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Rare Bird Alert Calgary: May 24

May25

Have you seen an unusual bird in Calgary? If it is on this Reportable_Birds (PDF), please report it to the Nature Calgary Rare Bird Alert line at 403 221-4519 and leave a message after the beep at the end of the recording. If you would like some help with species identification, email us at birdscalgary@gmail.com.  To report injured wildlife call the Calgary Wildlife Rehabilitation Society at 403 239-2488, or the Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation at 403 946-2361.

Compiler: Terry Korolyk (CFNS & IBS)

Bird Sightings:

May 18
–WESTERN KINGBIRD (2), near Linden, Corinne Griffin.

May 20
–WHITE-FACED IBIS (200+), Frank Lake (E of High River), Marcel Gahbauer.
–HERMIT THRUSH, South Weaselhead, W end of Glenmore Reservoir, same.
–CEDAR WAXWING (20), Fish Creek Provincial Park, Gus Yaki and FFCPP.
–CAPE MAY WARBLER (5), Brown Lowery Provincial park, Plummers Rd., near Millarville, MG.

May 21
–SNOW GOOSE, W of 53rSt. SW, Calgary, Tony Timmons.
–BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER (39), E side of Third Lake, 2 km. S of Hwy 552 and 224th St. SE, Terry Korolyk.
–SEMIPALMATED PLOVER (7), same, same.
–RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, Douglasdale neighborhood, Calgary, Jim Daws.
–WHITE-EYED VIREO, Wyndham-Carseland Provincial Park, willows along shore of riverside trail downriver from picnic area parking lot just N of weir, Nick Bartok, Ryan Baxter, TK, bird was photographed, first provincial record.
–CASSIN’S VIREO, N of picnic area below Carseland Weir, TK.
–MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER, same, same.

May 22
–BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD, Mountain View, Nancy West.
–EASTERN KINGBIRD (2), near Linden, Corinne Griffin.
–COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, same, same.

Recent Sightings in Brooks area
–GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH.
–GRASSHOPPER SPARROW.
–BAIRD’S SPARROW.
–LECONTE’S SPARROW.

The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is on Monday May 28.

Rare Bird Alert Calgary: April 26

Apr28

Have you seen an unusual bird in Calgary? If it is on this Reportable_Birds (PDF), please report it to the Nature Calgary Rare Bird Alert line at 403 221-4519 and leave a message after the beep at the end of the recording. If you would like some help with species identification, email us at birdscalgary@gmail.com.  To report injured wildlife call the Calgary Wildlife Rehabilitation Society at 403 239-2488, or the Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation at 403 946-2361.

April 20
— SPRAGUE’S PIPIT, Fish Creek PP, FCPP group

April 21
— GREATER SCAUP, Fish Creek PP, Heather Cuthill

April 23
— WHITE-FACED IBIS 4, Frank Lake, John Reasbeck(?)

April 24
— EURASIAN WIGEON, Glenmore Reservoir, Richard Clarke
— SPOTTED SANDPIPER, Glenmore Park, RC
— SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER 6, near Blackie, Terry Korolyk
— NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL, Brown-Lowery PP, Ross Lein
— AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER 4, same, RL
— PACIFIC WREN 2, same, RL

April 25
— WESTERN GREBE pair, Frank Lake, Yousif Attia
— PACIFIC WREN, Griffith Woods, John Thompson
— WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW 3, Calgary yard, Amanda Bradley

The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is on Monday April 30.

BIRD STUDY GROUP – Meets the first Wednesday of the month, September – May
at 7:30 pm, Room 211, BioSciences Building, University of Calgary. The next
meeting will be Wednesday May 2. Presenters are Ian Halliday (Weed Lake
Project), and Andrew Hart (re-introduction of Red Kites into England).

Rare Bird Alert Calgary: April 9

Apr10

Have you seen an unusual bird in Calgary? If it is on this Reportable_Birds (PDF), please report it to the Nature Calgary Rare Bird Alert line at 403 221-4519 and leave a message after the beep at the end of the recording. If you would like some help with species identification, us email us at birdscalgary@gmail.com.  To report injured wildlife call the Calgary Wildlife Rehabilitation Society at 403 239-2488, or the Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation at 403 946-2361.

Bird Sightings:

April 4:
TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRES (5) in Calgary Braeside, Shonna McLeod.

April 5:
TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRES (6) in Calgary Strathcona, Sandy Ayer.
GRAY-CROWNED ROSY FINCHES (100) western edge of Calgary, John Bargman.
THAYER’S GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL,(2) IBS, Bill Wilson & Ilya Pulalyaev?

