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- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * Apr 1, 2004 * ABCA0404.01 - Birds mentioned Eurasian Wigeon Northern Harrier American Kestrel Franklin's Gull Townsend's Solitaire American Robin 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: Chris Havard (ckhavard@shaw.ca) Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded on Thurs Apr 1 at 12:05pm. 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. The first TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIREs of the spring season have been reported in the city of Calgary. Carol Coulter reports 2 birds were in her yard in the Southview district of Calgary on the morning of Wednesday, March 31. An unknown observer reported a VARIED THRUSH was in the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary in Calgary at 8:30am on Wednesday, March 31. The bird was along the pathway to the river behind the old Brinks Brothers Greenhouses. There were 2 male EURASIAN WIGEON reports this week. Andrew Slater observed a lone bird at the south end of Langdon Reservoir on Tuesday, March 30. Andrew said the bird could be seen from Highway 22X. Langdon Reservoir is on the north side of Highway 22X a short distance east of the Highway 797 junction south of Langdon. Dwight Knapik saw a male EURASIAN WIGEON at the Calgary Zoo's private breeding ranch off Dunbow Road south of Calgary on the morning of Thursday, April 1. Andrew Slater observed a lone FRANKLIN'S GULL at Langdon Reservoir on Tuesday, March 30. The species was also reported at Frank Lake east of High River on March 26. Terry Korolyk reported a pair of AMERICAN KESTRELS were on territory near Sikome Lake in east Fish Creek PP on the morning of April 1, and also on April 1, at the Bankside area of Fish creek Park, Terry watched a good concentration of 35 AMERICAN ROBINS. Dwight Knapik reported a male NORTHERN HARRIER was performing a display flight at the Zoo Ranch on the morning of April 1. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Monday, April 5. CFNS MEETINGS AND FIELD TRIPS: BIRDING FIELD TRIPS: Sat Apr 3, 7am: Birding Wyndham-Carseland Provincial Park. Meet Anderson LRT (Macleod Tr) S of pedestrian overpass. Bring lunch. Leader, Al MacKeigan, 295-2205. Sat Apr 3, 8am: Bird Bebo Grove, FCPP, S end 24 St SW. Leader, Jim St. Laurent, 246-6314.Sun Apr 4, 9:30am: Nature Stroll along Elbow River. Meet Sandy Beach parking lot, W end Riverdale Av SW, S of Elbow River. Leader, Gus Yaki, 243-2248. Wed Apr 7, 9am: Birding Bowness Park. Meet 1st parking lot. Leader, Bruce Barnetson. 246-1329.Fri Apr 9, 9am: Early migrants at Mallard Point FCPP. Meet parking lot, W end of Canyon Meadows Dr SW. Leader, Jim Washbrook. For info, call 243-2248. Sat Apr 10, 8am: Birding the Bow #1. E side S of Hwy 22X. The first of a weekly series to follow the length of the river from the southern to the western city limits. From 22X go N at McKenzie Lake Blvd, then left at McKenzie Meadows Golf Course to Rotary Park parking lot. Leader, Nimali Seneviratne, 271-5146. (N.B. W side of Bow River below 22X is temporarily closed). Sat Apr 10, 9am: Birding Bowmont Park. Meet Maranatha Church, 2111 52 St NW (N end Home Rd). Leader, Horst Grothman, 286-3048. Sat Apr 10, 9am: Birding for Beginners. Robert Bateman Legacy Walks - Get to Know Your Wildlife Neighbours. Now is the best time to begin. Bring your children. Meet Weaselhead parking lot, 66 Av & 37 St SW. Leader, Gus Yaki, 243-2248. Sun Apr 11, 9am: Edworthy Park, for nesting Great Horned Owls. Meet Boothman Bridge - access from Shaganappi Tr & Bowness Rd NW (N of river), or W end of Spruce Dr SW (S of river). Call 243-2248. Wed Apr 14, 9am: Birding/Botanizing Beaverdam Flats Park. Meet S parking lot (Lynnview Rd & 62 Av SE). N from Glenmore Tr at 18 St SE, then left. Leader, TBA. Call 243-2248. Thu Apr 15, 7:30am: Monthly Bird Survey, Carburn Park. S from Glenmore Tr at 18 St SE to 2nd stoplight, then right & follow signs. Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Sat Apr 17, 8am: Birding the Bow #2. Hwy 22X to Burnsmead, FCPP. Meet Burnsmead off Bow Bottom Tr SE; turn left at park entrance. Leaders, Dick & Lenora Flynn, 271-1269. Sun Apr 18, 9am: Gulls & other birds. All Day visiting Calgary's water bodies. Meet 1st parking lot N Glenmore Park next to Canoe Club. Leader, Terry Korolyk, 254-1878. Sun Apr 18, 9am: Birding/Botanizing Nose Hill. See early spring wildflowers. Meet 14 St & 64 Av NW parking lot. Leader, John McFaul, 289-9517. Sun Apr 18, 9am: Trumpeter Swans. Meet Petro-Canada Service Station at Hwys 1 & 22 (S of Cochrane). Bring Lunch. Leader, Dr. Len Hills, 932-2480. Wed Apr 21, 8am: Birding Wyndham-Carseland Provincial Park. Meet at Southland Park, E end of Southland Dr SE, next to Deerfoot Tr. Leader, John Cartwright, 265-2980. Thu Apr 22, 9am: Earth Day. Nature on West Nose Hill. Meet at parking lot Shaganappi Tr & Edgemont Blvd NW. Leader, Chris Havard, 242-0664. Sat Apr 24, 8am: Birding the Bow #3, Burnsmead to Mallard Pt, FCPP. Meet Mallard Pt, E end of Canyon Meadows. Carpool to Burnsmead, and walk back. Leaders, Cedric/Robin Hitchon, 271-8789. Sat Apr 24, Wildcat Hills Nature Hike (10km - easy pace). All ages welcome; children to be accompanied by a parent. View mountain & prairie vistas, spring flowers & birds. To register & verify date, time, meeting place, call Jamie Podlubny, 288-0658. Limited to 25 participants. Sun Apr 25, 8:30am: Birding Glenmore Reservoir - loons, grebes, ducks, shorebirds. Meet west parking lot at Sailing Club (N off 90th Av SW at 24th St). Leader, Eric Tull, 295-0830. Sun Apr 25, 8:30am: SE Sloughs for shorebirds, etc. Meet Anderson LRT (Macleod Tr) S of pedestrian overpass. Leader, Don Stiles, 271-4689. Sun Apr 25, 2pm: Early flowers 12-Mile Coulee, Prairie Buttercup, Early Cinquefoil, Three-flowered Avens etc. Meet NW corner of Tuscany Blvd & Tuscany Hills Rd NW. Leader Linda Vaxwick, 239-9434. Tue Apr 27, 6:30pm: First of a weekly series of Tue evening bird walks. Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, E end 9 Av SE. Leader, TBA 243-2248. Wed Apr 28, 9am: Birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, E end 9 Av SE. Leader, John McFaul, 289-9517. 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 * Apr 5, 2004 * ABCA0404.05 - Birds mentioned Snow Goose Wood Duck Eurasian Wigeon Red-breasted Merganser Pied-billed Grebe Double-crested Cormorant American Bittern Red-tailed Hawk, Krider's subspecies Thayer's Gull Song Sparrow Townsend's Solitaire Purple Finch 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: Chris Havard (ckhavard@shaw.ca) Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded on Mon April 5 at 9:05am. To report a bird sighting, leave a message after the recording or to bypass the recorded message, press the pound key on your touch tone phone. To speak to a naturalist, please phone 221-4500 during office hours. Observers in the Calgary birding area could be on the lookout for spring species arriving in the area much earlier than usual this year. The warm weather of the past 2 - 3 weeks has already produced some very early birds. Reports over the weekend included more early arrivals, possibly even record-early. Firstly, 2 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS were seen at Langdon Reservoir by Terry Korolyk on Friday, April 2. Secondly, and thirdly, Dave Brown on April 3 found an AMERICAN BITTERN at a slough on Township Road 250 at the Range Road 274 junction just northeast of Chestermere Lake, and Kevin Barker on April 3 observed an adult PIED-BILLED GREBE on the Bow River in Banff near the Canoe Boat Rentals near the Banff Mineral Springs Hospital. Other spring arrivals included at least 2 SONG SPARROWS heard by Terry Korolyk on Sunday, April 4 at the Bankside area of east Fish Creek Prov. Park. A 1st year THAYER'S GULL was seen at the Shepard landfill on Sunday, April 4. The bird was seen by Terry Korolyk at the southeast corner of the landfill on 68 St. SE in Calgary. A female RED-BREASTED MERGANSER was seen above the weir at Carseland-Wyndham Prov. Park on Friday, April 2. The bird was observed by Terry Korolyk. Terry also reported a pair of WOOD DUCKS were on the slough at Policeman's Flats on April 4, and reported 1 male EURASIAN WIGEON was at the slough at Glenmore Trail and Range Road 284 on April 2. Another unusual location for WOOD DUCKS was the east side of Prince's Island Park where Simone Marler observed a pair on March 22. There have been 2 recent reports of Krider's subspecies RED-TAILED HAWKS. Dwight Knapik watched a single bird on April 1 on Plummers Road 2 kms. east of Brown-Lowery Prov. Park near Millarville, and Terry Korolyk observed a Krider's, or Krider's light phase intergrade at Policeman's Flats on April 4. Policeman's Flats are at the terminus of 40 St SE off Dunbow Road south of Calgary. Bill Walker observed a flock of 60 SNOW GEESE on April 2 at Langdon Reservoir on Hwy 22X east of Hwy 797. Lucille Harrison reported 2 TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRES were east of Bowness Park on 85th St on April 4 and Libby and Andy Hill reported a male and female PURPLE FINCH were in their yard at 28 Ave & 20 St SW in Calgary last week. The PURPLE FINCHES probably overwintered in the region as undoubtedly was an AMERICAN GOLDFINCH seen by Terry Korolyk at Policeman's Flats on April 12. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Thursday, April 8. CFNS MEETINGS AND FIELD TRIPS: BIRDING FIELD TRIPS: Wed Apr 7, 9am: Birding Bowness Park. Meet 1st parking lot. Leader, Bruce Barnetson. 246-1329. Fri Apr 9, 9am: Early migrants at Mallard Point FCPP. Meet parking lot, W end of Canyon Meadows Dr SW. Leader, Jim Washbrook. For info, call 243-2248. Sat Apr 10, 8am: Birding the Bow #1. E side S of Hwy 22X. The first of a weekly series to follow the length of the river from the southern to the western city limits. From 22X go N at McKenzie Lake Blvd, then left at McKenzie Meadows Golf Course to Rotary Park parking lot. Leader, Nimali Seneviratne, 271-5146. (N.B. W side of Bow River below 22X is temporarily closed). Sat Apr 10, 9am: Birding Bowmont Park. Meet Maranatha Church, 2111 52 St NW (N end Home Rd). Leader, Horst Grothman, 286-3048. Sat Apr 10, 9am: Birding for Beginners. Robert Bateman Legacy Walks - Get to Know Your Wildlife Neighbours. Now is the best time to begin. Bring your children. Meet Weaselhead parking lot, 66 Av & 37 St SW. Leader, Gus Yaki, 243-2248. Sun Apr 11, 9am: Edworthy Park, for nesting Great Horned Owls. Meet Boothman Bridge - access from Shaganappi Tr & Bowness Rd NW (N of river), or W end of Spruce Dr SW (S of river). Call 243-2248. Wed Apr 14, 9am: Birding/Botanizing Beaverdam Flats Park. Meet S parking lot (Lynnview Rd & 62 Av SE). N from Glenmore Tr at 18 St SE, then left. Leader, TBA. Call 243-2248. Thu Apr 15, 7:30am: Monthly Bird Survey, Carburn Park. S from Glenmore Tr at 18 St SE to 2nd stoplight, then right & follow signs. Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Sat Apr 17, 8am: Birding the Bow #2. Hwy 22X to Burnsmead, FCPP. Meet Burnsmead off Bow Bottom Tr SE; turn left at park entrance. Leaders, Dick & Lenora Flynn, 271-1269. Sun Apr 18, 9am: Gulls & other birds. All Day visiting Calgary's water bodies. Meet 1st parking lot N Glenmore Park next to Canoe Club. Leader, Terry Korolyk, 254-1878. Sun Apr 18, 9am: Birding/Botanizing Nose Hill. See early spring wildflowers. Meet 14 St & 64 Av NW parking lot. Leader, John McFaul, 289-9517. ***Sun Apr 18, 9am: Trumpeter Swans. Meet Petro-Canada Service Station at Hwys 1 & 22 (S of Cochrane). Bring Lunch. Leader, Dr. Len Hills, 932-2480. **The timing of this trip will likely be changed due to the early arrival of the Trumpeters.