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 zoxox@shaw.ca 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.
This report was prepared on Thursday September 22.
September 18
— BLACK-NECKED STILT (20), Weed Lake, Terry Korolyk
September 21
— COOPER’S HAWK, Hull’s Woods, Fish Creek Provincial Park, TK
–AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, Weed Lake, Ilya Povalyaev
The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is on Monday September 27.
BIRD STUDY GROUP:
Bird Study Group meets 1st Wednesday of the month, Room 211, BioSciences Building, U of C
October meeting is Wednesday, October 5. Birds of Prey – presented by Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation. Meeting time is 7:30pm.