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- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * Sept 29, 2003 * ABCA0309.29 - Birds mentioned Surf Scoter Cattle Egret Northern Goshawk Red Knot Sanderling Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Curlew Sandpiper Ruff Great Horned Owl Northern Shrike Palm Warbler American Tree 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, Sept. 29 at 11:30am. 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. There have been no reports on the CURLEW SANDPIPER found at Langdon Reservoir Wednesday, Sept. 24 since Thursday, Sept. 25. The bird was seen by only a few observers and it appears the juvenile SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER seen there Sept. 24 was also gone by sometime on Thursday, Sept. 25. There have been several sightings of RUFF or REEVE at the Reservoir since Wed., Sept. 24 when either a winter-plumaged or juvenile RUFF was first seen in the northwest corner. The final reports came on Friday, Sept. 26 when Ian Halladay et al saw a bird that was reportedly a RUFF in the northwest corner. Later in the day, John Riddell observed a shorebird he described as a REEVE on the eastern shoreline of the northwest corner. The CURLEW SANDPIPER will probably be Alberta's second-only provincial record ever. An immature CATTLE EGRET near Carseland was seen by many observers last week, but was not seen at its original location by Mike Mulligan on Sunday, Sept. 28 when he travelled to the area. The bird liked to feed amongst cattle. Location of the bird when most people saw it was west of Carseland. Approximately 4 kms south of Hwy 22X on Hwy 24, a gravel road runs westward past some old rusting storage silos. The bird liked to forage amongst cattle near a ditch on private land that ran south from a grey house which is the first house on the road visible from Hwy 24. The man who first reported the bird on Sept. 22 lives in the grey house. The first SURF SCOTERS of the fall season have arrived in the Calgary area. A flock of 12 female and/or immature birds were seen from the dam at Chestermere Lake on Saturday, Sept. 27. The birds were seen by Terry Korolyk. A RED KNOT was reported at Langdon Reservoir on Sunday, Sept. 28. The bird was seen by Andrew Slater. SANDERLINGS seen at Langdon Reservoir recently included 5 seen Sept. 25 by John Riddell; then 3 by John on Sept. 26. Terry Korolyk observed 2 there on Sept. 26 and Mike Mulligan reported 1 there on Sept. 28. Terry Korolyk observed an adult NORTHERN SHRIKE and 2 AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS at Langdon Reservoir on Sept. 26, and, with John Riddell, heard a SANDHILL CRANE flying over the reservoir. John Riddell saw a PALM WARBLER there on Sept. 26, and on Sept. 25 observed a juvenile NORTHERN GOSHAWK in the shelterbelt just northeast of the reservoir. May? Weiss of northwest Calgary reported a GREAT HORNED OWL being mobbed by Crows and Magpies in her yard one day last week. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Thursday, October 2. CFNS MEETINGS AND FIELD TRIPS: BIRDING FIELD TRIPS: Wed Oct 1, 8:00am: Elbow River Monthly Birding Survey. Meet Stanley Park, on 42 Av SW, W of Macleod Tr. Walk to Glenmore Reservoir, drive back (3.5 hours). Call leaders, Aileen Pelzer/Gus Yaki, 243-2248, to ensure vehicle space for return. Sat Oct 4, 8:00am: Palaeontology, archaeology & natural history of Dinosaur Country. Limit 15. Call 243-2248 to register. Bring Lunch. Leader, Robin Digby, who runs Groundwork Natural Science Education, East Coulee, AB. Sun Oct 5, 9:00am: Reading the Landscape; geology along the Highwood River E of De Winton, and the Big Rock at Okotoks. Bring lunch and waterproof footwear. Meet Anderson LRT station S of pedestrian bridge. Leader, Terry Poulton, 274-7393 Wed Oct 8, 8:30am: Midweek birding - Weaselhead Natural Area. Meet parking lot, 66 Av & 37 St SW. Leader, Bruce Barnetson, 246-1329. Sat Oct 11, 9am: Peak of Golden Eagle Migration, Mt. Lorette with Peter Sherrington. Bring lunch. Meet Assumption School, 34 St NW, just W of Sarcee Tr, N of Trans-Canada Highway. Leaders, Dick & Lenora Flynn, 271-1269. Sun Oct 12, 9:00am: Birding Bebo Grove, FCPP, S end of 24 St SW. Leader, Alan Fishkin, 281-0636. Mon Oct 13, 9:00am: Thanksgiving Day birding at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, E end of 9 Av SE., Leader, Chris Havard, 242-0664. Wed Oct 15, 8:00am: Carburn Park Monthly Birding Survey. S from Glenmore Tr at 18 St SE to second stoplight, then right & follow signs. Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Fri Oct 17, 7:00pm: Stars & Mars; a look at the night sky. Meet Shouldice Arena parking lot, 1515 Home Road NW, to carpool W of city. Bring warm clothing. Call leader, John McFaul, 289-9517, between 5:30-6pm to confirm trip is still on. Sat Oct 18, 9:00am: Late Autumn birds, Bowness Park. Meet, main parking lot. Leader, Mary Coughlin, 275-9651. Sun Oct 19, 8:00am: Birding Wyndham/Carseland area. Meet Anderson LRT station S of pedestrian bridge. Bring lunch. Leader, John Bregar, 873-7260 Sat Oct 25, 2:00pm: Crackweeds & Herbal Tea: What are those plants growing in the sidewalk and pavement? Meet 420 Brunswick Av SW. Leader, Aileen Pelzer, 243-2248. Sun Oct 26, 9:00am: Glenmore Reservoir for loons, scoters, etc. Meet W parking lot at Yacht Club, N of 90 Av SW at 24 St. Leader, Eric Tull, 295-0830. Sat Nov 1, 8:15am: Elbow River Monthly Birding Survey. See Oct 1. Sun Nov 2, 8:30am: Swans/Snow Geese at Frank Lake. Meet NW corner of Shawnessy Co-op Store. From north, off Macleod Tr, turn right at 162 Av SW, turn left at next light, and left again. Bring lunch. Leader, Bill Walker, 278-7271 Sun Nov 2, 2:00pm: What’s still in bloom? Meet Griffith Woods Park, 2.5 W of Sarcee Tr on Hwy 8 (Glenmore Tr); turn left at 69 St SW into Discovery Ridge. Continue straight at traffic circle, then first left into parking lot. Leader, Aileen Pelzer, 243-2248. Wed Nov 5, 9:30am: Midweek Birding - Bebo Grove, FCPP S end of 24 Av SW. Leader, Mary Huston, 238-3019. Sat Nov 8, 8:30am: Birding the Bow, N from 22X. Meet at Burnsmead, FCPP. parking lot off Bow Bottom Tr, left at park entrance. Leader, Tony Timmons, 426-0754. Sun Nov 9, 9:00am: Birding the Bow, Burnsmead to Mallard Point, FCPP. Meet Mallard Point, E. end Canyon Meadows, to carpool. Leader, Jim Washbrook, 271-0923. Wed Nov 12, 8:30am: Midweek Birding - Beaverdam Flats Park. N off Glenmore Tr at 18 St, then follow left. Leader, Ray Woods, 241-6007 Sat Nov 15, 8:15am: Carburn Park Monthly Birding Survey. See Oct 15. Sun Nov 16, 2:00pm: The Trees & Shrubs of Weaselhead. Meet 37 St & 66 Av. Leader, Gus Yaki, 243-2248. sat Nov 22, 9:00am: Boreal Birds at Bebo Grove, FCPP, S end of 24 St SW. Jan Roseneder, 286-5980 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 * Sept 22, 2003 * ABCA0309.22 - Birds mentioned Greater White-fronted Goose Barrow's Goldeneye Osprey Bald Eagle Broad-winged Hawk Sora Rail Spotted Sandpiper Northern Saw-whet Owl Warbling Vireo Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Cape May Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Wilson's Warbler - 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, September 22 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. An adult BROAD-WINGED HAWK was seen in the Irricana Sloughs area on Saturday, September 20. The bird which was in an advanced state of moult was seen by Terry Korolyk in the afternoon at a wooded area approximately 2 kilometres north of Township Road 270 on Range Road 252. The same day, Terry observed at least 74 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE at the Cattleland Feedlots Slough in the northeast corner of the Hwys 817-564 junction north of Strathmore. On Sunday, September 21, Andrew Slater reported 11 WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were feeding in a stubblefield north of the Cattleland Feedlots Slough. The first BARROW'S GOLDENEYE of the fall season in the Calgary area has been reported. A lone female was seen by Terry Korolyk at McElroy Slough on Saturday, September 20. McElroy Slough is on Inverlake Road almost immediately north of Chestermere Lake. A late-migrating CAPE MAY WARBLER was observed by Terry Korolyk at his home in the Shawnessy area of Calgary on Saturday, September 20. Terry also saw a BLACKPOLL WARBLER there along with TENNESSEE, ORANGE-CROWNED, WILSON'S, and over 20 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS. Penny Smith reported an adult BALD EAGLE was perched on a cell phone tower by the Crowchild Trail Bridge on Sunday, Sept. 21. This is a location where a bird was reported occasionally through the summer. Birds reported by Kevin Barker in the Banff-Canmore area recently included a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL behind the Canmore Emergency Building on Sept. 18. Kevin saw a SWAINSON'S THRUSH and a HERMIT THRUSH in Canmore on Sept. 18 and on the same day, saw an OSPREY flying over the Larch Subdivision in Canmore. Late migrants seen by Kevin at the Banff Cave & Basin Marsh on September 20 included a TENNESSEE WARBLER, a WARBLING VIREO, and a SORA RAIL. Kevin observed a late-migrating SPOTTED SANDPIPER along the river in Banff townsite on September 20. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Thursday, September 25. CFNS MEETINGS AND FIELD TRIPS: BIRDING FIELD TRIPS: Wed Sep 24, 9:00am: Midweek birding - Bowness Park. Meet in first parking lot. Leaders: Don Magnusson, 284-9301; Lucile Harrison, 288-0839. Sat Sep 27, 9:00am: Birding South Glenmore/Weaselhead. Meet at W end of 90 Av SW. Leader, Dave Gibson, 282-8133. Sun Sep 28, 9:30am: Pearce Estate re-naturalization. See the flora and fauna while learning about the restoration of this park. Meet at S door of Fish Hatchery, 1440 17A St SE, N of Blackfoot Tr. Leader, Danita Maslankowski, 246-1768. Sun Sep 28, 1:30pm. Captive Whooping Cranes. Currently 17 adult Whooping Cranes are at the Zoo Ranch. Limit: 25 participants. Call 243-2248 to register. Guide: Crane Keeper, Dwight Knapik. Rain date, Sun Oct 5. Wed Oct 1, 8:00am: Elbow River Monthly Birding Survey. Meet Stanley Park, on 42 Av SW, W of Macleod Tr. Walk to Glenmore Reservoir, drive back (3.5 hours). Call leaders, Aileen Pelzer/Gus Yaki, 243-2248, to ensure vehicle space for return. Sat Oct 4, 8:00am: Palaeontology, archaeology & natural history of Dinosaur Country. Limit 15. Call 243-2248 to register. Bring Lunch. Leader, Robin Digby, who runs Groundwork Natural Science Education, East Coulee, AB. Sun Oct 5, 9:00am: Reading the Landscape; geology along the Highwood River E of De Winton, and the Big Rock at Okotoks. Bring lunch and waterproof footwear. Meet Anderson LRT station S of pedestrian bridge. Leader, Terry Poulton, 274-7393 Wed Oct 8, 8:30am: Midweek birding - Weaselhead Natural Area. Meet parking lot, 66 Av & 37 St SW. Leader, Bruce Barnetson, 246-1329. Sat Oct 11, 9am: Peak of Golden Eagle Migration, Mt. Lorette with Peter Sherrington. Bring lunch. Meet Assumption School, 34 St NW, just W of Sarcee Tr, N of Trans-Canada Highway. Leaders, Dick & Lenora Flynn, 271-1269. Sun Oct 12, 9:00am: Birding Bebo Grove, FCPP, S end of 24 St SW. Leader, Alan Fishkin, 281-0636. Mon Oct 13, 9:00am: Thanksgiving Day birding at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, E end of 9 Av SE., Leader, Chris Havard, 242-0664. Wed Oct 15, 8:00am: Carburn Park Monthly Birding Survey. S from Glenmore Tr at 18 St SE to second stoplight, then right & follow signs. Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Fri Oct 17, 7:00pm: Stars & Mars; a look at the night sky. Meet Shouldice Arena parking lot, 1515 Home Road NW, to carpool W of city. Bring warm clothing. Call leader, John McFaul, 289-9517, between 5:30-6pm to confirm trip is still on. Sat Oct 18, 9:00am: Late Autumn birds, Bowness Park. Meet, main parking lot. Leader, Mary Coughlin, 275-9651. Sun Oct 19, 8:00am: Birding Wyndham/Carseland area. Meet Anderson LRT station S of pedestrian bridge. Bring lunch. Leader, John Bregar, 873-7260 Sat Oct 25, 2:00pm: Crackweeds & Herbal Tea: What are those plants growing in the sidewalk and pavement? Meet 420 Brunswick Av SW. Leader, Aileen Pelzer, 243-2248. Sun Oct 26, 9:00am: Glenmore Reservoir for loons, scoters, etc. Meet W parking lot at Yacht Club, N of 90 Av SW at 24 St. Leader, Eric Tull, 295-0830. Sat Nov 1, 8:15am: Elbow River Monthly Birding Survey. See Oct 1. Sun Nov 2, 8:30am: Swans/Snow Geese at Frank Lake. Meet NW corner of Shawnessy Co-op Store. From north, off Macleod Tr, turn right at 162 Av SW, turn left at next light, and left again. Bring lunch. Leader, Bill Walker, 278-7271 Sun Nov 2, 2:00pm: What’s still in bloom? Meet Griffith Woods Park, 2.5 W of Sarcee Tr on Hwy 8 (Glenmore Tr); turn left at 69 St SW into Discovery Ridge. Continue straight at traffic circle, then first left into parking lot. Leader, Aileen Pelzer, 243-2248. Wed Nov 5, 9:30am: Midweek Birding - Bebo Grove, FCPP S end of 24 Av SW. Leader, Mary Huston, 238-3019. Sat Nov 8, 8:30am: Birding the Bow, N from 22X. Meet at Burnsmead, FCPP. parking lot off Bow Bottom Tr, left at park entrance. Leader, Tony Timmons, 426-0754. Sun Nov 9, 9:00am: Birding the Bow, Burnsmead to Mallard Point, FCPP. Meet Mallard Point, E. end Canyon Meadows, to carpool. Leader, Jim Washbrook, 271-0923. Wed Nov 12, 8:30am: Midweek Birding - Beaverdam Flats Park. N off Glenmore Tr at 18 St, then follow left. Leader, Ray Woods, 241-6007 Sat Nov 15, 8:15am: Carburn Park Monthly Birding Survey. See Oct 15. Sun Nov 16, 2:00pm: The Trees & Shrubs of Weaselhead. Meet 37 St & 66 Av. Leader, Gus Yaki, 243-2248. sat Nov 22, 9:00am: Boreal Birds at Bebo Grove, FCPP, S end of 24 St SW. Jan Roseneder, 286-5980 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 * Sept 15, 2003 * ABCA0309.15 - Birds mentioned Great Egret Snowy Egret White-faced Ibis Prairie Falcon Black-bellied Plover American Golden Plover White-winged Dove - 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, Sept. 15 at 11:15am. 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 SNOWY EGRET has been seen once again at Frank Lake east of High River. The bird was seen on the east side of the lake on Sunday, September 14 by Andrew Slater. This bird is probably one of the two SNOWY EGRETS that spent much of the summer at Frank Lake. Frank Lake is a large lake on the south side of Hwy 23 a few kilometres east of High River. To reach the southeast corner access point, take the road heading south from Hwy 23 down the east flank of Frank Lake. Turn right on the first 'Dead End' signed gravel road heading westward. Drive past some houses until you reach the parking area near the lake. There have been no further reports on an adult GREAT EGRET seen in the Irricana Sloughs in August. The bird was seen at sloughs both north and west of the Range Road 254-Township Road 270 junction east of Irricana. A WHITE-WINGED DOVE continues to be seen at the residence of Dough Mategio at 34 Wildrose Street in the Rosedale Valley in Lacombe. Bill Wilson observed the bird there at 9am on Saturday, September 13. Those interested in seeing the bird can call Dough there at 1-403-782-3931. Andrew Slater observed an AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER at Frank Lake on Sunday, September 14. Andrew also observed 2 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS there the same day as well as seeing a PRAIRIE FALCON and a lone WHITE-FACED IBIS. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Thursday, September 18. CFNS MEETINGS AND FIELD TRIPS: BIRDING FIELD TRIPS: Wed Sep 17, 8am: Autumn migrants at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, E end 9 Av SE. Leader Nellie Simpson, 249-7003. Sat Sep 20, 8:30am: Bird the Bow River. Meet at Mallard Point, E end of Canyon Meadows, then carpool to Burnsmead, walking back. Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Sun Sep 21, 8am: Birding Langdon Reservoir. Meet Southland Park, E end of Southland Dr. Leader, Bill Walker, 278-7271. Sat Sep 27, 9am: Birding South Glenmore/Weaselhead. Meet at W end of 90 Av SW. Leader, Dave Gibson, 282-8133. Wed Oct 1, 8am: Elbow River Monthly Birding Survey. Meet Stanley Park, on 42 Ave SW, W of McLeod Tr. Walk to Glenmore Reservoir, drive back (3.5 hrs). Call leaders, Aileen Pelzer/Gus Yaki, 243-2248, to ensure vehicle space for return. 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 * Sept 11, 2003 * ABCA0309.11 - Birds mentioned WHITE-WINGED DOVE Great Horned Owl Hermit Thrush American Pipit Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warbler Townsend's Warbler Wilson's Warbler Western Tanager - 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: Amanda Cole (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, Sept. 11 at 4:40pm. 