** Wed Apr 21, 8am: Birding Wyndham-Carseland Provincial Park. Meet at Southland Park, E end of Southland Dr SE, next to Deerfoot Tr. Leader, John Cartwright, 265-2980. Thu Apr 22, 9am: Earth Day. Nature on West Nose Hill. Meet at parking lot Shaganappi Tr & Edgemont Blvd NW. Leader, Chris Havard, 242-0664. Sat Apr 24, 8am: Birding the Bow #3, Burnsmead to Mallard Pt, FCPP. Meet Mallard Pt, E end of Canyon Meadows. Carpool to Burnsmead, and walk back. Leaders, Cedric/Robin Hitchon, 271-8789. Sat Apr 24, Wildcat Hills Nature Hike (10km - easy pace). All ages welcome; children to be accompanied by a parent. View mountain & prairie vistas, spring flowers & birds. To register & verify date, time, meeting place, call Jamie Podlubny, 288-0658. Limited to 25 participants. Sun Apr 25, 8:30am: Birding Glenmore Reservoir - loons, grebes, ducks, shorebirds. Meet west parking lot at Sailing Club (N off 90th Av SW at 24th St). Leader, Eric Tull, 295-0830. Sun Apr 25, 8:30am: SE Sloughs for shorebirds, etc. Meet Anderson LRT (Macleod Tr) S of pedestrian overpass. Leader, Don Stiles, 271-4689. Sun Apr 25, 2pm: Early flowers 12-Mile Coulee, Prairie Buttercup, Early Cinquefoil, Three-flowered Avens etc. Meet NW corner of Tuscany Blvd & Tuscany Hills Rd NW. Leader Linda Vaxwick, 239-9434. Tue Apr 27, 6:30pm: First of a weekly series of Tue evening bird walks. Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, E end 9 Av SE. Leader, TBA 243-2248. Wed Apr 28, 9am: Birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, E end 9 Av SE. Leader, John McFaul, 289-9517. 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 * Apr 8, 2004 * ABCA0404.08 - Birds mentioned Wood Duck Eurasian Green-winged Teal Peregrine Falcon Sandhill Crane Common Raven Yellow-headed Blackbird Common Grackle Gray-crowned Rosy-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: Chris Havard (ckhavard@shaw.ca) Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded on Thur Apr 8 at 11am. 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 Eurasian GREEN-WINGED TEAL was seen at Frank Lake, east of High River, on Sunday April 4. The bird was seen by Bernard and Therese Goulet, Jim Black and Brian Donnelly. This is probably either only the first or second record for the province of Alberta. The bird was south of the blind at the lake and was fairly close to the blind. The road to the blind was still gated on Sunday, so it may be necessary to walk in to the blind from the gate. Frank Lake is approximately 6 kms. east of High River on Hwy 23. Watch for the entrance road to the lake on the south side of the highway. Just eastward, the highway bends to the north. One of the resident downtown PEREGRINE FALCONS appears to have arrived on territory. Roland Deschenes reported that on Tuesday, April 6, he saw the bird fly past his window at Bankers' Hall. On Friday, April 2, Roland observed a GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-FINCH perched on his window sill at Bankers' Hall. Roland believes the bird may have flown into the building because of inclement weather that day, but the bird eventually recovered and flew off. A SANDHILL CRANE appeared on Saturday, April 3 at the Calgary Zoo's Private Breeding Ranch off Dunbow Road south of Calgary. Dwight Knapik observed the bird and also reported the bird was still at the ranch on the days of April 4 and 5. Greg Wagner has reported the first YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD of the spring season. Greg saw the birds at Frank Lake last week. Dick and Lenora Flynn have reported the first COMMON GRACKLE - they had a bird in their yard in the Maple Ridge district of Calgary on Wednesday, April 7. Terry Korolyk observed a pair of WOOD DUCKS just north of the Hwy 22X Bridge at Hull's Wood in east Fish Creek Prov. Park on April 8. Thus far this spring, pairs of WOOD DUCKS have been seen at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, Prince's Island, Policeman's Flats and now, Hull's Wood. Dwight Knapik reported the WOOD DUCKS seen at Policeman's Flats April 4 were still there on April 7. Ted Bodner observed a partially albino COMMON RAVEN near Springbank on April 4. The bird was perched on a fencepost just east of the Springbank Airport. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Monday, April 12. CFNS MEETINGS AND FIELD TRIPS: BIRDING FIELD TRIPS: Fri Apr 9, 9am: Early migrants at Mallard Point FCPP. Meet parking lot, W end of Canyon Meadows Dr SW. Leader, Jim Washbrook. For info, call 243-2248. Sat Apr 10, 8am: Birding the Bow #1. E side S of Hwy 22X. The first of a weekly series to follow the length of the river from the southern to the western city limits. From 22X go N at McKenzie Lake Blvd, then left at McKenzie Meadows Golf Course to Rotary Park parking lot. Leader, Nimali Seneviratne, 271-5146. (N.B. W side of Bow River below 22X is temporarily closed). **Sat Apr 10, 9am (trip moved from April 18): Trumpeter Swan Field Workshop. Meet at the Cochrane Ranch Parking Lot on the north side of Hwy 1A just before the intersection with Hwy. 22. We will carpool from there to the ponds where the swans feed and rest on migration. The outing could last 3 or more hours so bring your lunch if you wish. Leader, Dr. Len Hills, 932-2480. Phone Phil Cram, 228-4142 for more information.** Sat Apr 10, 9am: Birding Bowmont Park. Meet Maranatha Church, 2111 52 St NW (N end Home Rd). Leader, Horst Grothman, 286-3048. Sat Apr 10, 9am: Birding for Beginners. Robert Bateman Legacy Walks - Get to Know Your Wildlife Neighbours. Now is the best time to begin. Bring your children. Meet Weaselhead parking lot, 66 Av & 37 St SW. Leader, Gus Yaki, 243-2248. Sun Apr 11, 9am: Edworthy Park, for nesting Great Horned Owls. Meet Boothman Bridge - access from Shaganappi Tr & Bowness Rd NW (N of river), or W end of Spruce Dr SW (S of river). Call 243-2248. Wed Apr 14, 9am: Birding/Botanizing Beaverdam Flats Park. Meet S parking lot (Lynnview Rd & 62 Av SE). N from Glenmore Tr at 18 St SE, then left. Leader, TBA. Call 243-2248. Thu Apr 15, 7:30am: Monthly Bird Survey, Carburn Park. S from Glenmore Tr at 18 St SE to 2nd stoplight, then right & follow signs. Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Sat Apr 17, 8am: Birding the Bow #2. Hwy 22X to Burnsmead, FCPP. Meet Burnsmead off Bow Bottom Tr SE; turn left at park entrance. Leaders, Dick & Lenora Flynn, 271-1269. Sun Apr 18, 9am: Gulls & other birds. All Day visiting Calgary's water bodies. Meet 1st parking lot N Glenmore Park next to Canoe Club. Leader, Terry Korolyk, 254-1878. Sun Apr 18, 9am: Birding/Botanizing Nose Hill. See early spring wildflowers. Meet 14 St & 64 Av NW parking lot. Leader, John McFaul, 289-9517. Wed Apr 21, 8am: Birding Wyndham-Carseland Provincial Park. Meet at Southland Park, E end of Southland Dr SE, next to Deerfoot Tr. Leader, John Cartwright, 265-2980. Thu Apr 22, 9am: Earth Day. Nature on West Nose Hill. Meet at parking lot Shaganappi Tr & Edgemont Blvd NW. Leader, Chris Havard, 242-0664. Sat Apr 24, 8am: Birding the Bow #3, Burnsmead to Mallard Pt, FCPP. Meet Mallard Pt, E end of Canyon Meadows. Carpool to Burnsmead, and walk back. Leaders, Cedric/Robin Hitchon, 271-8789. Sat Apr 24, Wildcat Hills Nature Hike (10km - easy pace). All ages welcome; children to be accompanied by a parent. View mountain & prairie vistas, spring flowers & birds. To register & verify date, time, meeting place, call Jamie Podlubny, 288-0658. Limited to 25 participants. Sun Apr 25, 8:30am: Birding Glenmore Reservoir - loons, grebes, ducks, shorebirds. Meet west parking lot at Sailing Club (N off 90th Av SW at 24th St). Leader, Eric Tull, 295-0830. Sun Apr 25, 8:30am: SE Sloughs for shorebirds, etc. Meet Anderson LRT (Macleod Tr) S of pedestrian overpass. Leader, Don Stiles, 271-4689. Sun Apr 25, 2pm: Early flowers 12-Mile Coulee, Prairie Buttercup, Early Cinquefoil, Three-flowered Avens etc. Meet NW corner of Tuscany Blvd & Tuscany Hills Rd NW. Leader Linda Vaxwick, 239-9434. Tue Apr 27, 6:30pm: First of a weekly series of Tue evening bird walks. Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, E end 9 Av SE. Leader, TBA 243-2248. Wed Apr 28, 9am: Birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, E end 9 Av SE. Leader, John McFaul, 289-9517. 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 * Apr 12, 2004 * ABCA0404.12 - Birds mentioned Snow Goose white-morph Ross's Goose Wood Duck Eurasian Wigeon Greater Scaup Harlequin Duck Red-breasted Merganser Swainson's Hawk Rough-legged Hawk Marbled Godwit Glaucous-winged Gull Northern Shrike Ruby-crowned Kinglet Townsend's Solitaire American Pipit Spotted Towhee Harris's Sparrow - Transcript Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society's Bird Alert Number: (403) 221-4519 To Report: (403) 221-4519 Coverage: Southern Alberta Compiler: Terry Korolyk (CFNS & IBS) Transcriber: Chris Havard (ckhavard@shaw.ca) Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded on Mon April 12 at 11am. 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 GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL was seen near the Shepard Landfill on Sunday, April 11. The bird was seen by Terry Korolyk. Terry first saw the bird at 11:30am and watched it until noon at a divided stormwater retention pond on 146 Ave SE between 68 & 72 Streets southeast. The bird was in 1st summer plumage. A juvenile GLAUCOUS-WINGED or GLAUCOUS-WINGED-WESTERN GULL hybrid was at the landfill on Mar. 25. Jason Rogers heard a SPOTTED TOWHEE calling in Banff on Wednesday, April 7. The bird was near the Timberline Hotel. A white-morph ROSS'S GOOSE was seen at Lac-des-Arcs on Saturday, April 10 by Kevin and Marion Barker. Lac-des-Arcs is along Highway 1 8 kms west of the Hwy 1X junction. The first SWAINSON'S HAWKS of the spring season have been reported. Dwight Knapik observed a lone bird on Friday, April 9 on Dunbar Road at 72 St SE, while Ted Bodnar, on Sunday April 11 observed a dark-morph SWAINSON'S HAWK in the Springbank area. Other spring arrivals recently included a RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, MARBLED GODWIT and AMERICAN PIPIT. Phil Cram and Mike Mulligan observed a first RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET of the season in High River on Monday, April 5 while Terry Korolyk saw 4 AMERICAN PIPITS at the north end of Pine Coulee on Twp. Rd. 150 west of Stavely on April 9, and Nemali Seneviratne and a CFNS field trip observed 20 PIPITS at the Hwy 22X Bridge in east Fish Creek Prov Park on April 10. Dwight Knapik reported a MARBLED GODWIT was at the SE access point at Frank Lake on Hwy 22 east of High River on Thursday, April 8. Several observers have reported SNOW GEESE at Langdon Reservoir recently. Nemali Seneviratne and the CFNS field trip observed 80 - 100 birds there on April 10. Langdon Reservoir is on Hwy 22X just east of Hwy 797. Kevin and Marion Barker observed 2 SNOW GEESE and 2 male GREATER SCAUP along with good flocks of other waterfowl at Lac-des-Arcs on April 10. Dwight Knapik observed 2 male EURASIAN WIGEONS on Hwy 22X just west of Langdon Reservoir on April 8. WOOD DUCKS reported recently included a pair seen at the slough at the Hwys 1 & 68 junction west of the city seen by Patrick and Val Scholefield on April 9, then 2 pairs on April 11 watched by Terry Korolyk at Bankside in east Fish Creek Prov. Park. Several observers reported 2 male RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS and 2 HARLEQUIN DUCKS at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary last week. Chris Havard observed a HARRIS'S SPARROW in her yard in Lakeview on April 10 while Dwight Knapik reported a NORTHERN SHRIKE was on Inverlake Rd. 2 kms east of McElroy Slough on April 9. Sandy Ayer reported 2 TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRES were in the ravine west of the Strathcona Dr - Cr. junction on April 9. The most recent report of ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK in the region is 2 birds seen by Terry Korolyk at Pine Coulee Reservoir on April 3. