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- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * Jan 8, 2004 * ABCA0401.08 - Birds mentioned Tundra Swan Green-winged Teal Gadwall Northern Pintail Barrow's Goldeneye Northern Pygmy Owl Cedar Waxwing White-throated Sparroe Snow Bunting 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, January 8, 2004, 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 NORTHERN PYGMY OWL continues to be seen in the Bebo Grove area of west Fish Creek PP. The most recent report of the bird comes from Andrew Slater, who at 11:15 am Tuesday, Jan 6, found the bird perched on the top of a spruce tree approx 100 metres southwest of the Bebo Grove parking lot. The bird was originally found in the area on Wednesday, Dec 31, and since has been ranging between Bridges 2 and 3. There were more PURPLE FINCH and WHITE-THROATED SPARROW reports in Calgary this week. Dorothy Johnston in Marlborough has had a female PURPLE FINCH coming daily to her feeder since Friday, Jan 2, and on Wednesday, Jan 7, am immature WHITE-THROATED SPARROW showed up. For more information, call Dorothy at 272-7916. John Cartwright has reported a flock of 12 CEDAR WAXWINGS near the Banff Trail C-Train Station. For specific directions to the birds' location, call John at 265-2980. Andrew Slater observed the adult TUNDRA SWAN north of the bridge across the Bow River at the Burnsmead area of east Fish Creek PP on Wednesday, Jan 7. The bird is attempting to overwinter at this location. Andrew observed a good variety of waterfowl south of the bridge. Included were 1 female GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 1 male GADWALL, 2 male NORTHERN PINTAILS and one pair of BARROW'S GOLDENEYE. Terry Korolyk observed a flock of approx 100 SNOW BUNTINGS in the Irricana sloughs area on Sunday, Jan 4. The birds were 4 km east of RgeRd 261 on TwpRd 262. SNOW BUNTINGS have been very difficult to find east of Calgary this year. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Monday, Jan 12. 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 Phil Cram, 228-4142, for more information. BIRDING FIELD TRIPS Call leader for meeting time and place. Sun Jan 11, 7:30 am - Winter birds & mammals, Lake Minnewanka, Banff NP Leader Ted Bodner - 247-9696 Sun Jan 11, 9 am - Birding Beaverdam Flats Leader John Bregar - 873-7260 Wed Jan 14, 9 am - Winter Birding at Pearce Estate Leader TBA Info call 243-2248 Thu Jan 15, 8:30 am - Monthly Birding Survey, Carburn Park Leader Bernard Goulet - 279-0491 Sat Jan 17, 9 am - Birding Glennfield area, FCPP Leader Wayne Hewitt - 256-7609 Sun Jan 18, 8 am - Canmore/Exshaw Townsites - all day by car for mountain birds Leader Bill Wilson - 230-0054 Sun Jan 18, 9 am - Weaselhead Birds Leader John Thompson - 246-0157 Wed Jan 21, 9:30 am - Birding Bowmont Park Leader Horst Grothman - 286-3048 Sat Jan 24, 9 am - Birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Bruce Barnetson - 246-1329 Sun Jan 25, 8:30 am - Birding Bowness Park Leader Ray Woods - 241-6007 Wed Jan 28, 9 am - Birding Beaverdam Park Leader Bernard Goulet - 279-0491 Sat Jan 31, 9 am - Winter Birds, Fish Creek PP Leader Eric Tull - 295-0830 Sun Feb 1, 8:15 am - Elbow River Birding Survey Leaders Aileen Pelzer & Gus Yaki - Call to ensure vehicle space for return trip - 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. 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 * Jan 8, 2004 * ABCA0401.08 - Birds mentioned Tundra Swan Green-winged Teal Gadwall Northern Pintail Barrow's Goldeneye Northern Pygmy Owl Cedar Waxwing White-throated Sparroe Snow Bunting 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, January 8, 2004, 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 NORTHERN PYGMY OWL continues to be seen in the Bebo Grove area of west Fish Creek PP. The most recent report of the bird comes from Andrew Slater, who at 11:15 am Tuesday, Jan 6, found the bird perched on the top of a spruce tree approx 100 metres southwest of the Bebo Grove parking lot. The bird was originally found in the area on Wednesday, Dec 31, and since has been ranging between Bridges 2 and 3. There were more PURPLE FINCH and WHITE-THROATED SPARROW reports in Calgary this week. Dorothy Johnston in Marlborough has had a female PURPLE FINCH coming daily to her feeder since Friday, Jan 2, and on Wednesday, Jan 7, am immature WHITE-THROATED SPARROW showed up. For more information, call Dorothy at 272-7916. John Cartwright has reported a flock of 12 CEDAR WAXWINGS near the Banff Trail C-Train Station. For specific directions to the birds' location, call John at 265-2980. Andrew Slater observed the adult TUNDRA SWAN north of the bridge across the Bow River at the Burnsmead area of east Fish Creek PP on Wednesday, Jan 7. The bird is attempting to overwinter at this location. Andrew observed a good variety of waterfowl south of the bridge. Included were 1 female GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 1 male GADWALL, 2 male NORTHERN PINTAILS and one pair of BARROW'S GOLDENEYE. Terry Korolyk observed a flock of approx 100 SNOW BUNTINGS in the Irricana sloughs area on Sunday, Jan 4. The birds were 4 km east of RgeRd 261 on TwpRd 262. SNOW BUNTINGS have been very difficult to find east of Calgary this year. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Monday, Jan 12. 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 Phil Cram, 228-4142, for more information. BIRDING FIELD TRIPS Call leader for meeting time and place. Sun Jan 11, 7:30 am - Winter birds & mammals, Lake Minnewanka, Banff NP Leader Ted Bodner - 247-9696 Sun Jan 11, 9 am - Birding Beaverdam Flats Leader John Bregar - 873-7260 Wed Jan 14, 9 am - Winter Birding at Pearce Estate Leader TBA Info call 243-2248 Thu Jan 15, 8:30 am - Monthly Birding Survey, Carburn Park Leader Bernard Goulet - 279-0491 Sat Jan 17, 9 am - Birding Glennfield area, FCPP Leader Wayne Hewitt - 256-7609 Sun Jan 18, 8 am - Canmore/Exshaw Townsites - all day by car for mountain birds Leader Bill Wilson - 230-0054 Sun Jan 18, 9 am - Weaselhead Birds Leader John Thompson - 246-0157 Wed Jan 21, 9:30 am - Birding Bowmont Park Leader Horst Grothman - 286-3048 Sat Jan 24, 9 am - Birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Bruce Barnetson - 246-1329 Sun Jan 25, 8:30 am - Birding Bowness Park Leader Ray Woods - 241-6007 Wed Jan 28, 9 am - Birding Beaverdam Park Leader Bernard Goulet - 279-0491 Sat Jan 31, 9 am - Winter Birds, Fish Creek PP Leader Eric Tull - 295-0830 Sun Feb 1, 8:15 am - Elbow River Birding Survey Leaders Aileen Pelzer & Gus Yaki - Call to ensure vehicle space for return trip - 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. 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 * Jan 19, 2004 * ABCA0401.19 - Birds mentioned Great Blue Heron Tundra Swan AMERICAN BLACK DUCK Green-winged Teal Northern Pygmy Owl Varied Thrush Northern Shrike - Transcript Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society's Bird Alert Number: (403) 221-4519 To Report: (403) 221-4519 Coverage: Southern Alberta Compiler: Terry Korolyk (CFNS & IBS) Transcriber: Jean Moore (jmmoore@ucalgary.ca) Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded Monday, January 19, 2004, at 12 noon. 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. There have been no reports on the AMERICAN BLACK DUCK south of the Eric Harvie Bridge at Carburn Park since Monday, Jan 12. At that time, the bird was seen by Therese and Bernard Goulet and Mike Mulligan from a view point near a small green concrete building at an estimated 500 metres south of the Bridge. The Goulets on Friday, Jan 8, had originally found the bird just south of the Bridge, and the bird was seen by other observers later in the day. The GREAT BLUE HERON at the Highwood Golf Course in High River has not been seen since Monday, Jan 12. Ken Wallace of 333 Fairway View, in the Fairway Greens subdivision, had first noticed the bird at a frozen pond on the Golf Course, which is behind their house, before Christmas. Andrew Slater found a NORTHERN PYGMAY OWL along Hwy 546 west of Turner Valley on Sunday, Jan 18. The bird was perched at the top of a spruce tree in a marshy area approx 500 m east of the Macabee Creek Bridge. Still on Hwy 546, but approx 1 km east of the Kananaskis Country boundary, Andrew observed a NORTHERN SHRIKE. Kevin Barker watched an adult VARIED THRUSH along Whiskey Creek in the Banff townsite on Sunday, Jan 18. Kevin thinks this could be the same bird that was there on Nov 30. On Jan 17, Kevin observed 2 GREEN-WINGED TEAL at Middle Vermilion Lake in Banff NP. Kevin believes these birds were there on Dec 27, when he originally found them. The adult TUNDRA SWAN that has been overwintering in Calgary north of the bridge across the Bow River at the Burnsmead area of Fish Creek PP was observed at that location by Terry Korolyk on Jan 17. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Thursday, Jan 22. 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 Phil Cram, 228-4142, for more information. BIRDING FIELD TRIPS Call leader for meeting time and place. Wed Jan 21, 9:30 am - Birding Bowmont Park Leader Horst Grothman - 286-3048 Sat Jan 24, 9 am - Birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Bruce Barnetson - 246-1329 Sun Jan 25, 8:30 am - Birding Bowness Park Leader Ray Woods - 241-6007 Wed Jan 28, 9 am - Birding Beaverdam Park Leader Bernard Goulet - 279-0491 Sat Jan 31, 9 am - Winter Birds, Fish Creek PP Leader Eric Tull - 295-0830 Sun Feb 1, 8:15 am - Elbow River Birding Survey Leaders Aileen Pelzer & Gus Yaki - Call to ensure vehicle space for return trip - 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. 