- RBA
* Alberta (Canada)
* Calgary, AB
* Sept 25, 2006
* ABCA0609.25
- Birds mentioned
Greater White-fronted Goose
Swan sp.
Surf Scoter
Peregrine Falcon
Sandhill Crane
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Sanderling
Long-billed Dowitcher
Sabine's Gull
Northern Pygmy-Owl
Bay-breasted Warbler
- 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: Chris Havard (ckhavard@shaw.ca)
This bird report was recorded on Monday, September 25 at 10:30am.
There were 2 reports of SABINE'S GULLS south of Calgary over the weekend.
Andrew Slater observed an adult bird off the east end of the dike between
Basins 1 & 2 at Frank Lake east of High River on the morning of Sunday,
Sept. 24; then on the afternoon of Sunday, Sept. 24, Terry Korolyk watched a
juvenile SABINE'S GULL at the south end of Clear Lake 15 kms. due east of
Stavely. Frank Lake is 6 kms east of Hwy 2 on Hwy 23 while Clear Lake can
be accessed via Twp Rds 140 or 142 off Hwy 2 at Stavely.
Shorebirds were in good numbers and variety at Langdon Reservoir east of
Calgary on Sunday, Sept. 24. Birds seen there by Bill Wilson, John Riddell
and Ray Wershler included at least 23 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS and possibly
as many as 30 - 50; 2 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS; "dozens" of BLACK-BELLIED
PLOVERS; 3 SANDERLINGS, and approximately 1000 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS. They
also reported at least one, possibly 2 PEREGRINE FALCONS. In the mudflats
off Rge Rd 261, at Clear Lake, Sept 24, Terry Korolyk observed 4 AMERICAN
GOLDEN PLOVERS and 7 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS amongst other shorebirds. At the
south end, Terry saw 21 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE and an unidentified
adult SWAN. Tim McNeill reported SANDHILL CRANES calling at Frank Lake
Sept. 24 while other weekend PEREGRINE reports included a juvenile seen by
Bill Walker south of Turner Valley Sept. 23, and an adult on the east side
of Frank Lake seen by Andrew Slater Sept. 24.
Weekend Scoter reports included 3 SURF SCOTERS seen by Bill Wilson at Lake
Minnewanka Sept. 23, then another 6 seen by Bill at Ghost Reservoir off Hwy
1A west of Cochrane, also on Sept. 23. Bill reported a NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL
near Two Jack Lake in Banff National Park the same day. A warbler that may
have been a BAY-BREASTED WARBLER was seen in Griffith Woods off Hwy 8 in
Discovery Ridge west of Calgary on Sept. 24.
The next scheduled update of the bird alert is on Thursday, September 28.
BIRD STUDY GROUP:
Bird Study Groups meets 1st Wednesday of the month, Room 211, BioSciences
Building, U of C except June through August when field trips replace the
meeting. October's speaker will be Richard Knapton talking about Birding in
Borneo. Contact Phil Cram 228-4142.
BIRD FIELD TRIPS:
Wed Sep 27, 9am: Birding Weaselhead Natural Area. Meet parking lot, 37 St &
66 Av SW. Leader, Bruce Barnetson, 246-1329.
Sat Sep 30, 9am: Birding Glenmore Reservoir & area. Meet W parking lot of
Sailing Club, N of 90 Av at 24 St SW. Leader, Jim St. Laurent, 246-6314.
Sat Sep 30, 1:30pm: See captive Whooping Cranes at the Zoo Ranch. Limit 25
participants. Call 243-2248 to register. Meet Anderson LRT Station (Macleod
Tr S of pedestrian bridge) to carpool. Guide, Crane Keeper, Dwight Knapik.
Rain date, Oct 1.
Sun Oct 1, 8am: Elbow River Birding Survey. Meet Stanley Park on 42 Av SW,
just W of Macleod Tr. Walk to Glenmore Reservoir, drive back (3.5hrs). Call
leaders, Aileen Pelzer and Gus Yaki, 243-2248 to ensure vehicle space for
return.
Wed Oct 4, 9:30am: Birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. E end of 9 Av SE.
Leader, Aileen Pelzer, 243-2248.
Sat Oct 7, 9am: Peak of Golden Eagle migration at Mt. Lorette with Peter
Sherrington. Bring lunch. Meet Assumption School, 34 Av NW (just N of TC
Highway at Sarcee Tr). Call Leader, Bruce Barnetson, 246-1329.
Sun Oct 8, 8:30am: Nature walk at Carburn Park. S from Glenmore Tr at 18 St
SE to 2nd stoplight, then right & follow signs. Leader, Bernard Goulet,
279-0491.