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Thursday, April 15. CFNS MEETINGS AND FIELD TRIPS: BIRDING FIELD TRIPS: Wed Apr 14, 9am: Birding/Botanizing Beaverdam Flats Park. Meet S parking lot (Lynnview Rd & 62 Av SE). N from Glenmore Tr at 18 St SE, then left. Leader, TBA. Call 243-2248. Thu Apr 15, 7:30am: Monthly Bird Survey, Carburn Park. S from Glenmore Tr at 18 St SE to 2nd stoplight, then right & follow signs. Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Sat Apr 17, 8am: Birding the Bow #2. Hwy 22X to Burnsmead, FCPP. Meet Burnsmead off Bow Bottom Tr SE; turn left at park entrance. Leaders, Dick & Lenora Flynn, 271-1269. Sun Apr 18, 9am: Gulls & other birds. All Day visiting Calgary's water bodies. Meet 1st parking lot N Glenmore Park next to Canoe Club. Leader, Terry Korolyk, 254-1878. Sun Apr 18, 9am: Birding/Botanizing Nose Hill. See early spring wildflowers. Meet 14 St & 64 Av NW parking lot. Leader, John McFaul, 289-9517. Wed Apr 21, 8am: Birding Wyndham-Carseland Provincial Park. Meet at Southland Park, E end of Southland Dr SE, next to Deerfoot Tr. Leader, John Cartwright, 265-2980. Thu Apr 22, 9am: Earth Day. Nature on West Nose Hill. Meet at parking lot Shaganappi Tr & Edgemont Blvd NW. Leader, Chris Havard, 242-0664. Sat Apr 24, 8am: Birding the Bow #3, Burnsmead to Mallard Pt, FCPP. Meet Mallard Pt, E end of Canyon Meadows. Carpool to Burnsmead, and walk back. Leaders, Cedric/Robin Hitchon, 271-8789. Sat Apr 24, Wildcat Hills Nature Hike (10km - easy pace). All ages welcome; children to be accompanied by a parent. View mountain & prairie vistas, spring flowers & birds. To register & verify date, time, meeting place, call Jamie Podlubny, 288-0658. Limited to 25 participants. Sun Apr 25, 8:30am: Birding Glenmore Reservoir - loons, grebes, ducks, shorebirds. Meet west parking lot at Sailing Club (N off 90th Av SW at 24th St). Leader, Eric Tull, 295-0830. Sun Apr 25, 8:30am: SE Sloughs for shorebirds, etc. Meet Anderson LRT (Macleod Tr) S of pedestrian overpass. Leader, Don Stiles, 271-4689. Sun Apr 25, 2pm: Early flowers 12-Mile Coulee, Prairie Buttercup, Early Cinquefoil, Three-flowered Avens etc. Meet NW corner of Tuscany Blvd & Tuscany Hills Rd NW. Leader Linda Vaxwick, 239-9434. Tue Apr 27, 6:30pm: First of a weekly series of Tue evening bird walks. Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, E end 9 Av SE. Leader, TBA 243-2248. Wed Apr 28, 9am: Birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, E end 9 Av SE. Leader, John McFaul, 289-9517. 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 * Apr 15, 2004 * ABCA0404.15 - Birds mentioned Greater White-fronted Goose Wood Duck Eurasian Wigeon Eurasian-American Wigeon hybrid Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Ferruginous Hawk Lesser Yellowlegs Thayer's Gull Slaty-backed Gull Glaucous-winged Gull Glaucous Gull Tree Swallow Violet-green Swallow Hermit Thrush White-crowned Sparrow - Transcript Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society's Bird Alert Number: (403) 221-4519 To Report: (403) 221-4519 Coverage: Southern Alberta Compiler: Terry Korolyk (CFNS & IBS) Transcriber: Chris Havard (ckhavard@shaw.ca) Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded on Thur Apr 15 at 10:20am. To report a bird sighting, leave a message after the recording or to bypass the recorded message, press the pound key on your touch tone phone. To speak to a naturalist, please phone 221-4500 during office hours. An adult SLATY-BACKED GULL was seen at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary in Calgary on Tuesday, April 13. The bird was seen by Bob Storms, Andrew Slater and Reid Barclay in the late afternoon on the gravel shoals on the river at the north end of the sanctuary. This would be only probably the 2nd or 3rd record of this species in the province. The bird left the sanctuary at 7:30pm and was not seen there Wednesday, April 14 until 5:30pm. After 7:30pm Tuesday, gulls seen by Jerry Pilny and Brian Ritchie at the same location included 2 - 1st yr. GLAUCOUS GULLS, 1 - 1st yr. GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL and 2 - 1st yr. THAYER'S GULL. At the same location at 10:30am Wednesday, April 14, Terry Korolyk observed an adult THAYER'S GULL. A HERMIT THRUSH approximately a week or two ahead of spring arrival schedule was reported by 2 observers at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary on Wednesday, April 14. Terry Korolyk observed a small dark HERMIT THRUSH in the morning along the pathway alongside the north end of the lagoon and Jerry Pilny saw probably the same bird later in the day. The first swallows of the spring season have arrived. Dwight Knapik observed a TREE SWALLOW at the Calgary Zoo Ranch south of Calgary on April 12, then Jerry Pilny saw 4 more at Hull's Wood in Fish Creek Prov. Park on April 14. Tim Canalday? reported 3 VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS at the Rimrock Hotel in Banff on April 12, while, also on April 12, Kevin Barker observed a small flock outside his home in Canmore. Ted Bodnar observed a WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW east of the parking lot at Griffiths Woods off Hwy 8 west of Calgary on Tuesday, April 13. Bill Wilson observed 2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS along Hwy 817 north of Strathmore on April 10 and also saw a FERRUGINOUS HAWK just north of the Ardenode Community Hall west of the Hwys 817-564 junction. Dwight Knapik saw a RED-NECKED GREBE at the Calgary Zoo Ranch on April 12, while Jerry Pilny reported a single HORNED GREBE April 14 at Glenmore Reservoir and at 146 Ave and 68 St Southeast. Bill Wilson reported a male EURASIAN WIGEON on Twp Rd 184 east of Frank Lake on April and also on April 10 observed another on Railway Slough on Twp Rd 270 west of Rge Rd. 254. At Cattleland Slough at the north end of Hwy 817, Bill reported a EURASIAN-AMERICAN WIGEON hybrid. Bill also reported 1 male WOOD DUCK was above the weir at Carseland-Wyndham Prov. Park on April 10. Dwight Knapik observed a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE that had a white head and a white belly patch at the Calgary Zoo's private Ranch on April 13. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Monday, April 19. CFNS MEETINGS AND FIELD TRIPS: BIRDING FIELD TRIPS: Sat Apr 17, 8am: Birding the Bow #2. Hwy 22X to Burnsmead, FCPP. Meet Burnsmead off Bow Bottom Tr SE; turn left at park entrance. Leaders, Dick & Lenora Flynn, 271-1269. Sun Apr 18, 9am: Gulls & other birds. All Day visiting Calgary's water bodies. Meet 1st parking lot N Glenmore Park next to Canoe Club. Leader, Terry Korolyk, 254-1878. Sun Apr 18, 9am: Birding/Botanizing Nose Hill. See early spring wildflowers. Meet 14 St & 64 Av NW parking lot. Leader, John McFaul, 289-9517. Wed Apr 21, 8am: Birding Wyndham-Carseland Provincial Park. Meet at Southland Park, E end of Southland Dr SE, next to Deerfoot Tr. Leader, John Cartwright, 265-2980. Thu Apr 22, 9am: Earth Day. Nature on West Nose Hill. Meet at parking lot Shaganappi Tr & Edgemont Blvd NW. Leader, Chris Havard, 242-0664. Sat Apr 24, 8am: Birding the Bow #3, Burnsmead to Mallard Pt, FCPP. Meet Mallard Pt, E end of Canyon Meadows. Carpool to Burnsmead, and walk back. Leaders, Cedric/Robin Hitchon, 271-8789. Sat Apr 24, Wildcat Hills Nature Hike (10km - easy pace). All ages welcome; children to be accompanied by a parent. View mountain & prairie vistas, spring flowers & birds. To register & verify date, time, meeting place, call Jamie Podlubny, 288-0658. Limited to 25 participants. Sun Apr 25, 8:30am: Birding Glenmore Reservoir - loons, grebes, ducks, shorebirds. Meet west parking lot at Sailing Club (N off 90th Av SW at 24th St). Leader, Eric Tull, 295-0830. Sun Apr 25, 8:30am: SE Sloughs for shorebirds, etc. Meet Anderson LRT (Macleod Tr) S of pedestrian overpass. Leader, Don Stiles, 271-4689. Sun Apr 25, 2pm: Early flowers 12-Mile Coulee, Prairie Buttercup, Early Cinquefoil, Three-flowered Avens etc. Meet NW corner of Tuscany Blvd & Tuscany Hills Rd NW. Leader Linda Vaxwick, 239-9434. Tue Apr 27, 6:30pm: First of a weekly series of Tue evening bird walks. Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, E end 9 Av SE. Leader, TBA 243-2248. Wed Apr 28, 9am: Birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, E end 9 Av SE. Leader, John McFaul, 289-9517. 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 * Apr 19, 2004 * ABCA0404.19 - Birds mentioned Snow Goose Eurasian Wigeon Blue-winged Teal Red-breasted Merganser Common Loon Osprey Gyrfalcon Peregrine Falcon Prairie Falcon Black-necked Stilt Long-billed Curlew Thayer's Gull Slaty-backed Gull Glaucous-winged Gull Glaucous Gull Herring-Glaucous Gull hybrid Tree Swallow Violet-green Swallow Winter Wren Yellow-rumped Warbler Fox Sparrow - Transcript Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society's Bird Alert Number: (403) 221-4519 To Report: (403) 221-4519 Coverage: Southern Alberta Compiler: Terry Korolyk (CFNS & IBS) Transcriber: Chris Havard (ckhavard@shaw.ca) Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded on Mon Apr 19 at 10:20am. To report a bird sighting, leave a message after the recording or to bypass the recorded message, press the pound key on your touch tone phone. To speak to a naturalist, please phone 221-4500 during office hours. The adult SLATY-BACKED GULL found at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary on Tuesday, April 13 was seen by many observers on Sunday, April 18. However, the bird had moved slightly upriver from the Sanctuary to gravel shoals that can be accessed easily by following the bike path along the chain link fence north of the Sanctuary parking lot. This is only the 2nd or 3rd record of this species in Alberta. There have been many other rare or uncommon gulls in the area within the past week. Also seen at the Bird Sanctuary April 13 were 1 - 1st year GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL, 2 -1st year GLAUCOUS GULLS and 1 - 1st year THAYER'S GULL. Ian Halladay observed an adult GLAUCOUS GULL at the Sanctuary on Friday, April 16 and this bird was reported there off and on by other observers to at least April 18. First-year GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULLS were reported within Calgary city limits at approximately the same time the morning of Sunday, April 18. Ray Wershler observed a lone bird at the bird sanctuary, while Terry Korolyk and a CFNS field trip were studying a lone individual in the west end of Glenmore Reservoir. Terry Korolyk observed an adult female THAYER'S GULL in the NE corner of Lake Bonavista on Friday, April 16, then on Saturday, April 17, Terry observed a probable 1st summer HERRING-GLAUCOUS GULL hybrid on the 146 Ave SE ponds directly south of the Shepard Landfill. On Sunday, April 18, Terry and Don Magnusson watched a 2nd-summer THAYER'S GULL on the shoals upriver from