-RBA
* Alberta (Canada)
* Calgary, AB
* Mar 12, 2007
* ABCA0703.12
-Birds mentioned
Redhead
Wood Duck
Harlequin Duck
Peregrine Falcon
Wilson's Snipe
California Gull
Herring Gull
Snowy Owl
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER(?)
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Lapland Longspur
Red-winged Blackbird
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: Jean Moore (jmmoore@ucalgary.ca)
Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was
recorded on Monday, March 12, at 10:45 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
during office hours dial 0 after reaching the Bird Alert. For inquiries
after hours please phone 311 to speak to a customer Service Agent. To
report injured wildlife contact Calgary Wildlife Rehabilitation Society
at 239-2488 or the Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation at 946-2361.
A woodpecker that may have been a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER was reported in
northeast Calgary on the afternoon of Sunday, Mar 4. Th bird was
watched for approx 5 minutes by Evelyn Orr of 428 Maidstone Dr NE as it
moved around on the trunk of a tree in her backyard. Evelyn was struck
by the prominent black-and-white barring on the back and the wings and
also by the bird's bright reddish cap and nape. This would be Alberta's
first record of the species. For details, call Evelyn at 273-0428.
A CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEE is still being reported from the Jasper
townsite. Doug Faulder observed the bird twice on Friday, Mar 9 - just
after sunrise on the Cottonwood Slough Tr, then later at 25 Aspen St.
The bird was originally reported in the town in late November.
A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen in downtown Calgary on Thursday, Mar 8. Jim
Davis observed the bird chasing ROCK PIGEONS just before noon on 4 Ave
and 1 St SE. Jeff Bank reported an adult HERRING GULL was at the
Inglewood Bird Sanctuary on March 7 & 8. Jeff reported 125 CALIFORNIA
GULLS there on Wednesday, Mar 7, and on Sunday, Mar 11, Jeff reported 2
WOOD DUCKS and 3 HARLEQUIN DUCKS there. Greg Wagner reported 9 REDHEADS
and 40 LAPLAND LONGSPURS among other birds seen on Mar 10 at Frank Lake,
6 km east of High River on Hwy 23.
Terry Korolyk observed a WILSON'S SNIPE in a wetland on the east side of
the Millarville Racetrack on Sunday, Mar 11. Terry thinks the bird
probably overwintered as did 2 1st year male RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS he
saw in a yard on 16 St, just west of 15 St, in Nanton on Saturday, Mar
10. Also overwintering were 2 male and 1 female RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS
seen Mar 8 by Jim Davis just south of the tracks in south Exshaw. SNOWY
OWLS reported over the weekend ranged from Hwy 24 east of Calgary, to
Standard, to Beiseker, to Strathmore and to TwpRd 273 north of the
Irricana Hutterite Colony.
The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Thursday, March 15.
BIRD STUDY GROUP - Meets 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 Wednesday, April 4, topic to be announced.
BIRD FIELD TRIPS
Wed Mar 14, 9:30 am: Winter Birds at Hull's Woods, FCPP. Meet in
parking lot, off Bow Bottom Tr SE.
Leader Mary Houston - 238-3019
Fri Mar 16, 8 pm: Nocturnal Owl Prowl, Weaselhead Natural Area. Bring
flashlight. Meet parking lot, 66 Av & 37 St SW.
Leader Victor Basok - 235-2050
Sat Mar 17, 9 am: Birding Brown-Lowery Prov Park. Meet Anderson LRT
(Macleod Tr) just S of pedestrian overpass.
Leader Peter Roxburgh - 271-7033
Sat Mar 17, 9 am: Birding Shannon Terrace. W end of FCPP off 37 St SW
at 130 Ave SW.
Leader Jim St Laurent - 246-6314
Sun Mar 18, 9 am: Search for early spring migrants. Perhaps visit
Wyndham/Carseland PP, SE of city. Meet Anderson LRT (Macleod Tr) S of
pedestrian overpass.
Leader Bruce Barnetson - 246-1329
Sun Mar 18, 9:30 am: Birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, E end of 9 Av SE.
Leader Shirley Fraser - 242-0079
Wed Mar 21, 9 am: Birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, 1st day of spring.
Meet at parking lot, E end of 9 Ave SE.
Leader John Thompson - 246-0157
Sat Mar 24, 9 am: Swans, ducks in SE sloughs, possibly Carseland. Meet
Anderson LRT (Macleod Tr) S of pedestrian overpass.
Leader Tony Timmons - 256-0754
Sun Mar 25, 9 am: Peak of Golden Eagle Migration, Mt Lorette, Kananaskis
Country. Bring lunch, warm clothing. Meet Assumption School, 34 Av NW
(NW corner of Sarcee Tr, at Hwy 1).
Leader Bruce Barnetson - 246-1329
Sun Mar 25, 9 am: 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 Jim Washbrook - 271-0923 or 969-1056
Inglewood Bird Sanctuary is a City of Calgary natural area. Staff offer
information, courses and field trips relating to natural history.
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 .
