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Wild Bird Store Speaker Series Begins March 16

Posted by Bob Lefebvre

The Wild Bird Store in SE Calgary not only offers bird feed and every other product for the backyard birder, but they also have a very good Speaker Series featuring many great presenters on a variety of topics of interest to local birders.

The talks will all be done using Zoom. There are six upcoming talks on the next six Wednesdays, starting tomorrow with Dan Arndt speaking on Alberta Owls. (Unfortunately Dan’s presentation is now sold out. Tickets to these events are limited.) Check out the remaining talks below, starting March 23. They are all excellent speakers. I am particularly interested to hear Andrew Barnes on how he established the first breeding colony of Purple Martins in Calgary in many decades!

Please Note: Even though these are virtual seminars, they limit the number of spaces available. This will allow adequate time for the Q&A portion of the presentation. All presentations are through “ZOOM” and they suggest you sign up early to avoid disappointment.

Tickets can be purchased through Eventbrite and are non-refundable. Click the Eventbrite link below each talk description to purchase tickets.
DANIEL ARNDT

Daniel is a wildlife biologist specializing in wild bird surveys and is a tour operator here in Calgary.

Speaker Series Topic: “How and where to find owls in Alberta”
Date: Wednesday March 16, 2022 Time: 6:00 PM Cost: $15.00 (+ fees & gst)Sold Out!
Daniel’s presentation will be on how and where to find owls in Alberta which will include the dos and don’ts of watching and photographing owls.
MYRNA PEARMAN

Retired biologist, passionate observer of nature, keen wildlife photographer and a nature columnist.

Speaker Series Topic: “Appreciating Bird Behaviour”
Date: Wednesday March 23, 2022 Time: 6:00 PM Cost: $15.00 (+ fees & gst)
Inspired by Jennifer Ackerman’s book, The Genius of Birds, Myrna will be giving a presentation that highlights some fascinating aspects of bird behaviour. Her talk will not only encourage a new appreciation for birds, but it also will help us better understand and marvel at the astonishing intelligence and abilities of our wild avian neighbours. She will focus on Alberta birds, especially the common species that grace our yards and gardens.
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JAY INGRAM

Former TV host of the Discovery Channel’s Daily Planet and organizer & co-founder of Beakerhead. He is an engaging, provocative speaker who can address complex, scientific issues in non-technical terms.

Speaker Series Topic: “The First Bird”
Date: Wednesday March 30, 2022 Time: 6:00 PM Cost: $15.00 (+ fees & gst)
The fossil animal Archaeopteryx was first identified in the mid 1800s and still, despite competition from a horde of feathered dinosaurs, holds the title of “the first bird”. What does it tell us about the origins of bird flight? How well did it fly? Why have there been so many Archaeopteryx controversies?
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ANDREW BARNES

Purple Martins of Calgary

Speaker Series Topic: “Purple Martin Colony in Calgary”
Date: Wednesday April 6, 2022 Time: 6:00 PM Cost: $15.00 (+ fees & gst)
Andrew Barnes has successfully established a Purple Martin house behind his residence in New Brighton here in Calgary. He has put considerable research and effort to have the first successful PUMA colony in Calgary in 80 years and the most southerly one in Alberta.
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CHRIS FISHER

Best-selling co-author of popular field guide “Birds of Alberta”, filmmaker and television host shares inspiring storylines that connect audiences with skills that organizations value. Trained as a scientist and travelling the world as a lecturer, Chris explored and investigated universal strategies of success common to individuals, institutions and organizations.

Speaker Series Topic: “How wild birds have helped our mental health during the Pandemic”
Date: Wednesday April 13, 2022 Time: 6:00 PM Cost: $15.00 (+ fees & gst)
Chris delves into the popularity and importance wild birds have contributed to society’s mental health during these challenging times and will combine the topic with some local birding stories that have helped folks over the past two years.
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Calgary Christmas Bird Count Final Results

Posted by Bob Lefebvre

The counting and correcting is done, and here are the final results of the 2021 Calgary Christmas Bird Count (CBC). I helped out with the Feeder watchers again this year. Matthew Wallace coordinated the count and finalized the results. Lara Fitzpatrick created the spreadsheets that organized the data. It was a fun learning experience for us, and many emails were exchanged and many hours spent in Zoom meetings.