the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. The first YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS of the spring season have been reported. Terry Korolyk observed the first bird at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary on April 17. Tim Canelday? reported a WINTER WREN was near Lake Louise on April 15. Ian Halladay reported a FOX SPARROW was in shrubbery near Jeffreys Pond at the Bird Sanctuary on April 16, while other spring arrivals included 2 BLACK-NECKED STILTS in the NE corner of Frank Lake seen April 15 by Dwight Knapik and 3 BLUE-WINGED TEAL seen by Dwight at the SE access point of the lake also on April 15. Tim Canelday? reported an OSPREY on April 15 at Bow Falls in Banff National Park while Andrew Slater reported 3 LONG-BILLED CURLEW at Keoma near Irricana on April 18 and Dwight Knapik observed a COMMON LOON at the Calgary Zoo's private breeding ranch on April 16. Recent waterfowl reports include a male EURASIAN WIGEON seen on April 18 by Colin and Margaret Gilmour at the Cattleland Slough at the north end of Hwy 817 and another the same day seen by Terry Korolyk and CFNS at Glenmore Trail and Rge Road 284. On April 18, Terry and CFNS observed 78 SNOW GEESE from the dam at Chestermere Lake, 8 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS at Glenmore Reservoir and another 4 from the east parking lot at Chestermere Lake. Dwight Knapik reported a PEREGRINE FALCON and a PRAIRIE FALCON were at the SE corner of Frank Lake east of High River on April 15, while Terry Korolyk observed a PEREGRINE FALCON over the parking lot at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary on April 17. Jim Davis reported a dark-morph GYRFALCON was south of Shannon Terrace in west Fish Creek Provincial Park on April l7. Nimali Seneviratne observed 3 VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS in with over 100 TREE SWALLOWS at the Burnsmead Bridge in east Fish Creek Prov. Park on April 15. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Thursday, April 22. CFNS MEETINGS AND FIELD TRIPS: BIRDING FIELD TRIPS: Wed Apr 21, 8am: Birding Wyndham-Carseland Provincial Park. Meet at Southland Park, E end of Southland Dr SE, next to Deerfoot Tr. Leader, John Cartwright, 265-2980. Thu Apr 22, 9am: Earth Day. Nature on West Nose Hill. Meet at parking lot Shaganappi Tr & Edgemont Blvd NW. Leader, Chris Havard, 242-0664. Sat Apr 24, 8am: Birding the Bow #3, Burnsmead to Mallard Pt, FCPP. Meet Mallard Pt, E end of Canyon Meadows. Carpool to Burnsmead, and walk back. Leaders, Cedric/Robin Hitchon, 271-8789. Sat Apr 24, Wildcat Hills Nature Hike (10km - easy pace). All ages welcome; children to be accompanied by a parent. View mountain & prairie vistas, spring flowers & birds. To register & verify date, time, meeting place, call Jamie Podlubny, 288-0658. Limited to 25 participants. Sun Apr 25, 8:30am: Birding Glenmore Reservoir - loons, grebes, ducks, shorebirds. Meet west parking lot at Sailing Club (N off 90th Av SW at 24th St). Leader, Eric Tull, 295-0830. Sun Apr 25, 8:30am: SE Sloughs for shorebirds, etc. Meet Anderson LRT (Macleod Tr) S of pedestrian overpass. Leader, Don Stiles, 271-4689. Sun Apr 25, 2pm: Early flowers 12-Mile Coulee, Prairie Buttercup, Early Cinquefoil, Three-flowered Avens etc. Meet NW corner of Tuscany Blvd & Tuscany Hills Rd NW. Leader Linda Vaxwick, 239-9434. Tue Apr 27, 6:30pm: First of a weekly series of Tue evening bird walks. Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, E end 9 Av SE. Leader, TBA 243-2248. Wed Apr 28, 9am: Birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, E end 9 Av SE. Leader, John McFaul, 289-9517. 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 * Apr 22, 2004 * ABCA0404.22 - Birds mentioned Wood Duck Rough-legged Hawk Peregrine Falcon Sandhill Crane Black-necked Stilt Wilson's Snipe Northern Shrike American Crow Marsh Wren American Pipit Lincoln's Sparrow - Transcript Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society's Bird Alert Number: (403) 221-4519 To Report: (403) 221-4519 Coverage: Southern Alberta Compiler: Terry Korolyk (CFNS & IBS) Transcriber: Chris Havard (ckhavard@shaw.ca) Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded on Mon Apr 22 at 12:40pm. To report a bird sighting, leave a message after the recording or to bypass the recorded message, press the pound key on your touch tone phone. To speak to a naturalist, please phone 221-4500 during office hours. There have been no reports since Sunday, April 18, on the adult SLATY-BACKED GULL that has been in Calgary since Tuesday, April 13. Several observers watched the bird in April 18th on shoals on the Bow River a few hundred yards upriver from the north end of the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. The site can be accessed easily by walking north a short distance from the sanctuary parking lot and then following the bike path along the chain link fence to the bank of the river. The bird was originally seen on April 13 on the shoals on the river at the north end of the bird sanctuary. BLACK-NECKED STILTS have arrived in the Calgary birding area. Dwight Knapik observed 2 stilts in the NE corner of Frank Lake on Hwy 23 east of High River on Thursday, April 15. Terry Korolyk and a Calgary Field Naturalists' Society field trip saw 3 stilts at the slough at Glenmore Trail and Range Road 284 on Sunday, April 18, and then on Tuesday, April 20, Ross Dickson reported 10 stilts were along the southeast shoreline of Frank Lake between the parking area and the causeway to the north. Ross also observed 3 SANDHILL CRANES at Frank Lake on April 20. To reach the SE parking area at Frank Lake, go south from Hwy 23 on the road running down the east flank of the lake and follow the first road, running westward past some residences to the parking area. To reach the north end of Frank Lake, follow the entrance road from the south side of Hwy 23 approximately 6 kms east of the Hwy 2 overpass. Watch for the Frank Lake sign. There were other spring arrivals this past week. Tony Timmons saw a MARSH WREN at Frank Lake on Sunday, April 18, while Dwight Knapik reported a LINCOLN'S SPARROW at the Calgary Zoo's private Breeding Ranch on Tuesday, April 20. Dick and Lenora Flynn with a CFNS field group observed a total of 7 WILSON'S SNIPE along the Bow River between Burnsmead and the 22X bridge in east Fish Creek Prov. Park on Saturday, April l7. Several observers have reported at least 1 PEREGRINE FALCON at Frank Lake almost daily within the past few days, while Dick and Lenora Flynn and CFNS observed '100s' of AMERICAN PIPITS along the Bow River from Burnsmead south in east Fish Creek Park on April 17. Joel Duncan reported an AMERICAN CROW with white primaries and secondaries at 270 Midpark Way SE in Calgary on April 19, and Dwight Knapik reported a lone male WOOD DUCK at the Zoo Ranch on April 19. Late migrants headed for the north include a NORTHERN SHRIKE seen by Dwight Knapik at the Zoo Ranch on April 16, and a light-morph and a dark-morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK seen along 84 St east of Calgary by Terry Korolyk on April 17. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Monday, April 26. CFNS MEETINGS AND FIELD TRIPS: Bird Study: The next meeting of Bird Study Group is on Wednesday, May 5 at 7:30pm in Room 211 of the Biosciences Building of U of C. This time CFNs member John Bregar will be presenting an Empidonax Flycatcher Identification Clinic. Come out and get prepared for summer. Contact Phil Cram 228-4142 for more information. BIRDING FIELD TRIPS: Sat Apr 24, 8am: Birding the Bow River #3, Burnsmead to Mallard Pt, FCPP. Meet Mallard Pt, E end of Canyon Meadows Dr SE. Carpool to Burnsmead, walk back. Leaders, Gus Yaki/Aileen Pelzer, 243-2248. Sat Apr 24: Wildcat Hills Nature Hike (10km - easy pace). All ages welcome; children to be accompanied by a parent. Mountain & prairie vistas, spring flowers & birds. Limit - 25 participants. To register & verify date, time, meeting place, call Jamie Podlubny, 288-0658. Sun Apr 25, 8:30am: Bird Glenmore Reservoir - loons, grebes, ducks, shorebirds. W parking lot at Sailing Club (N off 90 Av SW at 24 St). Leader, Eric Tull, 295-0830. Sun Apr 25, 8:30am: SE Sloughs for shorebirds, etc. Meet Anderson LRT Station (Macleod Tr) S of pedestrian overpass. Leader, Don Stiles, 271-4689. Sun Apr 25, 2pm: Early flowers of 12-mile Coulee. See 100 Townsendias and other early species. Meet NW corner of Tuscany Blvd & Tuscany Hills Rd NW. Leader Linda Vaxwick, 239-9434. Tue Apr 27, 6:30pm: First of a weekly series of Tuesday evening bird walks. Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, E end of 9 Av SE. Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Wed Apr 28, 9am: Birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, see above. Leader, John McFaul, 289-9517.Sat May 1, 7am: Monthly Elbow River Bird Survey. Meet Stanley Park, 42 Av SW, W of Macleod Tr. Walk to Glenmore Reservoir, drive back (3.5 hours). Call leaders, Aileen Pelzer/Gus Yaki, 243-2248, to ensure vehicle space for return. Sat May 1, 7am: Harlequin Ducks, Mt. Lorette area, Kananaskis. Meet at Assumption School, 34 St NW (W of Sarcee Tr and N of TCH #1). Bring Lunch. Leader, Al MacKeigan, 295-2205. Sun May 2, 8am: Birding the Bow River #4, Mallard Point to Southland Park. Meet Southland Park, E end of Southland Dr SE at Deerfoot Tr. Carpool to Mallard Point, walk back. Leader, Cedric Hitchon, 271-8789. Sun May 2, 2pm: Tipi Rings and Wildflowers. Meet 1st parking lot, upper W end of Edworthy Park, accessed from W end of Spruce Drive. Leader, Gus Yaki, 243-2248. Tue May 4, 6:30pm: Bird Bowmont Park. Meet Maranatha Church, 2111 52 St NW (N end Home Rd). Leader, Rob Worona, 270-0674. Thu May 6, 7:30am: Early morning birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, see Apr 27. Leader, Ian Halladay, 282-1420.Sat May 8, 8am: Birding the Bow River #5, Carburn Park. S from Glenmore Tr at 18 St SE to second stoplight, then right & follow signs. Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Sun May 9, 7:30am: Irricana Area for waterfowl, shorebirds. Full day. Meet at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, see Apr 27. Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Sun May 9, 8am: Birding by Ear. Learn the birds by their sounds. Meet Griffith Woods Park on Hwy 8 (Glenmore Tr), 2.5km W of Sarcee Tr, then left at 69 St SW into Discovery Ridge. Continue straight at traffic circle, then 1st left into parking lot. Leader, Yousif Attia, 254-8869. Sun May 9, 2pm: How to know the Wildflowers. For location, call 243-2248.Tue May 11, 6:30pm: Birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, see Apr 27. Leader, Peter Roxburgh, 271-7033. Thu May 13, 7:15am: Early morning birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, see Apr 27. Leader, Tony Rees, 270-3306.Sat May 15, 7am: Monthly Bird Survey, Carburn Park. S from Glenmore Tr at 18 St SE to second stoplight, then right & follow signs. Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Sat May 15, 9am: Bird Bowmont Park. See May 4. Leader, Horst Grothman, 286-3048.Sun May 16, 8am: Birding the Bow River #6, Beaverdam Flats Park. Meet Beaverdam Flats Park S parking lot (Lynnview Rd & 62 Av SE). N from Glenmore Tr on 18 St SE then left. Leader, Victor Basok, 235-2050. Sun May 16, 2pm: How to know the Wildflowers. Selaginella, Ground-Plum, Yellow Stoneseed. Confluence Park. Meet parking lot N of Beddington Tr at Beddington Blvd NE. Info? 243-2248. Mon May 17, 7:30am: Birding Weaselhead. Meet 37St & 66th Av SW parking lot. Leader, John Thompson, 241-6007. Tue May 18, 7am: Visit beautiful Bragg Creek Natural Area for birds, plants. Boggy terrain wear rubber boots. Meet S side Canadian Tire parking lot, N of Richmond Road SW, just E of Sarcee Tr to carpool. Leader, Peter Roxburgh, 271-7033. Tue May 18, 6:30pm: Birding Beaverdam Flats Park. Meet S parking lot (Lynnview Rd & 62 Av SE). N from Glenmore Tr on 18 St SE, then left. Leader, Michael Harrison, 236-4700. Thu May 20, 7am: Early morning birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, See Apr 27. Leader, Dave Elphinstone, 246-0199. Sat May 22, 8am: Birding the Bow River #7, Beaverdam Flats Park to Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. Meet Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, see Apr 27. Leader, Tony Timmons, 256-0754. Sun May 23, 2pm: How to know the Wildflowers. Fragile Fern, Pin Cherry, Cushion Milk-vetch, Bugseed. Bowmont Park N parking lot 54 Av NW and Silver Springs Blvd. For info, 243-2248. Mon May 24, 7am-5pm: Seek over 100 species of birds within Calgary. Car Cavalcade. Meet Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, see Apr 27. Leaders, A. Pelzer/G. Yaki, 243-2248.Tue May 25, 6:30pm: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, see Apr 27. Leader, Mary Huston, 238-3019. Thu May 27, 7am: Early Morning Birding, Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, see Apr 27. Leader, Ray Woods, 241-6007. Sat May 29 & Sun May 30: May Species Count. Everyone welcome. Come out for 1/2 day, all day, all weekend - as your time permits. For territories - birds, contact Milt Spitzer, 932-7394; plants, contact Suzanne Visser, 288-0658. 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 * Apr 26, 2004 * ABCA0404.26 - Birds mentioned Snow Goose Ross' Goose Harlequin Duck Red-breasted Merganser Western Grebe American White Pelican Willet Hudsonian Godwit Lesser Black-backed Gull Glaucous Gull Mourning Dove Lapland Longspur Chestnut-collared Longspur Snow Bunting Common Redpoll 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: Chris Havard (ckhavard@shaw.ca) Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded on Mon Apr 26 at 9:05am. To report a bird sighting, leave a message after the recording or to bypass the recorded message, press the pound key on your touch tone phone. To speak to a naturalist, please phone 221-4500 during office hours. A first-summer LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary in Calgary on Saturday, April 24. Terry Korolyk saw the bird. Terry first saw it at approximately 1:15pm on the shoals on the river at the north end of the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. He watched until 1:35pm when strong winds carried the bird downriver. The bird had fairly uniform brown-coloured upperparts, but was paler on the back. The head was very white as was the upper breast and the lower breast was streaked brown. The dark bill was dusky at the base and the tail was banded blackish. At the same time at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, Terry observed one 1st year female GLAUCOUS GULL. A ROSS' GOOSE was seen in the Irricana Sloughs on Saturday, April 24. The bird was found by Bill Walker, Keith Allsebrook and Mike Mulligan on a slough on the south side of Township Road 270 approximately 5 miles east of Range Road 255. Bill Wilson observed the first HUDSONIAN GODWITS of the spring season on Saturday, April 24. Bill found 2 birds at a slough on the east side of Hwy 817 approximately 4 miles north of the Hwy 1 junction in Strathmore. At the same slough on Sunday, April 25, Andrew Slater saw 5 HUDSONIAN GODWITS. Other birds arriving in the area within the last week included the first AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS of the season. Dwight Knapik saw 28 birds above the Carseland Weir on Thursday, April 22. The same day, Dwight also saw a MOURNING DOVE near the Township Road 212-Range Road 260 junction south of Carseland-Wyndham Prov. Park. At Kitsim Reservoir west of Brooks, Dwight saw 2 WILLETS and 3 WESTERN GREBES, and at Wolf Lake (which was almost completely dry) on Hwy 561 east of Hussar, Dwight reported CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPURS in good numbers along with 100s of LAPLAND LONGSPURS and 2 SNOW BUNTINGS that were near Crawling Valley Reservoir near Bassano. At the north end of Crawling Valley Reservoir, Dwight reported 6 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS. Kevin Barker reported a male HARLEQUIN DUCK was on the Bow River in Canmore on April 24, while Laura Mahar reported at least 1 COMMON REDPOLL was in her yard in Airdrie this past week. Bill Wilson saw 17 SNOW GEESE just off the E-W road south of Frank Lake east of High River on April 24, then saw another 10 at Langdon Reservoir on Hwy 22X just east of Hwy 797. Joyce Moore west of High River reported some her overwintering AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES are moulting into breeding plumage. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Thursday, April 29. Thank you for calling the City of Calgary and the CFNS Bird Alert. Please leave your bird sighting after the beep, or call 221-4500 if you have any inquiries about local wildlife. If you wish to report an injured bird or animal, please call Calgary Wildlife Rehab at 239-2488. CFNS MEETINGS AND FIELD TRIPS: Bird Study: The next meeting of Bird Study Group is on Wednesday, May 5 at 7:30pm in Room 211 of the Biosciences Building of U of C. This time CFNS member John Bregar will be presenting an Empidonax Flycatcher Identification Clinic. Come out and get prepared for summer. Contact Phil Cram 228-4142 for more information. BIRDING FIELD TRIPS: Tue Apr 27, 6:30pm: First of a weekly series of Tuesday evening bird walks. Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, E end of 9 Av SE. Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Wed Apr 28, 9am: Birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, see above. Leader, John McFaul, 289-9517. Sat May 1, 7am: Monthly Elbow River Bird Survey. Meet Stanley Park, 42 Av SW, W of Macleod Tr. Walk to Glenmore Reservoir, drive back (3.5 hours). Call leaders, Aileen Pelzer/Gus Yaki, 243-2248, to ensure vehicle space for return. Sat May 1, 7am: Harlequin Ducks, Mt. Lorette area, Kananaskis. Meet at Assumption School, 34 St NW (W of Sarcee Tr and N of TCH #1). Bring Lunch. Leader, Al MacKeigan, 295-2205. Sun May 2, 8am: Birding the Bow River #4, Mallard Point to Southland Park. Meet Southland Park, E end of Southland Dr SE at Deerfoot Tr. Carpool to Mallard Point, walk back. Leader, Cedric Hitchon, 271-8789. Sun May 2, 2pm: Tipi Rings and Wildflowers. Meet 1st parking lot, upper W end of Edworthy Park, accessed from W end of Spruce Drive. Leader, Gus Yaki, 243-2248. Tue May 4, 6:30pm: Bird Bowmont Park. Meet Maranatha Church, 2111 52 St NW (N end Home Rd). Leader, Rob Worona, 270-0674. Thu May 6, 7:30am: Early morning birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, see Apr 27. Leader, Ian Halladay, 282-1420. Sat May 8, 8am: Birding the Bow River #5, Carburn Park. S from Glenmore Tr at 18 St SE to second stoplight, then right & follow signs. Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Sun May 9, 7:30am: Irricana Area for waterfowl, shorebirds. Full day. Meet at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, see Apr 27. Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Sun May 9, 8am: Birding by Ear. Learn the birds by their sounds. Meet Griffith Woods Park on Hwy 8 (Glenmore Tr), 2.5km W of Sarcee Tr, then left at 69 St SW into Discovery Ridge. Continue straight at traffic circle, then 1st left into parking lot. Leader, Yousif Attia, 254-8869. Sun May 9, 2pm: How to know the Wildflowers. For location, call 243-2248. Tue May 11, 6:30pm: Birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, see Apr 27. Leader, Peter Roxburgh, 271-7033. Thu May 13, 7:15am: Early morning birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, see Apr 27. Leader, Tony Rees, 270-3306. Sat May 15, 7am: Monthly Bird Survey, Carburn Park. S from Glenmore Tr at 18 St SE to second stoplight, then right & follow signs. Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Sat May 15, 9am: Bird Bowmont Park. See May 4. Leader, Horst Grothman, 286-3048. Sun May 16, 8am: Birding the Bow River #6, Beaverdam Flats Park. Meet Beaverdam Flats Park S parking lot (Lynnview Rd & 62 Av SE). N from Glenmore Tr on 18 St SE then left. Leader, Victor Basok, 235-2050. Sun May 16, 2pm: How to know the Wildflowers. Selaginella, Ground-Plum, Yellow Stoneseed. Confluence Park. Meet parking lot N of Beddington Tr at Beddington Blvd NE. Info? 243-2248. Mon May 17, 7:30am: Birding Weaselhead. Meet 37St & 66th Av SW parking lot. Leader, John Thompson, 241-6007. Tue May 18, 7am: Visit beautiful Bragg Creek Natural Area for birds, plants. Boggy terrain wear rubber boots. Meet S side Canadian Tire parking lot, N of Richmond Road SW, just E of Sarcee Tr to carpool. Leader, Peter Roxburgh, 271-7033. Tue May 18, 6:30pm: Birding Beaverdam Flats Park. Meet S parking lot (Lynnview Rd & 62 Av SE). N from Glenmore Tr on 18 St SE, then left. Leader, Michael Harrison, 236-4700. Thu May 20, 7am: Early morning birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, See Apr 27. Leader, Dave Elphinstone, 246-0199. Sat May 22, 8am: Birding the Bow River #7, Beaverdam Flats Park to Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. Meet Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, see Apr 27. Leader, Tony Timmons, 256-0754. Sun May 23, 2pm: How to know the Wildflowers. Fragile Fern, Pin Cherry, Cushion Milk-vetch, Bugseed. Bowmont Park N parking lot 54 Av NW and Silver Springs Blvd. For info, 243-2248. Mon May 24, 7am-5pm: Seek over 100 species of birds within Calgary. Car Cavalcade. Meet Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, see Apr 27. Leaders, A. Pelzer/G. Yaki, 243-2248. Tue May 25, 6:30pm: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, see Apr 27. Leader, Mary Huston, 238-3019. Thu May 27, 7am: Early Morning Birding, Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, see Apr 27. Leader, Ray Woods, 241-6007. Sat May 29 & Sun May 30: May Species Count. Everyone welcome. Come out for 1/2 day, all day, all weekend - as your time permits. For territories - birds, contact Milt Spitzer, 932-7394; plants, contact Suzanne Visser, 288-0658. 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
