Calgary RBA
May 12, 2008
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- RBA
* Alberta (Canada)
* Calgary, AB
* May 12, 2008
* ABCA0805.12
- Birds mentioned
White-faced Ibis
Eurasian Wigeon
Red-tailed Hawk
Prairie Falcon
Semipalmated Plover
Hudsonian Godwit
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Red-headed Woodpecker
Marsh Wren
Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Waterthrush
Baird's Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Western Tanager
Northern Cardinal
-Transcript
Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society Bird Alert
Number: (403) 221-4519
To Report: (403) 221-4519
Coverage: Southern Alberta
Compiler: Terry Korolyk
Transcriber: Mike Mulligan (potoo@shaw.ca)
Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was
recorded on Monday May 12. To report a bird sighting, call
221-4519 and leave a message after the recording. To bypass the recorded
message, press the pound key on your touch tone phone. To speak to a
naturalist, phone 311 during office hours and ask for the Inglewood Bird
Sanctuary.
May 12 - Lois and Bill Lane traveled to Frank Lake and area. They saw 3
White-faced Ibis at Frank Lake and 1 White-faced Ibis at Township Road 210 +
Hwy 799. They also saw 2 Marsh Wrens at Hwy 1 and Hwy 24. At Shannon Terrace
in FCPP they saw 2 Baird's Sparrows and 2 Lincoln's Sparrows near the horse
barn.
May 12 - David Brown saw 40 Red-tailed Hawks in a field on the east side of
36 Street NE near Country Hills Blvd. NE.
May 10 - Andrew Slater saw a Loggerhead Shrike and a Prairie falcon on
Township Road 262 NE of Bruce Lake. In the same area he located 20 Least
Sandpipers, 20 Semipalmated Sandpipers, 3 Semipalmated Plovers and 1
Hudsonian Godwit. On Township Road 250 north of Strathmore he found 2
Western Sandpipers and 9 Stilt Sandpipers.
May 8 - Tracy Castel(?) observed a woodpecker that matched the description
of a Red-headed Woodpecker in her yard in Okotoks. No other details were
given.
May 7 - Colin Gilmour had a female northern Cardinal at his feeder in the
100 block of Hawkwood Drive NW Calgary.
May 7 - Richard Clark saw a Northern Waterthrush in his yard in Kingsland,
Calgary
A pair of Eurasian Collared Doves were recently sighted in Pincher Creek by
Dave Goff (?). They were seen on Morden Avenue.
There were a number of sightings of Western Tanagers over the last couple of
days in Calgary, Cochrane and at Lac des Arcs. There was also a Eurasian
Wigeon at Lac des Arcs.
The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is on Thursday May 15.
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 on Wednesday September 3. Doors open at 7:00pm.
BIRD FIELD TRIPS
All CFNS field trips are free and open to everyone.
Sat May 17, 9am: Bird Bowmont Park. Meet Maranatha Church, 2111 52 St NW. (N
end Home Rd). Leader, Horst Grothman, 286-3048.
Sat May 17: Participate in the Brooks May Species Count, May 17, and/or on
Eric Tull's May 18 Grassland trip, and/or his May 19 Badland trip, or any
combination (see below). Make it a day or weekend trip. Camping available at
Tillebrook Provincial Park (403-362-4525), motels in Brooks.
Sun May 18, 9am: Grassland birding, Kininvie Marsh & surrounding area. Meet
Tillebrook Provincial Park entrance (east of Brooks). Full day but may leave
any time. Please notify Leader, Eric Tull, 295-0830 (Calgary) or cell
922-3227, in advance, to arrange possible car pooling & to not leave without
you. (Leave message on both phones to ensure it gets through).
Mon May 19: (Victoria Day). Badland birding, Dinosaur Prov. Park. Meet
Tillebrook Prov. Park entrance at 8am, or at overlook parking at Dinosaur
Park entrance at 9am. Leave for Calgary mid-afternoon. Please notify Leader,
Eric Tull, 295-0830 (Calgary) or cell 922-3227 in advance, to arrange
possible car pooling & to not leave without you. (Leave message on both
phones to ensure it gets through).
Mon May 19, 7am: Victoria Day. See 100+ species of birds within Calgary.
Meet Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, E end of 9th Av SE. Leader, Tony Timmons,
256-0754
Inglewood Bird Sanctuary is a City of Calgary Natural Area. Staff offer
information, courses and field trips relating to natural history. For
information call 311 during office hours and ask for the Inglewood Bird
Sanctuary.
Nature Calgary (Calgary Field Naturalists' Society) promotes the
observation, study and conservation of the native habitat through lectures,
field trips and collection of scientific data. For membership or event
information, email naturecalgary@cfns.fanweb.ca or visit the website at
www.naturecalgary.com. The Birding section of the website
http://birdcomp.fanweb.ca/index.html includes descriptions of birding
locales in the Calgary area. Nature Calgary also publishes a newsletter,
Nature News, available to members by email and on the website.
- End transcript
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