April 6:
VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW in northeast Calgary, Lois & Bill Lang.
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, AMERICAN KESTRELS (2) near Brooks, Ray Woods, Brian Elder, Phil Cram, Mike Mulligan.
AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS (2) at the Carseland Weir, Shirley Otway.
HARLEQUIN DUCK, male at Inglewood BS, Tony Timmons & CFNS.
EURASIAN WIGEONS at McElroy Slough, Terry Korolyk.
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, IBS, Bill Wilson.

April 7:
EASTERN PHOEBE in the Weaselhead, west end of Glenmore Res., Gus Yaki & FFCPP.
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, SONG SPARROWS (6), FOX SPARROWS (5) at the Hay Meadows raptor watch,Mt Lorette, Kananaskis, Jim Davis.
TREE SWALLOWS (6), GREATER YELLOWLEGS (3) in Hull’s Wood/Lefarge Meadows FCPP, Tony Timmons and CFNS.
LESSER YELLOWLEGS (2), GREATER YELLOWLEGS (8) at Ralph Klein Park, Terry Korolyk.
GRAY-CROWNED ROSY FINCHES (80), near Water Valley, Doug Collister.
HARLAN’S x LIGHT PHASE RED-TAILED HAWK Hwy 549 west of Hwy 23, TK.
HARLAN’S RED-TAILED HAWK (3) Hwy 22X, TK.

April 8:
MOURNING DOVE in Calgary Varsity, Shirley Haig.
GRAY-CROWNED ROSY FINCHES on Larsen Pasture Rd off Grand Valley Road NW of Cochrane, Andrew Slater.
LONG-TAILED DUCK female at Carseland Weir, Joan & Malcolm MacDonald.
ROSS’ GOOSE, a few with SNOW GOOSE (5000) at ? Lake near Lomond, Richard Clarke.
NORTHERN HAWK OWL, GREAT GREY OWL SW of Water Valley, Andrew Slater.

The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is on Thursday April 12.

Rare Bird Alert Calgary: April 5

Apr6

Have you seen an unusual bird in Calgary? If it is on this Reportable_Birds (PDF), please report it to the Nature Calgary Rare Bird Alert line at 403 221-4519 and leave a message after the beep at the end of the recording. If you would like some help with species identification, us email us at birdscalgary@gmail.com.  To report injured wildlife call the Calgary Wildlife Rehabilitation Society at 403 239-2488, or the Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation at 403 946-2361.

MAR 30

GADWALL – a pair at the Hwy 22X bridge in Fish Creek Prov Park; Terry Korolyk

APR 1

LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL – Inglewood Bird Sanctuary; Bob Storms and Dan Arndt
GLAUCOUS GULL – 1st yr; as above
NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL – 9 calling on Hwy 68 west of Calgary between Ranger Station and the Powderface Trail junction; Ilya Povalyaev
COMMON GRACKLE – 2 at Mallard Point in Fish Creek PP; Michael and Louise Geldorp

APR 2

GLAUCOUS GULL – Inglewood Bird Sanctuary; IP
TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE – single at Glenmore Reservoir; Gus Yaki and FFCPP

APR 3

TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE – 3 as above; also 3 in the Marlborough yard of Dorothy Johnston
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD – 20 on Twp Rd 314 west of Rge Rd 262; Corinne Griffin

APR 4

MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD – at least 100 near Linden; CG
WOOD DUCK – 2 males and a female on the access road to Bankside; TK

The next scheduled update of the bird alert is on Mon Apr 9.

Rare Bird Alert Calgary: April 2

Apr4

Have you seen an unusual bird in Calgary? If it is on this Reportable_Birds (PDF), please report it to the Nature Calgary Rare Bird Alert line at 403 221-4519 and leave a message after the beep at the end of the recording. If you would like some help with species identification, us email us at birdscalgary@gmail.com.  To report injured wildlife call the Calgary Wildlife Rehabilitation Society at 403 239-2488, or the Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation at 403 946-2361.

Bird Sightings:

March 28
–LAPLAND LONGSPUR (20-30) Hanna area, by Ted Manning.

March 29
–FOX SPARROW, Mallard Point, FCPP(Fish Creek Provincial Park), by Gus Yaki et al.
–SONG SPARROW, same as above. One also seen along the Bow by Marcel Gahbauer, and on April 1, two were seen by Dan Arndt et al at LaFarge Meadows in FCPP.
–Hybrid GLAUCOUS/GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL, seen by MG, on Bow River west of the Crowchild bridge.
–GLAUCOUS GULL, by MG, same as above; two seen by Bill Wilson at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary on March 31, and one seen by Tony Timmons on April 1 at LaFarge Meadows.
–RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD, Mallard Point, by GY et al. Three also seen by TK on April 1 at Clear Lake.

March 30
–RING-NECKED DUCK(3),and CANVASBACK, by Randy ?, at Weed Lake, Langdon area.
–GREATER SCAUP(2), Bow River, N.of 22x bridge, by Terry Korolyk. Terry also saw 110 at Clear Lake, and 40 at Pine Coulee Reservoir on April 1.