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 * Jan 29, 2004 * ABCA0401.29 - Birds mentioned Northern Goshawk Snowy Owl Horned Lark American Robin Yellow-rumped Warbler Snow 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: Jean Moore (jmmoore@ucalgary.ca) Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded Thursday, January 29, 2004, at 10:10 am. To report a bird sighting, leave a message after the recording or to bypass the recorded message, press the pound key on your touch tone phone. To speak to a naturalist, please phone (403) 221-4500 during office hours. The YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER that has been coming to Vivian Brisette's yard in the Maple Ridge district of the City has not been seen since Monday, Jan 26. The bird was also there on Sunday, Jan 25. The bird originally appeared at her home before Christmas and has been reappearing periodically ever since. Approx 50 HORNED LARKS were seen in a flock of approx 450 SNOW BUNTINGS near the Irricana Sloughs on Monday, Jan 26. The birds wee seen by Terry Korolyk in a field in the southeast corner of the TwpRd 262/RgeRd 265 junction, east of Keoma. Terry also saw 3 SNOWY OWLS and a flock of 300 SNOW BUNTINGS east of Calgary the same day. The SNOW BUNTINGS were approx 5 km west of Strathmore and 4 km north of Hwy 1. A first-year SNOWY OWL was 5 km east of RgeRd 261 on TwpRd 262; a first-year female was on Hwy 1 at the Lyalta turnoff; and an unspecified SNOWY OWL was on Hwy 1, 2 km east of the Hwy 9 junction. Dwight Knapik observed a NORTHERN GOSHAWK that was probably an immature female on Monday, Jan 26, at the Calgary Zoo's private breeding ranch off Dunbow Rd, south of Calgary. AMERICAN ROBINS reported recently include a bird seen by Art Longair at his house at Chestermere Lake on Jan 25 and 26, and a bird that was seen by Vivian Brisette at her home this week and that has spent much of the Winter there. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Monday, Feb 2. 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 Next meeting, Feb 4. Dr. Jocelyn Hudon, Curator of Ornithology, Provincial Musem of Alberta. Topic _ Hybrids: caught between a rock and a hard place. Call Phil Cram, 228-4142, for more information. BIRDING FIELD TRIPS Call leader for meeting time and place. Sat Jan 31, 9 am - Winter Birds, Fish Creek PP Leader Eric Tull - 295-0830 Sun Feb 1, 8:15 am - Elbow River Birding Survey Leaders Aileen Pelzer & Gus Yaki - Call to ensure vehicle space for return trip - 243-2248 Mon Feb 2, 9 am - World Wetlands Day - Griffith Woods Park Leader Aileen Pelzer - 243-2248 Wed Feb 4, 9 am - Birding Rideau/Roxboro for Townsend's Solitaires/Dippers Leader Gus Yaki - 243-2248 Sat Feb 7, 7:30 am - Weaselhead magpies. Watch dispersal of over 400 magpies, then see other winter birds Leader Gus Yaki - 243-2248 Sun Feb 8, 8:15 am - 13th Annual Duck Waddle - Beaverdam Flats Leader Phil Cram - 228-4142 Wed Feb 11, 9 am - Bird along Elbow River at Glencoe Golf & Country Club Leader Jon Groves - 217-1697 Sat Feb 14, 8:30 am - How do birds survive the long winter nights? S Glenmore Leader Gus Yaki - 243-2248 Sun Feb 15, 8:15 am - Monthly Birding Survey, Carburn Park Leader Bernard Goulet - 279-0491 Wed Feb 18, 9:30 am - Bow River Birding, Harvey Bridge - Higgins Bridge Leader Cedric Hitchon - 271-8789 Sat Feb 21, 10 am - Snow Owl Prowl - car trip 6 hrs - full gas tank Leader Terry Korolyk - 254-1878 Sun Feb 22, 9 am - Search for Rugged Grouse/Owls and their signs in Weaselhead 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. 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 * Feb 5, 2004 * ABCA0402.05 - Birds mentioned Northern Goshawk Rough-legged Hawk Gyrfalcon American Robin Harris' Sparrow Red-winged Blackbird - Transcript Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society's Bird Alert Number: (403) 221-4519 To Report: (403) 221-4519 Coverage: Southern Alberta Compiler: Terry Korolyk (CFNS & IBS) Transcriber: Jean Moore (jmmoore@ucalgary.ca) Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded Thursday, February 5, 2004, at 12 noon. 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 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD was seen along the eastern perimeter of Calgary on Sunday, Feb 1. The bird was found by Terry Korolyk. The bird was a male; it was perched with a large flock of HOUSE SPARROWS in shrubs by a farm on the east side of 68 St SE at the 86 Ave junction, south of Glenmore Tr. A HARRIS' SPARROW has been seen in Canmore. The bird was seen on Tuesday, Feb 3, by Kevin Barker at West Pond, which is a tributary of Policeman's Creek. For more information on this bird, call Kevin Barker in Canmore at 678-6102. Ted Bodnar observed a GYRFALCON fly past his house, which is west of Calgary, on Sunday, Feb 1. The bird was a gray morph - it was moving eastwards from his home, which is on the Springbank Links Golf Course. On Monday, Feb 2, Ted observed a dark-morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK at the Stoney Tr junction with Hwy 1, west of Canada Olympic Park; then on Tuesday, Feb 3, Ted observed probably the same bird perched in a tree a little further west of this location. There have been several reports of AMERICAN ROBINS recently. These are probably overwintering birds as it is much too early for spring migrants. Recent reports include a flock of 5 that were seen flying in the Parkdale district of Calgary at 10 am, Monday, Feb 2, by Rob Worona. An unidentified observer at the University of Calgary reported a lone ROBIN feeding on fallen crabapples under trees at the foot of the Education Tower there at 11:45 am on Wednesday, Feb 4. Other reports include a NORTHERN GOSHAWK seen at Edworthy Park by Rob Worona on Sunday, Feb 1. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Monday, Feb 9. 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 Next meeting March 3 - Dr Ross Lein, The Seabirds of Johnston Atoll. Call Phil Cram, 228-4142, for more information. BIRDING FIELD TRIPS Call leader for meeting time and place. Sat Feb 7, 8:30 am - Birding Brown-Lowery Recreational Area Leader Bernard Goulet - 279-0491 Sat Feb 7, 7:30 am - Weaselhead magpies. Watch dispersal of over 400 magpies, then see other winter birds Leader Gus Yaki - 243-2248 Sun Feb 8, 8:15 am - 13th Annual Duck Waddle - Beaverdam Flats Leader Phil Cram - 228-4142 Wed Feb 11, 9 am - Bird along Elbow River at Glencoe Golf & Country Club Leader Jon Groves - 217-1697 Sat Feb 14, 8:30 am - How do birds survive the long winter nights? S Glenmore Leader Gus Yaki - 243-2248 Sun Feb 15, 8:15 am - Monthly Birding Survey, Carburn Park Leader Bernard Goulet - 279-0491 Wed Feb 18, 9:30 am - Bow River Birding, Harvey Bridge - Higgins Bridge Leader Cedric Hitchon - 271-8789 Sat Feb 21, 10 am - Snow Owl Prowl - car trip 6 hrs - full gas tank Leader Terry Korolyk - 254-1878 Sun Feb 22, 9 am - Search for Rugged Grouse/Owls and their signs in Weaselhead 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. 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 * Feb 12, 2004 * ABCA0402.12 - Birds mentioned Redhead Wilson's Snipe Horned Lark American Robin - 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, February 12 at 11:10 a.m. To report a bird sighting, leave a message after the recording or to bypass the recorded message, press the pound key on your touch tone phone. To speak to a naturalist, please phone 221-4500 during office hours. REDHEAD Ducks continue to be reported in unusually large numbers this winter on the Bow River in southeast Calgary. The most recent report comes from Rob Worona who observed 13 REDHEADS on the river in Carburn Park on Sunday, February 8. The highest count of the season was 18 birds on January 14 by Andrew Slater, at a location approximately 500 metres south of the Eric Harvie Bridge, which is at the extreme south end of Carburn Park. REDHEADS are not an annual overwintering bird in Calgary, and when they do attempt to overwinter, it is usually in numbers less than a handful. The WILSON'S SNIPE that was attempting to overwinter at Carburn Park in the city has failed in it's bid to do so. Rob Worona found the bird dead from starvation in the Park on Sunday, February 8. Dwight Knapik reported 2 HORNED LARKS at the Calgary Zoo's private breeding ranch off Dunbow Road south of Calgary on Wednesday, February 11. It is unknown whether the birds are early spring migrants or overwintering birds. There have been a few reports of overwintering HORNED LARKS in the Calgary area this winter season. Several observers within Calgary have reported AMERICAN ROBINS recently. These are overwintering birds as the weather has been much too cold for spring migration of AMERICAN ROBINS. Observers are reminded to please supply as specific directions to their sightings as possible. Supply route name or number, distances from prominent landmarks etc. Please supply your name with spelling if applicable and your phone number and address also if applicable. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Monday, February 16. BIRD STUDY GROUP - 1st Wednesday of each month except July and August 7:30 pm, Room 211, BioSciences Bldg, University of Calgary Next meeting March 3 - Dr Ross Lein, The Seabirds of Johnston Atoll. Call Phil Cram, 228-4142, for more information. CFNS FIELD TRIPS Sat Feb 14, 8:30 am - How do birds survive the long winter nights? Meet S Glenmore parking lot W end of 90 Av SW. Leader Gus Yaki - 243-2248. Sun Feb 15, 8:15 am - Monthly Birding Survey, Carburn Park. S from Glenmore Tr at 18 St SE to second stoplight, then right and follow signs. Leader Bernard Goulet - 279-0491. Wed Feb 18, 9:30 am - Bow River Birding, Harvey Bridge - Higgins Bridge and return. Meet Southland Park (E end Southland Dr SE ). Leader Cedric Hitchon - 271-8789. Sat Feb 21, 10 am - Snowy Owl Prowl - Car trip 6 hrs, full gas tank. Meet NW corner Sunridge Mall parking lot at 36 St NE just S of 32 Av. NE. Leader Terry Korolyk - 254-1878. Sun Feb 22, 9 am - Search for Ruffed Grouse/Owls and their signs in Weaselhead. Meet W end of 90 Av SW. Leader Gus Yaki - 243-2248. Wed Feb 25, 8:30 am - Winter Water Birds, FCPP. Meet Burnsmead parking lot off Bow Bottom Tr SE, turning L at park entrance. Leader John Cartwright - 265-2980. Sat Feb 28, 8:30 am - Winter Wonderland Birds, Water Valley area. Car trip, all day. Meet site of Mecca Cafe, S of Hwy # 1 at Stoney Tr. Turn S at intersection, then R on service road just before Esso Station. Leader Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Sat Feb 28, 9:00 am - Birding Beaverdam Flats. Meet S parking lot (Lynnview Rd & 62 Av SE), N from Glenmore Tr at 18 St SE, then L. Leader TBA - call 243-2248 for info. Sun Feb 29, 9:00 am - Wind-up of Winter Bird Count. Final search for species needed. Meet Southland Park (E end of Southland Dr. SE). Leader TBA - call 243-2248 for info. 