitzer and other observers; and one KNOT seen by Ken and Chris Havard, Dick and Lenora Flynn and Mike Mulligan. Peter Sherrington and Bill Wilson observed 16 HARLEQUIN DUCKS in Kananaskis Country, and Terry Korolyk observed a GREAT GRAY OWL just south of the first buildings south of the Hwys 549 / 762 junction, west of Millarville. Other sightins of interest include a SANDHILL CRANE seen by Dwight Knapik at the Calgary Zoo's private breeding ranch, off Dunbow Rd, S of Calgary, on Wednesday, May 28. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Monday, June 2. CFNS meeting and field trips: BIRD STUDY GROUP - 1st Wednesday of each month Wed June 4, 6:30 pm - Two concurrent field trips: Weaselhead, leader TBA OR Bebo Grove FCPP, S end of 24 St SW, Leader Mike Rogers - 251-9438 Call Jan Roseneder, 286-5920, for more information. BIRDING FIELD TRIPS Call leader for meeting time and place. Sat May 31 - 8:00 am - Rufous Hummingbird - Weaselhead Leader Jim St Laurent - 246-6314 Sun June 1 - 6:40 am - Elbow River Monthly Birding Survey Leaders Aileen Pelzer and Gus Yaki - 243-2248 Sun June 1 - 1:30 pm - Bow River near Carseland - explore private land rich in migrant birds. Leader Jack Nodwell - 282-4812 Tues June 3 - 8:00 am - Birding Policeman's Flats Leader Allan Cole - 252-3700 Tues June 3 - 6:30 pm - Edworthy Park Leader Gwen Simpson - 288-1628 ******************** Inglewood Bird Sanctuary is a City of Calgary natural area. Staff offer information, courses and field trips relating to natural history. For information call (403) 269-6688. Calgary Field Naturalists' Society promotes the observation, study and conservation of the native habitat through lectures, field trips and collection of scientific data. CFNS publishes a monthly newsletter and a quarterly journal, Pica. For membership or event information call (403) 285-8553. A Birdfinding Guide to the Calgary Region, ed. Joan F. McDonald (CFNS, 1993), is out of print. Some copies may still be available from the American Birding Association or from local book stores. Copies are no longer available from CFNS. - End transcriptCalgary Field Naturalists' Society
PO Box 981, Station M
Calgary, AB
T2P 2K4
- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * May 26, 2003 * ABCA0305.26 - Birds mentioned FULVOUS WHISTLING-DUCK GREAT EGRET Trumpeter Swan Harlequin Duck Rough-legged Hawk Western Sandpiper Rufous Hummingbird Calliope Hummingbird Ruby-throated Hummingbird Western Kingbird Eastern Phoebe Cliff Swallow Brown Thrasher House Wren Orange-crowned Warbler Yellow Warbler Townsend's Warbler Wilson's Warbler Rose-breasted Grosbeak Lazuli Bunting Golden-crowned Sparrow Brown-headed Cowbird - Transcript Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society's Bird Alert Number: (403) 221-4519 To Report: (403) 221-4519 Coverage: Southern Alberta Compiler: Terry Korolyk (CFNS & IBS) Transcriber: Jean Moore (jmmoore@ucalgary.ca) Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded Monday, May 26, 2003, at 8 am. To report a bird sighting, leave a message after the recording or to bypass the recorded message, press the pound key on your touch tone phone. To speak to a naturalist, please phone (403) 221-4500 during office hours. A FULVOUS WHISTLING-DUCK has been seen near the Airport in Calgary. The bird was found by Ken and Chris Havard at 8:30 am, Sunday, May 25, on the Calgary area May Species Count. The bird was on a slough that was just north of a tree farm in the NW corner of Barlow Tr and Country Hills Blvd. The bird has been seen by several observers already and would probably be the first record of this species in the Province if it is a genuine wild bird. A GREAT EGRET was found approx 16 km east of Okotoks on Sunday, May 25. The bird was found by Ian Halladay and Don Magnasson on the May Species Count. The bird was at a dugout on 160 St just south of 306 Ave (or Hwy 552) when it was found, but was at the north end of Blizzard Lake which is just south of the dugout later in the afternoon. LAZULI BUNTINGS were reported by two observers in the area over the weekend. Alan MacKeigan saw one along the access road into the Fortress Mountain Ski Hill on Saturday, May 24, while Greg Tumplin(?) observed another male at his feeder at his home in the Dalhousie area of Calgary on Sunday, May 25. Vanis Simpson observed a male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD at her home in Redwood Meadows near Bragg Creek on Tuesday, May 13, then had a hummingbird she thought was a male RUBY-THROATED at her home on Thursday, May 15. Hummingbird reports from the Weaselhead recently include 2 male CALLIOPES seen there Friday, May 23, by David Vernon, then a RUFOUS and a CALLIOPE seen there by Bill Wilson on May 24. For details on the locations of the birds, call Dave at 228-4734 or Bill at 230-0054. Dwight Knapik observed a GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW at one of the Rosy-Finch feeders in Exshaw on Thursday, May 22. For details, call Dwight at 254-0249. Recent Spring arrival reports include a BROWN THRASHER, a WESTERN KINGBIRD, an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER and 2 YELLOW WARBLERS seen at Kinbrook Island at Brooks on Saturday, May 17, by Terry Korolyk. On Saturday, May 10, Terry observed a flock of 7 BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS just south of Spruce Meadows; and on Friday, May 16, Terry observed a flock of 200 CLIFF SWALLOWS at Bruce Lake. Bill Wilson saw one TOWNSEND'S WARBLER in the Weaselhead on Saturday, May 24; and on Friday, May 23, Carol Kerfoot observed a ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK and a HOUSE WREN at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. Bill Wilson observed an EASTERN PHOEBE and a WILSON'S WARBLER in the Weaselhead on May 24, while Alan MacKeigan saw 3 WILSON'S WARBLERS at the Lorette Ponds in Kananaskis Country on May 24. Terry Korolyk observed a winter-plumaged WESTERN SANDPIPER at the Cattleland Feedlots slough on May 16 and the same day, observed a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK on Hwy 9 at Dalroy. A pair of HARLEQUIN DUCKS were at Elbow Falls, May 22, as reported by Dwight Knapik, and 8 late-migrating TRUMPETER SWANS were seen at Glenmore Reservoir by Bill Wilson on May 24. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Thursday, May 29. CFNS meeting and field trips: BIRD STUDY GROUP - 1st Wednesday of each month 7:30 pm, Room 211, BioSciences Bldg, University of Calgary Call Jan Roseneder, 286-5920, for more information. BIRDING FIELD TRIPS Call leader for meeting time and place. Saturday, May 31 - 8:00 am: Rufous Hummingbird, North Glenmore Park Leader Jim St Laurent - 246-6314 Sunday, June 1 - 6:40 am: Elbow River Monthly Birding Survey. Leaders Aileen Pelzer and Gus Yaki - 243-2248 Sunday, June 1 - 1:30 pm: Bow River near Carseland Leader Jack Nodwell - 282-4812 ******************** Inglewood Bird Sanctuary is a City of Calgary natural area. Staff offer information, courses and field trips relating to natural history. For information call (403) 269-6688. Calgary Field Naturalists' Society promotes the observation, study and conservation of the native habitat through lectures, field trips and collection of scientific data. CFNS publishes a monthly newsletter and a quarterly journal, Pica. For membership or event information call (403) 285-8553. A Birdfinding Guide to the Calgary Region, ed. Joan F. McDonald (CFNS, 1993), is out of print. Some copies may still be available from the American Birding Association or from local book stores. Copies are no longer available from CFNS. - End transcriptCalgary Field Naturalists' Society
PO Box 981, Station M
Calgary, AB
T2P 2K4
- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * May 22,2003 * ABCA0305.22 - Birds mentioned White-faced Ibis Black Scoter White-winged Scoter Sandhill Crane Dunlin Pectoral Sandpiper Black-necked Stilt Ruddy Turnstone Red Knot Red-necked Phalarope Whimbrel Black-bellied Plover American Golden-Plover Thayer's Gull Black Tern Caspian Tern Forster's Tern Calliope Hummingbird Olive-sided Flycatcher Swainson's Thrush White-throated Sparrow McCown's Longspur - Transcript Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society's Bird Alert Number: (403) 221-4519 To Report: (403) 221-4519 Coverage: Southern Alberta Compiler: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary (CFNS & IBS) Transcriber: Jean Moore (jmmoore@ucalgary.ca) Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded Thursday, May 22, 2003, at 1:38 pm. To report a bird sighting, leave a message after the recording or to bypass the recorded message, press the pound key on your touch tone phone. To speak to a naturalist, please phone (403) 221-4500 during office hours. [Terry Korolyk is away birding this week and this Bird Alert was compiled by Inglewood Bird Sanctuary - there was no report earlier in the week. JM] Terry Korolyk reported 9 RED-NECKED PHALAROPE at Dawson Lake on Hwy 8 just south of Hwy 564 junction and the first reported BLACK TERN at Bruce Lake in the Irricana Sloughs. Bill Wilson in the Brooks area had 2 MCCOWN'S LONGSPURS and 3 WHIMBRELS SW of Tilley; and at the Kitsum Reservoir, west of Lake Newell, 400 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 1 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, 37 RED KNOTS, 1 RUDDY TURNSTONE and 2 CASPIAN TERNS and 12 WHIMBRELS in the NW corner of Kitsum Reservoir. On Sunday, May 19, Bill Wilson had 1 adult THAYER'S GULL and 2 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS on the Glenmore Reservoir. Alex Torn on her bluebird trail at Naphtha / Black Diamond had a SANDHILL CRANE at 466 Ave and 192 St West, just north of Turner Valley. Jeff Bank had a possible female BLACK SCOTER on the Dickson Dam Reservoir west of Innisfail. Andrew Slater at Sadler's Slough had 45 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS on May 13th and an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER near the sailing club at Glenmore Park. At Frank Lake at the east access point he had 12 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES and in the SE corner 2 DUNLIN. Carol Coulter of the Southview area had a CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD at their feeder and a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW and a SWAINSON'S THRUSH. Dwight Knapik had 4 BLACK TERNS, 4 FORSTER'S TERNS and 4 BLACK-NECKED STILTS at Cattleland Slough near the Cattleland Feedlot north of Strathmore. Mike Mulligan had a WHITE-FACED IBIS near Cargill outfall at the north end and 3 DUNLIN on the south side of Frank Lake. Thank you for calling the CFNS and City of Calgary Bird Alert. This message will be revised on Sunday May 25. CFNS meeting and field trips: BIRD STUDY GROUP - 1st Wednesday of each month 7:30 pm, Room 211, BioSciences Bldg, University of Calgary Call Jan Roseneder, 286-5920, for more information. BIRDING FIELD TRIPS Call leader for meeting time and place. Thur May 22, 8 am: Bowness Park for Orioles and Thrashers Leaders L Harrison - 288-0839, and Don Magnusson - 284-9301 Sat May 24, 8 am: Livingston Ck Ranch Golf Course, Sibbald Creek Annual Bird Census Leader Paul Anderson - 932-5458 Sat-Sun May 24-25: May Species Counts - all welcome For territories call Bill Walker - 278-7271 Tue May 27, 6:30 pm: Birding Mallard Point, FCPP Leader Jim Washbrook - 271-0923 Wed May 28, 6:45 am: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leaders Gary and Nellie Simpson - 249-7034 ******************** Inglewood Bird Sanctuary is a City of Calgary natural area. Staff offer information, courses and field trips relating to natural history. For information call (403) 269-6688. Calgary Field Naturalists' Society promotes the observation, study and conservation of the native habitat through lectures, field trips and collection of scientific data. CFNS publishes a monthly newsletter and a quarterly journal, Pica. For membership or event information call (403) 285-8553. A Birdfinding Guide to the Calgary Region, ed. Joan F. McDonald (CFNS, 1993), is out of print. Some copies may still be available from the American Birding Association or from local book stores. Copies are no longer available from CFNS. - End transcriptCalgary Field Naturalists' Society
PO Box 981, Station M
Calgary, AB
T2P 2K4
- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * May 16, 2003 * ABCA0305.16 - Birds mentioned Black-crowned Night-Heron Ross's Goose Turkey Vulture Rough-legged Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Northern Goshawk Black-bellied Plover Short-billed Dowitcher Stilt Sandpiper Great Gray Owl White-throated Swift Vaux's Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird Western Bluebird Cedar Waxwing Northern Waterthrush Chipping Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Clay-coloured Sparrow Chestnut-collared Longspur - Transcript Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society's Bird Alert Number: (403) 221-4519 To Report: (403) 221-4519 Coverage: Southern Alberta Compiler: Terry Korolyk (CFNS & IBS) Transcriber: Jean Moore (jmmoore@ucalgary.ca) Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded Friday, May 16, 2003, at 9:50 am. To report a bird sighting, leave a message after the recording or to bypass the recorded message, press the pound key on your touch tone phone. To speak to a naturalist, please phone (403) 221-4500 during office hours. A probable unprecedented birding situation for Alberta occurred at the Mt Lorette Natural Area in Kananaskis Country. Two different rare species of SWIFT have been seen at one location on the same day. Peter Sherrington observed a single WHITE-THROATED SWIFT at Mt Lorette on consecutive days, Monday, May 12, and Tuesday, May 13; but on May 13, Peter also observed a VAUX'S SWIFT! For more information on these birds, call Bill Wilson in Calgary at 230-0054. A pair of WESTERN BLUEBIRDS have been seen by a few observers now at a site west of Longview. The birds are nesting on a bluebird trail and have been at this location since May 1. To see the birds, drive west from Longview on Hwy 541 to the Eden Valley Reserve Rd junction and then watch within the first 100 m west of that junction. Remember the birds have been nesting here and cannot be approached or disturbed! A TURKEY VULTURE was seen in the Weaselhead area of Calgary as it moved westward over the 37 St SW parking area. This is the second record of this species in our birding area already this season. A hummingbird thought to be a female RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD was observed in Redwood Meadows by Sana(?) Simpson on Monday, May 12; and the second BROAD-WINGED HAWK of this season was a bird seen at Bowmont Park by Horst Grothman and other members of a CFNS Field Trip on Saturday, May 10. A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was reported at an abandoned farm site 4 km east of Bruce Lake in the Irricana sloughs on May 9. The bird was seen by Simone Marler, who also saw a ROSS'S GOOSE at Frank Lake, May 11. A GREAT GRAY OWL was seen 'behind Strathcona Drive' in Calgary this week. The report was made by Don and Joyce Glover. This is probably the same bird that has been periodically reported in the Strathcona/Christie Ravine since Fall 2002. There have been many recent Spring arrivals. Jim St Laurant saw a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary on May 10, while Marg Korolyk heard a CHIPPING SPARROW in Calgary Shawnessey on May 11, and Dwight Knapik reported a CLAY-COLOURED SPARROW at the Calgary Zoo Ranch also on May 11. An unidentified observer reported a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW at IBS on May 12. Also on May 12, Jerry Pilny found BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS near Langdon and also found 2 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, some STILT SANDPIPERS and CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPURS at Wolf Lake, east of Hussar. Jerry also saw a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK there and saw a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON at Namaka Lake. Simone Marler saw a flock of 20-30 CEDAR WAXWINGS in the Brentwood district, May 10, but these may be overwintering birds or spring migrants. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Monday, May 19. CFNS meeting and field trips: BIRD STUDY GROUP - 1st Wednesday of each month 7:30 pm, Room 211, BioSciences Bldg, University of Calgary Call Jan Roseneder, 286-5920, for more information. BIRDING FIELD TRIPS Call leader for meeting time and place. Sat-Sun May 17-18: Brooks/Lake Newell Species Count Contact organizer Bob Parsons, Edmonton, 780-488-1344 Sun May 18, 10 am: Birds, Butterflies, Blossoms - Family outing Leader Gus Yaki - 243-2248 Mon May 19, 7 am-5 pm: See 100+ species of birds within Calgary Leaders A Pelzer & Gus Yaki - 243-2248 Tues May 20, 6:30 pm: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader John Bregar - 873-7260 Wed May 21, 6:45 am: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Dave Elphinstone - 246-0199 Thur May 22, 8 am: Bowness Park for Orioles and Thrashers Leaders L Harrison - 288-0839, and Don Magnusson - 284-9301 Sat May 24, 8 am: Livingston Ck Ranch Golf Course, Sibbald Creek Annual Bird Census Leader Paul Anderson - 932-5458 Sat-Sun May 24-25: May Species Counts - all welcome For territories call Bill Walker - 278-7271 Tue May 27, 6:30 pm: Birding Mallard Point, FCPP Leader Jim Washbrook - 271-0923 Wed May 28, 6:45 am: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leaders Gary and Nellie Simpson - 249-7034 ******************** Inglewood Bird Sanctuary is a City of Calgary natural area. Staff offer information, courses and field trips relating to natural history. For information call (403) 269-6688. Calgary Field Naturalists' Society promotes the observation, study and conservation of the native habitat through lectures, field trips and collection of scientific data. CFNS publishes a monthly newsletter and a quarterly journal, Pica. For membership or event information call (403) 285-8553. A Birdfinding Guide to the Calgary Region, ed. Joan F. McDonald (CFNS, 1993), is out of print. Some copies may still be available from the American Birding Association or from local book stores. Copies are no longer available from CFNS. - End transcriptCalgary Field Naturalists' Society
PO Box 981, Station M
Calgary, AB
T2P 2K4
- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * May 12.2003 * ABCA0305.12 - Birds mentioned Ross's Goose Snow Goose Red-breasted Merganser Harlequin Duck Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Broad-winged Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Peregrine Falcon Prairie Falcon Solitary Sandpiper Piping Plover American Golden Plover Semipalmated Plover Pectoral Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Common Tern Long-eared Owl Violet-green Swallow Western Bluebird Western Tanager Sprague's Pipit Loggerhead Shrike - Transcript Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society's Bird Alert Number: (403) 221-4519 To Report: (403) 221-4519 Coverage: Southern Alberta Compiler: Terry Korolyk (CFNS & IBS) Transcriber: Jean Moore (jmmoore@ucalgary.ca) Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded Monday, May 12, 2003, at 8:50 am. To report a bird sighting, leave a message after the recording or to bypass the recorded message, press the pound key on your touch tone phone. To speak to a naturalist, please phone (403) 221-4500 during office hours. The pair of WESTERN BLUEBIRDS that were reported on the May 9 RBA have been seen by a few observers now. The birds have been at a site near Longview and are nesting. The birds have been there since May 1 at least. Those people wishing more information on these birds can call Terry Korolyk in Calgary at 254-1878. A PIPING PLOVER was seen at a seasonal pond near Frank Lake, Saturday, May 10, by Jerry Pilny and Alan Fishkin. They saw the bird at about 9 am approx 300 m east of 208 St SE on the north side of Hwy 23. On Friday, May 9, Jerry Pilny, Mike Mulligan and Phil Cram found a LONG-EARED OWL perched on a fencepost near the 112 St and 256 Ave SE junction, southeast of Calgary. A LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE was unusually close to the City of Calgary on Saturday, May 10, when it was seen by Terry Korolyk only a couple of miles south of Spruce Meadows at 242 Ave and 64 St SW. Dwight Knapik observed a BROAD-WINGED HAWK at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, Thursday, May 8. There were three reports of ROSS'S GEESE in the area over the weekend. Dwight Knapik observed four at Frank Lake on Friday, May 9, while on Saturday, May 10, Bill Wilson observed one bird on Langdon Corner Slough and six birds at Sadler's Slough. Terry Korolyk observed a flock of 30 SNOW GEESE in the NE corner of an unsigned road junction 3.2 km north of the Strathmore Golf Course Rd (off Hwy 817) on Friday, May 9. Diving duck reports over the weekend included a male SURF SCOTER seen on Chestermere Lake, May 9, by Terry Korolyk. The same day Terry saw 2 male RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS on the Strathmore Golf Course slough; then on May 10, Terry watched a male HARLEQUIN DUCK at Elbow Falls. Bill Wilson observed 3 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS on Glenmore Reservoir in Calgary on Friday, May 9. Eric Tull and Brooke Clibbon observed 5 AMERICAN GOLDERN PLOVERS at the Cattleland Feedlots Slough at the end of Hwy 817, N of Strathmore, on May 10; while the same day Bill Wilson reported a SEMIPALMATED PLOVER at McElroy Slough. Terry Korolyk saw 2 female WILSON'S PHALAROPES near Dalroy at TwpRd 250 and RgeRd 274 on May 9. He also observed a flock of 40 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS east of Shepard the same day and saw 3 flocks totalling 120 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS at Railway Slough, also on May 9. Jerry Pilny and Mike Mulligan observed 2 LEAST SANDPIPERS at Sadler's Slough on Wednesday, May 7. Simone Marler has observed the first WESTERN TANAGER of the spring. She reported a bird on Baker Crescent in Calgary on Saturday, May 10. Richard Rappel reported 6 VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS along the Highwood River in High River on May 11, while Bill Wilson has reported the first COMMON TERNS, two birds at Namaka Lake on May 10. Jerry Pilny and Alan Fishkin reported a lone SPRAGUE'S PIPIT near Frank Lake on May 10, then on a site on RgeRd 184 near Crawling Valley Reservoir the same day they found over 20 SPRAGUE'S PIPITS. Dwight Knapik saw a PEREGRINE FALCON catch a SOLITARY SANDPIPER south of Carseland on May 9, while the same day Terry Korolyk observed a PEREGRINE flying through the Irricana Sloughs and also observed a PRAIRIE FALCON at 88 St SE and Hwy 22X. Andrew Slater observed a PRAIRIE FALCON north of Longview on May 11, while Terry Korolyk watched a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK flying northward over Elbow Falls on Saturday, May 10. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Thursday, May 15. CFNS meeting and field trips: BIRD STUDY GROUP - 1st Wednesday of each month 7:30 pm, Room 211, BioSciences Bldg, University of Calgary Call Jan Roseneder, 286-5920, for more information. BIRDING FIELD TRIPS Call leader for meeting time and place. Tues May 13, 6:30 pm: Birding Weaselhead Leader TBA. For info 243-2248 Wed May 14, 7 am: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Mike Rogers - 251-9438 Thur May 15, 7 am: Carburn Park, Monthly birding survey Leader Bernard Goulet - 279-3048 Sat-Sun May 17-18: Brooks/Lake Newell Species Count Contact organizer Bob Parsons, Edmonton, 780-488-1344 Sun May 18, 10 am: Birds, Butterflies, Blossoms - Family outing Leader Gus Yaki - 243-2248 Mon May 19, 7 am-5 pm: See 100+ species of birds within Calgary Leaders A Pelzer & Gus Yaki - 243-2248 Tues May 20, 6:30 pm: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader John Bregar - 873-7260 Wed May 21, 6:45 am: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Dave Elphinstone - 246-0199 Thur May 22, 8 am: Bowness Park for Orioles and Thrashers Leaders L Harrison - 288-0839, and Don Magnusson - 284-9301 Sat May 24, 8 am: Livingston Ck Ranch Golf Course, Sibbald Creek Annual Bird Census Leader Paul Anderson - 932-5458 Sat-Sun May 24-25: May Species Counts - all welcome For territories call Bill Walker - 278-7271 Tue May 27, 6:30 pm: Birding Mallard Point, FCPP Leader Jim Washbrook - 271-0923 Wed May 28, 6:45 am: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leaders Gary and Nellie Simpson - 249-7034 ******************** Inglewood Bird Sanctuary is a City of Calgary natural area. Staff offer information, courses and field trips relating to natural history. For information call (403) 269-6688. Calgary Field Naturalists' Society promotes the observation, study and conservation of the native habitat through lectures, field trips and collection of scientific data. CFNS publishes a monthly newsletter and a quarterly journal, Pica. For membership or event information call (403) 285-8553. A Birdfinding Guide to the Calgary Region, ed. Joan F. McDonald (CFNS, 1993), is out of print. Some copies may still be available from the American Birding Association or from local book stores. Copies are no longer available from CFNS. - End transcriptCalgary Field Naturalists' Society