March 31
–CACKLING GOOSE (possible Minima subsp.) in a slough along Garden Rd., Calgary, by TK

April 1
–VARIED THRUSH, Grand Valley Rd, NW of Cochrane, by Ian Maton
–TREE SWALLOW, LaFarge Meadows, FCPP, by Janet Gill.
–DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT(2), Clear Lake, by TK.
–TRUMPETER SWANS and TUNDRA SWANS (1500), Silver Lake, by TK.
–WESTERN MEADOWLARK(3), Clear Lake, by TK.

The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is on Thursday April 5.

Rare Bird Alert Calgary: March 29

Mar30

Have you seen an unusual bird in Calgary? If it is on this Reportable_Birds (PDF), please report it to the Nature Calgary Rare Bird Alert line at 403 221-4519 and leave a message after the beep at the end of the recording. If you would like some help with species identification, us email us at birdscalgary@gmail.com.  To report injured wildlife call the Calgary Wildlife Rehabilitation Society at 403 239-2488, or the Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation at 403 946-2361.

Bird Sightings:

March 25
–RED-TAILED HAWK near Linden, Corinne Griffin (1); between Calgary and Lethbridge (5), Kerri Martin.

March 26
–SHARP-SHINNED or COOPER’S HAWK, Calgary, Oakridge neighborhood, Margaret Brunner.
–OSPREY, W of Crowchild Trail bridge, Elizabeth Miles.

March 27
–GREAT BLUE HERON, W end of Glenmore Reservoir, Andrew Slater.
–RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, Richard Clarke and Mackenzie Fai.
–GREAT GRAY OWL, Grand Valley Rd. W of Cochrane, first turn left on paved section(2); N of Water Valley on RR53, N of Twp d.304 (1), Ron Kube.

March 28
–GREAT BLUE HERON, W end of Glenmore Reservoir, AS.
–TRUMPETER SWAN (65), same, AS.
–SWAN sp. (1,000+), Stavely area, Frank Lake, Carseland, RC.
–EURASIAN WIGEON (3), slough at SW corner of Pine Coulee Reservoir (1), Frank Lake E of High River (2), RC.
–GREATER SCAUP, Carseland Weir, RC.
–FERRUGINOUS HAWK, a few km. W of Clear Lake (2); W. side of Clear lake (1), RC.
–PEREGRINE FALCON, McKimmie Tower, University of Calgary, Dan Arndt.
–SNOWY OWL (7), between Calgary and Lethbridge, KM.
–SONG SPARROW, feeders in Weaselhead Natural Area, AS.

The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is on Monday April 2.

NATURE CALGARY BIRD STUDY GROUP- Meets the first Wednesday of the month, September – May at 7:30 pm, Room 211, BioSciences Building, University of Calgary. The next meeting will be Wednesday April 4, 2012: Migration Monitoring at Cypress Hills, with Yousif Attia

Rare Bird Alert Calgary: March 20

Mar21

Have you seen an unusual bird in Calgary? If it is on this Reportable_Birds (PDF), please report it to the Nature Calgary Rare Bird Alert line at 403 221-4519 and leave a message after the beep at the end of the recording. If you would like some help with species identification, us email us at birdscalgary@gmail.com.  To report injured wildlife call the Calgary Wildlife Rehabilitation Society at 403 239-2488, or the Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation at 403 946-2361.

March 14
DARK-EYED JUNCO(20+), Weaselhead area, by Kerri Martin

March 15
NORTHERN HAWK OWL(1),NW of Cochrane, by Phil Cram et al.
MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD, Grand Valley Rd. NW of Cochrane, by PC et al.

March 16
AMERICAN KESTREL, North of Calgary, observer unknown.
NORTHERN HARRIER(3), two seen by Tery Korolyk on 210 Ave SW, and one seen on the 17th at Frank Lake by Dill Bahr.
GYRFALCON(1),north of Calgary, by unknown observer.
PILEATED WOODPECKER(3),one seen by Steve Kassai at IBS, and two by Bob English at Carburn park.

March 17
SNOW GOOSE(1), Bow River at IBS (Inglewood Bird Sanctuary), by Gus Yaki et al.

March 18
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, two at IBS by GY et al, and one by Richard Clarke in Kingsland area.
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE(1),at IBS, by GY et al.,
GREATER SCAUP(2) Clear Lake by TK.
KILLDEER(1) Frank Lake
EURASIAN WIGEON,Clear Lake, by TK, and three at Carseland Weir, by Andrew Slater.
HERRING GULL(2), IBS, by GY et al.
TREE SWALLOW(1), IBS, by GY et al.

The next scheduled update of the bird alert is on Thursday March 22.