First, watch this summary video of the count results presented by Matthew:

The 2021 count was held on Sunday December 19. The temperature ranged from about -13 C to -10 C, with some light snow and winds of 10 to 20 kph. So the conditions were pretty good.

We had good participation this year, with 136 people out in the field (pretty much as many as we could manage with Covid protocols and the number of leaders we had) and 177 Feeder Watchers counting in their yards at 125 addresses (we can definitely add more Feeder Watchers).

Bohemian Waxwings
Bohemian Waxwings seen on the 2021 Calgary CBC. Photo by Arthur Wieckowski

The final total on count day was 73 species, plus another four species seen during Count Week (December 16-22) but missed on Count Day. The total number of individual birds recorded was 71,468. (All numbers have been corrected to account for possible double-counting.)

Field ObserversFeeder Watchers
70 species36 species
65,640 birds5,828 birds
Great Horned Owl
Great Horned Owl, December 19, 2021, Tsuut’ina Nation, Calgary. Photo by Matthew Wallace

Below is the bird list and the number of each species reported:

Cackling Goose4
Canada Goose18,954
Trumpeter Swan5
Tundra Swan1
Wood Duck3
Gadwall1
Mallard17,251
Green-winged Teal1
Canvasback2
Redhead18
Ring-necked Duck5
Greater Scaup2
Lesser Scaup5
Harlequin Duck4
Bufflehead144
Common Goldeneye554
Barrow’s Goldeneye3
Hooded Merganser2
Common Merganser86
Ruddy Duck1
Sharp-tailed Grouse3
Gray Partridge58
Ring-necked Pheasant11
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)1,450
Eurasian Collared-Dove2
American Coot1
Wilson’s Snipe1
Sharp-shinned Hawk4
Northern Goshawk6
Bald Eagle55
Rough-legged Hawk6
Great Horned Owl9
Snowy Owl1
Northern Saw-whet Owl1
Belted Kingfisher3
American Three-toed Woodpecker2
Downy Woodpecker264
Hairy Woodpecker41
Pileated Woodpecker4
Northern Flicker419
Merlin24
Gyrfalcon1
Northern Shrike8
Blue Jay138
Black-billed Magpie2,529
American Crow65
Common Raven649
Black-capped Chickadee2,218
Mountain Chickadee7
Boreal Chickadee7
Golden-crowned Kinglet2
Red-breasted Nuthatch199
White-breasted Nuthatch114
Brown Creeper17
American Dipper3
European Starling326
Townsend’s Solitaire18
American Robin82
Bohemian Waxwing15,676
Cedar Waxwing11
House Sparrow7,394
Pine Grosbeak79
House Finch2,015
Common Redpoll294
Hoary Redpoll2
White-winged Crossbill41
Pine Siskin50
American Tree Sparrow3
Fox Sparrow1
Dark-eyed Junco91
White-crowned Sparrow1
White-throated Sparrow9
Song Sparrow2
Other: Sp./Slash/Hybrid5

The four Count Week birds were Varied Thrush (a continuing backyard bird that failed to show on Count Day), a Killdeer seen in Griffiths Wood Park, a Prairie Falcon seen in the east end on December 18th, and a Greater White-fronted Goose reported and photographed on the Elbow River at Sandy Beach, also on December 18.

Some of the notable birds this year were the two swan species and the Ruddy Duck (all continuing at Carburn Park), the three Sharp-tailed Grouse seen in the Tsuut’ina Nation in the SW, a Wilson’s Snipe and Snowy Owl at Carburn, a White-crowned Sparrow in the Weaselhead, and a Gyrfalcon.

We also had one species that had never been reported in the 69 previous Calgary counts – a Fox Sparrow in the yard of one of our Feeder watchers. This brings our cumulative total of all species reported on Calgary CBC’s to 143.

Fox Sparrow
Fox Sparrow, Calgary. Photo by Bob Lefebvre

Matt Wallace, the count coordinator, has used the data to create some very interesting maps. (The maps below, and many more, will be posted on the Nature Calgary site when they are all complete.)

The Count Circle is divided into Sections, and here you can see how many species were found in each Section, and how the geography of the city influences species density.

Calgary Christmas Bird Count data
Number of Species seen in each Section.