PO Box 981, Station M
Calgary, AB
T2P 2K4
- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * May 8,2003 * ABCA0305.08 - Birds mentioned American Bittern Rough-legged Hawk Red-tailed Hawk - dark morph Thayer's Gull Herring Gull Barn Swallow Bank Swallow Western Bluebird Swainson's Thrush - Transcript Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society's Bird Alert Number: (403) 221-4519 To Report: (403) 221-4519 Coverage: Southern Alberta Compiler: Terry Korolyk (CFNS & IBS) Transcriber: Jean Moore (jmmoore@ucalgary.ca) Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded Thursday, May 8, 2003, at 12:15 pm. To report a bird sighting, leave a message after the recording or to bypass the recorded message, press the pound key on your touch tone phone. To speak to a naturalist, please phone (403) 221-4500 during office hours. A pair of WESTERN BLUEBIRDS have been observed south of Calgary. The birds were seen Thursday, May 1, by Dwight Knapik and have been seen by at least one other person. These are the only details available on the birds at this time. Those wishing information on this report can call Terry Korolyk in Calgary at 254-1878. A bird that was probably an AMERICAN BITTERN was seen at Frank Lake, east of High River, on Friday, May 2. This would be the first report of this species in the area this Spring. The bird was seen by Myrna Rappel along the shoreline west of the road to the blind. A very pale first-year THAYER'S GULL was seen in the Hull's Wood area of east Fish Creek Provincial Park in Calgary on Wednesday, May 7. The bird was seen by Terry Korolyk. The bird was with a first-summer HERRING GULL resting on the rocky point on the Bow River, N of the Hwy 22X bridge, at 10:30 am, but both birds flew upriver after being observed for a couple of minutes. Other Spring arrivals during the week included SWAINSON'S THRUSH, BANK SWALLOW and BARN SWALLOW. Terry Korolyk observed a SWAINSON'S THRUSH in Fish Creek PP by the Hwy 22X bridge on Wednesday, May 7, while Dwight Knapik reported two birds each of BANK and BARN SWALLOW at the Calgary Zoo's private breeding ranch off Dunbow Road, south of Calgary, on Monday, May 5. Hawk reports this week included a late ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK. Richard Rappel observed the bird along Hwy 24 near the Hwy 547 junction on Sunday, May 4. Dwight Knapik saw a dark-morph RED-TAILED HAWK at Policeman's Flats on Wednesday, May 7. Policeman's Flats is at the end of 40 St SE off Dunbow Rd. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Monday, May 12. CFNS meeting and field trips: BIRD STUDY GROUP - 1st Wednesday of each month 7:30 pm, Room 211, BioSciences Bldg, University of Calgary Call Jan Roseneder, 286-5920, for more information. BIRDING FIELD TRIPS Call leader for meeting time and place. Sat May 10, 8:30 am: Intermediate Birding, east of Calgary Leisurely looks to learn the special marks of shorebirds, ducks. Full day. Leader Ian Halladay - 282-1420 Sat May 10, 9 am: Birding Bowmont Park Leader Horst Grothman - 286-3048 Sun May 11, 7:30 am: Irricana Area for waterfowl and shorebirds. Full day. Leader Bernard Goulet - 279-0491 Tues May 13, 6:30 pm: Birding Weaselhead Leader TBA. For info 243-2248 Wed May 14, 7 am: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Mike Rogers - 251-9438 Thur May 15, 7 am: Carburn Park, Monthly birding survey Leader Bernard Goulet - 279-3048 Sat-Sun May 17-18: Brooks/Lake Newell Species Count Contact organizer Bob Parsons, Edmonton, 780-488-1344 Sun May 18, 10 am: Birds, Butterflies, Blossoms - Family outing Leader Gus Yaki - 243-2248 Mon May 19, 7 am-5 pm: See 100+ species of birds within Calgary Leaders A Pelzer & Gus Yaki - 243-2248 Tues May 20, 6:30 pm: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader John Bregar - 873-7260 Wed May 21, 6:45 am: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Dave Elphinstone - 246-0199 Thur May 22, 8 am: Bowness Park for Orioles and Thrashers Leaders L Harrison - 288-0839, and Don Magnusson - 284-9301 Sat May 24, 8 am: Livingston Ck Ranch Golf Course, Sibbald Creek Annual Bird Census Leader Paul Anderson - 932-5458 Sat-Sun May 24-25: May Species Counts - all welcome For territories call Bill Walker - 278-7271 Tue May 27, 6:30 pm: Birding Mallard Point, FCPP Leader Jim Washbrook - 271-0923 Wed May 28, 6:45 am: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leaders Gary and Nellie Simpson - 249-7034 ******************** Inglewood Bird Sanctuary is a City of Calgary natural area. Staff offer information, courses and field trips relating to natural history. For information call (403) 269-6688. Calgary Field Naturalists' Society promotes the observation, study and conservation of the native habitat through lectures, field trips and collection of scientific data. CFNS publishes a monthly newsletter and a quarterly journal, Pica. For membership or event information call (403) 285-8553. A Birdfinding Guide to the Calgary Region, ed. Joan F. McDonald (CFNS, 1993), is out of print. Some copies may still be available from the American Birding Association or from local book stores. Copies are no longer available from CFNS. - End transcriptCalgary Field Naturalists' Society
PO Box 981, Station M
Calgary, AB
T2P 2K4
- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * May 5, 2003 * ABCA0305.05 - Birds mentioned Pied-billed Grebe Ross' Goose Rough-legged Hawk Red-tailed Hawk - Krider's, Harlan's, Rufous morph Whimbrel Hudsonian Godwit Long-billed Dowitcher Black-necked Stilt Bonaparte's Gull Thayer's / Iceland Gull Varied Thrush Harris' Sparrow - Transcript Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society's Bird Alert Number: (403) 221-4519 To Report: (403) 221-4519 Coverage: Southern Alberta Compiler: Terry Korolyk (CFNS & IBS) Transcriber: Jean Moore (jmmoore@ucalgary.ca) Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded Monday, May 5, 2003, at 11:15 am. To report a bird sighting, leave a message after the recording or to bypass the recorded message, press the pound key on your touch tone phone. To speak to a naturalist, please phone (403) 221-4500 during office hours. A total of 3 ROSS' GEESE were seen in the area over the weekend. The first two birds were seen by Chip Scialfa at Sadler's Slough on Friday, May 2. These birds were still there the morning of May 3 when they were seen by Bill Wilson, who on this day also reported a single ROSS' GOOSE at Langdon Corner Slough, which is on Hwy 1 just W of the Hwy 9 junction. Mary Huston and Lucille Harrison observed a total of 3 WHIMBREL east of Calgary on Thursday, May 1. Two birds were on Hwy 575 near the Bircham Rd junction, near Acme, while the other bird was along Hwy 9 approx 1/4 mi S of the Hwy 566 junction, W of Keoma. The first HUDSONIAN GODWITS in the area this Spring have been reported. Bill Wilson observed four birds off Hwy 817, 3.2 km north, then east, of the Strathmore Golf Course Rd, N of Strathmore, on Sunday, May 4. Bill also saw 3 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS there. Other spring arrivals included 2 PIED-BILLED GREBES seen at this same location, May 3, by Terry Korolyk, and 32 BONAPARTE'S GULLS seen at the S end of Chestermere Lake, also by Terry Korolyk on May 3. Six pairs of BLACK-NECKED STILTS were located by Terry Korolyk north of Strathmore on May 3. Four pairs were off Hwy 817, 3.2 km north, then west, of the Strathmore Golf Course Rd, while the other two pairs were at Cattleland Feedlots slough which is at the terminus of Hwy 817, N of Strathmore. Wayne McGonigal, who lives 1/2 mi north of Longview, has had a HARRIS' SPARROW at his home for a week up to May 2 and 3; while a male VARIED THRUSH was seen by Marg Korolyk and Mark and Adrienne Brooks in the Shawnessy district of Calgary on Sunday, May 4. Weekend hawk reports included a late ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK. That bird was on Inverlake Rd, 1 km W of Hwy 9, May 3, when it was seen by Terry Korolyk. Terry also saw on May 3 a KRIDER'S subspecies RED-TAILED HAWK near Calgary at 146 Ave and 72 St SE; and a HARLAN'S HAWK 5.2 km N and 2 km east of Cattleland Feedlots, N of Strathmore. Ted Bodnar reported the Rufous morph RED-TAILED HAWK he saw near the Hwy 1/Old Banff Coach Rd junction last week was still in that area on May 2. Jerry Pilny reported 3-4 large pale gulls possibly of the THAYER'S / ICELAND complex in amongst other gulls at Glenmore Reservoir on Thursday, May 1. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Thursday, May 8. CFNS meeting and field trips: BIRD STUDY GROUP - 1st Wednesday of each month 7:30 pm, Room 211, BioSciences Bldg, University of Calgary Wed May 7 - Scott Lovell will speak on 'Neighbour-Stranger Discrimination in the Alder Flycatcher' Call Jan Roseneder, 286-5920, for more information. BIRDING FIELD TRIPS Call leader for meeting time and place. Tues May 6, 6:30 pm: Birding Bowmont Park Leader Horst Grothman - 286-3048 Wed May 7, 7:15 pm: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Chris Havard - 242-0664 Sat May 10, 8:30 am: Intermediate Birding, east of Calgary Leisurely looks to learn the special marks of shorebirds, ducks. Full day. Leader Ian Halladay - 282-1420 Sat May 10, 9 am: Birding Bowmont Park Leader Horst Grothman - 286-3048 Sun May 11, 7:30 am: Irricana Area for waterfowl and shorebirds. Full day. Leader Bernard Goulet - 279-0491 Tues May 13, 6:30 pm: Birding Weaselhead Leader TBA. For info 243-2248 Wed May 14, 7 am: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Mike Rogers - 251-9438 Thur May 15, 7 am: Carburn Park, Monthly birding survey Leader Bernard Goulet - 279-3048 Sat-Sun May 17-18: Brooks/Lake Newell Species Count Contact organizer Bob Parsons, Edmonton, 780-488-1344 Sun May 18, 10 am: Birds, Butterflies, Blossoms - Family outing Leader Gus Yaki - 243-2248 Mon May 19, 7 am-5 pm: See 100+ species of birds within Calgary Leaders A Pelzer & Gus Yaki - 243-2248 Tues May 20, 6:30 pm: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader John Bregar - 873-7260 Wed May 21, 6:45 am: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Dave Elphinstone - 246-0199 Thur May 22, 8 am: Bowness Park for Orioles and Thrashers Leaders L Harrison - 288-0839, and Don Magnusson - 284-9301 Sat May 24, 8 am: Livingston Ck Ranch Golf Course, Sibbald Creek Annual Bird Census Leader Paul Anderson - 932-5458 Sat-Sun May 24-25: May Species Counts - all welcome For territories call Bill Walker - 278-7271 Tue May 27, 6:30 pm: Birding Mallard Point, FCPP Leader Jim Washbrook - 271-0923 Wed May 28, 6:45 am: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leaders Gary and Nellie Simpson - 249-7034 ******************** Inglewood Bird Sanctuary is a City of Calgary natural area. Staff offer information, courses and field trips relating to natural history. For information call (403) 269-6688. Calgary Field Naturalists' Society promotes the observation, study and conservation of the native habitat through lectures, field trips and collection of scientific data. CFNS publishes a monthly newsletter and a quarterly journal, Pica. For membership or event information call (403) 285-8553. A Birdfinding Guide to the Calgary Region, ed. Joan F. McDonald (CFNS, 1993), is out of print. Some copies may still be available from the American Birding Association or from local book stores. Copies are no longer available from CFNS. - End transcriptCalgary Field Naturalists' Society
PO Box 981, Station M
Calgary, AB
T2P 2K4
- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * May 1, 2003 * ABCA0305.01 - Birds mentioned Red-necked Grebe Western Grebe Greater Scaup Cooper's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Black-necked Stilt Solitary Sandpiper Mourning Dove Say's Phoebe Marsh Wren Orange-crowned Warbler Wilson's Warbler Dark-eyed Junco Rusty Blackbird Purple Finch - Transcript Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society's Bird Alert Number: (403) 221-4519 To Report: (403) 221-4519 Coverage: Southern Alberta Compiler: Terry Korolyk (CFNS & IBS) Transcriber: Lenora Flynn (lendic@shaw.ca) Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded on Thursday, May 1 at 10:15 a.m. To report a bird sighting, leave a message after the recording or to bypass the recorded message, press the pound key on your touch tone phone. To speak to a naturalist, please phone 221-4500 during office hours. A Grey-headed subspecies of DARK-EYED JUNCO was reported at the Mt Lorette Natural Area in Kananaskis Country on Monday, April 28. The bird was seen by Peter Sherrington. This could be the first ever report of this subspecies in Alberta. For information call Bill Wilson in Calgary at 230-0054. The first BLACK-NECKED STILTS of the season have arrived in the Calgary area. Andrew Slater saw 2 birds at Sadler's Slough on Wednesday, April 30. Andrew also saw the same day, a total of 15 GREATER SCAUP at Langdon Corner slough in the SW corner of Hwys 1 & 9. There were several earlier than usual songbirds reported during the week. Monday, April 28, Andrew Slater observed a ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER in his yard in the Oakridge district of Calgary and Dwight Knapik saw a SAY'S PHOEBE at the Zoo Ranch off Dunbow Road. Tuesday, April 29, Mary Coughlin and Mary Nelson saw a WILSON'S WARBLER and a SAY'S PHOEBE at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. Wednesday, April 30, Andrew Slater found a MARSH WREN at a slough approximately one mile north and one mile west of Sadler's Slough. Bruce Jones this week reported 2 pairs of PURPLE FINCH at his feeders west of Millarville. Other first arrivals during the week included RUSTY BLACKBIRD, MOURNING DOVE, RED-NECKED GREBE, WESTERN GREBE, SOLITARY SANDPIPER and COOPER'S HAWK. Peter Sherrington observed a female RUSTY BLACKBIRD at Mt Lorette April 28, while on April 29 Terry Korolyk saw a MOURNING DOVE just south of the Hwys 2 & 22X slough. Janet Curzon saw 1 RED-NECKED GREBE on Lake McKenzie April 29 while Terry Korolyk saw 3 on the Hwys 2 & 22X slough. Jerry Pilny saw 22 WESTERN GREBES on Glenmore Reservoir April 29 while Andrew Slater saw 2 there on the same day. Andrew also reported a SOLITARY SANDPIPER at McElroy Slough on April 30. Terry Korolyk saw an adult COOPER'S HAWK along Pine Creek, .7 kms west of Hwy 2 on 210 Ave and also on April 29 saw an adult dark-morph RED-TAILED HAWK just south of DeWinton. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Monday, May 5. CFNS MEETINGS AND FIELD TRIPS BIRD STUDY GROUP: 1st Wednesday of each month 7:30pm, Room 211, Biosciences Bldg, University of Calgary. On May 7, Scott Lovell will discuss "Neighbour-Stranger Discrimination in the Alder Flycatcher". BIRDING FIELD TRIPS Sat or Sun May 3,4. Wildcat Hills Nature Hike. Full day, 11 km walk ( easy pace ) for all ages. View mountain and prairie vistas, spring flowers & birds. Limit: 25 participants. Leader, Jamie Podlubny, 288-0658, call for exact date and to register. Sat May 3, 8 am: Birding Votier's Flats, FCPP. Meet S end of Elbow Dr. Leader, Yousif Attia, 254-8869. Sat May 3, 2 pm: Birding Burnsmead, FCPP. Meet parking area, off Bow Bottom Trail, left at park entrance. Leader, Pat Bulman, 236-5159. Sun May 4, 7:30 am: Birding the Brooks Area. Full day. Meet at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, (see Apr 30). Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Sun May 4, 8 am: Birding Inglewood Sanctuary, (see Apr 30). Leader, Mary Huston, 238-3019. Tue May 6, 6:30 pm: Birding Bowmont Park. Meet Maranatha Church, 2111 52 St NW (north end of Home Rd). Leader Horst Grothman, 286-3048. Wed May 7, 7:15 am: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, (see Apr 30). Leader, Chris Havard, 242-0664. Sat May 10, 8:30 am: Intermediate Birding, east of Calgary. Leisurely looks to learn the special marks of shorebirds, ducks. Full day. Meet Elliston Park, S of 17 Av at 60 St SE. Leader, Ian Halladay, 282-1420. Sat May 10, 9 am: Birding Bowmont Park. Meet Maranatha Church, 2111 52 St NW. (N end Home Rd). Leader, Horst Grothman, 286-3048. Sun May 11, 7:30 am: Irricana Area for Waterfowl & Shorebirds. Full day. Meet at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, (see Apr 30). Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Tue May 13, 6:30 pm. Birding Weaselhead. Meet parking lot, 66 Av & 37 St SW. Leader, TBA. For info. 243-248. Wed May 14, 7 am: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, (see Apr 30). Leader, Mike Rogers, 251-9438. Thu May 15, 7 am: Carburn Park, Monthly Birding Survey. S from Glenmore Tr. at 18 St SE to 2nd stoplight, then right & follow signs. Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Sat-Sun May 17, 18: Brooks/Lake Newell Species Count. HQ, Tillebrook Prov. Park. For details, contact organizer, Bob Parsons, Edmonton, 780-488-1344. Sun May 18, 10 am: Birds, Butterflies, Blossoms - Family outing. Meet Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, (see Apr 30). Leader, Gus Yaki, 243-2248. Mon May 19, 7 am-5 pm: See 100+ species of birds within Calgary. Car cavalcade. Meet at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, (see Apr 30). Leaders, A Pelzer & Gus Yaki, 243-2248. Tue May 20, 6:30 pm: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, (see Apr 30). Leader, John Bregar, 873-7260. Wed May 21, 6:45 am: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. Leader, Dave Elphinstone, 246-0199. Thu May 22, 8 am: Bowness Park for Orioles & Thrashers. Meet in 1st parking lot. Leaders, L. Harrison, 288-0839, and Don Magnusson, 284-9301. Inglewood Bird Sanctuary is a City of Calgary natural area. Staff offer information, courses and field trips relating to natural history. For information, call (403) 221-4500. Calgary Field Naturalists' Society promotes the observation, study and conservation of the native habitat through lectures, field trips and collection of scientific data. CFNS publishes a monthly newsletter and a quarterly journal, PICA. For membership or event information, call (403) 285-8553. For membership or event information, call (403) 285-8553, email cfns@cfns.fanweb.ca or visit the website at www.cfns.fanweb.ca. A Birdfinding Guide to the Calgary Region, ed. Joan F. McDonald (CFNS, 1993) is out of print. Copies are no longer available from CFNS. - End transcript Lenora Flynn Calgary, Alberta lendic@shaw.caCalgary Field Naturalists' Society
PO Box 981, Station M
Calgary, AB
T2P 2K4
- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * Apr 28, 2003 * ABCA0304.28 - Birds mentioned Eared Grebe Sharp-shinned Hawk Prairie Falcon American Avocet Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Willet Marbled Godwit Thayer's Gull Glaucous-winged Gull Screech Owl Mountain Bluebird Yellow-rumped Warbler Lincoln's Sparrow Brewer's Blackbird - Transcript Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society's Bird Alert Number: (403) 221-4519 To Report: (403) 221-4519 Coverage: Southern Alberta Compiler: Terry Korolyk (CFNS & IBS) Transcriber: Lenora Flynn (lendic@shaw.ca) Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded on Monday, April 28 at 11:10 a.m. To report a bird sighting, leave a message after the recording or to bypass the recorded message, press the pound key on your touch tone phone. To speak to a naturalist, please phone 221-4500 during office hours. A small greyish owl with prominent ear tufts that may have been a SCREECH OWL was seen at extremely close range in a yard in the Pineridge district of Calgary between 8:00 - 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 22. The bird was seen by Pat Spiller. This would be an extremely rare bird in Alberta. For details on this sighting, call Pat Spiller in Pineridge at 285-9898. A large pale gull that was probably a 1st year THAYER'S GULL or possibly even a 1st year GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL was seen briefly the afternoon of Sunday, April 27, on a small pond just south of the Shepard landfill site. The bird was observed by Terry Korolyk who said the bird flew towards the landfill after he was only able to watch it for a few seconds with the aid of a spotting scope used from 146 Ave SE. Shorebirds arrived in moderate numbers over the weekend. Jeff Bank observed a MARBLED GODWIT above the Carseland Weir on Thursday, April 24, while Terry Korolyk observed a WILLET at McElroy Slough on Monday, April 28. AMERICAN AVOCETS and GREATER AND LESSER YELLOWLEGS were all seen in the Calgary area over the weekend. The largest flock was probably 152 LESSER YELLOWLEGS observed by Terry Korolyk on 72 St SE just south of 146 Ave on April 28. Two YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS seen at Wyndham-Carseland Provincial Park on Thursday, April 24, were the first of the Spring. They were seen by Jeff Bank. Jeff also found 2 LINCOLN'S SPARROWS at east Fish Creek PP Hull's Wood area on Sunday, April 27. Terry Korolyk reported several flocks of BREWER'S BLACKBIRDS east of Calgary on April 28. This included a total of 28 birds at Chestermere Lake. Terry also saw an EARED GREBE at Chestermere Lake on April 28, while Dorothy Johnston had a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK in her yard in Marlborough on April 26 or 27. The April 26 snowstorm had 4 or 5 MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS seeking shelter in Sarah Brickett's yard in Sierra Morena Terrace while on April 22 April Skenes saw a raptor she thought to be a PRAIRIE FALCON eating a Rock Dove in the Killarney area of Calgary near 17 Ave SW. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Thursday, May 1. CFNS MEETINGS AND FIELD TRIPS BIRD STUDY GROUP: 1st Wednesday of each month 7:30pm, Room 211, Biosciences Bldg, University of Calgary. On May 7, Scott Lovell will discuss "Neighbour-Stranger Discrimination in the Alder Flycatcher". BIRDING FIELD TRIPS Tue Apr 29, 6:30 pm: Birding Carburn Park. S from Glenmore Tr at 18 St SE to second stoplight, then right and follow the signs to Carburn Park. Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Wed Apr 30, 7:30 am: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. East end of 9 Ave SE. Leader TBA. Call 243-2248 for info. Thu May 1, 7 am: Elbow River Monthly Birding Survey. Meet Stanley Park, on 42 Av SW, W of Macleod Tr. Walk to Glenmore Reservoir, (3.5 hours). Call leaders, Aileen Pelzer & Gus Yaki, 243-2248 to ensure vehicles for return. Sat or Sun May 3,4. Wildcat Hills Nature Hike. Full day, 11 km walk ( easy pace ) for all ages. View mountain and prairie vistas, spring flowers & birds. Limit: 25 participants. Leader, Jamie Podlubny, 288-0658, call for exact date and to register. Sat May 3, 8 am: Birding Votier's Flats, FCPP. Meet S end of Elbow Dr. Leader, Yousif Attia, 254-8869. Sat May 3, 2 pm: Birding Burnsmead, FCPP. Meet parking area, off Bow Bottom Trail, left at park entrance. Leader, Pat Bulman, 236-5159. Sun May 4, 7:30 am: Birding the Brooks Area. Full day. Meet at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, (see Apr 30). Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Sun May 4, 8 am: Birding Inglewood Sanctuary, (see Apr 30). Leader, Mary Huston, 238-3019. Tue May 6, 6:30 pm: Birding Bowmont Park. Meet Maranatha Church, 2111 52 St NW (north end of Home Rd). Leader Horst Grothman, 286-3048. Wed May 7, 7:15 am: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, (see Apr 30). Leader, Chris Havard, 242-0664. Sat May 10, 8:30 am: Intermediate Birding, east of Calgary. Leisurely looks to learn the special marks of shorebirds, ducks. Full day. Meet Elliston Park, S of 17 Av at 60 St SE. Leader, Ian Halladay, 282-1420. Sat May 10, 9 am: Birding Bowmont Park. Meet Maranatha Church, 2111 52 St NW. (N end Home Rd). Leader, Horst Grothman, 286-3048. Sun May 11, 7:30 am: Irricana Area for Waterfowl & Shorebirds. Full day. Meet at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, (see Apr 30). Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Tue May 13, 6:30 pm. Birding Weaselhead. Meet parking lot, 66 Av & 37 St SW. Leader, TBA. For info. 243-248. Wed May 14, 7 am: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, (see Apr 30). Leader, Mike Rogers, 251-9438. Thu May 15, 7 am: Carburn Park, Monthly Birding Survey. S from Glenmore Tr. at 18 St SE to 2nd stoplight, then right & follow signs. Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Sat-Sun May 17, 18: Brooks/Lake Newell Species Count. HQ, Tillebrook Prov. Park. For details, contact organizer, Bob Parsons, Edmonton, 780-488-1344. Sun May 18, 10 am: Birds, Butterflies, Blossoms - Family outing. Meet Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, (see Apr 30). Leader, Gus Yaki, 243-2248. Mon May 19, 7 am-5 pm: See 100+ species of birds within Calgary. Car cavalcade. Meet at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, (see Apr 30). Leaders, A Pelzer & Gus Yaki, 243-2248. Tue May 20, 6:30 pm: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, (see Apr 30). Leader, John Bregar, 873-7260. Wed May 21, 6:45 am: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. Leader, Dave Elphinstone, 246-0199. Thu May 22, 8 am: Bowness Park for Orioles & Thrashers. Meet in 1st parking lot. Leaders, L. Harrison, 288-0839, and Don Magnusson, 284-9301. Inglewood Bird Sanctuary is a City of Calgary natural area. Staff offer information, courses and field trips relating to natural history. For information, call (403) 221-4500. Calgary Field Naturalists' Society promotes the observation, study and conservation of the native habitat through lectures, field trips and collection of scientific data. CFNS publishes a monthly newsletter and a quarterly journal, PICA. For membership or event information, call (403) 285-8553. For membership or event information, call (403) 285-8553, email cfns@cfns.fanweb.ca or visit the website at www.cfns.fanweb.ca. A Birdfinding Guide to the Calgary Region, ed. Joan F. McDonald (CFNS, 1993) is out of print. Copies are no longer available from CFNS. - End transcript Lenora Flynn Calgary, Alberta lendic@shaw.caCalgary Field Naturalists' Society
PO Box 981, Station M
Calgary, AB
T2P 2K4
- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * Apr 24, 2003 * ABCA0304.24 - Birds mentioned Trumpeter Swan Red-breasted Merganser Turkey Vulture Red-tailed Hawk Ferruginous Hawk American Pipit Vesper Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow - Transcript Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society's Bird Alert Number: (403) 221-4519 To Report: (403) 221-4519 Coverage: Southern Alberta Compiler: Terry Korolyk (CFNS & IBS) Transcriber: Lenora Flynn (lendic@shaw.ca)Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded on Thursday, April 24 at 11:10 a.m. To report a bird sighting, leave a message after the recording or to bypass the recorded message, press the pound key on your touch tone phone. To speak to a naturalist, please phone 221-4500 during office hours.
A TURKEY VULTURE was seen just north of Nightingale on Saturday, April 19. The bird was seen by Colin and Margaret Gilmour. Nightingale is just off Hwy 564, a few miles east of the hwy 817 junction north of Strathmore. For more details on this bird, call Colin or Margaret Gilmour at 239-8929.
Two separate FERRUGINOUS HAWKS were located in the foothills west of Nanton and Stavely on Monday, April 21. The birds were both light-phase adults and were found by Terry Korolyk. One bird was just west of Williams Coulee west of Nanton; the other bird was just west of the bridge across Willow Creek, west of Willow Creek Provincial Park. Terry also reported the pair of FERRUGINOUS HAWKS that were on territory at the Ardenode Community Hall early in the Spring, were still there on Sunday, April 13. If going out to see any of these birds, please exercise good birding ethics as they are likely breeding in these areas. Other raptors reported recently include a rufous-morph RED-TAILED HAWK seen Saturday, April 14, by Ted Bodnar near the Hwy 1 and Old Banff Coach Road junction.
The first AMERICAN PIPITS in the area this Spring season have been reported. Terry Korolyk saw a flock of 30 birds at Pine Coulee west of Stavely on Monday, April 21. Molly Milne reported a WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW singing in her neighbourhood in the Marlborough area of Calgary on Tuesday, April 22, and Bill Walker observed a VESPER SPARROW at Langdon Reservoir on Wednesday, April 23.
Colin Gilmour observed 2 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS at Glenmore Reservoir in Calgary on Monday, April 21, while Jerry Pilny saw a flock of 36 Swans including 6 TRUMPETER SWANS, at Glenmore on Friday, April 18.
The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Monday, April 28.
CFNS MEETINGS AND FIELD TRIPS
BIRD STUDY GROUP: 1st Wednesday of each month 7:30pm, Room 211, Biosciences Bldg, University of Calgary. On May 7, Scott Lovell will discuss "Neighbour-Stranger Discrimination in the Alder Flycatcher".
BIRDING FIELD TRIPS
Sat or Sun Apr 26,27 or May 3,4. Wildcat Hills Nature Hike. Full day, 11 km walk ( easy pace ) for all ages. View mountain and prairie vistas, spring flowers & birds. Limit: 25 participants. Leader, Jamie Podlubny, 288-0658, call for exact date and to register.
Sat Apr 26, 8:00 am: Early Shorebirds-SE Sloughs. TBA. Call 243-2248 for info.
Sat Apr 26, 9:00 am: Shannon Terrace, FCCP. Meet at parking lot accessed from 37 St SW, turn left at 130 Av, follow signs. Leader, Penny Smith, 283-9260.
Sun Apr 27, 8:30 am: Birding Glenmore Reservoir- Waterfowl. Meet W parking lot of Sailing Club, N of 90 Ave at 24 St SW. Leader, Jerry Pilny, 541-1231.
Sun Apr 27, 2:00 pm: Botany of Reader Rock Garden. Meet parking lot just S of 25 Ave SW, East of Macleod Trail. Leaders, Aileen Pelzer & Gus Yaki, 243-2248.
Tue Apr 29, 6:30 pm: Birding Carburn Park. S from Glenmore Tr at 18 St SE to second stoplight, then right and follow the signs to Carburn Park. Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491.
Wed Apr 30, 7:30 am: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. East end of 9 Ave SE. Leader TBA. Call 243-2248 for info.
Thu May 1, 7 am: Elbow River Monthly Birding Survey. Meet Stanley Park, on 42 Av SW, W of Macleod Tr. Walk to Glenmore Reservoir, (3.5 hours). Call leaders, Aileen Pelzer & Gus Yaki, 243-2248 to ensure vehicles for return.
Sat May 3, 8 am: Birding Votier's Flats, FCPP. Meet S end of Elbow Dr. Leader, Yousif Attia, 254-8869.
Sat May 3, 2 pm: Birding Burnsmead, FCPP. Meet parking area, off Bow Bottom Trail, left at park entrance. Leader, Pat Bulman, 236-5159.
Sun May 4, 7:30 am: Birding the Brooks Area. Full day. Meet at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, (see Apr 30). Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491.
Sun May 4, 8 am: Birding Inglewood Sanctuary, (see Apr 30). Leader, Mary Huston, 238-3019.
Tue May 6, 6:30 pm: Birding Bowmont Park. Meet Maranatha Church, 2111 52 St NW (north end of Home Rd). Leader Horst Grothman, 286-3048.
Wed May 7, 7:15 am: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, (see Apr 30). Leader, Chris Havard, 242-0664.
Sat May 10, 8:30 am: Intermediate Birding, east of Calgary. Leisurely looks to learn the special marks of shorebirds, ducks. Full day. Meet Elliston Park, S of 17 Av at 60 St SE. Leader, Ian Halladay, 282-1420.
Sat May 10, 9 am: Birding Bowmont Park. Meet Maranatha Church, 2111 52 St NW. (N end Home Rd). Leader, Horst Grothman, 286-3048.
Sun May 11, 7:30 am: Irricana Area for Waterfowl & Shorebirds. Full day. Meet at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, (see Apr 30). Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491.
Tue May 13, 6:30 pm. Birding Weaselhead. Meet parking lot, 66 Av & 37 St SW. Leader, TBA. For info. 243-2248.
Wed May 14, 7 am: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, (see Apr 30). Leader, Mike Rogers, 251-9438.
Thu May 15, 7 am: Carburn Park, Monthly Birding Survey. S from Glenmore Tr. at 18 St SE to 2nd stoplight, then right & follow signs. Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491.
Inglewood Bird Sanctuary is a City of Calgary natural area. Staff offer information, courses and field trips relating to natural history. For information, call (403) 221-4500.