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 WHITE-WINGED DOVE that was reported in Lacombe had not been spotted this week until this morning at 8:30am. The bird has been sighted in Doug Matigio's yard at his feeder. Please try and contact him before visiting, at 403-782-3931. A TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE and 53 WILSON'S WARBLERS were the highlight at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary on September 10th. Dorothy Johnston had a NASHVILLE WARBLER and a GREAT HORNED OWL visit her yard in the Marlborough area this week. Kevin Barker spotted a HERMIT THRUSH and a female WESTERN TANAGER at Whiseky Creek in Banff. KEvin also had a TOWNSEND'S WARBLER at Police Creek just off the 10th St. bridge in Canmore and had a TENNESSEE WARBLER visit his yard in the Cougar Creek Subdivision. Ted Bodnar sighted a late brood of CEDAR WAXWINGS in the Springbank area still begging in the nest. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Monday, September 15. CFNS MEETINGS AND FIELD TRIPS: BIRDING FIELD TRIPS: Sat Sep 13 8am: Intermediate Birding. Meet Elliston Park, S of 17 Av SE at 60 St. Bring lunch. Leader, Ian Halladay. 282-1420. Sat Sep 13 9am: Birding Bowmont Park. Meet Maranatha Church, 2111 52 St NW (N end Home Rd). Leader, Gus Yaki, 243-2248. Sun Sep 14: 8am: Bragg Creek Natural Area for birds, plants. Boggy terrain, requires rubber boots. Limit: 10 participants. For details, call leader, Chris Havard, 242-0664. Mon Sep 15, 7am: 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 Sep 16, 9am: Birding Chestermere Lake and points east. Meet Elliston Park, S of 17 Av SE at 60 St. Bring lunch. Leader, Cedric Hitchon, 271-8789. Wed Sep 17, 8am: Autumn migrants at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, E end 9 Av SE. Leader Nellie Simpson, 249-7003. Sat Sep 20, 8:30am: Bird the Bow River. Meet at Mallard Point, E end of Canyon Meadows, then carpool to Burnsmead, walking back. Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Sun Sep 21, 8am: Birding Langdon Reservoir. Meet Southland Park, E end of Southland Dr. Leader, Bill Walker, 278-7271. Sat Sep 27, 9am: Birding South Glenmore/Weaselhead. Meet at W end of 90 Av SW. Leader, Dave Gibson, 282-8133. 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 * Sept 8, 2003 * ABCA0309.08 - Birds mentioned WHITE-WINGED DOVE Townsend's Solitaire Brown Thrasher American Pipit Blue-headed Vireo White-throated 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: Chris Havard (ckhavard@shaw.ca) Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded on Monday, Sept. 8. 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 WHITE-WINGED DOVE that has been sighted regularly in Lacombe is still present. The bird has been visiting a feeder at Doug Matigio's yard at 34 Wildrose Street. Doug would appreciate if you try and contact him before going into his yard. His number is 403-782-3931. A BROWN THRASHER was sighted at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary by R. Dickson, S. McLeod and G. Smiley. Terry Korolyk had a BLUE-HEADED VIREO in his yard in Shawnessy on the first of September. Terry also had an AMERICAN PIPIT at the slough SW of Hwy 2 and 22X junction on Sept. 5. Dorothy Johnston reported a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE, WHITE-CROWNED and WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS in her yard in Marlborough. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Thursday, Sept. 11 CFNS MEETINGS AND FIELD TRIPS: BIRDING FIELD TRIPS: Sat Sep 13 9am: Birding Bowmont Park. Meet Maranatha Church, 2111 52 St NW (N end Home Rd). Leader, Gus Yaki, 243-2248. Sun Sep 14: 8am: Bragg Creek Natural Area for birds, plants. Boggy terrain, requires rubber boots. Limit: 10 participants. For details, call leader, Chris Havard, 242-0664. Mon Sep 15, 7am: 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 Sep 16, 9am: Birding Chestermere Lake and points east. Meet Elliston Park, S of 17 Av SE at 60 St. Bring lunch. Leader, Cedric Hitchon, 271-8789. Wed Sep 17, 8am: Autumn migrants at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, E end 9 Av SE. Leader Nellie Simpson, 249-7003. Sat Sep 20, 8:30am: Bird the Bow River. Meet at Mallard Point, E end of Canyon Meadows, then carpool to Burnsmead, walking back. Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Sun Sep 21, 8am: Birding Langdon Reservoir. Meet Southland Park, E end of Southland Dr. Leader, Bill Walker, 278-7271. Sat Sep 27, 9am: Birding South Glenmore/Weaselhead. Meet at W end of 90 Av SW. Leader, Dave Gibson, 282-8133. 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 * Aug 25,2003 * ABCA0308.25 - Birds mentioned Ruddy Turnstone Semipalmated Plover SABINE'S GULL Eastern Phoebe Say's Phoebe Mourning Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Ovenbird Canada Warbler Magnolia Warbler American Redstart Wilson's Warbler Cape May Warbler Cassin's Vireo - 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, August 25, 2003, at 9:40 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. An adult SABINE'S GULL was seen at Frank Lake on Sunday, Aug 24. The bird was seen by Bill Wilson. Bill watched the bird from the southeast access point of the lake - it was flying south to north when he saw it. Frank Lake is a few kilometres east of High River on Hwy 23. To reach the southeast corner access point, drive south from Hwy 23 on the road going down the east flank of Frank Lake. Turn right onto the first 'Dead End' gravel road you encounter and follow it to the lake. Also on Sunday, Aug 24, Bill Wilson observed a juvenile RUDDY TURNSTONE at Namaka Lake. Bill saw the bird along the southeast shoreline. To reach Namaka Lake, drive east from Strathmore on Hwy 1. Very quickly you will see a large lake on your right - this is Eagle Lake. Take the road running southward past Eagle Lake on the east side. After passing the south end of Eagle Lake, turn left onto a gravel road and shortly you will be driving eastward past Namaka Lake, which will be to the south. Take the road running past some residences on the east side, park at the end and there will be a short walk to the southeast shoreline. There was one SEMIPALMATED PLOVER report over the weekend. Terry Korolyk observed an adult bird in the flats above the weir at Wyndham-Carseland PP on Saturday, Aug 23. Migratory passerines continue to arrive in the Calgary area. Recent reports from Mallard Point in east Fish Creek PP include a MOURNING WARBLER seen there by Bill Walker on Friday, Aug 22, and the same day, observed there by Terry Korolyk were an immature BLACKPOLL WARBLER and an EASTERN PHOEBE. At a Bucks for Wildlife slough north of Nightingale on Aug 22, Terry Korolyk observed an OVENBIRD, 2 CANADA WARBLERS, 2-3 MAGNOLIA WARBLERS, 2 AMERICAN REDSTARTS and 6 WILSON'S WARBLERS amongst other migrants. Nightingale is 4.8 kms east of the Hwys 817/564 junction, north of Strathmore. To reach the slough, go north through Nightingale, turn left onto the first westbound gravel road and drive a short distance. Terry Korolyk had an immature CAPE MAY WARBLER and a CASSIN'S VIREO in his back yard at his home in Calgary Shawnessy on Aug 22, and east of Irricana just south of the RgeRd 254/TwpRd 273 junction, Terry observed a SAY'S PHOEBE, also on Aug 22. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Thursday, Aug 28. CFNS meeting and field trips: BIRD STUDY GROUP - 1st Wednesday of each month except July and August 7:30 pm, Room 211, BioSciences Bldg, University of Calgary September meeting - Sept 3 Revised Checklist of the Birds of the Calgary Region - Harold Pinel Call Phil Cram - 228-4142 - for more information. BIRDING FIELD TRIPS Call leader for meeting time and place. Sat Aug 30, 9 am: What's alive in Bowness Park? Leader Gus Yaki - 243-2248 Mon Sep 1, 7:30 am: Elbow Rive Monthly birding Survey Leaders Aileen Pelzer and Gus Yaki - 243-2248 Tue Sep 2, 6:30 pm: Birding S Glenmore/Weaselhead Leader Alan MacKeigan - 651-3754 ******************** 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