Due to the open water here, we get a lot of Mallards and Canada Geese overwintering. We also often have big flocks of Bohemian Waxwings in the winter. As a result, we tend to get really high numbers of total individual birds reported. This year, 71,468 individual birds were counted. This is one of the highest totals (and possibly the highest) of any of the CBC’s in Canada this year. It is far higher than the totals for the Edmonton or Toronto counts, for example.

Calgary Christmas Bird Count data
Total number of individual birds seen in each Section.

Below is a map that shows all the Feeder Watcher addresses (the white dots). Some areas have quite a few, but we can definitely use more!

Calgary Christmas Bird Count data
Distribution of Feeder Watcher addresses within the Count Circle.
Black-capped Chickadee
A Black-capped Chickadee photographed by a Feeder Watcher, Calgary, December 19, 2021. Photo by Raman Brar

It’s interesting to look at some individual species. Bald Eagles:

Calgary Christmas Bird Count data
The 55 Bald Eagles reported on the Calgary CBC.
Bald Eagle, Calgary, December 19, 2021. Photo by Arthur Wieckowski

The Eagles are concentrated along the lower stretches of the Bow River, where they feed mostly on sick or injured Mallards.

Here is the Mallard map:

Calgary Christmas Bird Count data
Mallards on the Calgary CBC.

Note how closely the Mallard distribution mirrors that of Bald Eagles. Mallards rest on the river, and go out to farmer’s fields to feed. There was also a huge concentration of 6,000 birds in the bit of open water at the northeast corner of Elliston Lake. Perhaps this is a safe place for them to rest, where there are fewer eagles around to prey on them than along the Bow.

The Canada Goose numbers were even higher than the Mallard numbers, with a similar distribution.

Calgary Christmas Bird Count data
Canada Goose distribution on the Calgary CBC.

Black-billed Magpies are probably the most visible bird in Calgary, as they are found in all habitats and are very vocal. Many residents find them too aggressive and noisy to be likeable, but they are fascinating, beautiful, and intelligent birds. Like other urbanophiles (American Crows, House Sparrows, House Finches, and Rock Pigeons for example), they are doing very well in the urban environment.

Calgary Christmas Bird Count data
Black-billed Magpie distribution.

The total number of Magpies reported on the CBC continues on a long-term upward climb:

Calgary Christmas Bird Count data

As in the Magpie example above, we can use the CBC data to produce graphs of long-term trends of the overall results and of the numbers of individual species. The next graph shows that the number of participants and party-hours has steadily increased over time, as has the total number of birds recorded, but the number of species seen each year has plateaued.

Calgary Christmas Bird Count data

The 73 species we had this year is the third-highest total ever, but it is line with a pretty flat graph since the mid-1980’s:

Calgary Christmas Bird Count data

Below is an interesting graph that shows the number of Sharp-tailed Grouse reported. We had three this year, and three in 2016. But that’s it for the last twenty-plus years. They used to be found on Nose Hill and other areas at the city’s edge. But Nose Hill is now surrounded by development and the city has expanded to most edges of the Count Circle.

Calgary Christmas Bird Count data
Sharp-tailed Grouse, Tsuut’ina Nation, Calgary, December 21, 2021. Photo by Chris Durtnall

The results of the Calgary Count and several other nearby CBC’s were presented at the January meeting of Nature Calgary’s Bird Study Group. The meeting was recorded, and a replay will soon be available on the Nature Calgary site here.

The next Calgary CBC will be on Sunday December 18, 2022. If you haven’t taken part before and are interested in participating, either as a Field Observer or a Feeder Watcher, email me at birdscalgary[at]gmail.com.

Many thanks to Matt Wallace for all his hard work in organizing the count and producing the maps, to Lara Fitzpatrick, who created the spreadsheets that captured all the data, and to the photographers.

Here is a link to an article about the Calgary Count results on CBC news, including a video interview.

Be sure to subscribe to Matthew’s Citizen Blitz channel on YouTube to keep informed about upcoming citizen science events in Calgary – and to see more great nature videos!. You can also follow him on Twitter (atcitynatureyyc) and on Instagram (atcitizenblitz).

Watch Birds in Your Yard for the Calgary Christmas Bird Count

Posted by Bob Lefebvre

There has been a great deal of interest this year in the annual Calgary Christmas Bird Count. Matt Wallace, the Count Coordinator, and his leaders already have enough people registered to fill all the field teams. But if you’d like to participate by counting birds in your yard on Sunday December 19th, you are welcome to join us. You can count for as little as 30 minutes over the course of the day, or as long as you are able to – all at once, or intermittently.