Rare Bird Alert Calgary: March 15

Mar16

Have you seen an unusual bird in Calgary? If it is on this Reportable_Birds (PDF), please report it to the Nature Calgary Rare Bird Alert line at 403 221-4519 and leave a message after the beep at the end of the recording. If you would like some help with species identification, us email us at birdscalgary@gmail.com.  To report injured wildlife call the Calgary Wildlife Rehabilitation Society at 403 239-2488, or the Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation at 403 946-2361.

MAR 12

EURASIAN WIGEON – male at Third Lake 2 kms south of Hwy 552 on 224 St SE (Terry Korolyk)
HARLEQUIN DUCK – still at IBS (Gus Yaki and FFCPP)
GOLDEN EAGLE – 1st year southeast of Calgary at Hwy 562 and 160 St SE (TK)
SNOWY OWL – one 5 kms north of Vulcan, one northeast of Frank Lake (Tim Allison)

MAR 13

VARIED THRUSH – still in Dover near the west end of 41A Ave

MAR 14

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE – a pair at Weed Lake (TK)
PILEATED WOODPECKER – a pair in Hull’s Wood of Fish Creek PP (Keith Craig)

The next scheduled update of the bird alert is on Mon Mar 19.

Rare Bird Alert Calgary: March 1

Mar2

Have you seen an unusual bird in Calgary? If it is on this Reportable_Birds (PDF), please report it to the Nature Calgary Rare Bird Alert line at 403 221-4519 and leave a message after the beep at the end of the recording. If you would like some help with species identification, us email us at birdscalgary@gmail.com.  To report injured wildlife call the Calgary Wildlife Rehabilitation Society at 403 239-2488, or the Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation at 403 946-2361.

February 25
– –MALLARD (leucistic female) Beaverdam Flats in SE Calgary, Rob English
–SPOTTED TOWHEE, farm ca. 5 km. N of Irricana, John Corbin 403-935-4340

February 26
–NORTHERN SHRIKE, Weaselhead Natural Area, SW Calgary, Phil Quinn – February 28
–CACKLING GOOSE, Mackenzie Meadows, Phil Quinn
– –GREATER SCAUP, Hwy 22x bridge E end of Fish Creek Prov. Park, Terry Korolyk
– –SNOW BUNTING (60), N. of Linden, Corinne Griffin
– –COMMON GRACKLE, Lynnwood subdiv., SE Calgary, Pat Bumstead

February 29
–GREAT BLUE HERON (6) Southland Dog Park parking lot, Deerfoot Tr. And Southland Dr., observer unknown
– –KILLDEER, Bow R. S. of Glenmore Tr. Bridge, Gus Yaki,
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The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is on Monday, March 5.

BIRD STUDY GROUP – Meets the first Wednesday of the month, September – May at 7:30 pm, Room 211, BioSciences Building, University of Calgary. The next meeting will be Wednesday March 7. The program is titled “High Science: The The Natural History of Alpine Ptarmigan”, by Kathy Martin.

Rare Bird Alert Calgary: Feb 27

Feb28

Have you seen an unusual bird in Calgary? If it is on this Reportable_Birds (PDF), please report it to the Nature Calgary Rare Bird Alert line at 403 221-4519 and leave a message after the beep at the end of the recording. If you would like some help with species identification, us email us at birdscalgary@gmail.com.  To report injured wildlife call the Calgary Wildlife Rehabilitation Society at 403 239-2488, or the Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation at 403 946-2361.

February 22
–SNOWY OWL, Storney Trail and McKnight Blvd., by Lori Anderson et.al.
–AMERICAN ROBIN(18), Queen’s Park Cemetery , by Dan Arndt.

February 23
–RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER(1) still in High River’s George Lane Park, by LA. Has been there for several months.

February 24
–NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL, yard of Paul Kuelker in Montgomery. Not seen following day.

February 25
–GREEN-WINGED TEAL(F), Bow River, Policeman’s Flats, end of Bow River Bottom Rd, off Dunbow Rd., by Terry Korolyk
–GREATER SCAUP(2M) , Bow River, just N. of Hwy. 22x bridge, by TK.
–AMERICAN ROBIN(6+), backyard of Margaret Brunner in Oakridge subdivision.

February 26
–KILLDEER(2), Elbow River at Griffith Wood park, by Bob Lefebvre and Dan Arndt
–AMERICAN DIPPER(1), Elbow River at Griffith Wood park, by Bernie Diebolt and Janet Gill. One was also seen recently by Steve Kassai in Big Hill Springs PP.

The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is on Thursday, March 1.

BIRD STUDY GROUP – Meets the first Wednesday of the month, September – May at 7:30 pm, Room 211, BioSciences Building, University of Calgary. The next meeting will be Wednesday March 7. The program is titled “High Science: The Natural History of Alpine Ptarmigan”, by Kathy Martin.