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- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * Aug 21,2003 * ABCA0308.21 - Birds mentioned Harlequin Duck Least Flycatcher Dusky Flycatcher? Red-breated Nuthatch Black-and-white Warbler Yellow Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Tennessee Warbler Wilson's Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Canada Warbler Magnolia Warbler American Redstart Common Yellowthroat Northern Waterthrush - 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, August 21, 2003, at 11:40 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 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER was seen at Mallard Point on the east side of Fish Creek PP on Wednesday, Aug 20. The bird was seen by Terry Korolyk. Terry reported that gusty wind conditions probably helped create conditions that resulted in large numbers and varieties of small passerines to be at Mallard Point on Aug 20. Between 11 and 11:45 am, in addition to the BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, Terry also saw 1 CANADA WARBLER, 5 MAGNOLIA WARBLERS, 5 AMERICAN REDSTARTS, 5 WILSON'S WARBLERS, 3 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES along with other species such as COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, and TENNESSEE, YELLOW and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS. Terry also saw there 6 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES, and with Al and Helga Borgardt observed up to 20 LEAST FLYCATCHERS. At Hull's Wood, off Bowbottom Tr in east Fish Creek PP, on Tuesday, Aug 19, Terry observed an empid that may have been a juvenile DUSKY FLYCATCHER. At Hull's Wood on Sunday, Aug 12, Nemali Semiviratne watched 2 BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLERS. At Hull's Wood on Aug 19, Terry Korolyk reported TENNESSEE, YELLOW and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS were most common, but NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH and WILSON'S WARBLERS were also seen. Andrew Slater reported TENNESSEE WARBLER to be the most common warbler at Pearce Estate, which is on the west side of the Bow River just north of Blackfoot Trail, on the morning of Wednesday, Aug 20. To reach Mallard Point, follow Canyon Meadows Dr eastward into Fish Creek Park. The Calgary Bird Alert has received a very unusual late Summer report. Abndrew Sklater observed 6 female immature HARLEQUIN DUCKS in the rough water below the weir at Pearce Estate in Calgary on the morning of Wednesday, Aug 20. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Monday, Aug 25. Calgary Field Naturalists' Society Meetings and Field Trips: BIRD STUDY GROUP - 1st Wednesday of each month except July and August 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 Aug 23, 8 am: Bird South Carburn Park Leader Jim St Laurent - 246-6314 Tue Aug 26, 6:30 am: Fall Migrants, Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Jan Roseneder - 286-5920 Sat Aug 30, 9 am: What's alive in Bowness Park? Leader 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) 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
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- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * Aug 18,2003 * ABCA0308.18 - Birds mentioned White-faced Ibis Sanderling Semipalmated Plover Long-billed Curlew Black Tern Mourning Warbler Canada Warbler Townsend's Warbler Wilson's Warbler American Redstart Northern Waterthrush - 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, August 18, 2003, at 12:10 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. Warblers continue to increase in numbers and variety as they move through Calgary birding area in Fall migration. Species reported in the area over the weekend included MOURNING, CANADA, TOWNSEND'S and WILSON'S WARBLERS and AMERICAN REDSTART. The first report came from Penny Smith, who reported that she and Mike Thompson observed a MOURNING WARBLER south of the Walker House at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary on Thursday, Aug 14. On Saturday, Aug 16, Terry Korolyk observed an immature TOWNSEND'S WARBLER and an immature WILSON'S WARBLER amongst other species at a 'Bucks for Wildlife' slough just west of the Nightingale Rd on the first westward gravel road north of Nightingale, which is on Hwy 564, NE of Strathmore. On the morning of Monday, Aug 18, Bill Walker watched at least 1, and possibly, 2 CANADA WARBLERS at Mallard Point in east Fish Creek PP. He saw there also WILSON'S WARBLERS and 2 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH amongst others, and along the Bow River below Diamond Cove, Bill saw an AMERICAN REDSTART. Shorebirds are at very good numbers and variety at various sloughs and lakes in the Calgary area. Highlights over the weekend included the first SANDERLINGS of the season. Bill Wilson observed 3 along with good numbers and variety of other birds at Namaka Lake on Sunday, Aug 17. Bill observed there also 3 WHITE-FACED IBIS and good numbers of BLACK TERNS. To reach Namaka Lake go south on the first paved road off Hwy 1 east of Strathmore. As you drive, Eagle Lake will be on your right hand side. As you pass the south end of Eagle Lake, turn left and drive a short distance to Namaka Lake, which is south of this road. Other shorebird highlights over the weekend included a juvenile SEMIPALMATED PLOVER seen by Terry Korolyk, 3.2 km north of the Hwy 817/Oxbow Golf Course Rd junction at the north end of Strathmore, seen on Aug 16. John Cartwright observed a flock of 9 LONG-BILLED CURLEWS on Aug 14 near Keoma on TwpRd 262, 3 km east of Hwy 9. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Thursday, Aug 21. CFNS meeting and field trips: BIRD STUDY GROUP - 1st Wednesday of each month except July and August 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 Aug 23, 8 am: Bird South Carburn Park Leader Jim St Laurent - 246-6314 Tue Aug 26, 6:30 am: Fall Migrants, Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Jan Roseneder - 286-5920 Sat Aug 30, 9 am: What's alive in Bowness Park? Leader 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) 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 * Aug 14,2003 * ABCA0308.14 - Birds mentioned CLARK'S GREBE SNOWY EGRET White-faced Ibis Rufous Hummingbird Ruby-throated Hummingbird Calliope Hummingbird Olive-sided Flycatcher Northern Waterthrush Orange-crowned Warbler Cassin's Finch 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: Jean Moore (jmmoore@ucalgary.ca) Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded Thursday, August 14, 2003, at 10:40 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. Hummingbirds are on the move now in Fall migration in the Calgary birding area. Three separate observers reported hummingbirds within the City in the past week so far. Terry Korolyk observed a RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD in his garden in the Shawnessy area of Calgary on Thursday, Aug 7 and then on Sunday, Aug 10, in the garden at her home in the Marlborough area of Calgary, Molly Milne had 3 hummingbirds, which couldn't be identified. On Monday, Aug 11, on the border of Edworthy Park at the Douglas Fir Trail, Ann Jones reported a female CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD, a female RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD and a male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD. The most recent report on the SNOWY EGRETS and CLARK'S GREBES at Frank Lake, E of High River, came from Bill Wilson. Bill observed there on Wednesday, Aug 13, one of the SNOWY EGRETS; one of the CLARK'S GREBES, feeding a juvenile; and a total of 11 WHITE-FACED IBIS. Go south from Hwy 23 to the east side of the lake, turn right at the first 'dead end' road and follow it to the lake. The first migrant OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER in the area has been reported. John Cartwright observed an individual on the south side of the Bow River, W of the Crowchild Trail bridge, on Tuesday, Aug 12. On Sunday, Aug 10, John observed a finch he believes may have been a female CASSIN'S FINCH above Chester Lake in Kananaskis Country. For details, call John at 265-2980. Other recent Fall arrivals for the area include an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER reported at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary seen by an unidentified observer on Friday, Aug 8; and on Sunday, Aug 10, also at the Bird Sanctuary and by an unidentified observer, one PURPLE FINCH and one NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Monday, Aug 18. CFNS meeting and field trips: BIRD STUDY GROUP - 1st Wednesday of each month except July and August 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. Fri Aug 15. 