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, 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 * Feb 16, 2004 * ABCA0402.16 - Birds mentioned Harlequin Duck Red-breasted Merganser Red-tailed Hawk (Harlan's) American Kestrel Prairie Falcon Snowy Owl Horned Lark Song Sparrow Red-winged Blackbird - Transcript Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society's Bird Alert Number: (403) 221-4519 To Report: (403) 221-4519 Coverage: Southern Alberta Compiler: Terry Korolyk (CFNS & IBS) Transcriber: Lenora Flynn (lendic@shaw.ca) Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded on Monday, February 16 at 11:40 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 SONG SPARROW was seen in Beaverdam Flats in Calgary on Saturday, February 14. The bird was found by Robert Worona. Rob said the bird was on the west side of the Bow River opposite stormwater outfall B4D which is the first outfall south of the Calf Robe Bridge. Other birds seen by Rob at Beaverdam Flats on Saturday were a HARLAN'S HAWK, a male RED-BREASTED MERGANSER and a female HARLEQUIN DUCK. For details on these birds call Rob in Calgary at 270-0674. A male AMERICAN KESTREL was seen north of Brooks on Thursday, February 12. The bird was seen by Dwight Knapik approximately 15 kms NE of Brooks along Hwy 544. The male RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD that was found along 68 St SE at the 86 Ave junction south of Glenmore Trail in Calgary on February 1, was still at that location Saturday, February 14 when Terry Korolyk observed it. HORNED LARKS were in good numbers in the Carseland, Vulcan and Bow City areas on Thursday, February 12. Dwight Knapik reported a total of approximately 250 birds on roads in those areas. Terry Korolyk observed flocks of 5 and 6 birds in the Irricana Sloughs on February 14. Also on February 12, Dwight Knapik reported a PRAIRIE FALCON was along Hwy 552 about 10 kms south of Carseland, while on February 14, Terry Korolyk observed a PRAIRIE FALCON on 36 St NE north of Hwy 564, north of Calgary. Recent SNOWY OWL reports included a bird seen February 12 by Dwight Knapik on Hwy 24, 4 kms NW of Mossleigh and 3 birds seen east of Calgary February 14 by Terry Korolyk. A 1st year male was east of Keoma on Twp Rd 262 E of RR 261; a 1st year male was just west of the town of Lyalta; and a 1st year male was east of the entrance road to the north parking area of Langdon Reservoir. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Thursday, February 19. . BIRD STUDY GROUP - 1st Wednesday of each month except July and August 7:30 pm, Room 211, BioSciences Bldg, University of Calgary Next meeting March 3 - Dr Ross Lein, The Seabirds of Johnston Atoll. Call Phil Cram, 228-4142, for more information. CFNS FIELD TRIPS Wed Feb 18, 9:30 am - Bow River Birding, Harvey Bridge - Higgins Bridge and return. Meet Southland Park (E end Southland Dr SE ). Leader Cedric Hitchon - 271-8789. Sat Feb 21, 10 am - Snowy Owl Prowl - Car trip 6 hrs, full gas tank. Meet NW corner Sunridge Mall parking lot at 36 St NE just S of 32 Av. NE. Leader Terry Korolyk - 254-1878. Sun Feb 22, 9 am - Search for Ruffed Grouse/Owls and their signs in Weaselhead. Meet W end of 90 Av SW. Leader Gus Yaki - 243-2248. Wed Feb 25, 8:30 am - Winter Water Birds, FCPP. Meet Burnsmead parking lot off Bow Bottom Tr SE, turning L at park entrance. Leader John Cartwright - 265-2980. Sat Feb 28, 8:30 am - Winter Wonderland Birds, Water Valley area. Car trip, all day. Meet site of Mecca Cafe, S of Hwy # 1 at Stoney Tr. Turn S at intersection, then R on service road just before Esso Station. Leader Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Sat Feb 28, 9:00 am - Birding Beaverdam Flats. Meet S parking lot (Lynnview Rd & 62 Av SE), N from Glenmore Tr at 18 St SE, then L. Leader TBA - call 243-2248 for info. Sun Feb 29, 9:00 am - Wind-up of Winter Bird Count. Final search for species needed. Meet Southland Park (E end of Southland Dr. SE). Leader TBA - call 243-2248 for info. 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, 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 * Feb 19, 2004 * ABCA0402.19 - Birds mentioned Bald Eagle Gyrfalcon American Crow American Robin Varied Thrush Snow 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, February 19 at 12:10 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. Observers in the City can be on the lookout for a pair of BALD EAGLES that may have started nesting along the Bow River just north of the Glenmore Trail Bridge. Two observers, Cathy Grandia and Terry Korolyk both reported the birds there this week. Terry Korolyk observed one of the birds at a large stick nest near the Cement Plant at that location on Wednesday, February 18. A VARIED THRUSH appears to be successfully overwintering at a residence in the West Varsity area of Calgary. The bird has been coming daily to the yard of Shauneen O'Brien since January 21. The bird is a male; Shauneen said she had 2 male VARIED THRUSHES around her home in mid-December. Anybody wishing a chance to see this bird can call Shauneen at 286-9144. A gray-morph GYRFALCON was seen near High River on Wednesday, February 18 at 2:30 pm. The bird was seen by Jean Moore. Jean said the bird flew over Hwy 2 just south of the Hwy 23 junction. Wayne Moore observed a flock of 1000 SN0W BUNTINGS east of Nanton on Sunday, February 15. The birds were 2 miles north of Hwy 533 on RR 280. Penny Smith observed 2 AMERICAN CROWS at Edworthy Park in Calgary earlier this week. An AMERICAN ROBIN continues to sing in her neighbourhood in Parkdale. These are probably overwintering birds, but given continued good weather, spring migrants could be arriving soon Callers are reminded that the annual CFNS Snowy Owl Prowl goes this Saturday, February 21. Interested participants are to meet in the NW corner of the Sunridge Mall parking lot at 32 Ave & 36 St NE before 10 am. For information, call Terry Korolyk at 254-1878. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Monday, February 23. . BIRD STUDY GROUP - 1st Wednesday of each month except July and August 7:30 pm, Room 211, BioSciences Bldg, University of Calgary Next meeting March 3 - Dr Ross Lein, The Seabirds of Johnston Atoll. Call Phil Cram, 228-4142, for more information. CFNS FIELD TRIPS Sat Feb 21, 10 am - Snowy Owl Prowl - Car trip 6 hrs, full gas tank. Meet NW corner Sunridge Mall parking lot at 36 St NE just S of 32 Av. NE. Leader Terry Korolyk - 254-1878. Sun Feb 22, 9 am - Search for Ruffed Grouse/Owls and their signs in Weaselhead. Meet W end of 90 Av SW. Leader Gus Yaki - 243-2248. Wed Feb 25, 8:30 am - Winter Water Birds, FCPP. Meet Burnsmead parking lot off Bow Bottom Tr SE, turning L at park entrance. Leader John Cartwright - 265-2980. Sat Feb 28, 8:30 am - Winter Wonderland Birds, Water Valley area. Car trip, all day. Meet site of Mecca Cafe, S of Hwy # 1 at Stoney Tr. Turn S at intersection, then R on service road just before Esso Station. Leader Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Sat Feb 28, 9:00 am - Birding Beaverdam Flats. Meet S parking lot (Lynnview Rd & 62 Av SE), N from Glenmore Tr at 18 St SE, then L. Leader TBA - call 243-2248 for info. Sun Feb 29, 9:00 am - Wind-up of Winter Bird Count. Final search for species needed. Meet Southland Park (E end of Southland Dr. SE). Leader TBA - call 243-2248 for info. 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, 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 * Feb 23, 2004 * ABCA0402.23 - Birds mentioned Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Lesser Scaup Northern Goshawk Gyrfalcon Snowy Owl Eurasian Collared Dove White-throated Sparrow American Goldfinch - 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, February 23 at 11:00 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. At least 2 and possibly as many as 4 EURASIAN COLLARED DOVES have been seen in Nanton. The birds have been seen by several observers and are in the general area of 24 & 26 Avenues around 21 & 22 Street. Speculation has it that the birds have been there all winter. EURASIAN COLLARED DOVES were first found in Alberta in Red Deer in 2002, and a single bird was at a house in Medicine Hat in 2003. If going out to see the Nanton birds please be sure not to disturb any of the residents of the area. An adult WHITE-THROATED SPARROW was seen in the Parkdale district of Calgary on Saturday, February 21. Bill Wilson observed the bird in a shrub at 5 Ave and 33 St NW. The annual CFNS Snowy Owl Prowl found at least 3 SNOWY OWLS east of Calgary on Saturday, February 21. The field trip led by Terry Korolyk observed 2-1st year birds and 1 adult east of Irricana on Twp Rd 262 E of RR 261. Other SNOWY OWLS reported on February 21 included an immature male or adult female seen by Bill Wilson 4 kms W of Langdon on Glenmore Trail and an adult male, also seen by Bill Wilson, just south of Hwy 1 on RR 264. Phil Cram and Bernard Goulet observed a 1st year SNOWY OWL on the Dead Horse Road south of Langdon on February 21. On Friday, February 20, Terry Korolyk observed a total of 6 SNOWY OWLS on roads between the towns of Chestermere Lake - Lyalta - Strathmore - Irricana. Robert Worona reported a good variety of waterfowl at Frank Lake along Hwy 23 E of High River on February 22. Robert saw a NORTHERN PINTAIL, 2 GREEN-WINGED TEAL and a LESSER SCAUP. For more details call Robert at 270- 0674. Dwight Knapik observed a dark morph GYRFALCON at the Calgary Zoo's private breeding ranch south of Calgary on February 19, while Bill Wilson reported an immature NORTHERN GOSHAWK was just north of Langdon Reservoir on Boundary Road on February 21. Bill observed the same day, a winter plumaged male AMERICAN GOLDFINCH along the paved path from the 37 St SW parking lot at Glenmore Weaselhead in Calgary. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Thursday, February 26. . BIRD STUDY GROUP - 1st Wednesday of each month except July and August 7:30 pm, Room 211, BioSciences Bldg, University of Calgary Next meeting March 3 - Dr Ross Lein, The Seabirds of Johnston Atoll. Call Phil Cram, 228-4142, for more information. CFNS FIELD TRIPS Wed Feb 25, 8:30 am - Winter Water Birds, FCPP. Meet Burnsmead parking lot off Bow Bottom Tr SE, turning L at park entrance. Leader John Cartwright - 265-2980. Sat Feb 28, 8:30 am - Winter Wonderland Birds, Water Valley area. Car trip, all day. Meet site of Mecca Cafe, S of Hwy # 1 at Stoney Tr. Turn S at intersection, then R on service road just before Esso Station. Leader Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Sat Feb 28, 9:00 am - Birding Beaverdam Flats. Meet S parking lot (Lynnview Rd & 62 Av SE), N from Glenmore Tr at 18 St SE, then L. Leader TBA - call 243-2248 for info. Sun Feb 29, 9:00 am - Wind-up of Winter Bird Count. Final search for species needed. Meet Southland Park (E end of Southland Dr. SE). Leader TBA - call 243-2248 for info. Mon Mar 1, 8:00 am - Monthly Elbow River Birding Survey. Meet Stanley Park, 42 Av SW, just W of Macleod Trail. Walk to Glenmore Reservoir, drive back (3.5 hours). Call leaders Aileen Pelzer/Gus Yaki, 243-2248 to ensure vehicle space for return trip. Wed Mar 3, 9:00 am - Bird Votier's Flats, FCPP. S end of Elbow Drive. Leader Bruce Barnetson, 246-1329. Thu Mar 4, 7:30 pm - Nocturnal Owl Prowl - Weaselhead. Meet 66 Av & 37 St SW. Bring flashlight. Leader Jim St Laurent, 246- 6314. Sat Mar 6, 9:00 am - Birding Inglewood. East end of 9 Ave SE. Leader Penny Smith, 283-9260. Sat Mar 6, 7:30 pm - Owl Prowl - for Northern Saw-whet and other Owls. Meet Shannon Terrace, W end of FCPP, off 37 St & 130 Ave SW. Bring flashlight. Leader, TBA. For info call 243-2248. Sun Mar 7, 9:00 am - Bird Bebo Grove, FCPP, S end of 24 St SW. Leader Eric Tull, 295-0830. 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, 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 * Feb 27, 2004 * ABCA0402.27 - Birds mentioned Bald Eagle Eurasian Collared Dove American Dipper Townsend's Solitaire American Robin - 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 Friday, February 27 at 8:30 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. Chances look good this year that a pair of BALD EAGLES will be nesting at a large nest near the Lafarge Plant on the west side of the Bow River, north of the Glenmore Trail Bridge in Calgary. At least two observers reported the birds near that location last week and the birds have been easily seen daily there and appear to be on territory. If the birds do nest there this would be the third successive year that BALD EAGLES will have nested along the river in southeast Calgary. Observers could watch for BALD EAGLES nesting along the Bow River in northwest Calgary this year as well, as there have been reports within the past couple of years of birds in that area during the breeding months. At least two, and possibly as many as four EURASIAN COLLARED DOVES have been seen in Nanton. Speculation has it that the birds have been there all winter. The birds have been seen by several observers in the general area of 24 and 26 Avenues around 21 & 22 Streets. Andrew Slater observed a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE below the Glenmore Dam on Wednesday, February 25. The bird was 100 metres upstream from the parking lot in front of Sandy Beach. Andrew also reported the AMERICAN DIPPER that had been overwintering there was approximately 300 metres below the Dam on February 25, and he observed 2 AMERICAN ROBINS on the hillside above the AMERICAN DIPPER. To reach Sandy Beach follow Riverview Dr westward from Elbow Drive. The Calgary Bird Alert apologizes to it's many callers for any inconvenience they may have experienced due to technical problems with the Bird Alert over the past two days. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Monday, March 1. BIRD STUDY GROUP - 1st Wednesday of each month except July and August 7:30 pm, Room 211, BioSciences Bldg, University of Calgary Next meeting March 3 - Dr Ross Lein, The Seabirds of Johnston Atoll. Call Phil Cram, 228-4142, for more information. CFNS FIELD TRIPS Sat Feb 28, 8:30 am - Winter Wonderland Birds, Water Valley area. Car trip, all day. Meet site of Mecca Cafe, S of Hwy # 1 at Stoney Tr. Turn S at intersection, then R on service road just before Esso Station. Leader Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Sat Feb 28, 9:00 am - Birding Beaverdam Flats. Meet S parking lot (Lynnview Rd & 62 Av SE), N from Glenmore Tr at 18 St SE, then L. Leader TBA - call 243-2248 for info. Sun Feb 29, 9:00 am - Wind-up of Winter Bird Count. Final search for species needed. Meet Southland Park (E end of Southland Dr. SE). Leader TBA - call 243-2248 for info. Mon Mar 1, 8:00 am - Monthly Elbow River Birding Survey. Meet Stanley Park, 42 Av SW, just W of Macleod Trail. Walk to Glenmore Reservoir, drive back (3.5 hours). Call leaders Aileen Pelzer/Gus Yaki, 243-2248 to ensure vehicle space for return trip. Wed Mar 3, 9:00 am - Bird Votier's Flats, FCPP. S end of Elbow Drive. Leader Bruce Barnetson, 246-1329. Thu Mar 4, 7:30 pm - Nocturnal Owl Prowl - Weaselhead. Meet 66 Av & 37 St SW. Bring flashlight. Leader Jim St Laurent, 246- 6314. Sat Mar 6, 9:00 am - Birding Inglewood. East end of 9 Ave SE. Leader Penny Smith, 283-9260. Sat Mar 6, 7:30 pm - Owl Prowl - for Northern Saw-whet and other Owls. Meet Shannon Terrace, W end of FCPP, off 37 St & 130 Ave SW. Bring flashlight. Leader, TBA. For info call 243-2248. Sun Mar 7, 9:00 am - Bird Bebo Grove, FCPP, S end of 24 St SW. Leader Eric Tull, 295-0830. 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, 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 * Mar 1, 2004 * ABCA0403.01 - Birds mentioned Wood Duck American Wigeon Northern Pintail Redhead Greater Scaup Great Blue Heron Bald Eagle Northern Goshawk Gyrfalcon Great Grey Owl American Robin - 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, March 1 at 11:00 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 GREAT BLUE HERON was seen along the Bow River in Fish Creek PP on Saturday, February 28. The bird was seen by Rob Worona. GREAT BLUE HERONS previously reported in the area this winter included a bird near the Hwy 22X bridge in Fish Creek PP well into December; a bird at the Highwood Golf Course in High River from Christmas into January; and 2 birds on the Banff - Canmore Christmas Bird Count. For more details on this February 28 bird call Rob at 270-0674. Waterfowl reported on the Bow River in Calgary during the final week of the winter season included 2 WOOD DUCKS and 4 AMERICAN WIGEONS seen by Rob Worona at Prince's Island Park on Wednesday, February 25. Saturday, February 28, Rob observed 3 GREATER SCAUP and 1 NORTHERN PINTAIL at Carburn Park, and 3 REDHEADS on the Bow River in Fish Creek PP. Several observers reported BALD EAGLES in the countryside in the Calgary area this past week and Rob Worona saw 4 BALD EAGLES along the Bow River in Fish Creek PP on February 28. Other recent raptors reported included 1 GYRFALCON and 2 NORTHERN GOSHAWKS. Terry Korolyk observed a GYRFALCON on 224 St SE south of Hwy 547, east of Okotoks on Sunday, February 29. NORTHERN GOSHAWKS were reported near the Walker House at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary February 28 by Penny Smith and Karen McGarty, and by Rob Worona along the river in east Fish Creek PP also on February 28. Andrew Slater observed a GREAT GREY OWL off Hwy 1A west of Cochrane, at the north end of the Grand Valley Road, 1/2 km west of the RR 53 junction on February 29. Terry Korolyk and Rob Worona independantly reported a SNOW BUNTING along the Bow River in east Fish Creek PP on February 28, while Dwight Knapik reported 1 male PURPLE FINCH was still around the feeders below the 37 St SW parking lot at Glenmore Weaselhead on February 26. Rob Worona reported 23 AMERICAN ROBINS in the 1100 block of 9 St NW in Calgary on Wednesday, February 25. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Thursday, March 4. . BIRD STUDY GROUP - 1st Wednesday of each month except July and August 7:30 pm, Room 211, BioSciences Bldg, University of Calgary Next meeting March 3 - Dr Ross Lein, The Seabirds of Johnston Atoll. Call Phil Cram, 228-4142, for more information. CFNS FIELD TRIPS Wed Mar 3, 9:00 am - Bird Votier's Flats, FCPP. S end of Elbow Drive. Leader Bruce Barnetson, 246-1329. Thu Mar 4, 7:30 pm - Nocturnal Owl Prowl - Weaselhead. Meet 66 Av & 37 St SW. Bring flashlight. Leader Jim St Laurent, 246- 6314. Sat Mar 6, 9:00 am - Birding Inglewood. East end of 9 Ave SE. Leader Penny Smith, 283-9260. Sat Mar 6, 7:30 pm - Owl Prowl - for Northern Saw-whet and other Owls. Meet Shannon Terrace, W end of FCPP, off 37 St & 130 Ave SW. Bring flashlight. Leader, TBA. For info call 243-2248. Sun Mar 7, 9:00 am - Bird Bebo Grove, FCPP, S end of 24 St SW. Leader Eric Tull, 295-0830. Wed Mar 10, 9:00 am - TBA. For info call 243-2248. Fri Mar 12, 7:00 pm - Star Night. Meet Shouldice Arena parking lot, 1515 Home Rd NW. Bring plenty of warm clothes, hot drinks. Call Leader, John McFaul, 289-9517 between 5:30 - 6:00 pm to confirm trip is on. Alternate date: Mar 13. Sat Mar 13, 8:30 am - Birding Forestry Trunk Road, Kananaskis. All day by car. Meet site of Mecca Cafe S of Hwy # 1 at Stoney Tr. Turn S at intersection, then R on service Rd just before Esso Station. Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Sat Mar 13, 2:00 pm - Trees of Reader Rock Garden. Meet parking lot just S of 25 Ave SW, E of Macleod Tr. Leader, Gus Yaki, 243-2248. Sun Mar 14, 8:30 am - Search for early spring migrants in the city. Meet Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, E end of 9 Ave SE. Leader TBA, call 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, email cfns@cfns.fanweb.ca or visit the website at www.cfns.fanweb.ca. A Birdfinding Guide to the Calgary Region, ed. Joan F. McDonald (CFNS, 1993) is out of print. Copies are no longer available from CFNS. - End transcriptCalgary Field Naturalists' Society
