- RBA
* Alberta (Canada)
* Calgary, AB
* March 30, 2006
* ABCA0603.30
- Birds mentioned
Eurasian Wigeon
Franklin's Gull
Thayer's Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Snowy Owl
Fox Sparrow
- 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
Transcriber: Mike Mulligan (potoo@shaw.ca)
Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was
recorded on Thursday March 30 at 10:40am. 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 221-4500 during office hours.
A breeding-plumage adult probable SLATY-BACKED GULL was found on the Bow
River by the Calgary Zoo south parking lot late afternoon on Tuesday March
28 by Brooke Clibbon and Eric Tull. Later that evening Bob Storms and Reid
Barclay watched a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary.
Both birds were were re-seen the following morning at IBS by Ray Werschler,
CFNS group, and others. Also that morning (March 29) Ray saw an ICELAND GULL
at the zoo parking lot location. That same morning Mike Mulligan's CFNS
group watched an adult GLAUCOUS GULL, spotted by Jerry Pilny, at the Pearce
Estate weir. Ray also found a THAYER'S GULL the same day at the Sanctuary.
Jerry Pilny reported the first FRANKLIN'S GULL of the season, spotted March
27 at Frank Lake east of High River. A Franklin's was also seen at Inglewood
Bird Sanctuary on March 29 by Bill Wilson. This totals nine gull species
recorded on one day along the several-kilometre stretch of river from IBS to
the Zoo parking lot. (In addition to the species mentioned, Ring-billed,
California and Herring Gulls were noted.) Disscussion is ongoing regarding
ID of the Slaty-backed/Western Gull.
Jim Davis saw and heard a FOX SPARROW in his Douglasglen neighbourhood of
Calgary the evening of March 28. Terry Korolyk reported one EURASIAN WIGEON
seen off the dam at Pine Coulee Reservoir by Willow Creek on March 27. He
also found a male SNOWY OWL east of Langdon Reservoir on Hwy 22X the same
day.
The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert will be Monday April 3.
* Alberta (Canada)
* Calgary, AB
* March 30, 2006
* ABCA0603.30
- Birds mentioned
Eurasian Wigeon
Franklin's Gull
Thayer's Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Snowy Owl
Fox Sparrow
- 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
Transcriber: Mike Mulligan (potoo@shaw.ca)
Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was
recorded on Thursday March 30 at 10:40am. 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 221-4500 during office hours.
A breeding-plumage adult probable SLATY-BACKED GULL was found on the Bow
River by the Calgary Zoo south parking lot late afternoon on Tuesday March
28 by Brooke Clibbon and Eric Tull. Later that evening Bob Storms and Reid
Barclay watched a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary.
Both birds were were re-seen the following morning at IBS by Ray Werschler,
CFNS group, and others. Also that morning (March 29) Ray saw an ICELAND GULL
at the zoo parking lot location. That same morning Mike Mulligan's CFNS
group watched an adult GLAUCOUS GULL, spotted by Jerry Pilny, at the Pearce
Estate weir. Ray also found a THAYER'S GULL the same day at the Sanctuary.
Jerry Pilny reported the first FRANKLIN'S GULL of the season, spotted March
27 at Frank Lake east of High River. A Franklin's was also seen at Inglewood
Bird Sanctuary on March 29 by Bill Wilson. This totals nine gull species
recorded on one day along the several-kilometre stretch of river from IBS to
the Zoo parking lot. (In addition to the species mentioned, Ring-billed,
California and Herring Gulls were noted.) Disscussion is ongoing regarding
ID of the Slaty-backed/Western Gull.
Jim Davis saw and heard a FOX SPARROW in his Douglasglen neighbourhood of
Calgary the evening of March 28. Terry Korolyk reported one EURASIAN WIGEON
seen off the dam at Pine Coulee Reservoir by Willow Creek on March 27. He
also found a male SNOWY OWL east of Langdon Reservoir on Hwy 22X the same
day.
The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert will be Monday April 3.