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- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * Apr 28, 2004 * ABCA0404.28 - Birds mentioned Eurasian Wigeon American Wigeon Harlequin Duck Common Loon Eared Grebe Western Grebe Greater Yellowlegs Red-naped Sapsucker Sage Thrasher White-crowned Sparrow - Transcript Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society's Bird Alert Number: (403) 221-4519 To Report: (403) 221-4519 Coverage: Southern Alberta Compiler: Amanda Cole(IBS) Transcriber: Chris Havard (ckhavard@shaw.ca) Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded on Thurs Apr. 28 at 1pm. 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. Lloyd Bennett had a SAGE THRASHER on April 21 just outside Taber. The thrasher was 4 miles east and 2 miles north of Taber. Dwight Knapik had a RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER at the Calgary Zoo private breeding ranch off Dunbow Road. Greg Wagner had a lone COMMON LOON at Frank Lake Apr. 27, and Chris Havard reported a WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW in her yard on April 26 in SW Calgary. Terry Korolyk had 2 EURASIAN WIGEONS on the slough at Glenmore Trail and Range Rd. 284. There were also 3 male AMERICAN WIGEONS that appeared to have a form of leucism in their head feathers. Terry also had 1 EARED GREBE at the NW corner of Lake Bonavista. Two EARED GREBES and 5 WESTERN GREBES were at Chestermere Lake at the East parking lot. The 2 HARLEQUIN DUCKS which have been regulars for the past month around Inglewood Bird Sanctuary are still present and one is a male coming into breeding plumage. Heather Simons had 4 GREATER YELLOWLEGS on Meadow Dr. 4.5 km up Rocky Ridge Rd. off Hwy 1A on April 27. She also saw 3 GREATER YELLOWLEGS at this location one week ago. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Monday, May 3. Thank you for calling the City of Calgary and the CFNS Bird Alert. Please leave your bird sighting after the beep, or call 221-4500 if you have any inquiries about local wildlife. If you wish to report an injured bird or animal, please call Calgary Wildlife Rehab at 239-2488. CFNS MEETINGS AND FIELD TRIPS: Bird Study: The next meeting of Bird Study Group is on Wednesday, May 5 at 7:30pm in Room 211 of the Biosciences Building of U of C. This time CFNS member John Bregar will be presenting an Empidonax Flycatcher Identification Clinic. Come out and get prepared for summer. Contact Phil Cram 228-4142 for more information. BIRDING FIELD TRIPS: Sat May 1, 7am: Monthly Elbow River Bird Survey. Meet Stanley Park, 42 Av SW, W of Macleod Tr. Walk to Glenmore Reservoir, drive back (3.5 hours). Call leaders, Aileen Pelzer/Gus Yaki, 243-2248, to ensure vehicle space for return. Sat May 1, 7am: Harlequin Ducks, Mt. Lorette area, Kananaskis. Meet at Assumption School, 34 St NW (W of Sarcee Tr and N of TCH #1). Bring Lunch. Leader, Al MacKeigan, 295-2205. Sun May 2, 8am: Birding the Bow River #4, Mallard Point to Southland Park. Meet Southland Park, E end of Southland Dr SE at Deerfoot Tr. Carpool to Mallard Point, walk back. Leader, Cedric Hitchon, 271-8789. Sun May 2, 2pm: Tipi Rings and Wildflowers. Meet 1st parking lot, upper W end of Edworthy Park, accessed from W end of Spruce Drive. Leader, Gus Yaki, 243-2248. Tue May 4, 6:30pm: Bird Bowmont Park. Meet Maranatha Church, 2111 52 St NW (N end Home Rd). Leader, Rob Worona, 270-0674. Thu May 6, 7:30am: Early morning birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, see Apr 27. Leader, Ian Halladay, 282-1420. Sat May 8, 8am: Birding the Bow River #5, Carburn Park. S from Glenmore Tr at 18 St SE to second stoplight, then right & follow signs. Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Sun May 9, 7:30am: Irricana Area for waterfowl, shorebirds. Full day. Meet at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, see Apr 27. Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Sun May 9, 8am: Birding by Ear. Learn the birds by their sounds. Meet Griffith Woods Park on Hwy 8 (Glenmore Tr), 2.5km W of Sarcee Tr, then left at 69 St SW into Discovery Ridge. Continue straight at traffic circle, then 1st left into parking lot. Leader, Yousif Attia, 254-8869. Sun May 9, 2pm: How to know the Wildflowers. For location, call 243-2248. Tue May 11, 6:30pm: Birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, see Apr 27. Leader, Peter Roxburgh, 271-7033. Thu May 13, 7:15am: Early morning birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, see Apr 27. Leader, Tony Rees, 270-3306. Sat May 15, 7am: Monthly Bird Survey, Carburn Park. S from Glenmore Tr at 18 St SE to second stoplight, then right & follow signs. Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491. Sat May 15, 9am: Bird Bowmont Park. See May 4. Leader, Horst Grothman, 286-3048. Sun May 16, 8am: Birding the Bow River #6, Beaverdam Flats Park. Meet Beaverdam Flats Park S parking lot (Lynnview Rd & 62 Av SE). N from Glenmore Tr on 18 St SE then left. Leader, Victor Basok, 235-2050. Sun May 16, 2pm: How to know the Wildflowers. Selaginella, Ground-Plum, Yellow Stoneseed. Confluence Park. Meet parking lot N of Beddington Tr at Beddington Blvd NE. Info? 243-2248. Mon May 17, 7:30am: Birding Weaselhead. Meet 37St & 66th Av SW parking lot. Leader, John Thompson, 241-6007. Tue May 18, 7am: Visit beautiful Bragg Creek Natural Area for birds, plants. Boggy terrain wear rubber boots. Meet S side Canadian Tire parking lot, N of Richmond Road SW, just E of Sarcee Tr to carpool. Leader, Peter Roxburgh, 271-7033. Tue May 18, 6:30pm: Birding Beaverdam Flats Park. Meet S parking lot (Lynnview Rd & 62 Av SE). N from Glenmore Tr on 18 St SE, then left. Leader, Michael Harrison, 236-4700. Thu May 20, 7am: Early morning birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, See Apr 27. Leader, Dave Elphinstone, 246-0199. Sat May 22, 8am: Birding the Bow River #7, Beaverdam Flats Park to Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. Meet Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, see Apr 27. Leader, Tony Timmons, 256-0754. Sun May 23, 2pm: How to know the Wildflowers. Fragile Fern, Pin Cherry, Cushion Milk-vetch, Bugseed. Bowmont Park N parking lot 54 Av NW and Silver Springs Blvd. For info, 243-2248. Mon May 24, 7am-5pm: Seek over 100 species of birds within Calgary. Car Cavalcade. Meet Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, see Apr 27. Leaders, A. Pelzer/G. Yaki, 243-2248. Tue May 25, 6:30pm: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, see Apr 27. Leader, Mary Huston, 238-3019. Thu May 27, 7am: Early Morning Birding, Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, see Apr 27. Leader, Ray Woods, 241-6007. Sat May 29 & Sun May 30: May Species Count. Everyone welcome. Come out for 1/2 day, all day, all weekend - as your time permits. For territories - birds, contact Milt Spitzer, 932-7394; plants, contact Suzanne Visser, 288-0658. 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
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- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * May 3, 2004 * ABCA0405.03 - Birds mentioned Common Loon Sandhill Crane Ross' Goose Eurasian Wigeon Prairie Falcon Chukar American Avocet Least Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper Hudsonian Godwit Black-necked Stilt Bonaparte's Gull Western Wood-Pewee Marsh Wren Orange-crowned Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Western Tanager Vesper Sparrow - Transcript Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society's Bird Alert Number: (403) 221-4519 To Report: (403) 221-4519 Coverage: Southern Alberta Compiler: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary (CFNS & IBS) Transcriber: Jean Moore (jmmoore@ucalgary.ca) Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded Monday, May 3, 2004, at 1:30 pm. To report a bird sighting, leave a message after the recording or to bypass the recorded message, press the pound key on your touch tone phone. To speak to a naturalist, please phone (403) 221-4500 during office hours. On May 3 at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, Tony Rees had 4 WESTERN TANAGERS and a flock of 30+ YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS. On Sunday, May 2, Robert Worona had 3 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 4 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 4 BLACK-NECKED STILTS, 60 AMERICAN AVOCETS, 28 ROSS' GEESE, 5 BONAPARTE'S GULLS and 3 MARSH WRENS at Frank Lake. Dwight Knapik had 4 SANDHILL CRANES near the SW basin at Frank Lake on April 29 and a PRAIRIE FALCON at the north end of Langdon Reservoir. Dwight also saw a VESPER SPARROW at the Zoo's private breeding ranch. south of Calgary on Dunbow Rd. Dwight had a male EURASIAN WIGEON at the north end of the slough at the junction of Hwys 1 and 9 on April 30. Ted Bodnar had the first report of a COMMON LOON at Emerald Bay just up river from Bearspaw Dam. This LOON was vocalizing. Jason Rogers had 9 HUDSONIAN GODWITS on April 30. Five were just north of Strathmore and the other four were just east of Chestermere. All were in breeding plumage. Kevin Bogner had an ORANGE-CROWNED WARGLER singing and heard one WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE at Gap Lake. east of Canmore, on April 30. A CHUKAR has been reported in the Lakeview district for the past few days. Every year we have several reports of CHUKARS that have most likely escaped from hobby farms. The next scheduled update of the bird alert is on Thursday, May 6. 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 Wednesday, May 5 - John Bregar: Empidonax Flycatcher Identification Clinic Call Phil Cram, 228-4142, for more information. BIRDING FIELD TRIPS Call leader for meeting time and place. Tue May 4, 6:30 pm: Bird Bowmont Park Leader Rob Worona, 270-0674 Thu May 6, 7:30 am: Early morning birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Ian Halladay, 282-1420 Sat May 8, 8 am: Birding the Bow River $5, Carburn Park Leader Bernard Goulet, 279-0491 Sun May 9, 7:30 am: Irricana Area for waterfowl, shorebirds - Full day Leader Bernard Boulet, 279-0491 Sun May 9, 8 am: Birding by Ear - Griffith Woods Park Leader Yousif Attia, 254-8869 Tue May 11, 6:30 pm: Birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Peter Roxburgh, 271-7033 Thu May 13, 7:15 am: Early morning birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Tony Rees, 270-3306 Sat May 15, 7 am: Monthly Bird Survey, Carburn Park Leader Bernard Goulet, 279-0491 Sat May 15, 9 am: Bird Bowmont Park Leader Horst Grothman, 286-3048 Sun May 16, 9 am: Birding the Bow River #6, Beaverdam Flats Leader Victor Basok, 235-2050 Mon May 17, 7:30 am: Birding Weaselhead Leader John Thompson, 241-6007 Tue May 18, 7 am: Visit beautiful Bragg Creek Natural Area for birds, plants. Leader Peter Roxburgh, 271-7033 Tue May 18, 6:30 am: Birding Beaverdam Flats Park Leader Michael Harrison, 236-4700 Thu May 20, 7 am: Early morning birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Dave Elphinstone, 246-0199 Sat May 22, 8 am: Birding the Bow River #7, Beaverdam Flats Park to Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Tony Timmons, 256-0754 Mon May 24, 7 am - 5 pm: Seek over 100 species of birds within Calgary Leaders Gus Yaki & Aileen Pelzer, 243-2248 Tue May 25, 6:30 am: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Mary Huston, 238-3019 Thu May 27, 7 am: Early Morning Birding, Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Ray Woods, 241-6007 Sat May 29 & Sun May 30: May Species Count. Everyone welcome. Come out for 1/2 day, all day, all weekend - as your time permits. For birding territories - call Milt Spitzer, 932-7394. ******************** 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