PO Box 981, Station M
Calgary, AB
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- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * Mar 4, 2004 * ABCA0403.04 - Birds mentioned Great Blue Heron Gyrfalcon Black-billed Magpie Varied Thrush - Transcript Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society's Bird Alert Number: (403) 221-4519 To Report: (403) 221-4519 Coverage: Southern Alberta Compiler: Terry Korolyk (CFNS & IBS) Transcriber: Lenora Flynn (lendic@shaw.ca) Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded on Thursday, March 4 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 GREAT BLUE HERON was seen along the Bow River in Fish Creek PP on Saturday, February 28. The bird was seen by Rob Worona. Previous sightings this winter included a bird from November 8 - December 9 at the Hwy 22X bridge in Calgary; a bird at the Highwood Golf Course in High River from pre December 25 - January 11; 2 birds on the Banff - Canmore Christmas Bird Count; and in addition to those reports, a bird at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary in Calgary on January 10. Those wishing more details on the February 28 bird can call Rob Worona in Calgary at 270-0674. Shauneen O'Brien, who lives in West Varsity in Calgary, reports the male VARIED THRUSH she reported in the winter is still coming to her yard. The bird first appeared at her home January 21. Those wishing a chance to see the bird can call Shauneen at 286-9144. Two GYRFALCONS were reported in Calgary this week. John Thompson observed a light-grey morph in the Weaselhead area of Calgary on Monday, March 1 at 10:30 am. John said the bird was perched on some power lines when it was harassed by BLACK-BILLED MAGPIES. It then flew eastward along the edge of the north escarpment. Terry Korolyk observed an immature male dark-morph GYRFALCON on 68 St SE at the NE corner of the Shepard Landfill on Monday, March 1. Terry believes that this bird may have been in the general area of the landfill since December 21. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Monday, March 8. . BIRD STUDY GROUP - 1st Wednesday of each month September to May, 7:30 pm, Room 211, BioSciences Bldg, University of Calgary. Next meeting April 7 - Dr Len Hills, Trumpeter Swans. Call Phil Cram, 228-4142, for more information. CFNS FIELD TRIPS Thu Mar 4, 7:30 pm - Nocturnal Owl Prowl - Weaselhead. Meet 66 Av & 37 St SW. Bring flashlight. Leader Jim St Laurent, 246- 6314. Sat Mar 6, 9:00 am - Birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. East end of 9 Ave SE. Leader Penny Smith, 283-9260. Sat Mar 6, 7:30 pm - Owl Prowl - for Northern Saw-whet and other Owls. Meet Shannon Terrace, W end of FCPP, off 37 St & 130 Ave SW. Bring flashlight. Leader, TBA. For info call 243-2248. Sun Mar 7, 9:00 am - Bird Bebo Grove, FCPP, S end of 24 St SW. Leader Eric Tull, 295-0830. Wed Mar 10, 9:00 am - TBA. For info call 243-2248. Fri Mar 12, 7:00 pm - Star Night. Meet Shouldice Arena parking lot, 1515 Home Rd NW. Bring plenty of warm clothes, hot drinks. Call Leader, John McFaul, 289-9517 between 5:30 - 6:00 pm to confirm trip is on. Alternate date: Mar 13. Sat Mar 13, 8:30 am - Birding Forestry Trunk Road, Kananaskis. All day by car. Meet site of Mecca Cafe S of Hwy # 1 at Stoney Tr. Turn S at intersection, then R on service Rd just before Esso Station. Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Sat Mar 13, 2:00 pm - Trees of Reader Rock Garden. Meet parking lot just S of 25 Ave SW, E of Macleod Tr. Leader, Gus Yaki, 243-2248. Sun Mar 14, 8:30 am - Search for early spring migrants in the city. Meet Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, E end of 9 Ave SE. Leader TBA, call 243-2248. Mon Mar 15, 8:00 am - Monthly Birding Survey, Carburn Park. S from Glenmore Tr at 18 St SE to second stoplight, then right and follow the signs. Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Inglewood Bird Sanctuary is a City of Calgary natural area. Staff offer information, courses and field trips relating to natural history. For information, call (403) 221-4500. Calgary Field Naturalists' Society promotes the observation, study and conservation of the native habitat through lectures, field trips and collection of scientific data. CFNS publishes a monthly newsletter and a quarterly journal, PICA. For membership or event information, 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 * Mar 8, 2004 * ABCA0403.08 - Birds mentioned Wilson's Snipe California Gull Northern Pygmy-Owl Northern Shrike Steller's Jay Bohemian Waxwing Dark-eyed Junco Common Redpoll - 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, March 8 at 6:40 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 gull of the spring season has been reported in the Calgary birding area. An adult CALIFORNIA GULL was seen on the Bow River at the north end of the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary in Calgary on the afternoon of Sunday, March 7. The bird was seen by Penny Smith and Scott Jubinville. At least 1 WILSON'S SNIPE appears to have overwintered successfully at the Banff Cave & Basin Marsh. Dwight Knapik observed the bird there on Thursday, March 4. At least 3 birds were there in late fall of last year. Pat Foran observed 2 DARK-EYED JUNCOS at Hull Home, which is at 2266 Woodpark Blvd in Calgary, on the morning of Monday, March 8. These birds could be Spring migrants. Dwight Knapik observed a NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL perched on power lines at Redwood Meadows, north of Bragg Creek, on Thursday, March 4. The bird was along Hwy 22 between the north and central entrances to Redwood Meadows. STELLAR'S JAYS are still being seen in the mountain's west of Calgary. Dwight Knapik observed one at the Banff Cave & Basin Marsh on March 4, and Kevin Barker watched a single bird along the Bow River in Canmore on Saturday, March 6. Kevin also reported 1 NORTHERN SHRIKE along the Bow River in Canmore the same day. Terry Korolyk observed a flock of 500 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS in North Glenmore Park in Calgary on Friday, March 5, while Lorne Arnold reported at least 12 COMMON REDPOLLS were at the feeder's in his yard in northeast Calgary on Wednesday, March 3. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Thursday, March 11. BIRD STUDY GROUP - 1st Wednesday of each month September to May, 7:30 pm, Room 211, BioSciences Bldg, University of Calgary. Next meeting April 7 - Dr Len Hills, Trumpeter Swans. Call Phil Cram, 228-4142, for more information. CFNS FIELD TRIPS Wed Mar 10, 9:00 am - TBA. For info call 243-2248. Fri Mar 12, 7:00 pm - Star Night. Meet Shouldice Arena parking lot, 1515 Home Rd NW. Bring plenty of warm clothes, hot drinks. Call Leader, John McFaul, 289-9517 between 5:30 - 6:00 pm to confirm trip is on. Alternate date: Mar 13. Sat Mar 13, 8:30 am - Birding Forestry Trunk Road, Kananaskis. All day by car. Meet site of Mecca Cafe S of Hwy # 1 at Stoney Tr. Turn S at intersection, then R on service Rd just before Esso Station. Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Sat Mar 13, 2:00 pm - Trees of Reader Rock Garden. Meet parking lot just S of 25 Ave SW, E of Macleod Tr. Leader, Gus Yaki, 243-2248. Sun Mar 14, 8:30 am - Search for early spring migrants in the city. Meet Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, E end of 9 Ave SE. Leader TBA, call 243-2248. Mon Mar 15, 8:00 am - Monthly Birding Survey, Carburn Park. S from Glenmore Tr at 18 St SE to second stoplight, then right and follow the signs. Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Wed Mar 17, 9:00 am - Birding Mallard Point, FCPP. Meet at parking lot East end of Canyon Meadows Dr. Leader, Bruce Barnetson, 246-1329. Sat Mar 20, 7:30 am - First day of Spring. Search for migrant waterfowl, migrant hawks etc. May visit Wyndham /Carseland PP SE of city. Meet Anderson LRT (Macleod Trail) S of pedestrian overpass. Leader, John Bregar, 873-7260. Sat Mar 20, 7:00 pm - Owl Prowl. Sibbald Flats, Kananaskis Country. Meet Assumption School, 34 St NW (N of Trans Canada Hwy #1, at Sarcee Tr). Leader, Yousif Attia, 254-8869. Please Register. Sun Mar 21, 9:00 am - Signs of Spring in Weaselhead. Early migrants/plants in blossom. Meet parking lot, 66 Av & 37 St SW. 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) 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, 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 * Mar 11, 2004 * ABCA0403.11 - Birds mentioned Tundra Swan Northern Pintail Bald Eagle Killdeer Ring-billed Gull California Gull Eurasian Collared Dove Snowy Owl American Robin - 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 Thurs Mar. 11 at 1:05pm. 