9 am: Monthly Birding Survey, Carburn Park Leader Bernard Goulet - 279-0491 Sat Aug 16, 6:30 am: Bird Votier's Flats, FCPP Leader Mary Huston - 238-3019 Sat Aug 23, 8 am: Bird South Carburn Park Leader Jim St Laurent - 246-6314 Tue Aug 26, 6:30 am: Fall Migrants, Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Jan Roseneder - 286-5920 Sat Aug 30, 9 am: What's alive in Bowness Park? Leader 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) 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 * Aug 11,2003 * ABCA0308.11 - Birds mentioned SNOWY EGRET CLARK'S GREBE Western Sandpiper Semipalmated Plover Black-bellied Plover - 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 Mpnday, August 11, 2003, at 11:30 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. Two adult CLARK'S GREBES, one of them feeding a juvenile, were observed at Frank Lake, E of High River on Sunday, Aug 10. The birds were seen by Andrew Slater, who said the birds were approx 400 yards south of the SE corner access point. Andrew also reported one of the 2 SNOWY EGRETS that have been seen at Frank Lake was approx 500 yards north of the SE corner access point along the east shoreline. The other SNOWY EGRET was apparently seen by a CFNS field trip on Aug 10 just off Hwy 23, which bends around the north end of Frank Lake. Frank Lake is a few km east of High River on Hwy 23. To reach the SE access point, go south from Hwy 23 on the gravel road running down the east flank of the lake. Turn right onto the first dead end road running towards the lake. The road will go past some houses and reach a small parking area at the SE corner of the lake. The first WESTERN SANDPIPER of the Fall season has been seen in our birding area. Terry Korolyk observed a juvenile along the NW shoreline at the Cattleland Feedlot slough on Saturday, Aug 9. Terry also observed a lone juvenile SEMIPALMATED PLOVER there, with the bird being there again on Aug 10. Terry reported very good shorebirding in the area over the weekend with the best sloughs being Langdon Corner slough, which is just W of the Hwys 1 & 9 junction, and the large slough approx 2 miles east of McElroy Slough on Inverlake Rd (which intersects where Hwy 1 bends around Chestermere Lake). Many other sloughs, however, had good numbers and variety of shorebirds - for more locations, call Terry at 254-1878. Terry also observed 5 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS at Lake Macdonald, which can be reached by driving north across Country Hills Blvd from 36 St NE and then approaching the old Turbo Refinery from the west. Those birds were seen on Sunday, Aug 10. Cattleland Feedlots are just north of the Hwys 564/817 junction, N of Strathmore. Be cautious of farm or industrial machinery. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Thursday, Aug 14. CFNS meeting and field trips: BIRD STUDY GROUP - 1st Wednesday of each month except July and August 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. Tue Aug 12, 6:30 pm: Early Autumn Warblers Leaders Dick and Lenora Flynn - 271-1269 Fri Aug 15. 9 am: Monthly Birding Survey, Carburn Park Leader Bernard Goulet - 279-0491 Sat Aug 16, 6:30 am: Bird Votier's Flats, FCPP Leader Mary Huston - 238-3019 Sat Aug 23, 8 am: Bird South Carburn Park Leader Jim St Laurent - 246-6314 Tue Aug 26, 6:30 am: Fall Migrants, Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Jan Roseneder - 286-5920 Sat Aug 30, 9 am: What's alive in Bowness Park? Leader 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) 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
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- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * Aug 7,2003 * ABCA0308.07 - Birds mentioned SNOWY EGRET Black-crowned Night-Heron AMERICAN BLACK DUCK Cooper's Hawk Bald Eagle Solitary Sandpiper Black-billed Cuckoo Say's Phoebe Cape May Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Tennessee Warbler - 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, August 7, 2003, at 11:45 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 BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO was seen and heard at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary here in Calgary on the morning of Sunday, Aug 3. The bird was on the opposite side of the lagoon from the Colonel Walker House when it was seen by Ron Wawryn and Dave Brown and heard by Kim McCulley. An AMERICAN BLACK DUCK has been reported by banders on the west side of Frank Lake. The bird was banded by Canadian Wildlife Service biologists on Tuesday, Aug 5, but the exact location isn't known. The two SNOWY EGRETS at Frank Lake were still there as of Tuesday, Aug 5, when they were observed by John Cartwright. The birds have been seen by many observers now. To see them, go south from Hwy 23 on the gravel road running down the east flank of the lake until you come to the first gravel road running westwards towards the lake. This road will run past some houses and approach the lake in the SE corner, which is where the birds have been. Frank Lake is a few kilometres east of High River on Hwy 23. Warblers are moving through the area now in fall migration. Calgary bird banders banded a CAPE MAY WARBLER at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary on Sunday, Aug 3, and on Monday, Aug 4, Terry Korolyk observed 5 TENNESSEE WARBLERS and 2 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS at the Bird Sanctuary. SAY'S PHOEBES have been seen at the Calgary Zoo's private breeding ranch off Dunbow Road. Dwight Knapik observed the species there on July 21, July 29 and Aug 6. Dwight also observed a female COOPER'S HAWK capture a SOLITARY SANDPIPER there on Aug 4. Penny Smith observed an adult BALD EAGLE by the Crowchild Tr bridge on Aug 3. There have been unconfirmed reports of BALD EAGLES nesting near or in Edworthy Park this year. Alan McKeigan observed 3 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS feeding by a pond in the NW corner of the Beddington Tr/Deerfoot Tr junction on Tuesday, Aug 5. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Monday, Aug 11. CFNS meeting and field trips: BIRD STUDY GROUP - 1st Wednesday of each month except July and August 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. Sun Aug 10, 7:15 am: Bird Frank Lake - all day Leader Ian Halladay - 282-1420 Tue Aug 12, 6:30 pm: Early Autumn Warblers Leaders Dick and Lenora Flynn - 271-1269 Fri Aug 15. 9 am: Monthly Birding Survey, Carburn Park Leader Bernard Goulet - 279-0491 Sat Aug 16, 6:30 am: Bird Votier's Flats, FCPP Leader Mary Huston - 238-3019 Sat Aug 23, 8 am: Bird South Carburn Park Leader Jim St Laurent - 246-6314 Tue Aug 26, 6:30 am: Fall Migrants, Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Jan Roseneder - 286-5920 Sat Aug 30, 9 am: What's alive in Bowness Park? Leader 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) 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
