Registration is open for the popular Friends of Fish Creek Provincial Park Society Autumn Birding Course.
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Registration is open for the popular Friends of Fish Creek Provincial Park Society Autumn Birding Course.
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Here are some photos of birds taken in South Glenmore Park on a Friends of Fish Creek birding course walk on April 29, 2017. All Photos by Max Ortiz Aguilar.
Red-necked Grebe.
Red-breasted Merganser (male).
Red-breasted Merganser (female).
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle subspecies).
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Intergrade of Audubon’s and Myrtle subspecies).
Cooper’s Hawk.
Downy Woodpecker (male).
Bufflehead (male).
Horned Grebe.
Osprey.
Song Sparrow.
Red-tailed Hawk.
Sandhill Crane.
Swainson’s Hawk.
Boreal Chorus Frog singing.
To see more of Max’s photos, see his website, Photos by MOA.
Posted by Bob Lefebvre
For the week of April 10-16, the Friends of Fish Creek Provincial Park birding course groups explored the Burnsmead area of Fish Creek Park, along the river just east of the park headquarters, near the wastewater treatment plant. There are some ponds in this area, as well as a wooded area and the river itself.
Max Ortiz Aguilar went with the group on April 16 and got these photos of some of the birds there.
Ring-necked Pheasant (male), Burnsmead, April 16, 2017. Photo by Max Ortiz Aguilar.
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Canada Goose, possibly guarding a nest site, April 16, 2017. Photo by Max Ortiz Aguilar.
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Common Mergansers (female in front, male behind), April 16, 2017. Photo by Max Ortiz Aguilar.
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Franklin’s Gull, April 16, 2017. Photo by Max Ortiz Aguilar.
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This photo and the next shows the pinkish hue these birds have when they arrive here from their wintering grounds off the coast of Venezuela, where they feed on shrimp that contain red pigments. The colour often fades by fall.
Franklin’s Gulls, April 16, 2017. Photo by Max Ortiz Aguilar.
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House Finch (male), April 16, 2017. Photo by Max Ortiz Aguilar.
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Red-winged Blackbird (male), April 16, 2017. Photo by Max Ortiz Aguilar.
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To see more of Max’s photos, visit his website here.
Mountain Chickadee seen by the birding course participants at Bebo Grove, Fish Creek Park. Photographed February 14, 2017. Photo by David Mitchell.
The popular Friends of Fish Creek birding course begins its 12-week spring session on April 3, 2017.
Go out on field trips with experienced leaders once or twice a week for twelve weeks, and learn about the birds of Calgary. You can expect to see over 150 species of birds.
Field trips are held in several parts of Fish Creek Park, in Carburn Park, Beaverdam Flats, the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, the Weaselhead Nature Area, Bowmont Park, Elliston Lake, Griffith Woods Park, and possibly other locations.
It is still only $5 for children (accompanied by a registered adult) for the whole twelve-week course! See this page for details on how to register.
Here are just a few more of the many birds seen on the winter course this year.
Bald Eagle (adult), Mallard Point, Fish Creek Park, February 8, 2017. Photo by David Mitchell.
Black-capped Chickadee (note the unusual brownish cap), Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, March 4, 2017. Photo by Ken Pride.
Ruffed Grouse, Weaselhead Nature Area, February 22, 2017. Photo by David Mitchell.
Wood Duck (female, centre back) with Mallards, Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, March 4, 2017. Photo by Ken Pride.
Great Horned Owl, Beaverdam Flats, March 6, 2017. Photo by Ken Pride.
Common Raven, Beaverdam Flats, March 6, 2017. Photo by Ken Pride.
Common Raven and Great Horned Owl, Beaverdam Flats, March 6, 2017. Photo by Ken Pride.
Great Horned Owl, Beaverdam Flats, March 6, 2017. Photo by Ken Pride.