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. Spring waterfowl have started to arrive in the Calgary birding area. Greg Wagner reported "100s" of both TUNDRA SWANS and NORTHERN PINTAILS on ponds in the area of Frank Lake east of High River on Tuesday, March 9. Michael Breiteneder reported a flock of 14 TUNDRA SWANS at the south end of Chestermere Lake east of Calgary on Wednesday, March 10. Frank Lake is a few kilometers east of High River on Highway 23 and Chestermere Lake is east of Calgary on either Highway 1 or Highway 1A. The first RING-BILLED GULLS of the season have been reported. Terry Korolyk observed a lone adult with 17 adult CALIFORNIA GULLS on the ice at the pond at Elliston Park at 17 Ave & 68 St. SE in Calgary on Tuesday, March 9 while Andrew Slater observed an adult RING-BILLED GULL on the Bow River at Lawrey Gardens just west of the Crowchild Trail Bridge in Calgary on Wednesday, March 10. Andrew Slater also observed a KILLDEER at Lawrey Gardens March 10 while Greg Wagner saw a dozen AMERICAN ROBINS in High River on Thursday, March 11. A swan that was probably a TUNDRA SWAN was seen by Don Workman Sunday, March 7 on the Bow River off Douglasdale, but this bird is probably the bird that overwintered in this general location. BALD EAGLES have been very prominent in the countryside around Calgary recently. Terry Korolyk observed 21 adult birds in the foothills between Calgary and Pine Coulee west of Stavely on March 10 while Ted Bodnar reported BALD EAGLES off Hwy 1 west of Calgary on March 6, 7th, and 8th. For more information on the locations of these birds, call Terry Korolyk in Calgary at 254-1878. Two SNOWY OWLS were reported by Mary Coughlin and Kathleen Roman east of Calgary on Thursday, March 4. A first year bird was east of Irricana on Township Road 262 east of Range Road 261 while a different bird was on Inverlake Road northeast of Chestermere Lake. At least 1 EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE is still in Nanton. The bird was observed there most recently on either March 6 or 7. At least 2 birds spent the last part of winter around 20 & 21 Streets between 24 and 26 Avenue. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Monday, March 15. CFNS MEETINGS AND FIELD TRIPS: BIRDING FIELD TRIPS: Sat. Mar 13, 8:30am: Birding Forestry Trunk Road, Kananaskis. All day by car. Meet site of Mecca Cafe S of Hwy 1 at Stoney Tr. Turn S at intersection, then right on service road just before Esso station. Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Sat. Mar 13, 2pm: Trees of Reader Rock Garden. Meet parking lot just S of 25 Av SW, E of Macleod Tr. Leader, Gus Yaki, call 243-2248. Sun Mar 14, 8:30am: Search for early spring migrants in the city. Meet Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, E end of 9 Ave SE. Leader, Ken & Chris Havard, 242-0664. Mon Mar 15, 8am. 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. Wed. Mar 17, 9am. Birding Mallard Point, FCPP. Meet at parking lot, E end of Canyon Meadows Dr. Leader, Bruce Barnetson, 246-1329. Sat. Mar 20, 7:30am: First Day of Spring. Search for migrant waterfowl, migrant hawks, etc., May visit Wyndham-Carseland Prov. Park, SE of city. Meet Anderson LRT (Macleod Tr) S of pedestrian overpass. Leader, John Bregar, 873-7260. Sat Mar 20, 7pm: OWL PROWL. Sibbald Flats, Kananaskis Country. Meet Assumption School, 34 St NW (N of TCH #1, at Sarcee Tr). Leader, Yousif Attia, 254-8869. Please register. 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, e-mail 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 * Mar 22, 2004 * ABCA0403.22 - Birds mentioned Wood Duck Gadwall Eurasian Wigeon Redhead Harlequin Duck Northern Harrier Red-tailed Hawk Herring Gull Glaucous Gull Snowy Owl Mountain Bluebird Varied Thrush American Tree Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Red Crossbill - 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, March 22 at 10:20 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. There were 2 reports of GLAUCOUS GULLS in the area over the weekend. First Yousif Attia observed an adult above the Carseland Weir on Friday, March 19. That bird was not seen there Saturday, March 20 by Terry Korolyk, but John Cartwright watched a bird on March 20 on the Bow River in Calgary between the Crowchild Tr & 14 St SW bridges. In 2003, an adult GLAUCOUS GULL spent the last part of March and early part of April loafing above the Carseland Weir. Arriving HERRING GULLS over the weekend included 3 birds seen by Andrew Slater at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary on Friday, March 19 and a single HERRING GULL reported by Dwight Knapik at Hull's Wood in east FCPP also on March 19. On Saturday, March 20, Terry Korolyk observed 1 adult HERRING GULL at the Sheperd landfill on 68 St SE and then saw 2 at Elliston Park on 17 Ave & 68 St SE. Terry Korolyk observed as adult light phase RED-TAILED HAWK on Hwy 24 just east of Carseland on March 20 and Dwight Knapik observed one at the Calgary Zoo's private breeding ranch south of Calgary on March 21. Terry also saw a male and female NORTHERN HARRIER at Frank Lake on March 20 and observed an adult male SNOWY OWL that day, north of Inverlake Rd on the first N-S road west of Hwy 9. MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS have arrived in the Calgary area. Terry Korolyk observed 3 males at Wyndham-Carseland PP on March 20, while Andrew Slater saw 1 male on Hwy 541 west of Longview and another 5 km west of Hartell, which is on Hwy 22, both birds being seen on Sunday, March 21. Dwight Knapik heard 2-3 VARIED THRUSHES at Brown-Lowery PP on Plummers Road near Millarville on Thursday, March 18. Terry Korolyk reported AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS were at Policeman's Flats at the end of 40 St off Dunbow Road on March 20, while John McFaul saw 1 AMERICAN TREE SPARROW and 3 DARK-EYED JUNCOS at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary on Sunday, March 21. Dwight Knapik reported a flock of 20 RED CROSSBILLS were at Brown-Lowery on Thursday, March 18. Terry Korolyk observed 2 male EURASIAN WIGEONS on March 20. One bird was on a shallow slough north of the Heatherglen Golf Course on the road running north past the west flank of the Golf Course; the other bird was on a pond just south of Frank Lake, east of High River. John McFaul observed 2 female HARLEQUIN DUCKS at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary on March 21, while Terry Korolyk saw 8 REDHEADS March 20 just south of Frank Lake and Andrew Slater observed 4 WOOD DUCKS at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary on March 19. Dwight Knapik observed a pair of GADWALL at Hull's Wood on March 19, but there were a pair that over wintered there. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Thursday, March 25. BIRD STUDY GROUP - 1st Wednesday of each month September to May, 7:30 pm, Room 211, BioSciences Bldg, University of Calgary. Next meeting April 7 - Dr Len Hills, Trumpeter Swans. Call Phil Cram, 228-4142, for more information. CFNS FIELD TRIPS Wed Mar 24, 8:30 am - Birding Hull's Wood, FCPP. Meet at Hull's Wood parking lot off Bow Bottom Trail beyond Park HQ. Leaders, Dick & Lenora Flynn, 271-1269. Sat Mar 27, 9:00 am - Peak of Golden Eagle Migration, Mt Lorette, Kananaskis. Bring Lunch. Meet Assumption School, 34 St NW (N of TC Hwy #1 at Sarcee Tr). Leader, Shirley Fraser, 242-0079. Sat Mar 27, 9:30 am - Birding for Beginners. Meet 1st parking lot, Bow Valley Ranch Visitor Centre, FCPP, off Bow Bottom Tr SE. To participate, pre registration required. Call leader, Bonnie Rothwell, 265 -4609 for details. Sun Mar 28, 9:00 am - Birding McKenzie Ridge to 22X and return along Bow River. Meet Burnsmead Parking lot, FCPP, off Bow Bottom Trail SE, turning left at park entrance. Leader, Tony Timmons, 256-0754. Wed Mar 31, 9:00 am - Birding Shannon Terrace. West end of FCPP off 37 St & 130 Av SW. Leader, Bruce Barnetson, 246-1329. Thur Apr 1, 7:30 am - Monthly Elbow River Bird Survey. Meet Stanley Park, 42 Av SW, W of Macleod Tr. Walk to Glenmore Reservoir, drive back (3.5 hrs). Call leaders, Aileen Pelzer & Gus Yaki, 243-2248, to ensure vehicles for return. Sat Apr 3, 7:00 am - Birding Wyndham-Carseland Provincial Park. Meet Anderson LRT ( Macleod Tr ) S of pedestrian overpass. Bring lunch. Leader, Al MacKeigan, 295-2205. Sat Apr 3, 8:00 am - Bird Bebo Grove, FCPP, S end of 24 St SW. Leader, Jim St Laurent, 246-6314. Sun Apr 4, 9:30 am - Nature Stroll along Elbow River. Meet Sandy Beach parking lot, W end of Riverdale Ave SW, S of Elbow River. 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) 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, 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 * Mar 15, 2004 * ABCA0403.15 - Birds mentioned Snow Goose Canada Goose Eurasian Wigeon Red-breasted Merganser Northern Harrier Snowy Owl Cedar Waxwing Song Sparrow Western Meadowlark - 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, March 15 at 11:00 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 male and female RED-BREASTED MERGANSER were reported at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary in Calgary on Sunday, March 14. Mary Coughlin and Mary Nelson saw the birds on the river at the north end of the Sanctuary. Up to two males were on the Bow River in the Beaverdam Flats-Carburn Park areas during the winter season, but there were no reports of females. If one or both of the March 14 birds are genuine spring migrants, then these would be much earlier than usual arrivals in the Calgary area. The first EURASIAN WIGEON of the spring season has been reported. Andrew Slater observed a lone male in open water at the waste water inlet in the NW corner of Frank Lake on Hwy 23, east of High River on Sunday, March 14. Rob Worona observed a lone SNOW GOOSE that was flying with 12 CANADA GEESE over the Parkdale district of Calgary on Thursday, March 11. A WESTERN MEADOWLARK was seen southwest of Okotoks on Thursday, March 11. Dwight Knapik saw the bird on 498 Ave at 64 St SE. The same day Dwight reported a male NORTHERN HARRIER was 34 kms east of Cardston on secondary Hwy 501. A flock of 4 first year CEDAR WAXWINGS were seen flycatching from aspen trees in the Midnapore area of Calgary on Thursday, March 11. The birds were seen by Terry Korolyk along Midridge Drive where it meets Fish Creek PP. These birds probably overwintered somewhere in the south end of the city. Terry Korolyk heard a SONG SPARROW calling at Policeman's Flats south of Calgary on Saturday, March 13. The bird was calling from dense willows along the west shore of the Bow River approximately 200-300 yards upriver from the parking area. This bird could be either an overwintering bird or a spring migrant, as there were several reports of the species in Calgary during the winter season. Policeman's Flats is at the terminus of 40 St SE off Dunbow Road. Carol Shields of Namaka reported on Friday, March 12, that she was still seeing SNOWY OWLS in the Namaka area SE of Calgary. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Thursday, March 18. BIRD STUDY GROUP - 1st Wednesday of each month September to May, 7:30 pm, Room 211, BioSciences Bldg, University of Calgary. Next meeting April 7 - Dr Len Hills, Trumpeter Swans. Call Phil Cram, 228-4142, for more information. CFNS FIELD TRIPS Wed Mar 17, 9:00 am - Birding Mallard Point, FCPP. Meet at parking lot East end of Canyon Meadows Dr. Leader, Bruce Barnetson, 246-1329. Sat Mar 20, 7:30 am - First day of Spring. Search for migrant waterfowl, migrant hawks etc. May visit Wyndham /Carseland PP SE of city. Meet Anderson LRT (Macleod Trail) S of pedestrian overpass. Leader, John Bregar, 873-7260. Sat Mar 20, 7:00 pm - Owl Prowl. Sibbald Flats, Kananaskis Country. Meet Assumption School, 34 St NW (N of Trans Canada Hwy #1, at Sarcee Tr). Leader, Yousif Attia, 254-8869. Please Register. Sun Mar 21, 9:00 am - Signs of Spring in Weaselhead. Early migrants/plants in blossom. Meet parking lot, 66 Av & 37 St SW. 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) 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, 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 * Mar 18, 2004 * ABCA0403.18 - Birds mentioned Canada Geese Tundra Swan Eurasian Wigeon American Wigeon Mallard Northern Pintail American Crow American Robin Western Meadowlark 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, March 18 at 12:10 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 possible spring migrant male AMERICAN WIGEON was seen in a flock of approximately 400 MALLARDS and 300 CANADA GEESE on 72 St SE in Calgary on Friday, March 12. The bird was seen by Terry Korolyk just south of 146 Ave SE, east of the Copperfield subdivision. Other waterfowl reported this spring include EURASIAN WIGEON at Frank Lake, located approximately 6 kms east of High River on Hwy 23, and NORTHERN PINTAIL and MALLARD have been reported in small numbers with the greatest numbers thus far being at Frank Lake. On Friday, March 12, Terry Korolyk reported 2 pairs of NORTHERN PINTAILS were on a slough approximately 5.2 kms north of the Oxbow Golf Course Road - Hwy 817 junction at the north end of Strathmore. TUNDRA SWANS so far this season have been reported at Frank Lake and at Chestermere Lake at the Hwy 1 - 1A junction east of Calgary. Penny Smith reported 4 AMERICAN CROWS flying over Bragg Creek west of Calgary on Sunday, March 14. AMERICAN ROBINS are becoming widespread, although still in low numbers in Calgary and the surrounding countryside. On Thursday, March 11, Dwight Knapik observed a WESTERN MEADOWLARK southwest of Okotoks at 498 Ave & 68 St. Jason Rogers reported a HOUSE FINCH was flying west of the University of Calgary on Monday, March 15. This species has been expanding it's range within Calgary in the past few years. To this point, it is probably most common in the Marlborough, North Haven and Varsity areas of the city. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Monday, March 22. BIRD STUDY GROUP - 1st Wednesday of each month September to May, 7:30 pm, Room 211, BioSciences Bldg, University of Calgary. Next meeting April 7 - Dr Len Hills, Trumpeter Swans. Call Phil Cram, 228-4142, for more information. CFNS FIELD TRIPS Sat Mar 20, 7:30 am - First day of Spring. Search for migrant waterfowl, migrant hawks etc. May visit Wyndham /Carseland PP SE of city. Meet Anderson LRT (Macleod Trail) S of pedestrian overpass. Leader, John Bregar, 873-7260. Sat Mar 20, 7:00 pm - Owl Prowl. Sibbald Flats, Kananaskis Country. Meet Assumption School, 34 St NW (N of Trans Canada Hwy #1, at Sarcee Tr). Leader, Yousif Attia, 254-8869. Please Register. Sun Mar 21, 9:00 am - Signs of Spring in Weaselhead. Early migrants/plants in blossom. Meet parking lot, 66 Av & 37 St SW. Leader, Gus Yaki, 243-2248. Wed Mar 24, 8:30 am - Birding Hull's Wood, FCPP. Meet at Hull's Wood parking lot off Bow Bottom Trail beyond Park HQ. Leaders, Dick & Lenora Flynn, 271-1269. Sat Mar 27, 9:00 am - Peak of Golden Eagle Migration, Mt Lorette, Kananaskis. Bring Lunch. Meet Assumption School, 34 St NW (N of TC Hwy #1 at Sarcee Tr). Leader, Shirley Fraser, 242-0079. Sat Mar 27, 9:30 am - Birding for Beginners. Meet 1st parking lot, Bow Valley Ranch Visitor Centre, FCPP, off Bow Bottom Tr SE. To participate, pre registration required. Call leader, Bonnie Rothwell, 265 -4609 for details. Sun Mar 28, 9:00 am - Birding McKenzie Ridge to 22X and return along Bow River. Meet Burnsmead Parking lot, FCPP, off Bow Bottom Trail SE, turning left at park entrance. Leader, Tony Timmons, 256-0754. 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, 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 * Mar 22, 2004 * ABCA0403.22 - Birds mentioned Wood Duck Gadwall Eurasian Wigeon Redhead Harlequin Duck Northern Harrier Red-tailed Hawk Herring Gull Glaucous Gull Snowy Owl Mountain Bluebird Varied Thrush American Tree Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Red Crossbill - 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, March 22 at 10:20 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. There were 2 reports of GLAUCOUS GULLS in the area over the weekend. First Yousif Attia observed an adult above the Carseland Weir on Friday, March 19. That bird was not seen there Saturday, March 20 by Terry Korolyk, but John Cartwright watched a bird on March 20 on the Bow River in Calgary between the Crowchild Tr & 14 St SW bridges. In 2003, an adult GLAUCOUS GULL spent the last part of March and early part of April loafing above the Carseland Weir. Arriving HERRING GULLS over the weekend included 3 birds seen by Andrew Slater at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary on Friday, March 19 and a single HERRING GULL reported by Dwight Knapik at Hull's Wood in east FCPP also on March 19. On Saturday, March 20, Terry Korolyk observed 1 adult HERRING GULL at the Sheperd landfill on 68 St SE and then saw 2 at Elliston Park on 17 Ave & 68 St SE. Terry Korolyk observed as adult light phase RED-TAILED HAWK on Hwy 24 just east of Carseland on March 20 and Dwight Knapik observed one at the Calgary Zoo's private breeding ranch south of Calgary on March 21. Terry also saw a male and female NORTHERN HARRIER at Frank Lake on March 20 and observed an adult male SNOWY OWL that day, north of Inverlake Rd on the first N-S road west of Hwy 9. MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS have arrived in the Calgary area. Terry Korolyk observed 3 males at Wyndham-Carseland PP on March 20, while Andrew Slater saw 1 male on Hwy 541 west of Longview and another 5 km west of Hartell, which is on Hwy 22, both birds being seen on Sunday, March 21. Dwight Knapik heard 2-3 VARIED THRUSHES at Brown-Lowery PP on Plummers Road near Millarville on Thursday, March 18. Terry Korolyk reported AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS were at Policeman's Flats at the end of 40 St off Dunbow Road on March 20, while John McFaul saw 1 AMERICAN TREE SPARROW and 3 DARK-EYED JUNCOS at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary on Sunday, March 21. Dwight Knapik reported a flock of 20 RED CROSSBILLS were at Brown-Lowery on Thursday, March 18. Terry Korolyk observed 2 male EURASIAN WIGEONS on March 20. One bird was on a shallow slough north of the Heatherglen Golf Course on the road running north past the west flank of the Golf Course; the other bird was on a pond just south of Frank Lake, east of High River. John McFaul observed 2 female HARLEQUIN DUCKS at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary on March 21, while Terry Korolyk saw 8 REDHEADS March 20 just south of Frank Lake and Andrew Slater observed 4 WOOD DUCKS at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary on March 19. Dwight Knapik observed a pair of GADWALL at Hull's Wood on March 19, but there were a pair that over wintered there. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Thursday, March 25. BIRD STUDY GROUP - 1st Wednesday of each month September to May, 7:30 pm, Room 211, BioSciences Bldg, University of Calgary. Next meeting April 7 - Dr Len Hills, Trumpeter Swans. Call Phil Cram, 228-4142, for more information. CFNS FIELD TRIPS Wed Mar 24, 8:30 am - Birding Hull's Wood, FCPP. Meet at Hull's Wood parking lot off Bow Bottom Trail beyond Park HQ. Leaders, Dick & Lenora Flynn, 271-1269. Sat Mar 27, 9:00 am - Peak of Golden Eagle Migration, Mt Lorette, Kananaskis. Bring Lunch. Meet Assumption School, 34 St NW (N of TC Hwy #1 at Sarcee Tr). Leader, Shirley Fraser, 242-0079. Sat Mar 27, 9:30 am - Birding for Beginners. Meet 1st parking lot, Bow Valley Ranch Visitor Centre, FCPP, off Bow Bottom Tr SE. To participate, pre registration required. Call leader, Bonnie Rothwell, 265 -4609 for details. Sun Mar 28, 9:00 am - Birding McKenzie Ridge to 22X and return along Bow River. Meet Burnsmead Parking lot, FCPP, off Bow Bottom Trail SE, turning left at park entrance. Leader, Tony Timmons, 256-0754. Wed Mar 31, 9:00 am - Birding Shannon Terrace. West end of FCPP off 37 St & 130 Av SW. Leader, Bruce Barnetson, 246-1329. Thur Apr 1, 7:30 am - Monthly Elbow River Bird Survey. Meet Stanley Park, 42 Av SW, W of Macleod Tr. Walk to Glenmore Reservoir, drive back (3.5 hrs). Call leaders, Aileen Pelzer & Gus Yaki, 243-2248, to ensure vehicles for return. Sat Apr 3, 7:00 am - Birding Wyndham-Carseland Provincial Park. Meet Anderson LRT ( Macleod Tr ) S of pedestrian overpass. Bring lunch. Leader, Al MacKeigan, 295-2205. Sat Apr 3, 8:00 am - Bird Bebo Grove, FCPP, S end of 24 St SW. Leader, Jim St Laurent, 246-6314. Sun Apr 4, 9:30 am - Nature Stroll along Elbow River. Meet Sandy Beach parking lot, W end of Riverdale Ave SW, S of Elbow River. 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) 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, email cfns@cfns.fanweb.ca or visit the website at www.cfns.fanweb.ca. A Birdfinding Guide to the Calgary Region, ed. Joan F. McDonald (CFNS, 1993) is out of print. Copies are no longer available from CFNS. - End transcriptCalgary Field Naturalists' Society
