- RBA
* Alberta (Canada)
* Calgary, AB
* Sept 28, 2006
* ABCA0609.28
- Birds mentioned
Snow Goose
Osprey
Prairie Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Sandhill Crane
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Short-eared Owl
Townsend's Solitaire
Hermit Thrush
Palm Warbler
American Tree Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
- Transcript
Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society's (Nature
Calgary) Bird Alert
Number: (403) 221-4519
To Report: (403) 221-4519
Coverage: Southern Alberta
Compiler: Terry Korolyk
Transcriber: Chris Havard (ckhavard@shaw.ca)
A SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER was reported at Langdon Reservoir over the weekend.
Reid Barclay reported one bird there on Saturday, September 23, but the bird
was not there on Sunday, September 24 when Reid revisited the location. The
species has been recorded regularly at the Reservoir in the fall of recent
years. Other shorebirds observed there by Reid over the weekend included a
plover that may have been a PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER.
Reid entered the Reservoir from the north end. Other species seen there by
Reid from Friday Sept. 22 to Sunday Sept 24 included PEREGRINE FALCON,
PRAIRIE FALCON, OSPREY, SANDHILL CRANE, SHORT-EARED OWL, AMERICAN TREE
SPARROW, and PALM WARBLER. He observed a flock of 12 SNOW GEESE and also
observed at least one SWAMP SPARROW. Langdon Reservoir is just east of Hwy
797 on Hwy 22X. The north end parking lot is at the south terminus of the
first Range Road east of the town of Langdon.
John Thompson reported a SWAMP SPARROW just west of Calgary on the days of
Sunday, Sept. 24 and Monday, Sept. 25. The bird was just north and east of
the shelter in the Constructed Wetland along Hwy 8 west of Sarcee Trail on
the evening of Sept. 24; then on the morning of Sept. 25 at Griffith Woods
in nearby Discovery Ridge, John observed a HERMIT THRUSH.
The first migrating TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE of the fall migration has been
reported. Carol and Don Coulter observed a bird in their yard in the
Southview subdivision of Calgary on the evening of Wednesday, Sept. 22.
The next scheduled update of the bird alert is on Monday, October 2.
BIRD STUDY GROUP
Bird Study Group meets the first 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.
BIRDING FIELD TRIPS
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.
Fri Oct 13, 7pm: Star Night. Meet at Shouldice Arena, 1505 Home Rd NW, S of
TCH. Call leader, John McFaul, 289-9517, between 5:30-6pm, to confirm trip
is still on.
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. CFNS publishes a monthly newsletter, CFNS 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 28, 2006
* ABCA0609.28
- Birds mentioned
Snow Goose
Osprey
Prairie Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Sandhill Crane
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Short-eared Owl
Townsend's Solitaire
Hermit Thrush
Palm Warbler
American Tree Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
- Transcript
Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society's (Nature
Calgary) Bird Alert
Number: (403) 221-4519
To Report: (403) 221-4519
Coverage: Southern Alberta
Compiler: Terry Korolyk
Transcriber: Chris Havard (ckhavard@shaw.ca)
A SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER was reported at Langdon Reservoir over the weekend.
Reid Barclay reported one bird there on Saturday, September 23, but the bird
was not there on Sunday, September 24 when Reid revisited the location. The
species has been recorded regularly at the Reservoir in the fall of recent
years. Other shorebirds observed there by Reid over the weekend included a
plover that may have been a PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER.
Reid entered the Reservoir from the north end. Other species seen there by
Reid from Friday Sept. 22 to Sunday Sept 24 included PEREGRINE FALCON,
PRAIRIE FALCON, OSPREY, SANDHILL CRANE, SHORT-EARED OWL, AMERICAN TREE
SPARROW, and PALM WARBLER. He observed a flock of 12 SNOW GEESE and also
observed at least one SWAMP SPARROW. Langdon Reservoir is just east of Hwy
797 on Hwy 22X. The north end parking lot is at the south terminus of the
first Range Road east of the town of Langdon.
John Thompson reported a SWAMP SPARROW just west of Calgary on the days of
Sunday, Sept. 24 and Monday, Sept. 25. The bird was just north and east of
the shelter in the Constructed Wetland along Hwy 8 west of Sarcee Trail on
the evening of Sept. 24; then on the morning of Sept. 25 at Griffith Woods
in nearby Discovery Ridge, John observed a HERMIT THRUSH.
The first migrating TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE of the fall migration has been
reported. Carol and Don Coulter observed a bird in their yard in the
Southview subdivision of Calgary on the evening of Wednesday, Sept. 22.
The next scheduled update of the bird alert is on Monday, October 2.
BIRD STUDY GROUP
Bird Study Group meets the first 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.
BIRDING FIELD TRIPS
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.
Fri Oct 13, 7pm: Star Night. Meet at Shouldice Arena, 1505 Home Rd NW, S of
TCH. Call leader, John McFaul, 289-9517, between 5:30-6pm, to confirm trip
is still on.
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. CFNS publishes a monthly newsletter, CFNS 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.