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- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * Aug 4,2003 * ABCA0308.04 - Birds mentioned SNOWY EGRET LEAST TERN YELLOW-THROATED VIREO Semipalmated Plover - 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, August 4, 2003, at 8:20 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 2 SNOWY EGRETS have been seen at Frank Lake, E of High River. Joan and Malcolm McDonald observed 2 birds there on Thursday, July 31. The birds have been seen there by other observers now with the most recent report being from Reid Barclay, who observed them on the evening of Saturday, Aug 2. The first report of 2 birds there was on Thursday, July 24. To reach the location of the birds, go south on the gravel road that runs down the east flank of Frank Lake from Hwy 23. Go westward on the first gravel road you come to. This is a "Dead End" road that goes past some houses and ends up in the SE corner of the lake. Look for the birds along the southern and eastern shorelines. They have been seen as far as the weir in the dike visible to the north. Observers visiting the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary may have a chance to see Alberta's first probable YELLOW-THROATED VIREO. Local banders Steve Lane, Gwen Smiley and El Peterson caught, banded and subsequently released a bird that was probably a YELLOW-THROATED VIREO at the Bird Santuary on the morning of Saturday, Aug 2. A pair of terns that may have been LEAST TERNS were reported on an island at Police Point Park in Medicine Hat on Friday, Aug 1. The birds were reported by Ben Velner. Attempts to locate the birds since Friday have proven unsuccessful so far. If the sighting can be confirmed, it would probably be Alberta's first record of this species in the Province. The first SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS of the Fall season have been seen in the Calgary birding area. A total of 4 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS were seen at a slough N of Strathmore on Sunday, Aug 3. The birds were observed by Terry Korolyk and Reid Barclay. The slough was 7.4 km W of Hwy 817 on the second east/west gravel road N of Strathmore. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Thursday, Aug 7. CFNS meeting and field trips: BIRD STUDY GROUP - 1st Wednesday of each month except July and August 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. Tue Aug 5, 6:30 pm: Bird SE Sloughs Leader Bill Walker - 278-7271 Sun Aug 10, 7:15 am: Bird Frank Lake - all day Leader Ian Halladay - 282-1420 Tue Aug 12, 6:30 pm: Early Autumn Warblers Leaders Dick and Lenora Flynn - 271-1269 Fri Aug 15. 9 am: Monthly Birding Survey, Carburn Park Leader Bernard Goulet - 279-0491 Sat Aug 16, 6:30 am: Bird Votier's Flats, FCPP Leader Mary Huston - 238-3019 Sat Aug 23, 8 am: Bird South Carburn Park Leader Jim St Laurent - 246-6314 Tue Aug 26, 6:30 am: Fall Migrants, Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Jan Roseneder - 286-5920 Sat Aug 30, 9 am: What's alive in Bowness Park? Leader 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) 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
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- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * Jul 31, 2003 * ABCA0307.31 - Birds mentioned Snowy Egret American Pipit Sprague's Pipit Indigo Bunting Gray-crowned Rosy Finch Pine Grosbeak - 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, July 31 at 11:55 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 SNOWY EGRET was seen at Frank Lake east of High River on both Sunday, July 27 and Monday, July 28. The bird was originally found by Terry Korolyk at 2 p.m. July 27 and then was seen there again on July 28 by Mike Mulligan and Jerry Pilny. The bird has been feeding along the southeast shoreline of Basin 2 of Frank Lake. Basin 2 is the southern compartment of the Lake. To reach the location of the sightings, travel east from High River on Hwy 23, then drive south from Hwy 23 on the gravel road running down the east flank of the lake. Travel a couple of kilometres to the first road running westward to the lake which is 562 Ave. This is a "Dead End" road that will travel past some houses and end up at the SE corner of Basin 2 of Frank Lake. Frank Lake is very "reedy" this year. If the bird is still there it may not be visible for the vegetation so spend some time walking and watching. A male INDIGO BUNTING was seen twice over the weekend at Police Point Park in Medicine Hat. The bird has been there for approximately 3 weeks now. Eric Tull and Brooke Clibbon saw the bird there at 9:00 a.m. July 26 and Terry Korolyk watched the bird from 7:50 - 8:30 a.m. July 28. The bird is always near the Visitor's Centre and likes to sing from dead trees directly south of the parking lot. For more information on this bird, call Bob Frew in Medicine Hat at 526-4573. Other recent sightings of interest include 6-8 AMERICAN PIPITS, 2-3 GRAY-CROWNED ROSY FINCHES and a PINE GROSBEAK seen at Ptarmigan Cirque this week. The birds were seen by Mary Huston and Lucille Harrison. Ptarmigan Cirque is in Highwood Pass which is on Hwy 40 south of Kananaskis Country. Andrew Slater heard a SPRAGUE'S PIPIT singing just south of the Irricana Hutterite Colony on Sunday, July 27. The location is east of Irricana on RR 260 just north of Twp Rd 270 The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Monday, Aug 4. CFNS FIELD TRIPS 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, S from Glenmore Tr at 18 St S.E. to second stoplight, then R and follow signs to Park. Bernard Goulet 279-0491. Sat Aug 16, 9 am: Autumn Birding Carburn Park, see Fri Aug 15. Bernard Goulet 279-0491. 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, Meet at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, E end of 9 Av SE, Jan Roseneder, 286-5920. Sat Aug 30, 9 am: What's alive in Bowness Park? Meet at 1st parking lot, Bowness Park. 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 transcript Lenora Flynn Calgary, Alberta lendic@shaw.caCalgary Field Naturalists' Society
PO Box 981, Station M
Calgary, AB
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- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * Jul 28, 2003 * ABCA0307.28 - Birds mentioned Snowy Egret White-faced Ibis Peregrine Falcon Black-necked Stilt Lesser Yellowlegs Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Dunlin Stilt Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher Wilson's Phalarope Red-necked Phalarope Black Swift - 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, July 28 at 12:05 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 SNOWY EGRET was seen at Frank Lake on Sunday, July 27. The bird was seen by Terry Korolyk. Terry watched the bird between 2:00 - 2:30 p.m.. He saw it originally from the parking area in the SE corner of Basin 2 when it flew from the east shoreline of Basin 2 to a dugout in Basin 3. It flew back to the east shoreline of Basin 2 and was easily seen from the parking area there when Terry left at 2:30 p.m. Shorebirds are moving through the area in fairly good numbers now. Andrew Slater reported a very unusual July shorebird that was probably a DUNLIN which he observed at the large slough approximately 2 miles east of McElroy Slough on Inverlake Road on Sunday, July 27. On Saturday, July 26, at the same slough, Terry Korolyk observed 37 STILT SANDPIPERS, approximately 400 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 20 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 20 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 1 LEAST SANDPIPER and approximately 80 DOWITCHERS which included both SHORT-BILLED and LONG-BILLED. Other shorebird highlights from the weekend included 62 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES at the Cattleland Feedlots Slough seen Saturday, July 26 by Terry Korolyk and probably a total of approximately 600 WILSON'S PHALAROPES seen in total at various sloughs east of Calgary by Terry the same day. Richard Clarke reported approximately 500 shorebirds mostly LESSER YELLOWLEGS and 6 STILT SANDPIPERS were flushed by a PEREGRINE FALCON in the SE corner of Frank Lake on Thursday, July 24. Richard Clarke observed 4 WHITE-FACED IBIS at the south end of Frank Lake on July 24 while Terry Korolyk observed 3 there on July 27 and also saw 5 BLACK-NECKED STILTS there. Tony Timmons confirmed BLACK-NECKED STILTS breeding at Sadler's Slough. He observed 2 adults with 2 juvenile on the west side on July 27. Kevin Barker observed 6-8 BLACK SWIFTS flying over the Bow River opposite the Banff National Park East Gate on Saturday July 26. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Thursday, July 31. CFNS FIELD TRIPS Fri Aug 1, 7 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 Bernard Goulet, 279-0491, to ensure vehicles for return. 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, S from Glenmore Tr at 18 St S.E. to second stoplight, then R and follow signs to Park. Bernard Goulet 279-0491. Sat Aug 16, 9 am: Autumn Birding Carburn Park, see Fri Aug 15. Bernard Goulet 279-0491. Tue Aug 19, 6:30 pm: Bird Votier's Flats, FCPP, S end of Elbow Dr. Leader, Mary Huston, 238-3019. 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 transcript Lenora Flynn Calgary, Alberta lendic@shaw.caCalgary Field Naturalists' Society