White-throated Sparrow and Dark-eyed Junco
White-throated Sparrow and Dark-eyed Junco (Slate), two species you might see in your yard in December.

For your observations to be added to the official count, you must live within the Calgary Count Circle:

Calgary Christmas Bird Count Circle.
The Calgary Christmas Bird Count Circle.

If you are interested in taking part, just fill out the registration form below (it is a Google form, but you do not have to be signed into a Google account to fill it out). Matt Wallace or myself (the Feeder Watcher Coordinator) will verify that you are in the circle, and contact you with everything you need to know in order to participate in this long-running Citizen Science activity. We can also send you information on common winter backyard birds of Calgary, with photos.

Here is the link: Register as a Feeder Watcher in the 2021 Calgary CBC

We are particularly interested in trying to get more complete coverage of the city with our Feeder Watchers. There are a few neighbourhoods which are under-represented, as you can see in the map below, which shows the approximate locations of all of our participants.

We would especially like to fill out this map in northeast Calgary, and there are a few other areas without much coverage, a shown below.

So if you live in one of these areas, please consider registering for the count. But we will accept you wherever you are!

Calgary Christmas Bird Count, December 19 2021

By Bob Lefebvre

House Finch
House Finch. Photo by Bob Lefebvre

Calgary’s 69th annual Christmas Bird Count will take place on Sunday, December 19, 2021. Matthew Wallace is now the coordinator for the count, taking over from long-time organizer Phil Cram. I will again be assisting with the Feeder Watchers.

As usual there will be opportunities for people who want to go out in the field to count birds, and for feeder watchers who will count birds in their yards.

If you are interested in taking part, or in getting more information about participating, please fill out the following form for the 2021 count:

Calgary Christmas Bird Count 2021 Registration

Join us in this fun and important citizen science project!

Foothills Birds – Live Bird Cameras

Most Calgary birders know of Barb Castell’s home in the foothills SW of the city, near Priddis. Many have been there, and it is a great place to see birds, including some uncommon species, that come to her feeders and bird baths. It’s one of the most reliable places in the area to see Evening Grosbeaks, Purple Finches, and even Black-headed Grosbeaks.

Of course this is private property with restricted access, but there is a YouTube Channel which has a daily live stream from three cameras set up on the property. You can watch the birds live, and participate in the chat about what is being seen. There are also many archived past live streams, and clips of highlights on the site.

Here is the YouTube page: Foothills Birds.

They also have a web page with more information and a link to the YouTube site: foothillsbirds.com

Below is one of the clips from YouTube, featuring some brave Blue Jays.

With fall migration now under way, as many as 26 species have been seen in a day recently, including migrating warblers and hummingbirds. Archived streams feature birds like Northern Goshawks, Northern Saw-whet Owls, Ruffed Grouse, and Mammals like Red Squirrels, Northern Flying Squirrels, and Bats. It is very entertaining and educational to watch!

I’d like to urge you to go to YouTube and subscribe to this channel. It’s as simple as clicking on the “Subscribe” button if you are a regular YouTube user. If not, to get your free subscription,

1. Go to: https://www.youtube.com/foothillsbirds

2. Log into your Google Account, if you aren’t already logged in, top right corner.

3. Click on the red SUBSCRIBE button on the right side.

4. It should change from red to gray and say UNSUBSCRIBE.

Being subscribed to a channel is not obtrusive. For you, it just means that the site appears in your feed as a suggestion from time to time when you are already on the YouTube site. Any new clips that they add will appear in your suggestions. It will also be easy for you to re-find the site since there will be a link to it under your subscriptions.

But it is very important for Foothills Birds to get more subscribers! Even if you do not plan to visit the site much, please subscribe so that it will be suggested to more and more YouTube users and seen by more people. There are currently about 444 subscribers, and if they get to 1000, it will allow them to get more advanced features from YouTube and allow them to do more to support the birds.

Some photos of birds seen at the feeders, from the web site:

Pileated Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker, male
Evening Grosbeak
Evening Grosbeak, male
Varied Thrush
Varied Thrush, male

The best time to view the birds is when they are hungry early in the
morning. The camera is usually on from from dawn to dusk.