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- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * May 6, 2004 * ABCA0405.06 - Birds mentioned Ross' Goose Solitary Sandpiper Glaucous Gull Common Tern Northern Rough-winged Swallow Townsend's Solitaire Orange-crowned Warbler - Transcript Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society's Bird Alert Number: (403) 221-4519 To Report: (403) 221-4519 Coverage: Southern Alberta Compiler: Terry Korolyk (CFNS & IBS) Transcriber: Jean Moore (jmmoore@ucalgary.ca) Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded Thursday, May 6, 2004, at 9:05 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. ROSS' GEESE continue to be reported in unusually large numbers in the Calgary birding area. Andrew Slater observed a flock of 8 ROSS' GEESE at the slough in the southwest corner of the Hwys 2 and 22X junction on Monday, May 3. Andrew thinks this flock was the same one observed by John Bregar further westward on Hwy 22X on Sunday, May 2. Robert Worona had watched 28 ROSS' GEESE at Frank Lake on Monday, May 4. Frank Lake is approx 6 km east of Hwy 2 on Hwy 23, east of High River. Mike Mulligan observed a GLACOUS GULL at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary in Calgary on Tuesday, May 4, at 9:30 am. The bird was on the shoals on the Bow River at the north end of the Sanctuary. The bird appeared to be an adult. Recent first Spring arrivals in the Calgary birding area include SOLITARY SANDPIPER, NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW and COMMON TERN. Dwight Knapik observed a SOLITARY SANDPIPER at the Calgary Zoo's private breeding ranch off Dunbow Road on Tuesday, May 4; then on Wednesday, May 5, Dwight saw a lone COMMON TERN and a NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW at Policeman's Flats, which is at the terminus of 40 St SW, off Dunbow Road, south of Calgary. Terry Korolyk observed a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE foraging amongst good numbers of other migrating songbirds at Kinbrook Island PP at Brooks, Alberta, on Wednesday, May 5. Amongst those other songbirds were 3 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS. 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 May 9, 7:30 am: Irricana Area for waterfowl, shorebirds - Full day Leader Bernard Boulet, 279-0491 Sun May 9, 8 am: Birding by Ear - Griffith Woods Park Leader Yousif Attia, 254-8869 Tue May 11, 6:30 pm: Birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Peter Roxburgh, 271-7033 Thu May 13, 7:15 am: Early morning birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Tony Rees, 270-3306 Sat May 15, 7 am: Monthly Bird Survey, Carburn Park Leader Bernard Goulet, 279-0491 Sat May 15, 9 am: Bird Bowmont Park Leader Horst Grothman, 286-3048 Sun May 16, 9 am: Birding the Bow River #6, Beaverdam Flats Leader Victor Basok, 235-2050 Mon May 17, 7:30 am: Birding Weaselhead Leader John Thompson, 241-6007 Tue May 18, 7 am: Visit beautiful Bragg Creek Natural Area for birds, plants. Leader Peter Roxburgh, 271-7033 Tue May 18, 6:30 am: Birding Beaverdam Flats Park Leader Michael Harrison, 236-4700 Thu May 20, 7 am: Early morning birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Dave Elphinstone, 246-0199 Sat May 22, 8 am: Birding the Bow River #7, Beaverdam Flats Park to Inglewood Bird Sanctuary - Leader Tony Timmons, 256-0754 Mon May 24, 7 am - 5 pm: Seek over 100 species of birds within Calgary Leaders Gus Yaki & Aileen Pelzer, 243-2248 Tue May 25, 6:30 am: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Mary Huston, 238-3019 Thu May 27, 7 am: Early Morning Birding, Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Ray Woods, 241-6007 Sat May 29 & Sun May 30: May Species Count. Everyone welcome. Come out for 1/2 day, all day, all weekend - as your time permits. For birding territories - call Milt Spitzer, 932-7394. ******************** 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
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- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * May 10, 2004 * ABCA0405.10 - Birds mentioned Black-crowned Night-Heron Ross' Goose White-winged Scoter Eurasian Wigeon Peregrine Falcon Black-necked Stilt Long-billed Dowitcher Short-billed Dowitcher Semi-palmated Plover Pectoral Sandpiper Sanderling Hudsonian Godwit Spotted Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Forster's Tern Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow Swainson's Thrush Cedar Waxwing Warbling Vireo Common Yellowthroat Wilson's Warbler Yellow Warbler Clay-coloured Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Brown-headed Cowbird - Transcript Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society's Bird Alert Number: (403) 221-4519 To Report: (403) 221-4519 Coverage: Southern Alberta Compiler: Terry Korolyk (CFNS & IBS) Transcriber: Jean Moore (jmmoore@ucalgary.ca) Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded Monday, May 10, 2004, at 8:40 am. To report a bird sighting, leave a message after the recording or to bypass the recorded message, press the pound key on your touch tone phone. To speak to a naturalist, please phone (403) 221-4500 during office hours. There have been many reports of Spring migrants in the Calgary area over the past few days. Kevin Barker saw a male WILSON'S WARBLER along Whiskey Creek in Banff on Thursday, May 6, while Terry Korolyk heard a COMMON YELLOWTHROAT at RgeRd 284 & Glenmore Trail and heard another at McElroy Slough, both birds on Thursday, May 6. On Sunday, May 9, Robert Worona reported a YELLOW WARBLER at Eagle Lake, southeast of Strathmore. Terry Korolyk observed a WARBLING VIREO at Policeman's Flats on May 7. Policeman's Flats is at the terminus of 40 St SE, off Dunbow Rd. Several observers reported CHIPPING SPARROWS over the weekend with the first report being 5 birds by Dwight Knapik at the Calgary Zoo's private breeding ranch on May 7. On May 8, Dwight observed 4 CLAY-COLOURED SPARROWS at the Zoo ranch; and on May 6, Dwight observed a SAY'S PHOEBE at the south end of Kitsim Reservoir near Brooks and reported 3 SWAINSON'S THRUSHES at the Dinosaur PP. Dwight reported a BARN SWALLOW at the south end of Lake McGregor on May 6, while Robert Worona observed CLIFF SWALLOWS in with other swallows at Namaka Lake on Sunday, May 9. Two CEDAR WAXWINGS reported in the Southview district of Calgary by Carol Coulter on May 8 would be slightly ahead of Spring arrival schedule. Terry Korolyk saw a BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD in Bankside in east Fish Creek PP on May 7. First reported Spring shorebirds included 25 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS seen by Dwight Knapik at Kitsim Reservoir on May 6. Terry Korolyk saw 1 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER 4 mi north of Hwy 1 on Hwy 817, north of Strathmore, on May 6. Also on May 7, Kerry observed 2 SEMI-PALMATED PLOVERS and 10 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS at the slough in the southwest corner of the Hwys 2 & 22X junction. On May 8, Terry observed a SANDERLING just east of the dam at Pine Coulee Reservoir at Willow Creek PP, while on May 9, Robert Worona saw 2 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS and 3 STILT SANDPIPERS at Namaka Lake. Other Spring arrivals included 2 FORSTER'S TERNS seen by Dwight Knapik on May 6 at Kininvie Marsh, off Hwy 1 east of Tilley, and a BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON seen May 6 by Dwight on Hwy 1, 10 km east of Bassano. There have been 3 more ROSS' GOOSE reports since the May 6 Bird Alert. Andrew Slater saw 15 birds, 4 mi south of Brant on May 8, while Terry Korolyk saw a single bird at the north end of Pine Coulee and Joyce Moore saw one on the Coal Trail west of High River, west of 32 St. Terry Korolyk saw 2 prs of WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS near the dam at Chain Lakes PP on May 8 and saw a male EURASIAN WIGEON on Glenmore Reservoir on May 7 and a HUDSONIAN GODWIT on a slough in the northwest corner of the Hwy 22X & 88 St SE junction. Dwight Knapik reported a PEREGRINE FALCON at Kininvie Marsh on May 6. A first for the Bar U Ranch slough at the junction of Hwys 22 & 540 was a BLACK-NECKED STILT seen by Joyce Moore on Saturday, May 8. The next scheduled update of the bird alert is on Thursday, May 13. 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. Tue May 11, 6:30 pm: Birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Peter Roxburgh, 271-7033 Thu May 13, 7:15 am: Early morning birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Tony Rees, 270-3306 Sat May 15, 7 am: Monthly Bird Survey, Carburn Park Leader Bernard Goulet, 279-0491 Sat May 15, 9 am: Bird Bowmont Park Leader Horst Grothman, 286-3048 Sun May 16, 9 am: Birding the Bow River #6, Beaverdam Flats Leader Victor Basok, 235-2050 Mon May 17, 7:30 am: Birding Weaselhead Leader John Thompson, 241-6007 Tue May 18, 7 am: Visit beautiful Bragg Creek Natural Area for birds, plants. Leader Peter Roxburgh, 271-7033 Tue May 18, 6:30 am: Birding Beaverdam Flats Park Leader Michael Harrison, 236-4700 Thu May 20, 7 am: Early morning birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Dave Elphinstone, 246-0199 Sat May 22, 8 am: Birding the Bow River #7, Beaverdam Flats Park to Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Tony Timmons, 256-0754 Mon May 24, 7 am - 5 pm: Seek over 100 species of birds within Calgary Leaders Gus Yaki & Aileen Pelzer, 243-2248 Tue May 25, 6:30 am: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Mary Huston, 238-3019 Thu May 27, 7 am: Early Morning Birding, Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Ray Woods, 241-6007 Sat May 29 & Sun May 30: May Species Count. Everyone welcome. Come out for 1/2 day, all day, all weekend - as your time permits. For birding territories - call Milt Spitzer, 932-7394. ******************** 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 transcript Jean Marie Moore jmmoore@ucalgary.caCalgary Field Naturalists' Society
PO Box 981, Station M
Calgary, AB
T2P 2K4
- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * May 13, 2004 * ABCA0405.13 - Birds mentioned Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Plover Semipalmated Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper Iceland Gull Mew Gull Rufous Hummingbird Ruby-throated Hummingbird Bank Swallow Blackpoll Warbler Townsend's Warbler Western Tanager Lazuli Bunting White-crowned Sparrow - Transcript Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society's Bird Alert Number: (403) 221-4519 To Report: (403) 221-4519 Coverage: Southern Alberta Compiler: Terry Korolyk (CFNS & IBS) Transcriber: Jean Moore (jmmoore@ucalgary.ca) Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded Thursday, May 13, 2004, at 12:15 pm. To report a bird sighting, leave a message after the recording or to bypass the recorded message, press the pound key on your touch tone phone. To speak to a naturalist, please phone (403) 221-4500 during office hours. A gull thought to be a 2nd-year ICELAND GULL was seen at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary on the evening of Tuesday, May 11. The bird was seen by several members of a CFNS Field Trip led by Peter Roxborough. The bird was on the shoals of the Bow River opposite Jeffreys Pond. Attempts to find the bird on Wednesday, May 12, proved unsuccessful; however, Rob Worono observed an adult MEW GULL on the shoals on the river on the evening of Wednesday, May 12. A female LAZULI BUNTING was reported at a feeder at a residence in the Silver Springs area of Calgary on Tuesday, May 11. The report was made by the Davidson family. Lois Martin in Brooks, Alberta, reported a TOWNSEND'S WARBLER in Brooks on Monday, May 10, while other warblers reported recently included a BLACKPOLL WARBLER seen by Chris Havard in her yard in the Lakeview district of Calgary on Wednesday, May 12. The first hummingbird of the spring season have been reported. Dick and Lenora Flynn had a male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD in their yard in the Maple Ridge district of Calgary on Thursday, May 6, while Vanna(?) Simpson of Redwood Meadows, north of Bragg Creek, reported a male RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD and a RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD in her yard on Sunday, May 9. WESTERN TANAGERS have been widely reported in the Calgary area within the past few days, while Ted Bodnar observed a