Mon Oct 9: Boreal Birding at Shannon Terrace. Located at W end of FCPP, off
37 St & 130 Av SW. Leader, Grant Brydle, 720-4957.
Sat Oct 14, 8:30am: Birding Beaverdam Flats Park. Meet S parking lot,
Lynnview Rd & Lynnview Way S of 62 Av SE. N from Glenmore Tr. at 18 St SE,
then left. Leader, Tony Timmons, 256-0754.
Sun Oct 15, 7:30am: Boreal birding at Sibbald, Exshaw, Cave & Basin. Meet
Assumption School, 34th Av NW (just N of TC Highway at Sarcee Tr). Leader,
Bill Wilson, 230-0054.
Sun Oct 15, 9am: Birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. E end of 9 Av SE. Leader,
Bruce Barnetson, 246-1329.
Wed Oct 18, 9:15am: Nature Walk on Nose Hill. Meet parking lot on 14 St & 64
Av NW. Leader, Gus Yaki, 243-2248.
Sat Oct 21, 9am: All day birding. Look for Loons, Long-tailed Ducks,
Scoters, late shorebirds & passerines. Meet Parking Lot C, N. Glenmore Park.
Then visit Clear Lake & Pine Coulee nr Stavely & possibly Chain Lakes PP.
Leader, Terry Korolyk, 254-1878.
Sat Oct 21, 9am: Birding Bowmont Park. Meet Maranatha Church, 2111-52 St NW
(N end Home Rd). Leader, Horst Grothman, 286-3048.
Sun Oct 22, 9am: Birding N Glenmore Park & Reservoir. Meet Weaselhead
parking lot, 37th St & 66th Av SW. Leader, Rob Worona, 270-0674.
Wed Oct 25, 9:15am: Birding Glenmore Reservoir. Meet W parking lot of
Sailing Club, N of 90 Av at 24 St SW. Leader, Ray Woods, 241-6007.
Sat Oct 28, 9am: Birding Glenmore Reservoir & S Glenmore Park. Meet W
parking lot of Sailing Club, N of 90 Av at 24 St SW. Leader, Eric Tull,
295-0830.
Sun Oct 29, 9am: Birding Shannon Terrace FCPP. West end of FCPP, off 37 St &
130 Av SW. Leader, Hank Vanderpol, 246-4532.
Inglewood Bird Sanctuary is a City of Calgary Natural Environment Park.
Staff offer information, courses and field trips relating to natural
history. For information, call (403) 221-4500.
Calgary Field Naturalists' Society (Nature Calgary) 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 cfns@cfns.fanweb.ca or visit the website at www.naturecalgary.com
News, available on the website. "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
* Sept 25, 2006
* ABCA0609.25
- Birds mentioned
Greater White-fronted Goose
Swan sp.
Surf Scoter
Peregrine Falcon
Sandhill Crane
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Sanderling
Long-billed Dowitcher
Sabine's Gull
Northern Pygmy-Owl
Bay-breasted Warbler
- 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: Chris Havard (ckhavard@shaw.ca)
This bird report was recorded on Monday, September 25 at 10:30am.
There were 2 reports of SABINE'S GULLS south of Calgary over the weekend.
Andrew Slater observed an adult bird off the east end of the dike between
Basins 1 & 2 at Frank Lake east of High River on the morning of Sunday,
Sept. 24; then on the afternoon of Sunday, Sept. 24, Terry Korolyk watched a
juvenile SABINE'S GULL at the south end of Clear Lake 15 kms. due east of
Stavely. Frank Lake is 6 kms east of Hwy 2 on Hwy 23 while Clear Lake can
be accessed via Twp Rds 140 or 142 off Hwy 2 at Stavely.
Shorebirds were in good numbers and variety at Langdon Reservoir east of
Calgary on Sunday, Sept. 24. Birds seen there by Bill Wilson, John Riddell
and Ray Wershler included at least 23 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS and possibly
as many as 30 - 50; 2 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS; "dozens" of BLACK-BELLIED
PLOVERS; 3 SANDERLINGS, and approximately 1000 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS. They
also reported at least one, possibly 2 PEREGRINE FALCONS. In the mudflats
off Rge Rd 261, at Clear Lake, Sept 24, Terry Korolyk observed 4 AMERICAN
GOLDEN PLOVERS and 7 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS amongst other shorebirds. At the
south end, Terry saw 21 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE and an unidentified
adult SWAN. Tim McNeill reported SANDHILL CRANES calling at Frank Lake
Sept. 24 while other weekend PEREGRINE reports included a juvenile seen by
Bill Walker south of Turner Valley Sept. 23, and an adult on the east side
of Frank Lake seen by Andrew Slater Sept. 24.
Weekend Scoter reports included 3 SURF SCOTERS seen by Bill Wilson at Lake
Minnewanka Sept. 23, then another 6 seen by Bill at Ghost Reservoir off Hwy
1A west of Cochrane, also on Sept. 23. Bill reported a NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL
near Two Jack Lake in Banff National Park the same day. A warbler that may
have been a BAY-BREASTED WARBLER was seen in Griffith Woods off Hwy 8 in
Discovery Ridge west of Calgary on Sept. 24.
