- RBA
* Alberta (Canada)
* Calgary, AB
* August 11, 2005
* ABCA0508.11
- Birds mentioned
SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER
Dunlin
LITTLE GULL
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Tennessee Warbler
Palm Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Western Tanager
Purple Finch
House Finch
- Transcript
Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society's Bird Alert
Number: (403) 221-4519
To Report: (403) 221-4519
Coverage: Southern Alberta
Compiler: Terry Korolyk (CFNS & IBS)
Transcriber: Lenora Flynn (lendic@shaw.ca)
Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded on
Thursday, August 11 at 10:40 a.m. To report a bird sighting, leave a message after
the recording, or to bypass the recorded message, press the pound key on your touch
tone phone. To speak to a naturalist, please phone 221-4500 during office hours.
A juvenile SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER was seen at the Cattleland Feedlots Slough north
of Strathmore on Tuesday, August 9. The bird was seen at 3:00 pm along the west
shoreline, just south of the midway point between the north and south end. The bird
was seen by Al Borgardt and Ross Lien, who watched it for 10-15 minutes. The slough
is in the N/E corner of the Hwys 564 & 817 junction. Amongst extremely good variety
and numbers of other shorebirds there, Al & Ross also saw 2 winter plumaged DUNLIN.
North of Strathmore on Sunday, August 7, an adult and an immature LITTLE GULL were
reported by Robin Anderson. Robin reported the birds were in the N/E corner of a
slough that is in the N/E corner of the first 4-way road junction north of
Strathmore. The junction is approximately 5.2 kms north of Hwy 1 on Hwy 817. Robin
watched the birds from a distance of approximately 200 yards for 15 minutes. Visits
by other birders to the site through the week failed to find the birds.
There were many reports of migrating songbirds in the area through the week. Early
migrants were a PALM WARBLER seen by Bernard & Therese Goulet on Monday, August 8 in
Fish Creek PP Bankside area and an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER observed by Mike Mulligan
and CFNS on Tuesday, August 9 in the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. Al Borgardt and CFNS
on Saturday, August 6 observed in Inglewood Bird Sanctuary an OVENBIRD, 4 NORTHERN
WATERTHRUSH and 2 TENNESSEE WARBLERS. Two WESTERN TANAGERS were seen in east Fish
Creek PP on August 9 and banders at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary banded a WESTERN
TANAGER this week.
HOUSE FINCHES continue to expand their range within Calgary. An observer in
Christie Estates reported both HOUSE and PURPLE FINCHES in her neighbourhood within
the past 2-3 weeks.
The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Monday, August 15.
BIRD STUDY GROUP - Meet the 1st Wednesday of the month, September - May at 7:30 pm,
Room 211, BioSciences Bldg, University of Calgary. The next meeting will be on
September 7. Three Calgary birders will show-and-tell about their recent
international birding adventures: Ken Havard visited Queensland Australia with a
group of Calgary birders, and Brooke Clibbon & Eric Tull will discuss their Thailand
experience.
BIRD TRIPS
Sat Aug 13, 9am: Birds/Plants, Griffith Woods Park. 2.5km W on Hwy 8 from Sarcee Tr,
then left at 69 St SW into Discovery Ridge. Continue straight at traffic circle,
then 1st left into parking lot. Leader, Aileen Pelzer, 243-2248.
Sun Aug 14, 7:15am: Birding Frank Lake. All day. Meet Anderson LRT, (Macleod Tr) S
of pedestrian overpass for car pooling. Leader, Ian Halladay, 282-1420.
Mon Aug 15, 7am: Monthly Birding Survey, Carburn Park. S from Glenmore Tr. at 18 St
SE to second stoplight, then right & follow signs. Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491.
Tue Aug 16, 6:30pm: Confluence Park for Black-crowned Night-Herons, etc. Meet
parking lot at Beddington Tr and Beddington Blvd NE. Leader, M. Coughlin, 275-9651.
Thu Aug 18, 8am: Autumn Birds, Beaverdam Flats Park. Meet S parking lot (Lynnview Rd
& 62 Av SE). N from Glenmore Tr at 18 St SE, then follow left. Leader, John
Cartwright, 265-2980.
Sat Aug 20, 8am: Migrating Warblers, etc. Meet parking lot, Hull's Woods, FCPP, S
end of Bow Bottom Tr SE. Leaders, Dick/Lenore Flynn, 271-1269.
Sun Aug 21, 8am: Birding Wyndham/Carseland Prov. Park. Meet Anderson LRT, (Macleod
Tr) S of pedestrian overpass for car pooling. Leader, Jan Roseneder, 286-5920.
Tue Aug 23, 6:30pm: Birding Mallard Point FCPP. Meet parking lot E end of Canyon
Meadows Dr. Leader, Jim Washbrook, 271- 0923.
Sat Aug 27, 9am: Birding Weaselhead. Meet parking lot, 37 St & 66 Av SW. Leader,
Bruce Barnetson, 246-1329.
Inglewood Bird Sanctuary is a City of Calgary natural area. Staff offer
information, courses and field trips relating to natural history. For information,
call (403) 221-4500.
Calgary Field Naturalists' Society promotes the observation, study and conservation
of the native habitat through lectures, field trips and collection of scientific
data. CFNS publishes a monthly newsletter. For membership or event information,
email cfns@cfns.fanweb.ca or visit the website at www.cfns.fanweb.ca.
A Birdfinding Guide to the Calgary Region, ed. Joan F. McDonald (CFNS, 1993) is out
of print. Copies are no longer available from CFNS.