Calgary Field Naturalists' Society promotes the observation, study and conservation of the native habitat through lectures, field trips and collection of scientific data. CFNS publishes a monthly newsletter and a quarterly journal, PICA. For membership or event information, call (403) 285-8553. For membership or event information, call (403) 285-8553, email cfns@cfns.fanweb.ca or visit the website at www.cfns.fanweb.ca. A Birdfinding Guide to the Calgary Region, ed. Joan F. McDonald (CFNS, 1993) is out of print. Copies are no longer available from CFNS.
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Lenora Flynn Calgary, Alberta lenorareid@sympatico.caCalgary Field Naturalists' Society
PO Box 981, Station M
Calgary, AB
T2P 2K4
- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * Apr 21, 2003 * ABCA0304.21 - Birds mentioned American White Pelican Wood Duck Blue-winged Teal Eurasian Wigeon Harlequin Duck Barrow's Goldeneye Red-breasted Merganser Turkey Vulture Red-tailed Hawk Long-billed Curlew Thayer's Gull Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Townsend's Solitaire Common Grackle - Transcript Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society's Bird Alert Number: (403) 221-4519 To Report: (403) 221-4519 Coverage: Southern Alberta Compiler: Terry Korolyk (CFNS & IBS) Transcriber: Lenora Flynn (lendic@shaw.ca)Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded on Thursday, April 21 at 7:30 p.m. To report a bird sighting, leave a message after the recording or to bypass the recorded message, press the pound key on your touch tone phone. To speak to a naturalist, please phone 221-4500 during office hours.
A TURKEY VULTURE has been reported near Nightingale. The bird was seen there Saturday, April 19, by Colin and Margaret Gilmour. Nightingale is a few miles east of the Hwys 564 & 817 junction, north of Strathmore.
The first AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS have arrived in the area. Dwight Knapik observed 4 birds at Langdon Reservoir on Friday, April 18, then on the same day saw 16 birds at the Carseland Weir. Penny Smith saw 8 White Pelicans flying northward over the Parkdale district of Calgary on Saturday, April 19.
The first LONG-BILLED CURLEW of the season was a bird seen at Frank Lake Sunday, April 20, by Bill Walker and Keith Allsebrook. Terry Korolyk saw a male BLUE-WINGED TEAL in the foothills east of Chain Lakes Provincial Park on April 21, while other first Spring arrivals included a YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER seen in west Fish Creek Provincial Park on April 16 and 2 COMMON GRACKLES seen April 15 in Calgary MapleRidge, these birds being seen by Dick and Lenora Flynn.
The only gull reported over the weekend was one 1st year THAYER'S GULL seen by Terry Korolyk Friday, April 18, from the parking lot on the east side of Chestermere Lake.
A male WOOD DUCK was at a very unusual locale April 21. The bird was on a slough 4.8 kms east of Hwy 22 on 786 Ave west near Chain Lakes PP. Also there were 6 male and 3 female BARROW'S GOLDENEYE.
EURASIAN WIGEON reports over the weekend included a male seen April 18 by Terry Korolyk 1 km west of RR 273 on Twp Rd 252, west of Hwy 9. Dwight Knapik saw another male at Langdon Reservoir the same day, while Richard Clarke on April 17, saw a male 5 kms SW of Brant and saw another male at Brant Lake April 17.
Jeff Bank observed 1 TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE at west Fish Creek Provincial Park Votier's Flats on April 18, while singles were seen in Calgary Shawnessy April 20 by Terry Korolyk and on April 20 by Bill Walker and Keith Allsebrook on 306 Ave SE, south of the Bow River southeast of Calgary.
A male HARLEQUIN DUCK was seen just north of Inglewood Bird Sanctuary April 19 by Jeff Bank, then was seen at the Sanctuary April 20 by Mary Coughlin. Jeff and Mary both observed a pair of RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS at the Sanctuary on April 20.
Terry Korolyk observed a lone dark-morph RED-TAILED HAWK in Williams Coulee west of Nanton on April 21.
The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Thursday, April 24.
CFNS MEETINGS AND FIELD TRIPS
BIRD STUDY GROUP: 1st Wednesday of each month 7:30pm, Room 211, Biosciences Bldg, University of Calgary. On May 7, Scott Lovell will discuss "Neighbour-Stranger Discrimination in the Alder Flycatcher".
BIRDING FIELD TRIPS
Wed Apr 23, 8:30 am: Birds & Botany of Griffith Woods Park. 2.5 km W on Hwy 8 from Sarcee Tr, then left at 69 St SW into Discovery Ridge. Continue straight at traffic circle, then 1st left into parking lot. Leader, Aileen Pelzer, 243-2248.
Sat or Sun Apr 26,27 or May 3,4. Wildcat Hills Nature Hike. Full day, 11 km walk ( easy pace ) for all ages. View mountain and prairie vistas, spring flowers & birds. Limit: 25 participants. Leader, Jamie Podlubny, 288-0658, call for exact date and to register.
Sat Apr 26, 8:00 am: Early Shorebirds-SE Sloughs. TBA. Call 243-2248 for info.
Sat Apr 26, 9:00 am: Shannon Terrace, FCCP. Meet at parking lot accessed from 37 St SW, turn left at 130 Av, follow signs. Leader, Penny Smith, 283-9260.
Sun Apr 27, 8:30 am: Birding Glenmore Reservoir- Waterfowl. Meet W parking lot of Sailing Club, N of 90 Ave at 24 St SW. Leader, Jerry Pilny, 541-1231.
Sun Apr 27, 2:00 pm: Botany of Reader Rock Garden. Meet parking lot just S of 25 Ave SW, East of Macleod Trail. Leaders, Aileen Pelzer & Gus Yaki, 243-2248.
Tue Apr 29, 6:30 pm: Birding Carburn Park. S from Glenmore Tr at 18 St SE to second stoplight, then right and follow the signs to Carburn Park. Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491.
Wed Apr 30, 7:30 am: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. East end of 9 Ave SE. Leader TBA. Call 243-2248 for info.
Thu May 1, 7 am: Elbow River Monthly Birding Survey. Meet Stanley Park, on 42 Av SW, W of Macleod Tr. Walk to Glenmore Reservoir, (3.5 hours). Call leaders, Aileen Pelzer & Gus Yaki, 243-2248 to ensure vehicles for return.
Sat May 3, 8 am: Birding Votier's Flats, FCPP. Meet S end of Elbow Dr. Leader, Yousif Attia, 254-8869.
Sat May 3, 2 pm: Birding Burnsmead, FCPP. Meet parking area, off Bow Bottom Trail, left at park entrance. Leader, Pat Bulman, 236-5159.
Sun May 4, 7:30 am: Birding the Brooks Area. Full day. Meet at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, (see Apr 30). Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491.
Sun May 4, 8 am: Birding Inglewood Sanctuary, (see Apr 30). Leader, Mary Huston, 238-3019.
Tue May 6, 6:30 pm: Birding Bowmont Park. Meet Maranatha Church, 2111 52 St NW (north end of Home Rd). Leader Horst Grothman, 286-3048.
Wed May 7, 7:15 am: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, (see Apr 30). Leader, Chris Havard, 242-0664.
Inglewood Bird Sanctuary is a City of Calgary natural area. Staff offer information, courses and field trips relating to natural history. For information, call (403) 221-4500.
Calgary Field Naturalists' Society promotes the observation, study and conservation of the native habitat through lectures, field trips and collection of scientific data. CFNS publishes a monthly newsletter and a quarterly journal, PICA. For membership or event information, call (403) 285-8553. For membership or event information, call (403) 285-8553, email cfns@cfns.fanweb.ca or visit the website at www.cfns.fanweb.ca. A Birdfinding Guide to the Calgary Region, ed. Joan F. McDonald (CFNS, 1993) is out of print. Copies are no longer available from CFNS.
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Lenora Flynn Calgary, Alberta lenorareid@sympatico.caCalgary Field Naturalists' Society
PO Box 981, Station M
Calgary, AB
T2P 2K4
- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * Apr 17, 2003 * ABCA0304.17 - Birds mentioned Common Loon Eurasian Wigeon Hooded Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Osprey Swainson's Hawk Bonaparte's Gull Glaucous Gull Mourning Dove Savannah Sparrow - Transcript Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society's Bird Alert Number: (4