- RBA
* Alberta (Canada)
* Calgary, AB
* August 6, 2005
* ABCA0508.06
- Birds mentioned
Peregrine Falcon
Virginia Rail
Northern Saw-whet Owl
- 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 ([log in to unmask])
Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was
recorded on Thursday August 4 at 1:30pm. 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
221-4500 during office hours.
A NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL was seen being mobbed by Black-capped Chickadees in
South Glenmore Park in Calgary on Monday August 1. The bird was seen by Jim
Davis at 6pm approximately 200 metres west of the first stormwater outfall
west of the yacht club. The bird was in shrubbery about eight feet up,
approxmately 20 feet off the path. The stormwater outfall is marked G21.
There have been no further reports of the VIRGINIA RAIL reported in the
Springbank area on Sunday July 31. Ted Bodnar listened to the bird calling
from a grassy depression approximately a half km south of Twp Road 251A on
the east side of Range Road 32 (north of Hwy 1). Several birders visited the
site early Monday August 1 but were unsuccessful in refinding the bird. For
more information on this report call Ted Bodnar at 247-9696.
PEREGRINE FALCONS may be nesting in the Raven Rocks area of west Fish Creek
PP. Al MacKeigan observed two Peregrines, one of which was in a dispute with
a Red-Tail Hawk, in an area of steep cliffs along the creek part of Bebo
Grove on Monday August 1. Raven Rocks is just south of the Woodbine area of
Calgary and is between Bebo Grove and Votier's Flats. Bebo Grove can be
accessed off 24 Street SW and Votier's Flats are at the southern terminus of
Elbow Drive.
Observers are gently reminded to supply as much information as possible
about your sightings. Information required includes day/date, time,
location, observer's name and phone number. Please be as specific as
possible in describing sighting location, using road and route numbers,
distances from prominent landmarks etc.
The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Monday August 8.
Thank you for calling the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. Leave your
bird sightings after the beep, or call 221-4500 if you have any inquiries
about our local wildlife. If you wish to report an injured bird or animal
please call Calgary Wildlife Rehab at 239-2488.
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 September 7. Three Calgary birders
will show-and-tell about their recent international birding adventures: Ken
Havard visited Queensland Australia with a group of Calgary birders, and
Brooke Clibbon and Eric Tull will discuss their Thailand experience.
BIRD FIELD TRIPS
Sun Aug 7, 8am: Birding Bebo Grove, FCPP. S end of 24 St SW. Leader Al
Borgardt, 281-4306.
Tue Aug 9, 6:30pm: Evening Bird Walk, Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. E end
of 9 Av SE. Leader Mike Mulligan, 232-1013.
Tue Aug 9, 7pm: Nature Walk in Confluence Park. Meet parking lot at
Beddington Tr & Beddington Blvd NE. Leader John McFaul, 289-9517.
Sat Aug 13, 9am: Birds/Plants, Griffith Woods Park. 2.5km W on Hwy 8
from Sarcee Tr, then left at 69 St SW into Discovery Ridge. Continue
straight at traffic circle, then 1st left into parking lot. Leader Aileen
Pelzer, 243-2248.
Sun Aug 14, 7:15am: Birding Frank Lake. All day. Meet Anderson LRT,
(Macleod Tr) S of pedestrian overpass for car pooling. Leader Ian Halladay,
282-1420.
Mon Aug 15, 7am: Monthly Birding Survey, Carburn Park. S from Glenmore
Tr. at 18 St SE to second stoplight, then right & follow signs. Leader
Bernard Goulet, 279-0491.
Tue Aug 16, 6:30pm: Confluence Park for Black-crowned Night-Herons,
etc. Meet parking lot at Beddington Tr and Beddington Blvd NE. Leader M.
Coughlin, 275-9651.
Thu Aug 18, 8am: Autumn Birds, Beaverdam Flats Park. Meet S parking
lot (Lynnview Rd & 62 Av SE). N from Glenmore Tr at 18 St SE, then follow
left. Leader John Cartwright, 265-2980.
Sat Aug 20, 8am: Migrating Warblers, etc. Meet parking lot, Hull's
Woods, FCPP, S end of Bow Bottom Tr SE. Leaders Dick/Lenore Flynn, 271-1269.
Sun Aug 21, 8am: Birding Wyndham/Carseland Prov. Park. Meet Anderson
LRT, (Macleod Tr) S of pedestrian overpass for car pooling. Leader Jan
Roseneder, 286-5920.
Tue Aug 23, 6:30pm: Birding Mallard Point FCPP. Meet parking lot E end
of Canyon Meadows Dr. Leader Jim Washbrook, 271- 0923.
Sat Aug 27, 9am: Birding Weaselhead. Meet parking lot, 37 St & 66 Av
SW. Leader Bruce Barnetson, 246-1329.
* * * * *
* * * *
Inglewood Bird Sanctuary is a City of Calgary natural area. Staff offer
information, courses and field trips relating to natural history. For
information call (403) 221-4500.
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 [log in to unmask] or visit the
website at www.cfns.fanweb.ca.