- End transcript
* Alberta (Canada)
* Calgary, AB
* August 11, 2005
* ABCA0508.11
- Birds mentioned
SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER
Dunlin
LITTLE GULL
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Tennessee Warbler
Palm Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Western Tanager
Purple Finch
House Finch
- Transcript
Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society's Bird Alert
Number: (403) 221-4519
To Report: (403) 221-4519
Coverage: Southern Alberta
Compiler: Terry Korolyk (CFNS & IBS)
Transcriber: Lenora Flynn (lendic@shaw.ca)
Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded on
Thursday, August 11 at 10:40 a.m. To report a bird sighting, leave a message after
the recording, or to bypass the recorded message, press the pound key on your touch
tone phone. To speak to a naturalist, please phone 221-4500 during office hours.
A juvenile SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER was seen at the Cattleland Feedlots Slough north
of Strathmore on Tuesday, August 9. The bird was seen at 3:00 pm along the west
shoreline, just south of the midway point between the north and south end. The bird
was seen by Al Borgardt and Ross Lien, who watched it for 10-15 minutes. The slough
is in the N/E corner of the Hwys 564 & 817 junction. Amongst extremely good variety
and numbers of other shorebirds there, Al & Ross also saw 2 winter plumaged DUNLIN.
North of Strathmore on Sunday, August 7, an adult and an immature LITTLE GULL were
reported by Robin Anderson. Robin reported the birds were in the N/E corner of a
slough that is in the N/E corner of the first 4-way road junction north of
Strathmore. The junction is approximately 5.2 kms north of Hwy 1 on Hwy 817. Robin
watched the birds from a distance of approximately 200 yards for 15 minutes. Visits
by other birders to the site through the week failed to find the birds.
There were many reports of migrating songbirds in the area through the week. Early
migrants were a PALM WARBLER seen by Bernard & Therese Goulet on Monday, August 8 in
Fish Creek PP Bankside area and an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER observed by Mike Mulligan
and CFNS on Tuesday, August 9 in the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. Al Borgardt and CFNS
on Saturday, August 6 observed in Inglewood Bird Sanctuary an OVENBIRD, 4 NORTHERN
WATERTHRUSH and 2 TENNESSEE WARBLERS. Two WESTERN TANAGERS were seen in east Fish
Creek PP on August 9 and banders at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary banded a WESTERN
TANAGER this week.
HOUSE FINCHES continue to expand their range within Calgary. An observer in
Christie Estates reported both HOUSE and PURPLE FINCHES in her neighbourhood within
the past 2-3 weeks.
The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Monday, August 15.
BIRD STUDY GROUP - Meet the 1st Wednesday of the month, September - May at 7:30 pm,
Room 211, BioSciences Bldg, University of Calgary. The next meeting will be on
September 7. Three Calgary birders will show-and-tell about their recent
international birding adventures: Ken Havard visited Queensland Australia with a
group of Calgary birders, and Brooke Clibbon & Eric Tull will discuss their Thailand
experience.
BIRD TRIPS
Sat Aug 13, 9am: Birds/Plants, Griffith Woods Park. 2.5km W on Hwy 8 from Sarcee Tr,
then left at 69 St SW into Discovery Ridge. Continue straight at traffic circle,
then 1st left into parking lot. Leader, Aileen Pelzer, 243-2248.
Sun Aug 14, 7:15am: Birding Frank Lake. All day. Meet Anderson LRT, (Macleod Tr) S
of pedestrian overpass for car pooling. Leader, Ian Halladay, 282-1420.
Mon Aug 15, 7am: Monthly Birding Survey, Carburn Park. S from Glenmore Tr. at 18 St
SE to second stoplight, then right & follow signs. Leader, Bernard Goulet, 279-0491.
Tue Aug 16, 6:30pm: Confluence Park for Black-crowned Night-Herons, etc. Meet
parking lot at Beddington Tr and Beddington Blvd NE. Leader, M. Coughlin, 275-9651.
Thu Aug 18, 8am: Autumn Birds, Beaverdam Flats Park. Meet S parking lot (Lynnview Rd
& 62 Av SE). N from Glenmore Tr at 18 St SE, then follow left. Leader, John
Cartwright, 265-2980.
Sat Aug 20, 8am: Migrating Warblers, etc. Meet parking lot, Hull's Woods, FCPP, S
end of Bow Bottom Tr SE. Leaders, Dick/Lenore Flynn, 271-1269.
Sun Aug 21, 8am: Birding Wyndham/Carseland Prov. Park. Meet Anderson LRT, (Macleod
Tr) S of pedestrian overpass for car pooling. Leader, Jan Roseneder, 286-5920.
Tue Aug 23, 6:30pm: Birding Mallard Point FCPP. Meet parking lot E end of Canyon
Meadows Dr. Leader, Jim Washbrook, 271- 0923.
Sat Aug 27, 9am: Birding Weaselhead. Meet parking lot, 37 St & 66 Av SW. Leader,
Bruce Barnetson, 246-1329.
Inglewood Bird Sanctuary is a City of Calgary natural area. Staff offer
information, courses and field trips relating to natural history. For information,
call (403) 221-4500.
Calgary Field Naturalists' Society promotes the observation, study and conservation
of the native habitat through lectures, field trips and collection of scientific
data. CFNS publishes a monthly newsletter. For membership or event information,
email cfns@cfns.fanweb.ca or visit the website at www.cfns.fanweb.ca.
A Birdfinding Guide to the Calgary Region, ed. Joan F. McDonald (CFNS, 1993) is out
of print. Copies are no longer available from CFNS.
- End transcript