Calgary RBA
May 5, 2008
Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 20:44:24 -0600
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- RBA
* Alberta (Canada)
* Calgary, AB
* May 5, 2008
* ABCA0805.08
- Birds mentioned
SMEW **
Turkey Vulture
Broad-winged Hawk
Hudsonian Godwit
Great Gray Owl
Red-naped Sapsucker
Pileated Woodpecker
Loggerhead Shrike
Varied Thrush
Western Tanager
Harris's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Baltimore Oriole
- Transcript
Hotline: City of Calgary and Nature Calgary's Bird Alert
Number: (403) 221-4519
To Report: (403) 221-4519
Coverage: Southern Alberta
Compiler: Terry Korolyk
Transcriber: Chris Havard (ckhavard@shaw.ca)
Welcome to the City of Calgary and Nature Calgary's Bird Alert. This Bird
Alert was recorded on Monday May 5 at 2:30pm. To report a bird sighting,
leave a message after the beep at the end of 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, please dial 0 after reaching
the Bird Alert.
For inquiries after hours, call 311 to speak with a Customer Service Agent.
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.
The adult male SMEW, first reported on Mar 21 and 22, was sighted on Apr 29
on a slough about 1 km north of Hwy 5 just west of Mountain View. It was
sighted by Nancy West. It has not been reported since.
On May 5, Brian Elder saw a BROAD-WINGED HAWK at the west end of the
Winchell Lake Rd NW of Cochrane. He also saw a GREAT GRAY OWL on the Grand
Valley Road near the Bates Road turnoff.
On May 5, Eric Tull located a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE on RR 252 just north of Twp
270, east of Irricana.
On May 5, Al Bogart saw 2 PILEATED WOODPECKERS and a RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER in
Votier Flats of Fish Creek PP.
On May 5, Pat Bumstead had a male HARRIS' SPARROW and 4 WHITE-CROWNED
SPARROWS in her backyard in Lynbrook, Calgary.
On the weekend of May 3-4, Al MacKeigan saw 2 BALTIMORE ORIOLES and a
WESTERN TANAGER at Johnson Island, Carseland/Wyndham Prov. Park.
May 2, Mary Couglin and Kathleen Roman saw 4 HUDSONIAN GODWITS at
Cattleman's Slough.
May 2, Dave Elphinstone saw a TURKEY VULTURE flying over the Strathcona
Community in Calgary.
May 2, Dwight Knapik spotted VARIED THRUSHES on the Curly Sand Trail west of
Millarville.
May 2, Hank Vanderpol saw a good variety of shorebirds on a slough 1 km west
of Bruce Lake on Twp Rd 262, including a variety of peeps and 3 HUDSONIAN
GODWITS.
The next scheduled update of the bird alert is on Thursday, May 8th.
BIRD STUDY GROUP - Meets the first Wednesday of the month, September - May
at 7:30pm, Room 211, Biosciences Bldg, University of Calgary. The next
meeting will be on Wed. May 7. Doors open at 7:00pm.
Program: Eric Tull presenting "BIRDING THE GRASSLANDS"
NATURE CALGARY (CFNS) FIELD TRIPS
Tue May 6, 6:30pm: First of weekly Tuesday evening bird walks, Inglewood
Bird Sanctuary, E. end of 9 Av SE. Leader, Tim Allison, 604-2191.
Sat May 10, 8am: Birding Griffith Woods Park, 2.5km W on Hwy 8 from Sarcee
Tr SW, then left at 69 St SW into Discovery Ridge. Continue straight at
traffic circle, then left on Discovery Link into parking lot. Leader, Grant
Brydle, 720-4957.
Sat May 10, 7am: See hundreds of Whimbrels (over 1400 seen last year) and
other shorebirds migrating through the Taber area (Read Nature Alberta,
Spring 2007, Vol 37, #1, pp 19-230). In Calgary, meet Anderson LRT (Macleod
Tr) S of pedestrian overpass for car pooling. Call 243-2248 to register and
for more info. Four motels in Taber if wanting to stay overnight. Leader,
Lloyd Bennett, Taber, 403-223-0456. lloydaben@hotmail.com Directions to
leader's place: From Taber, go 4 miles east on Hwy #3. Turn north at the
big green Agricore building for 3.5 miles (go exactly 1/2 mile past the
second intersection). Lloyd's house is on the east side, over 200 metres
from the road. There is a round slough on the west side of the road and a
blue sign with the address - 104043, Range Road 160. Meet at his place at
10am.
Sun May 11, Mother's Day. Plan ahead. Take your mother on a nature walk.
Sun May 11, 8:30am: Birding Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, E end of 9 Av SE.
Leader, Penny Smith, 283-9260.
Tue May 13, 6:30pm: Birding Carburn Park. S from Glenmore Tr at 18 St SE to
second stoplight, then right & follow signs. Meet parking lot. Leader,
Andrew Hart, 279-5209.
Sat May 17, 9am: Bird Bowmont Park. Meet Maranatha Church, 2111 52 St NW. (N
end Home Rd). Leader, Horst Grothman, 286-3048.
Sat May 17: Participate in the Brooks May Species Count, May 17, and/or on
Eric Tull's May 18 Grassland trip, and/or his May 19 Badland trip, or any
combination (see below). Make it a day or weekend trip. Camping available at
Tillebrook Provincial Park (403-362-4525), motels in Brooks.
Sun May 18, 9am: Grassland birding, Kininvie Marsh & surrounding area. Meet
Tillebrook Provincial Park entrance (east of Brooks). Full day but may leave
any time. Please notify Leader, Eric Tull, 295-0830 (Calgary) or Cell
922-3227, in advance, to arrange possible car pooling & to not leave without
you. (Leave message on both phones to ensure it gets through).
Mon May 19: (Victoria Day). Badland birding, Dinosaur Prov. Park. Meet
Tillebrook Prov. Park entrance at 8am, or at overlook parking at Dinosaur
Park entrance at 9am. Leave for Calgary mid-afternoon. Please notify Leader,
Eric Tull, 295-0830 (Calgary) or Cell 922-3227 in advance, to arrange
possible car pooling & to not leave without you. (Leave message on both
phones to ensure it gets through).
Mon May 19, 7am: Victoria Day. See 100+ species of birds within Calgary.
Meet Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, E end of 9th Av SE. Leader, Tony Timmons,
256-0754
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, 8 times per year,
available to members by email and on the website.
- End transcript
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