- End transcript
* Alberta (Canada)
* Calgary, AB
* August 6, 2005
* ABCA0508.06
- Birds mentioned
Peregrine Falcon
Virginia Rail
Northern Saw-whet Owl
- 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 ([log in to unmask])
Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was
recorded on Thursday August 4 at 1:30pm. 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
221-4500 during office hours.
A NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL was seen being mobbed by Black-capped Chickadees in
South Glenmore Park in Calgary on Monday August 1. The bird was seen by Jim
Davis at 6pm approximately 200 metres west of the first stormwater outfall
west of the yacht club. The bird was in shrubbery about eight feet up,
approxmately 20 feet off the path. The stormwater outfall is marked G21.
There have been no further reports of the VIRGINIA RAIL reported in the
Springbank area on Sunday July 31. Ted Bodnar listened to the bird calling
from a grassy depression approximately a half km south of Twp Road 251A on
the east side of Range Road 32 (north of Hwy 1). Several birders visited the
site early Monday August 1 but were unsuccessful in refinding the bird. For
more information on this report call Ted Bodnar at 247-9696.
PEREGRINE FALCONS may be nesting in the Raven Rocks area of west Fish Creek
PP. Al MacKeigan observed two Peregrines, one of which was in a dispute with
a Red-Tail Hawk, in an area of steep cliffs along the creek part of Bebo
Grove on Monday August 1. Raven Rocks is just south of the Woodbine area of
Calgary and is between Bebo Grove and Votier's Flats. Bebo Grove can be
accessed off 24 Street SW and Votier's Flats are at the southern terminus of
Elbow Drive.
Observers are gently reminded to supply as much information as possible
about your sightings. Information required includes day/date, time,
location, observer's name and phone number. Please be as specific as
possible in describing sighting location, using road and route numbers,
distances from prominent landmarks etc.
The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Monday August 8.
Thank you for calling the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. Leave your
bird sightings after the beep, or call 221-4500 if you have any inquiries
about our local wildlife. If you wish to report an injured bird or animal
please call Calgary Wildlife Rehab at 239-2488.
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 September 7. Three Calgary birders
will show-and-tell about their recent international birding adventures: Ken
Havard visited Queensland Australia with a group of Calgary birders, and
Brooke Clibbon and Eric Tull will discuss their Thailand experience.
BIRD FIELD TRIPS
Sun Aug 7, 8am: Birding Bebo Grove, FCPP. S end of 24 St SW. Leader Al
Borgardt, 281-4306.
Tue Aug 9, 6:30pm: Evening Bird Walk, Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. E end
of 9 Av SE. Leader Mike Mulligan, 232-1013.
Tue Aug 9, 7pm: Nature Walk in Confluence Park. Meet parking lot at
Beddington Tr & Beddington Blvd NE. Leader John McFaul, 289-9517.
Sat Aug 13, 9am: Birds/Plants, Griffith Woods Park. 2.5km W on Hwy 8
from Sarcee Tr, then left at 69 St SW into Discovery Ridge. Continue
straight at traffic circle, then 1st left into parking lot. Leader Aileen
Pelzer, 243-2248.
Sun Aug 14, 7:15am: Birding Frank Lake. All day. Meet Anderson LRT,
(Macleod Tr) S of pedestrian overpass for car pooling. Leader Ian Halladay,
282-1420.
Mon Aug 15, 7am: Monthly Birding Survey, Carburn Park. S from Glenmore
Tr. at 18 St SE to second stoplight, then right & follow signs. Leader
Bernard Goulet, 279-0491.
Tue Aug 16, 6:30pm: Confluence Park for Black-crowned Night-Herons,
etc. Meet parking lot at Beddington Tr and Beddington Blvd NE. Leader M.
Coughlin, 275-9651.
Thu Aug 18, 8am: Autumn Birds, Beaverdam Flats Park. Meet S parking
lot (Lynnview Rd & 62 Av SE). N from Glenmore Tr at 18 St SE, then follow
left. Leader John Cartwright, 265-2980.
Sat Aug 20, 8am: Migrating Warblers, etc. Meet parking lot, Hull's
Woods, FCPP, S end of Bow Bottom Tr SE. Leaders Dick/Lenore Flynn, 271-1269.
Sun Aug 21, 8am: Birding Wyndham/Carseland Prov. Park. Meet Anderson
LRT, (Macleod Tr) S of pedestrian overpass for car pooling. Leader Jan
Roseneder, 286-5920.
Tue Aug 23, 6:30pm: Birding Mallard Point FCPP. Meet parking lot E end
of Canyon Meadows Dr. Leader Jim Washbrook, 271- 0923.
Sat Aug 27, 9am: Birding Weaselhead. Meet parking lot, 37 St & 66 Av
SW. Leader Bruce Barnetson, 246-1329.
* * * * *
* * * *
Inglewood Bird Sanctuary is a City of Calgary natural area. Staff offer
information, courses and field trips relating to natural history. For
information call (403) 221-4500.
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 [log in to unmask] or visit the
website at www.cfns.fanweb.ca.
- End transcript