PO Box 981, Station M
Calgary, AB
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- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * Jul 24, 2003 * ABCA0307.24. - Birds mentioned Turkey Vulture Solitary Sandpiper Dowitcher Sp. Black-capped Chickadee Red-breasted Nuthatch - 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, July 24 at 11:35 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 south of Longview on Tuesday, July 22. The bird was seen by Joyce Moore. The location of the sighting was approximately 10 kms south of Longview on Hwy 22 and approximately 2 miles westward. Joyce said she was riding with other people on private land at this location and the bird followed them westward as they rode. This is at least the fifth report of the species in the area this year. The first bird was seen in the Spring north of Nightingale which is north of Strathmore. Subsequently, there have since been two sightings from the Weaselhead area of North Glenmore Park in Calgary, and the most recent report, up until July 22, was a bird seen over Beaverdam Flats in Calgary by Gus Yaki and Aileen Pelzer. While shorebirds have started their fall migration from the north, there have been few Calgary area reports recently. The only report this week was 3 unidentified DOWITCHERS and a single SOLITARY SANDPIPER seen at the large slough in the southwest corner of the Hwys 2 and 22 junction on Wednesday, July 23. Those birds were seen by Terry Korolyk. The same day, Terry also observed 2 BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEES and a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH at an unusual locale. They were perched on telephone wires at the junction of Sheriff King Road and Sheriff King Street just south of Hwy 22X. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Monday, July 28. CFNS FIELD TRIPS 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, Stanley Park, 42 Av SW, W of Macleod Tr. 3.5 hr walk to Glenmore Reservoir, return by car. Call Bernard Goulet, 279-0491, to ensure vehicles for return. 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, S from Glenmore Tr at 18 St S.E. to second stoplight, then R and follow signs to Park. Bernard Goulet 279-0491. Sat Aug 16, 9 am: Autumn Birding Carburn Park, see Fri Aug 15. Bernard Goulet 279-0491. Tue Aug 19, 6:30 pm: Bird Votier's Flats, FCPP, S end of Elbow Dr. Leader, Mary Huston, 238-3019. 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 transcript Lenora Flynn Calgary, Alberta lendic@shaw.caCalgary Field Naturalists' Society
PO Box 981, Station M
Calgary, AB
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- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * Jul 21, 2003 * ABCA0307.21 - Birds mentioned Barrow's Goldeneye Black-bellied Plover Black-necked Stilt Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Marbled Godwit Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Red-necked Phalarope - 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, July 21 at 12:40 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. The first BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS heading southward have been reported in Southern Alberta this season. A total of 4 of these birds were seen at the Breezewood Ducks Unlimited Project on Hwy 1, 16 km east of Bassano on Saturday, July 19. The birds were seen by Terry Korolyk, who also observed at this site over 200 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, a few GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 16 adult and 6 juvenile BLACK-NECKED STILTS, and 240 MARBLED GODWITS. On July 21 in the North Strathmore-Irricana Sloughs area, Terry observed over 200 LESSER YELLOWLEGS at the slough west of Railway Slough on Twp Rd 270 west of RR 254. Also, he saw 54 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES at Cattleland Feedlots Slough and 6 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS at the Irricana Hutterite Colony Sloughs as well as observing both SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS north of Strathmore. Dwight Knapik observed a total of 150 MARBLED GODWITS at Kitsim Reservoir west of Hwy 36 west of Brooks on Thursday, July 10. Other recent sightings of interest include a male and female BARROW'S GOLDENEYE seen at 265 Ave and 112 St west of Okotoks on Thursday, July 10. Those birds were observed by Dwight Knapik. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Thursday, July 24. CFNS FIELD TRIPS 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, Stanley Park, 42 Av SW, W of Macleod Tr. 3.5 hr walk to Glenmore Reservoir, return by car. Call Bernard Goulet, 279-0491, to ensure vehicles for return. 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, S from Glenmore Tr at 18 St S.E. to second stoplight, then R and follow signs to Park. Bernard Goulet 279-0491. Sat Aug 16, 9 am: Autumn Birding Carburn Park, see Fri Aug 15. Bernard Goulet 279-0491. Tue Aug 19, 6:30 pm: Bird Votier's Flats, FCPP, S end of Elbow Dr. Leader, Mary Huston, 238-3019. 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 transcript Lenora Flynn Calgary, Alberta lendic@shaw.caCalgary Field Naturalists' Society
PO Box 981, Station M
Calgary, AB
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- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * Jul 17, 2003 * ABCA0307.17 - Birds mentioned Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Marbled Godwits Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Red-necked Phalarope Caspian Tern Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Indigo 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: Lenora Flynn (lendic@shaw.ca) Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded on Thursday, July 17 at 11:20 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. Two CASPIAN TERNS were seen at Glenmore Park in Calgary on Thursday, July 17. The birds were seen at approximately 9 A.M. by Terry Korolyk. The birds were foraging along the north shore of the Reservoir. They then flew from the east end into the estuary in the west end. A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was reported at the Banff Cave & Basin Marsh on Saturday, July 12. The bird was observed by Kevin Barker. For details on the exact location of the bird call Kevin Barker in Canmore at 678-6102. Shorebirds from the north are moving through the Calgary area now on their way to the wintering grounds further south. Thus far, species reported in the area include SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, LEAST and SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, and GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS. Resident shorebirds are starting to flock together. Dwight Knapik observed 150 MARBLED GODWITS at Kitsim Reservoir west of Brooks on Thursday, July 10. A male INDIGO BUNTING has been both seen and heard off and on since Tuesday, July 8 at Police Point Park in Medicine Hat. The bird was originally observed by Bob Frew and has been seen or heard by at least 3 other observers since, with the most recent report being Wednesday, July 16. The bird has been favouring a territory in front of the Visitor's Centre. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Monday, July 21. CFNS FIELD TRIPS 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, Stanley Park, 42 Av SW, W of Macleod Tr. 3.5 hr walk to Glenmore Reservoir, return by car. Call Bernard Goulet, 279-0491, to ensure vehicles for return. 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, S from Glenmore Tr at 18 St S.E. to second stoplight, then R and follow signs to Park. Bernard Goulet 279-0491. Sat Aug 16, 9 am: Autumn Birding Carburn Park, see Fri Aug 15. Bernard Goulet 279-0491. Tue Aug 19, 6:30 pm: Bird Votier's Flats, FCPP, S end of Elbow Dr. Leader, Mary Huston, 238-3019. 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 transcript Lenora Flynn Calgary, Alberta lendic@shaw.caCalgary Field Naturalists' Society
PO Box 981, Station M
Calgary, AB
