RBA
* Alberta (Canada)
* Calgary, AB
* Dec 18, 2006
* ABCA0612.18
- Birds mentioned
Pacific Loon
Wood Duck
Long-tailed Duck
Barrow's Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Gull sp.
Snowy Owl
Horned Lark
White-throated Sparrow
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
House FInch
Transcript
Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society (Nature Calgary)
Bird Alert
Number: (403) 221-4519
To Report: (403) 221-4519
Coverage: Southern Alberta
Compiler: Terry Korolyk (CFNS & IBS)
Transcriber: Pat Mitchell (deemit@telus.net)
Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded on
Monday, Dec 18, at 11:30 am. 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 311 if calling locally during office
hours and ask for Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, or dial 403-268-2489 if calling from
outside the city.
If you wish to report an injured bird or animal, please call Calgary Wildlife
Rehabilitation at 239-2488 or the Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation at
946-2361.
A PACIFIC LOON, first seen on Dec 12, continues on the Bow River in SE Calgary, and
was recorded on the Calgary Christmas Bird Count (CCBC) on Dec 17 when it was seen
at Beaverdam Flats near the Calf Robe Bridge. This is only the second record of this
species on the CCBC with the previous sighting on the 1993 count.
Other highlights of the CCBC to this am include a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW in SE
Calgary, and 3 LONG-TAILED DUCKS on the Bow River in the Carburn Park-Beaverdam
Flats area. Records were broken for WOOD DUCKS 22, (14), BUFFLEHEAD 273, (245),
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE 20, (18) and SHARP-SHINNED HAWK 8, (6). A SNOWY OWL was near the
Deerfoot Trail/Southland Drive junction and an unidentifed GULL was seen along the
river south of the Glenmore Trail Bridge.
The Banff-Canmore CBC held on Dec 16 recorded 2 LONG-TAILED DUCKS on open water off
the dam at Lake Minnewanka.
Greg Wagner reported 3 LAPLAND LONGSPURS in a mixed flock of HORNED LARKS and 6 SNOW
BUNTINGS seen earlier this week on the N/S road along the east flank of Frank Lake
which is east of High River on Hwy 23, 6 km east of Hwy2. On Dec 16 Greg observed 2
NORTHEN HARRIERS at Frank Lake.
Joan and Malcolm MacDonald reported the RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD, first seen Nov 29, is
still in Exshaw and was seen Dec 17 along the back lane to Barrier Mountain Drive.
Terry Korolyk observed flocks of HOUSE FINCHES totalling 60 birds in Lake Placid
Hill just west of Acadia Drive in SE Calgary on Dec 15.
The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is on Thursday, Dec 21.
Please see the next issue for bird counts and CFNS Field Trips.
Pat Mitchell
deemit@telus.net
* Alberta (Canada)
* Calgary, AB
* Dec 18, 2006
* ABCA0612.18
- Birds mentioned
Pacific Loon
Wood Duck
Long-tailed Duck
Barrow's Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Gull sp.
Snowy Owl
Horned Lark
White-throated Sparrow
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
House FInch
Transcript
Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society (Nature Calgary)
Bird Alert
Number: (403) 221-4519
To Report: (403) 221-4519
Coverage: Southern Alberta
Compiler: Terry Korolyk (CFNS & IBS)
Transcriber: Pat Mitchell (deemit@telus.net)
Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was recorded on
Monday, Dec 18, at 11:30 am. 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 311 if calling locally during office
hours and ask for Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, or dial 403-268-2489 if calling from
outside the city.
If you wish to report an injured bird or animal, please call Calgary Wildlife
Rehabilitation at 239-2488 or the Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation at
946-2361.
A PACIFIC LOON, first seen on Dec 12, continues on the Bow River in SE Calgary, and
was recorded on the Calgary Christmas Bird Count (CCBC) on Dec 17 when it was seen
at Beaverdam Flats near the Calf Robe Bridge. This is only the second record of this
species on the CCBC with the previous sighting on the 1993 count.
Other highlights of the CCBC to this am include a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW in SE
Calgary, and 3 LONG-TAILED DUCKS on the Bow River in the Carburn Park-Beaverdam
Flats area. Records were broken for WOOD DUCKS 22, (14), BUFFLEHEAD 273, (245),
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE 20, (18) and SHARP-SHINNED HAWK 8, (6). A SNOWY OWL was near the
Deerfoot Trail/Southland Drive junction and an unidentifed GULL was seen along the
river south of the Glenmore Trail Bridge.
The Banff-Canmore CBC held on Dec 16 recorded 2 LONG-TAILED DUCKS on open water off
the dam at Lake Minnewanka.
Greg Wagner reported 3 LAPLAND LONGSPURS in a mixed flock of HORNED LARKS and 6 SNOW
BUNTINGS seen earlier this week on the N/S road along the east flank of Frank Lake
which is east of High River on Hwy 23, 6 km east of Hwy2. On Dec 16 Greg observed 2
NORTHEN HARRIERS at Frank Lake.
Joan and Malcolm MacDonald reported the RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD, first seen Nov 29, is
still in Exshaw and was seen Dec 17 along the back lane to Barrier Mountain Drive.
Terry Korolyk observed flocks of HOUSE FINCHES totalling 60 birds in Lake Placid
Hill just west of Acadia Drive in SE Calgary on Dec 15.
The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is on Thursday, Dec 21.
Please see the next issue for bird counts and CFNS Field Trips.
Pat Mitchell
deemit@telus.net