Calgary RBA
March 17, 2008
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- RBA
* Alberta (Canada)
* Calgary, AB
* March 17, 2008
* ABCA0803.17
- Birds mentioned
Snow Goose
Green-winged Teal
Northern Pintail
Redhead
Lesser Scaup
Ferruginous Hawk
Snowy Owl
Black-backed Woodpecker
Townsend's Solitaire
Erin Go Bragh
-Transcript
Hotline: City of Calgary and Calgary Field Naturalists' Society Bird Alert
Number: (403) 221-4519
To Report: (403) 221-4519
Coverage: Southern Alberta
Compiler: Terry Korolyk
Transcriber: Mike Mulligan (potoo@shaw.ca)
Welcome to the City of Calgary and CFNS Bird Alert. This Bird Alert was
recorded on Monday March 17 at 10:15am. To report a bird sighting, call
221-4519 and leave a message after the recording. To bypass the recorded
message, press the pound key on your touch tone phone. To speak to a
naturalist, phone 311 during office hours and ask for the Inglewood Bird
Sanctuary.
A female BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was spotted by Gus Yaki on March 13 in
Shannon Terrace, Fish Creek PP, Calgary. On the same day Pat Mitchell found
a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE in her yard in Calgary's Valley Ridge community. Del
Huget counted 45 SNOW GEESE at Stirling Lake SE of Lethbridge on March 16.
Terry Korolyk reported the following:
LESSER SCAUP (3) -- Elliston Park, Calgary, March 15
REDHEAD (2) -- same
NORTHERN PINTAIL (230) -- slough at intersection of Hwy 1 and 9 east of
Calgary, March 15
GREEN-WINGED TEAL (7) -- Pine Coulee dam west of Stavely, March 16
FERRUGINOUS HAWK -- west of Clear Lake, Stavely, March 16
SNOWY OWL (2) -- Rge Rd 270 east of Keoma, March 15.
The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is on Thursday March 20.
BIRD STUDY GROUP - Meets the first Wednesday of the month, September - May
at 7:30 pm, Room 211, BioSciences Building, University of Calgary. The next
meeting will be on Wednesday April 2. Doors open at 7:00pm.
Program: Jason Rogers, Birds and Birding in Banff and Jasper National Parks
BIRD FIELD TRIPS
All CFNS field trips are free and open to everyone.
Fri Mar 21 (Good Friday), 8:30am: Birding Votier's Flats, FCPP at South end
of Elbow Drive SW. Leader, Grant Brydle, 720-4957.
Sat Mar 22, 9am: Peak of Golden Eagle Migration, Mt. Lorette, Kananaskis
Country. Bring lunch, warm clothing. Meet Assumption School, 34th Av NW (NW
corner of Sarcee Tr, at Hwy 1). Leader, Andrew Hart, 279-5209.
Sat Mar 29, 9:30am: Birding for beginners. With no leaves & birds in
flocks, this is a good time to begin. Meet Carburn Park. S from Glenmore Tr
at 18 St SE to second stoplight, then right & follow signs. Dress warmly.
Leader, Mairi Babey, 288-2841.
Sun Mar 30, 8am: See swans, ducks in SE Sloughs, possibly Carseland. Meet
Anderson LRT, (Macleod Tr) S of pedestrian overpass. Leader, Eric Tull,
295-0830.
Tue Apr 1, 8:30am: Monthly Elbow River Birding Survey. Meet Stanley Park,
42 Av SW, just W of Macleod Tr. Walk to Glenmore Reservoir, ride back (3.5
hours). Call leaders, Aileen Pelzer/Gus Yaki, 243-2248, to ensure vehicle
space for return.
Inglewood Bird Sanctuary is a City of Calgary Natural Area. Staff offer
information, courses and field trips relating to natural history. For
information call 311 during office hours and ask for the Inglewood Bird
Sanctuary.
Nature Calgary (Calgary Field Naturalists' Society) 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 naturecalgary@cfns.fanweb.ca or visit the website at
www.naturecalgary.com. The Birding section of the website
http://birdcomp.fanweb.ca/index.html includes descriptions of birding
locales in the Calgary area. Nature Calgary also publishes a newsletter,
Nature News, available to members by email and on the website.
- End transcript
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