PO Box 981, Station M
Calgary, AB
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- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * Mar 25, 2004 * ABCA0403.25 - Birds mentioned Greater White-fronted Goose Eurasion Wigeon Cinnamon Teal Northern Shoveler Green-winged Teal Canvasback Great Blue Heron Northern Goshawk American Coot Greater Yellowlegs Steller's Jay Western Bluebird Lapland Longspur Red-winged Blackbird 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, March 25 at 11:05 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 GREATER YELLOWLEGS was seen at Hull's Wood in east Fish Creek PP on Wednesday, March 24. This is an extremely early date for this species as a spring arrival in the Calgary area. The bird was seen by Dick & Lenora Flynn at the mouth of Fish Creek. A WESTERN BLUEBIRD was seen Monday, March 22 at the Mt Lorette Raptor Watch on Hwy 40 in Kananaskis Country. The bird did not stay, but moved northward through the area. A STELLAR'S JAY was seen in Calgary on Tuesday, March 23 by Marika Jalink. The bird was on 98 Ave in the Palliser subdivision of SW Calgary. The first RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD and GREAT BLUE HERONS of the spring season have been reported. Dwight Knapik observed a male RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD at the Calgary Zoo's private breeding ranch south of Calgary on Tuesday, March 23, then on Wednesday, March 24, Dwight reported 2 GREAT BLUE HERONS at Policeman's Flats which is at the terminus of 40 St SE off Dunbow Rd south of Calgary. Dwight also reported on Monday, March 22 a flock of 15 LAPLAND LONGSPURS flew over the Zoo ranch. Waterfowl continue to arrive in the Calgary birding area. Greg Wagner reported WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, NORTHERN SHOVELER, AMERICAN COOT and CANVASBACK in the NW corner of Frank Lake on Monday, March 22, and on Wednesday, March 24 at Frank Lake, Yousif Attia observed one male CINNAMON TEAL, 2 male EURASION WIGEONS and a few pair of GREEN-WINGED TEAL. Frank Lake is approximately 6 kms east of High River on Hwy 23. Molly Milne, who lives in the Marlborough district of Calgary, has an orange colored male HOUSE FINCH coming to her yard almost daily. NORTHERN GOSHAWKS are still being reported in unusual locations both in and around Calgary. Helena Myllykoski had a large hawk that was probably an immature NORTHERN GOSHAWK perched on her fence at her home in SW Calgary on March 19 and Sharon Sullivan reported a GOSHAWK landed on a post only 20' from her NE of Cochrane on Sunday, March 21. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Monday, March 29. BIRD STUDY GROUP - 1st Wednesday of each month September to May, 7:30 pm, Room 211, BioSciences Bldg, University of Calgary. Next meeting April 7 - Dr Len Hills, Trumpeter Swans. Call Phil Cram, 228-4142, for more information. CFNS FIELD TRIPS Sat Mar 27, 9:00 am - Peak of Golden Eagle Migration, Mt Lorette, Kananaskis. Bring Lunch. Meet Assumption School, 34 St NW (N of TC Hwy #1 at Sarcee Tr). Leader, Shirley Fraser, 242-0079. Sat Mar 27, 9:30 am - Birding for Beginners. Meet 1st parking lot, Bow Valley Ranch Visitor Centre, FCPP, off Bow Bottom Tr SE. To participate, pre registration required. Call leader, Bonnie Rothwell, 265 -4609 for details. Sun Mar 28, 9:00 am - Birding McKenzie Ridge to 22X and return along Bow River. Meet Burnsmead Parking lot, FCPP, off Bow Bottom Trail SE, turning left at park entrance. Leader, Tony Timmons, 256-0754. Wed Mar 31, 9:00 am - Birding Shannon Terrace. West end of FCPP off 37 St & 130 Av SW. Leader, Bruce Barnetson, 246-1329. Thur Apr 1, 7:30 am - Monthly Elbow River Bird Survey. Meet Stanley Park, 42 Av SW, W of Macleod Tr. Walk to Glenmore Reservoir, drive back (3.5 hrs). Call leaders, Aileen Pelzer & Gus Yaki, 243-2248, to ensure vehicles for return. Sat Apr 3, 7:00 am - Birding Wyndham-Carseland Provincial Park. Meet Anderson LRT ( Macleod Tr ) S of pedestrian overpass. Bring lunch. Leader, Al MacKeigan, 295-2205. Sat Apr 3, 8:00 am - Bird Bebo Grove, FCPP, S end of 24 St SW. Leader, Jim St Laurent, 246-6314. Sun Apr 4, 9:30 am - Nature Stroll along Elbow River. Meet Sandy Beach parking lot, W end of Riverdale Ave SW, S of Elbow River. 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) 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, email cfns@cfns.fanweb.ca or visit the website at www.cfns.fanweb.ca. A Birdfinding Guide to the Calgary Region, ed. Joan F. McDonald (CFNS, 1993) is out of print. Copies are no longer available from CFNS. - End transcriptCalgary Field Naturalists' Society
PO Box 981, Station M
Calgary, AB
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- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * Mar 29, 2004 * ABCA0403.29 - Birds mentioned Gadwall Eurasian Wigeon Ring-necked Duck Lesser Scaup Ruddy Duck Sharp-shinned Hawk American Kestrel American Avocet Franklin's Gull Glaucous-winged Gull Glaucous-winged/Western Gull Hybrid Glaucous Gull Steller's Jay Mountain Bluebird Savannah Sparrow Red-winged Blackbird - Transcript Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society's Bird Alert Number: (403) 221-4519 To Report: (403) 221-4519 Coverage: Southern Alberta Compiler: Terry Korolyk (CFNS & IBS) Transcriber: Lenora Flynn (lendic@shaw.ca) Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded on Monday, March 29 at 10:10 a.m. To report a bird sighting, leave a message after the recording, or to bypass the recorded message, press the pound key on your touch tone phone. To speak to a naturalist, please phone 221-4500 during office hours. A GULL that was either a juvenile GLAUCOUS-WINGED or GLAUCOUS-WINGED/WESTERN GULL HYBRID was found in the SE corner of the Shepard landfill on 68 St SE at about noon on Friday, March 26. The bird was found by Terry Korolyk, and it was seen there as well by Joan & Malcolm McDonald at about 2:30 pm on Saturday, March 27. Birders are reminded that they are not allowed into the landfill, however the bird was easily seen by watching from 68 St SE. Terry Korolyk also reported an adult GLAUCOUS GULL was above the Weir at Carseland on both March 26 & 27. This is probably the bird that was there on March 19, having returned for it's 2nd successive spring to this location. Greg Wagner reported the first FRANKLIN'S GULLS of the season on Friday, March 26 at Frank Lake on Hwy 23 east of High River. A SAVANNAH SPARROW was seen on RR 284 east of Calgary on Friday, March 26. The bird was seen by Terry Korolyk between Glenmore Trail and Twp Rd 232. On March 27 Terry observed a male AMERICAN KESTREL on Hwy 552, 3 km W of of the Hwy 799 junction, S of the Bow River. Greg Wagner has seen the first AMERICAN AVOCET of the spring season; that bird was in the NW corner of Frank Lake on Friday, March 26. Mary Coughlin & Kathleen Roman observed a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK on Hwy 567 east of Big Hill Springs PP on March 25. Arriving waterfowl included the first RING-NECKED DUCKS of the season; those were seen at east Fish Creek PP Hull's Wood on Wednesday, March 24, by Dick & Lenora Flynn. Greg Wagner observed LESSER SCAUP at Frank Lake on March 22, then on March 26 at Frank Lake observed the first RUDDY DUCKS and GADWALL of the spring season. Frank Lake is approximately 6 kms east of High River on Hwy 23. Male EURASIAN WIGEON reports recently include 2 off the SE access point of Frank Lake by Dwight Knapik on March 25; 1 on Hwy 797 March 26 by Terry Korolyk south of Langdon; 1 on 594 Ave south of Frank Lake March 26 by Greg Wagner; and 1 bird by Jim Davis at Lac des Arcs on Hwy 1, east of Canmore, on March 27 & 28. MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS were widely reported in the foothills this past week; this included 3 birds seen March 20 by Jim Davis at Chain Lakes PP. Kevin Barker reported 6 male RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS were along Spring Creek in Canmore on March 27. There has been a STELLER'S JAY report in SW Calgary once again. Details have been reported of a lone bird at Southland Drive & 24 St SW on March 24. For more information call Amanda Cole at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Thursday, April 1. BIRD STUDY GROUP - 1st Wednesday of each month September to May, 7:30 pm, Room 211, BioSciences Bldg, University of Calgary. Next meeting April 7 - Dr Len Hills, Trumpeter Swans. Call Phil Cram, 228-4142, for more information. CFNS FIELD TRIPS Wed Mar 31, 9:00 am - Birding Shannon Terrace. West end of FCPP off 37 St & 130 Av SW. Leader, Bruce Barnetson, 246-1329. Thur Apr 1, 7:30 am - Monthly Elbow River Bird Survey. Meet Stanley Park, 42 Av SW, W of Macleod Tr. Walk to Glenmore Reservoir, drive back (3.5 hrs). Call leaders, Aileen Pelzer & Gus Yaki, 243-2248, to ensure vehicles for return. Sat Apr 3, 7:00 am - Birding Wyndham-Carseland Provincial Park. Meet Anderson LRT ( Macleod Tr ) S of pedestrian overpass. Bring lunch. Leader, Al MacKeigan, 295-2205. Sat Apr 3, 8:00 am - Bird Bebo Grove, FCPP, S end of 24 St SW. Leader, Jim St Laurent, 246-6314. Sun Apr 4, 9:30 am - Nature Stroll along Elbow River. Meet Sandy Beach parking lot, W end of Riverdale Ave SW, S of Elbow River. 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) 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, email cfns@cfns.fanweb.ca or visit the website at www.cfns.fanweb.ca. A Birdfinding Guide to the Calgary Region, ed. Joan F. McDonald (CFNS, 1993) is out of print. Copies are no longer available from CFNS. - End transcriptCalgary Field Naturalists' Society
PO Box 981, Station M
Calgary, AB
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