-End transcript
* Alberta (Canada)
* Calgary, AB
* Mar 12, 2007
* ABCA0703.12
-Birds mentioned
Redhead
Wood Duck
Harlequin Duck
Peregrine Falcon
Wilson's Snipe
California Gull
Herring Gull
Snowy Owl
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER(?)
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Lapland Longspur
Red-winged Blackbird
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: Jean Moore (jmmoore@ucalgary.ca)
Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was
recorded on Monday, March 12, at 10:45 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
during office hours dial 0 after reaching the Bird Alert. For inquiries
after hours please phone 311 to speak to a customer Service Agent. To
report injured wildlife contact Calgary Wildlife Rehabilitation Society
at 239-2488 or the Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation at 946-2361.
A woodpecker that may have been a RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER was reported in
northeast Calgary on the afternoon of Sunday, Mar 4. Th bird was
watched for approx 5 minutes by Evelyn Orr of 428 Maidstone Dr NE as it
moved around on the trunk of a tree in her backyard. Evelyn was struck
by the prominent black-and-white barring on the back and the wings and
also by the bird's bright reddish cap and nape. This would be Alberta's
first record of the species. For details, call Evelyn at 273-0428.
A CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEE is still being reported from the Jasper
townsite. Doug Faulder observed the bird twice on Friday, Mar 9 - just
after sunrise on the Cottonwood Slough Tr, then later at 25 Aspen St.
The bird was originally reported in the town in late November.
A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen in downtown Calgary on Thursday, Mar 8. Jim
Davis observed the bird chasing ROCK PIGEONS just before noon on 4 Ave
and 1 St SE. Jeff Bank reported an adult HERRING GULL was at the
Inglewood Bird Sanctuary on March 7 & 8. Jeff reported 125 CALIFORNIA
GULLS there on Wednesday, Mar 7, and on Sunday, Mar 11, Jeff reported 2
WOOD DUCKS and 3 HARLEQUIN DUCKS there. Greg Wagner reported 9 REDHEADS
and 40 LAPLAND LONGSPURS among other birds seen on Mar 10 at Frank Lake,
6 km east of High River on Hwy 23.
Terry Korolyk observed a WILSON'S SNIPE in a wetland on the east side of
the Millarville Racetrack on Sunday, Mar 11. Terry thinks the bird
probably overwintered as did 2 1st year male RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS he
saw in a yard on 16 St, just west of 15 St, in Nanton on Saturday, Mar
10. Also overwintering were 2 male and 1 female RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS
seen Mar 8 by Jim Davis just south of the tracks in south Exshaw. SNOWY
OWLS reported over the weekend ranged from Hwy 24 east of Calgary, to
Standard, to Beiseker, to Strathmore and to TwpRd 273 north of the
Irricana Hutterite Colony.
The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Thursday, March 15.
BIRD STUDY GROUP - Meets 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 Wednesday, April 4, topic to be announced.
BIRD FIELD TRIPS
Wed Mar 14, 9:30 am: Winter Birds at Hull's Woods, FCPP. Meet in
parking lot, off Bow Bottom Tr SE.
Leader Mary Houston - 238-3019
Fri Mar 16, 8 pm: Nocturnal Owl Prowl, Weaselhead Natural Area. Bring
flashlight. Meet parking lot, 66 Av & 37 St SW.
Leader Victor Basok - 235-2050
Sat Mar 17, 9 am: Birding Brown-Lowery Prov Park. Meet Anderson LRT
(Macleod Tr) just S of pedestrian overpass.
Leader Peter Roxburgh - 271-7033
Sat Mar 17, 9 am: Birding Shannon Terrace. W end of FCPP off 37 St SW
at 130 Ave SW.
Leader Jim St Laurent - 246-6314
Sun Mar 18, 9 am: Search for early spring migrants. Perhaps visit
Wyndham/Carseland PP, SE of city. Meet Anderson LRT (Macleod Tr) S of
pedestrian overpass.
Leader Bruce Barnetson - 246-1329
Sun Mar 18, 9:30 am: Birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, E end of 9 Av SE.
Leader Shirley Fraser - 242-0079
Wed Mar 21, 9 am: Birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, 1st day of spring.
Meet at parking lot, E end of 9 Ave SE.
Leader John Thompson - 246-0157
Sat Mar 24, 9 am: Swans, ducks in SE sloughs, possibly Carseland. Meet
Anderson LRT (Macleod Tr) S of pedestrian overpass.
Leader Tony Timmons - 256-0754
Sun Mar 25, 9 am: Peak of Golden Eagle Migration, Mt Lorette, Kananaskis
Country. Bring lunch, warm clothing. Meet Assumption School, 34 Av NW
(NW corner of Sarcee Tr, at Hwy 1).
Leader Bruce Barnetson - 246-1329
Sun Mar 25, 9 am: 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 Jim Washbrook - 271-0923 or 969-1056
Inglewood Bird Sanctuary is a City of Calgary natural area. Staff offer
information, courses and field trips relating to natural history.
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 .
-End transcript