This location is now an eBird HotSpot, so you can go on eBird and see what has been reported there every day. There have been 105 species observed at the location this year, and 140 species all-time!

If you are on Twitter, follow them @FoothillsBirds. They regularly post photos of birds that are at the feeders and in the area.

So visit the site, watch some clips and live streams, and subscribe. Let’s help them reach their goal of 1000 subscribers!

Green-tailed Towhee

Posted by Bob Lefebvre. All photos by Steve Dyke.

Green-tailed Towhee
Green-tailed Towhee, near Cremona, Alberta, May 2020. Photo by Steve Dyke.

There have been quite a number of unusual birds seen in the Calgary area this year. Here is a real rarity for Alberta, a Green-tailed Towhee that was visiting a rural yard near Cremona, NW of Calgary, in late May.

Green-tailed Towhee
Green-tailed Towhee, near Cremona, Alberta, May 2020. Photo by Steve Dyke.

This sparrow was first noticed by Steve Dyke in his yard on May 18. The bird would shelter under lilac bushes, and emerge in to the open occasionally to feed.

Green-tailed Towhee
Green-tailed Towhee, near Cremona, Alberta, May 2020. Photo by Steve Dyke.

Green-tailed Towhees are native to northern Mexico and the southwest United States. There have been fewer than eight previous documented sightings of this species ever in Alberta. (See this link for the Official List of the Birds of Alberta. The towhee is bird #378 on the list, and it gets the code 5 Rarity rating – “finds of a lifetime.”) The last Green-tailed Towhee seen in the Calgary region was in Bowmont Park in the NW part of the city in 1996.

Green-tailed Towhee
Green-tailed Towhee, near Cremona, Alberta, May 2020. Photo by Steve Dyke.
Green-tailed Towhee
Green-tailed Towhee, near Cremona, Alberta, May 2020. Photo by Steve Dyke.

The bird stayed in Steve’s yard from May 18-24. Several other birders were able to see and photograph it.

Here is a range map from eBird, showing in purple all 2020 sightings of Green-tailed Towhee. (The purple square near Fort McMurray is not a mistake; there was a stray bird there last winter, from December 13, 2019 to January 21, 2020. That one was WAY out of range!)

Green-tailed Towhee eBird
2020 sightings of Green-tailed Towhee.

A beautiful bird, and a great find for Alberta!

Green-tailed Towhee
Green-tailed Towhee, near Cremona, Alberta, May 2020. Photo by Steve Dyke.

Stay-At-Home Birding: Some Backyard Birds

Here are some birds seen recently by local birders in their yards. Lots of great birds can still been seen while staying at home! Some of these are migrating and won’t be seen in the summer, but others are year-round residents.

Mountain Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird, Calgary, April 2020. Photo by Patrice O’Brien.
Black-capped Chickadee
Black-capped Chickadee, Calgary, April 2020. Photo by Patrice O’Brien.
Blue Jay
Blue Jay, Calgary, April 2020. Photo by Patrice O’Brien.
American Robin
American Robin, Okotoks, April 2020. Photo by Lloyd Bligh.
Downy Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker, Calgary, April 2020. Photo by Jane Potter.
Northern Flicker
Northern Flicker, Calgary, April 2020. Photo by Jane Potter.
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch, Calgary, April 2020. Photo by Jane Potter.
House Finch
House Finches, Calgary, April 2020. Photo by Jane Potter.

Finally, here is a photo of a Varied Thrush that Karen Bout photographed in her yard in April. I have heard of three or four reports of Varied Thrushes passing through the city this spring, and there were at least three that overwintered here this year.

Varied Thrush
Varied Thrush, Calgary, April 2020. Photo by Karen Bout.

May can be even better for migrants passing through city yards, so if you are isolating at home, keep an eye open!

Thanks to all the readers that submitted photos.

Safe Birding and Backyard Birding

April 11, 2020. Posted by Bob Lefebvre.

With the current Covid-19 situation, it is not safe right now to bird in groups, and may not be for a long time. Nature Calgary has cancelled all group field trips for the time being, and the Friends of Fish Creek Spring Birding Course has been postponed. The BirdYYC2020 Challenge has also been suspended. Provincial and National Parks are closed.