The next scheduled update of the bird alert is on Thursday, September 28.
BIRD STUDY GROUP:
Bird Study Groups meets 1st Wednesday of the month, Room 211, BioSciences
Building, U of C except June through August when field trips replace the
meeting. October's speaker will be Richard Knapton talking about Birding in
Borneo. Contact Phil Cram 228-4142.
BIRD FIELD TRIPS:
Wed Sep 27, 9am: Birding Weaselhead Natural Area. Meet parking lot, 37 St &
66 Av SW. Leader, Bruce Barnetson, 246-1329.
Sat Sep 30, 9am: Birding Glenmore Reservoir & area. Meet W parking lot of
Sailing Club, N of 90 Av at 24 St SW. Leader, Jim St. Laurent, 246-6314.
Sat Sep 30, 1:30pm: See captive Whooping Cranes at the Zoo Ranch. Limit 25
participants. Call 243-2248 to register. Meet Anderson LRT Station (Macleod
Tr S of pedestrian bridge) to carpool. Guide, Crane Keeper, Dwight Knapik.
Rain date, Oct 1.
Sun Oct 1, 8am: Elbow River Birding Survey. Meet Stanley Park on 42 Av SW,
just W of Macleod Tr. Walk to Glenmore Reservoir, drive back (3.5hrs). Call
leaders, Aileen Pelzer and Gus Yaki, 243-2248 to ensure vehicle space for
return.
Wed Oct 4, 9:30am: Birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. E end of 9 Av SE.
Leader, Aileen Pelzer, 243-2248.
Sat Oct 7, 9am: Peak of Golden Eagle migration at Mt. Lorette with Peter
Sherrington. Bring lunch. Meet Assumption School, 34 Av NW (just N of TC
Highway at Sarcee Tr). Call Leader, Bruce Barnetson, 246-1329.
Sun Oct 8, 8:30am: Nature walk at Carburn Park. S from Glenmore Tr at 18 St
SE to 2nd stoplight, then right & follow signs. Leader, Bernard Goulet,
279-0491.
Mon Oct 9: Boreal Birding at Shannon Terrace. Located at W end of FCPP, off
37 St & 130 Av SW. Leader, Grant Brydle, 720-4957.
Sat Oct 14, 8:30am: Birding Beaverdam Flats Park. Meet S parking lot,
Lynnview Rd & Lynnview Way S of 62 Av SE. N from Glenmore Tr. at 18 St SE,
then left. Leader, Tony Timmons, 256-0754.
Sun Oct 15, 7:30am: Boreal birding at Sibbald, Exshaw, Cave & Basin. Meet
Assumption School, 34th Av NW (just N of TC Highway at Sarcee Tr). Leader,
Bill Wilson, 230-0054.
Sun Oct 15, 9am: Birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. E end of 9 Av SE. Leader,
Bruce Barnetson, 246-1329.
Wed Oct 18, 9:15am: Nature Walk on Nose Hill. Meet parking lot on 14 St & 64
Av NW. Leader, Gus Yaki, 243-2248.
Sat Oct 21, 9am: All day birding. Look for Loons, Long-tailed Ducks,
Scoters, late shorebirds & passerines. Meet Parking Lot C, N. Glenmore Park.
Then visit Clear Lake & Pine Coulee nr Stavely & possibly Chain Lakes PP.
Leader, Terry Korolyk, 254-1878.
Sat Oct 21, 9am: Birding Bowmont Park. Meet Maranatha Church, 2111-52 St NW
(N end Home Rd). Leader, Horst Grothman, 286-3048.
Sun Oct 22, 9am: Birding N Glenmore Park & Reservoir. Meet Weaselhead
parking lot, 37th St & 66th Av SW. Leader, Rob Worona, 270-0674.
Wed Oct 25, 9:15am: Birding Glenmore Reservoir. Meet W parking lot of
Sailing Club, N of 90 Av at 24 St SW. Leader, Ray Woods, 241-6007.
Sat Oct 28, 9am: Birding Glenmore Reservoir & S Glenmore Park. Meet W
parking lot of Sailing Club, N of 90 Av at 24 St SW. Leader, Eric Tull,
295-0830.
Sun Oct 29, 9am: Birding Shannon Terrace FCPP. West end of FCPP, off 37 St &
130 Av SW. Leader, Hank Vanderpol, 246-4532.
Inglewood Bird Sanctuary is a City of Calgary Natural Environment Park.
Staff offer information, courses and field trips relating to natural
history. For information, call (403) 221-4500.
Calgary Field Naturalists' Society (Nature Calgary) 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 cfns@cfns.fanweb.ca or visit the website at www.naturecalgary.com
News, available on the website. "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.