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- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * Jul 14, 2003 * ABCA0307.14 - Birds mentioned Wood Duck Peregrine Falcon Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Red-necked Phalarope Bonaparte's Gull Yellow-bellied Flycatcher House 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 Monday, July 14 at 11:15 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 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER has been reported at the Banff Cave & Basin marsh. The bird was seen by Kevin Barker on Saturday, July 12. For information on the exact location of the bird call Kevin Barker in Canmore at 678-6102. Several species of shorebirds from the North were reported in the Calgary area over the weekend. Most of those species were seen just south of the Irricana Hutterite Colony on RR 260 on Saturday, July 12. The birds were seen by Terry Korolyk. Terry observed at this location, 30 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 2 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 4 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 1 BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, 1 SOLITARY SANDPIPER, 4 GREATER YELLOWLEGS and 8 LESSER YELLOWLEGS. At a slough on the east side of a road junction 3.2 kms north of the Oxbow Golf Course at the north end of Strathmore on July 12, Terry observed 7 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS and another 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS. Kevin Barker watched a lone PECTORAL SANDPIPER at the Banff Cave & Basin Marsh on Saturday, July 12, while Terry Korolyk observed 54 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES the same day on RR 254 just south of Twp Rd 273 east of Irricana. Terry also reported on July 12, BONAPARTE'S GULL numbers had increased to 50 on the slough west of Railway Slough in the Irricana Sloughs. Peter Balagus observed a PEREGRINE FALCON flying over Burns Stadium in Calgary on Friday, July 11 and Dwight Knapik saw a female WOOD DUCK at a very unusual location on July 10. The duck was on the west side of Kitsim Reservoir west of Brooks. HOUSE FINCHES appear to have reached the Hawkwood subdivision in Calgary. Ross Griffiths observed a bird that was probably a HOUSE FINCH in Hawkwood during this past week. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Thursday, July 17. CFNS FIELD TRIPS 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, Stanley Park, 42 Av SW, W of Macleod Tr. 3.5 hr walk to Glenmore Reservoir return by car. Call Bernard Goulet, 279-0491, to ensure vehicles for return. 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, S from Glenmore Tr at 18 St S.E. to second stoplight, then R and follow signs to Park. Bernard Goulet 279-0491. Sat Aug 16, 9 am: Autumn Birding Carburn Park, see Fri Aug 15. Bernard Goulet 279-0491. Tue Aug 19, 6:30 pm: Bird Votier's Flats, FCPP, S end of Elbow Dr. Leader, Mary Huston, 238-3019. 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 transcript Lenora Flynn Calgary, Alberta lendic@shaw.caCalgary Field Naturalists' Society
PO Box 981, Station M
Calgary, AB
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- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * Jul 10, 2003 * ABCA0307.10 - Birds mentioned Turkey Vulture Black-necked Stilt - 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, July 10 at 11:20 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 over Beaverdam Flats in Calgary on Tuesday, July 8. The bird was observed by both Gus Yaki and Aileen Pelzer. Gus said the bird was flying at a very high altitude. This is at least the 4th report of this species in the Calgary birding area since the Spring. One bird was just north of Nightingale north of Strathmore in the Spring and there were two 2 separate reports later from the Weaselhead area of North Glenmore Park in Calgary. A pair of adult BLACK-NECKED STILTS have probably nested at Sadler's Slough which is west of Strathmore. Bob and Linda Heidemann observed the pair this week, acting very aggressively toward them, on the west side of the gravel road approximately 2/3 of the way north of the Trans-Canada Highway towards the first farm. Previously this summer 2 other broods of young with adults were observed at the Cattleland Feedlots Slough which is north of Strathmore in the northeast corner of the Hwys 564 & 817 junction. A seemingly lone adult has been spending the season west of Hwy 9 on Twp Rd 252 a little under a kilometre west of RR 273. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Monday, July 14. CFNS FIELD TRIPS 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, 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. 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 transcript Lenora Flynn Calgary, Alberta lendic@shaw.caCalgary Field Naturalists' Society
PO Box 981, Station M
Calgary, AB
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- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * Jul 7, 2003 * ABCA0307.07 - Birds mentioned Bald Eagle Chestnut-sided Warbler House 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, July 7 at 1:45 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 bird that may have been a CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER was heard singing in Bow Valley Provincial Park on Monday, June 30. The bird was heard by both Kevin and Marion Barker who spent a "long time" listening to the bird sing. The bird was near an aspen grove by the Kananaskis River approximately 1/2 mile from the parking lot of Flowing Water Trail. For more specific directions to the bird, call Kevin in Canmore at 678-6102. A large raptor that may have been an immature BALD EAGLE may have attempted to seek refuge from Saturday's bad weather by perching near the top of a large tree in the Whitehorn residential area in Calgary. The bird was seen by Valerie Helbak who reported the bird stayed there approximately 4 hours. HOUSE FINCHES continue to be reported in the Varsity area of Calgary. The species has been resident in that particular subdivision for the past few years. Lynn Ross is the most recent person in Varsity to report HOUSE FINCHES. She has had a pair at feeders in her yard in Varsity Village for about one week. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Thursday, July 10. CFNS FIELD TRIPS 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, 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. 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 transcript Lenora Flynn Calgary, Alberta lendic@shaw.caCalgary Field Naturalists' Society
PO Box 981, Station M
Calgary, AB
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- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * Jul 3, 2003 * ABCA0307.03 - Birds mentioned Black-necked Stilt Lesser Yellowlegs Red-necked Phalarope Chipping Sparrow Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow LeConte'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: Lenora Flynn (lendic@shaw.ca) Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded on Thursday, July 3 at 10:00 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 RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was seen east of Irricana on Tuesday, July 1. The bird was seen by Terry Korolyk on a slough on R.R. 254 just south of the Twp Rd 273 junction. The bird was in full breeding plumage but is just a very early fall migrant. The same day Terry counted a total of 41 LESSER YELLOWLEGS at various sloughs between Calgary-Strathmore and the Irricana Sloughs. Terry also observed 5 BLACK-NECKED STILTS. Two pair, each with young, were at the Cattleland Feedlots Slough at the north end of Hwy 817 north of Strathmore while a lone adult was .8 kms west of R.R. 273 on Twp Rd 252 west of Dalroy. Alan MacKeigan has reported both NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS and LECONTE'S SPARROWS at the large marsh on the east flank of Spruce Meadows. Alan saw NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS there last week and with 3 other observers found 3 LECONTE'S SPARROWS there on Tuesday, July 1. Ted Bodnar observed a CHIPPING SPARROW at a very high altitude in the mountains on Tuesday, July 1. The bird was at treeline on the Ptarmigan Cirque Trail in Highwood Pass. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Monday, July 7. CFNS FIELD TRIPS 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, 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. 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
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