Spring migration is under way (despite the winter-like weather we’ve been having), but I have not been publicizing any sightings at specific locations, to try to avoid having crowds gather there. Of course there are other ways for word to get around, and many people are getting out.

There is no problem with birding alone, or with another person from your household. If you do go, here are some guidelines from eBird on how to do so safely:

  • Keep your optics to yourself. Don’t share your scope, binoculars, or camera with others; disinfect the eye caps of your optics after each birding trip.
  • Maintain distance. If you are birding near others (whether they are birders or not), maintain at least 6 feet of space between yourself and other people at all times. Take turns at blinds, shelters, and in other situations where proper distancing may not be possible.
  • Avoid touching communal surfaces. This includes railings, doorknobs, handles, and other frequently used areas of public sites. If you touch these surfaces, wash your hands and/or use hand sanitizer immediately.
  • Respect restrictions and closures. Check if your favorite park, trail, or wildlife refuge is still open before heading outside. Plan your birding trips in accordance with the latest recommendations of your local authorities.
  • Share checklists, not phones: eBird Mobile users should avoid passing phones to review checklists for the time being. Confirm lists verbally before submission and if you need to make changes after you submit, it is easy to share and correct lists on the eBird Mobile app!

See the entire article on birding mindfully on eBird Canada.

One way that birders can stay safe and continue birding is to do it their own yards. Many of us already feed the birds and watch them in our yards regularly. This is a chance to increase the number of hours we spend looking for new species in or from our yards, and a great opportunity for more people to begin backyard birding.

Here is another article from eBird Canada on how to get the most out of birding at home. I encourage you to use eBird to record what you see. If you are interested in comparing what you see in your yard to what others are seeing, you can set up a Yard List on eBird. See these eBird Help Centre articles for instructions. And here is a more detailed article I wrote on setting up Yard Lists. I’m sure some of you have thought about starting on eBird or setting up Patch and Yard lists, but just never had the time before. Maybe now is a good time to start!

If you do feed birds in your yard, you may want to take advantage of the delivery service offered by the Wild Bird Store in Calgary. Go to their web page to see how to get bird feeders or seed delivered to you. You can also do contactless pickup at the store. These are good options so that you keep your risk to a minimum and support a local business.

I have been having problems with my camera so I’m unable to share any new photos I’ve taken in my yard. I’ve had huge European Starling flocks lately (often eating crabapples), Robins in the birdbath, occasional Bohemian Waxwing flocks eating crabapples, a nesting pair of Eurasian Collared-Doves, and a local Merlin who has chased the Starlings a few times.

Reynold Reid also had a Merlin in his yard in the Chaparral neighbourhood in SE Calgary recently, and luckily for us his camera is working fine!

Merlin
Merlin with prey, Calgary, March 26, 2020. Photo by Reynold Reid.

The Merlin is eating a rather large prey species. Can anyone identify it? I have an idea but would like to hear what you think.

If you have been getting good photos of backyard birds in Calgary and would like to share them here, email them to birdscalgary[at]gmail.com. Until I get my camera working properly I’ll post some of them, and some of my older photos.

Ghostly Blue Jay

This beautiful bird was photographed on an acreage near Big Hill Springs, NW of Calgary, on September 22nd by Shelley Mohl.

Blue Jay
Leucistic Blue Jay, NW of Calgary, September 22, 2019. Photo by Shelley Mohl.

This Blue Jay has some sort of colour abnormality, likely leucism, caused by a deficiency of melanin in its feathers. The areas that should be black are brown, and there isn’t enough pigment to scatter the light to create much of a blue colour on the rest of the bird.

Blue Jay
Leucistic Blue Jay with normal Blue Jays, NW of Calgary, September 22, 2019. Photo by Shelley Mohl.

Birds of Beaver Mines

Here are some beautiful birds photographed by Raymond Toal in a garden in Beaver Mines, in the far SW corner of Alberta, near Waterton Park. All photos taken on May 26, 2019 by Raymond Toal.

Rufous Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
White-crowned Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Lazuli Bunting
Lazuli Bunting (female)
Lazuli Bunting
Lazuli Bunting (male)
Evening Grosbeak
Evening Grosbeak (male)
House Wren
House Wren
American Goldfinch
American Goldfinch (male)
Black-headed Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak (male)
Black-headed Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak (female)