large concentration of approximately 100 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS at the parking lot at Griffiths Woods Park, off Hwy 8 west of Calgary, on Monday, May 10. Dwight Knapik observed 2 BANK SWALLOWS at the Calgary Zoo's private breeding ranch on May 11. Mary Coughlin and Kathleen Roman observed 4 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS on May 10, 1 km east of Hwy 9 on TwpRd 250, while Dwight Knapik saw approximately 15 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS along with 300 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS and 50 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS north of Hwy 22X between 72 and 88 ST SE on May 12. Terry Korolyk observed 4 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS and 9 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS on 192 St SE north of Hwy 549 on May 9, while Rob Worona watched 3 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS at Namaka Lake on May 10, and then saw 10 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary on May 12. The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Monday, May 12. CFNS meeting and field trips: BIRD STUDY GROUP - 1st Wednesday of each month 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. Sat May 15, 7 am: Monthly Bird Survey, Carburn Park Leader Bernard Goulet, 279-0491 Sat May 15, 9 am: Bird Bowmont Park Leader Horst Grothman, 286-3048 Sun May 16, 9 am: Birding the Bow River #6, Beaverdam Flats Leader Victor Basok, 235-2050 Mon May 17, 7:30 am: Birding Weaselhead Leader John Thompson, 241-6007 Tue May 18, 7 am: Visit beautiful Bragg Creek Natural Area for birds, plants. Leader Peter Roxburgh, 271-7033 Tue May 18, 6:30 am: Birding Beaverdam Flats Park Leader Michael Harrison, 236-4700 Thu May 20, 7 am: Early morning birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Dave Elphinstone, 246-0199 Sat May 22, 8 am: Birding the Bow River #7, Beaverdam Flats Park to Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Tony Timmons, 256-0754 Mon May 24, 7 am - 5 pm: Seek over 100 species of birds within Calgary Leaders Gus Yaki & Aileen Pelzer, 243-2248 Tue May 25, 6:30 am: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Mary Huston, 238-3019 Thu May 27, 7 am: Early Morning Birding, Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Ray Woods, 241-6007 Sat May 29 & Sun May 30: May Species Count. Everyone welcome. Come out for 1/2 day, all day, all weekend - as your time permits. For birding territories - call Milt Spitzer, 932-7394. ******************** 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 transcript Jean Marie Moore jmmoore@ucalgary.caCalgary Field Naturalists' Society
PO Box 981, Station M
Calgary, AB
T2P 2K4
- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * May 17, 2004 * ABCA0405.17 - Birds mentioned White-faced Ibis Ross' Goose Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Sora Red-necked Phalarope Lesser Black-backed Gull Caspian Tern Black Tern Calliope Hummingbird Least Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Eastern Phoebe House Wren WOOD THRUSH Loggerhead Shrike GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER Audubon's Warbler Northern Oriole - Transcript Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society's Bird Alert Number: (403) 221-4519 To Report: (403) 221-4519 Coverage: Southern Alberta Compiler: Terry Korolyk (CFNS & IBS) Transcriber: Jean Moore (jmmoore@ucalgary.ca) Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded Monday, May 17, 2004, at 11 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 1st-summer LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL originally seen at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary on April 24 may have been seen again at the Sanctuary on the days of Thursday, May 13, and Friday, May 14. These most recent sightings come from Rob Worona, who photographed the bird. A WOOD THRUSH was seen by at least three observers in the town of Ralston, Alberta, on Sunday, May 16. The bird was originally seen by Tim Cowley at 8:50 am on May 16, then Tim saw it reappear at 9:30 am. Ben Velmer and Bob Frew saw the bird between 8:30 and 9 pm the same day. Sightings of the bird were in gardens between the streets of Rawolpindi(?) and Wooledge(?) in the NW corner of Ralston. For more information on this bird, call Tim Cowley in Ralston at 1-403-544-4220. A male GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER made a 5-minute stop in a yard on an acreage approx 10 km SE of Ponoka on Saturday, May 15, but has not been seen since. The acreage is lived on by Roy and Ann Barrett. For details on the bird, call Ann Barrett in Ponoka at 1-403-783-5192. A flock of 14 WHITE-FACED IBIS were seen east of Calgary on Sunday, May 16. The birds were seen by Jack and Paula Sysco(?). They were in the NW corner of the Inverlake/RgeRd 275 junction, east of Hwy 9. A ROSS' GOOSE was reported west of Calgary on Sunday, May 16. Ted Bodner observed the bird in with 4 CANADA GEESE on the Springbank Links Golf Course near the TwpRd 251/RgeRd 32 junction. There have been 2 recent reports of SCOTERS in the area. Hank Vanderpol observed 2 male and 1 female SURF SCOTER on Glenmore Reservoir on Thursday, May 13, while Kevin Barker observed a male and female SURF SCOTER and a female WHITE-WINGED SCOTER on Lac Des Arcs on May 15. Bob Worona observed a CASPIAN TERN on Glenmore Reservoir on May 16. Dwight Knapik reported a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE at the Calgary Zoo's private breeding ranch on May 16, and on May 13 Dwight saw a LEAST FLYCATCHER and a HOUSE WREN at Willow Creek PP and a Eastern Kingbird at Pine Coulee Dam viewpoint, which is in Willow Creek PP. Rob Worona reported a SORA at Namaka Lake on May 9, while Hank Vanderpol saw 2 BLACK TERNS at Glenmore Reservoir on May 13. Other recent arrivals include a male CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD and a EASTERN PHOEBE both seen May 15 by Andrew Slater in the Glenmore Weaselhead; and a male AUDUBON'S WARBLER seen by Rob Worona, May 16, at Glenmore Park and a NORTHERN ORIOLE seen by Rob at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. Terry Korolyk observed 8 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES on May 9 at the slough in the SW corner of the Hwys 2 and 22X junction. The next scheduled update of the bird alert is on Thursday, May 20. 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. Tue May 18, 7 am: Visit beautiful Bragg Creek Natural Area for birds, plants. Leader Peter Roxburgh, 271-7033 Tue May 18, 6:30 am: Birding Beaverdam Flats Park Leader Michael Harrison, 236-4700 Thu May 20, 7 am: Early morning birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Dave Elphinstone, 246-0199 Sat May 22, 8 am: Birding the Bow River #7, Beaverdam Flats Park to Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Tony Timmons, 256-0754 Mon May 24, 7 am - 5 pm: Seek over 100 species of birds within Calgary Leaders Gus Yaki & Aileen Pelzer, 243-2248 Tue May 25, 6:30 am: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Mary Huston, 238-3019 Thu May 27, 7 am: Early Morning Birding, Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Ray Woods, 241-6007 Sat May 29 & Sun May 30: May Species Count. Everyone welcome. Come out for 1/2 day, all day, all weekend - as your time permits. For birding territories - call Milt Spitzer, 932-7394. ******************** 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 transcript Jean Marie Moore jmmoore@ucalgary.caCalgary Field Naturalists' Society
PO Box 981, Station M
Calgary, AB
T2P 2K4
- RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * May 20, 2004 * ABCA0405.20 - Birds mentioned Western Grebe Peregrine Falcon Red Knot Caspian Tern Short-eared Owl Yellow-bellied Sapsucker WOOD THRUSH Loggerhead Shrike Rose-breasted Grosbeak 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: Jean Moore (jmmoore@ucalgary.ca) Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded Thursday, May 20, 2004, at 12:30 pm. To report a bird sighting, leave a message after the recording or to bypass the recorded message, press the pound key on your touch tone phone. To speak to a naturalist, please phone (403) 221-4500 during office hours. A breeding-plumaged RED KNOT was seen on the afternoon of Tuesday, May 18, at the slough in the SW corner of the Hwys 2 & 22X junction. The bird, which was along the south shoreline of the slough, was found by Jeff Bank and then seen later in the day by Dick and Lenora Flynn. A CASPIAN TERN was observed at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary in Calgary at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, May 18. The bird was seen by Tony Rees and several other observers. It was on the gravel bars on the Bow River at the north end of the Sanctuary. Rob Worona observed a CASPIAN TERN in the west end of Glenmore Reservoir on Sunday, May 16. A WOOD THRUSH was seen by three observers in the town of Ralston, Alberta, on Sunday, May 16. The bird was in gardens between the streets of Rawalpindi and Woolwich. Tim Cowley saw the bird first at 8:50 am, then again at 9:20 am. Bob Frew and Ben Velner saw it between 8:30-9 pm. Attempts to find the bird on May 17 proved unsuccessful and to May 20, there had been no further reports on the bird. For more information on the bird, call Tim Cowley in Ralston at 1-403-544-3324 or 1-403-544-4220. Dwight Knapik reported a SHORT-EARED OWL was on a fence post near the SE corner of Frank Lake, east of High River on Hwy 23. To reach the SE corner, drive south along the N-S gravel road running down the east flank of the lake, turn right on the first gravel road running westward, past some houses and follow it to the lake. This road may not be driveable in wet weather. Dwight Knapik also reported that the LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE at the Calgary Zoo's private breeding ranch on May 16 was joined by another on Tuesday, May 18. Carol Coulter reported a YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER was at her home in Calgary Southview on May 16, while Lee at the Heritage Point Golf Course reported a male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK was at a feeder there on May 20. Deanna Campbell had a male AMERICAN GOLDFINCH at her feeder in Oakridge on May 14, while Penny Smith reported a PEREGRINE FALCON was eyeing ROCK PIGEONS at the Crowchild Trail Bridge on May 17. Victor Basok watched a good concentration of 20-25 WESTERN GREBES in the SE corner of Glenmore Reservoir on May 17. The next scheduled update of the bird alert is on Monday, May 24. 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. Sat May 22, 8 am: Birding the Bow River #7, Beaverdam Flats Park to Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Tony Timmons, 256-0754 Mon May 24, 7 am - 5 pm: Seek over 100 species of birds within Calgary Leaders Gus Yaki & Aileen Pelzer, 243-2248 Tue May 25, 6:30 am: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Mary Huston, 238-3019 Thu May 27, 7 am: Early Morning Birding, Inglewood Bird Sanctuary Leader Ray Woods, 241-6007 Sat May 29 & Sun May 30: May Species Count. Everyone welcome. Come out for 1/2 day, all day, all weekend - as your time permits. For birding territories - call Milt Spitzer, 932-7394. ******************** 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 transcript Jean Marie Moore jmmoore@ucalgary.caCalgary Field Naturalists' Society
PO Box 981, Station M
Calgary, AB
T2P 2K4
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