RBA: Calgary AB, November 5, 2009

[lenora & dick flynn]

-RBA
* Alberta (Canada)
* Calgary, AB
* Nov 5, 2009
* ABCA0911.05


-Birds mentioned

Great Blue Heron
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Greater Yellowlegs
Thayer's Gull
Iceland Gull

Transcript

Hotline: City of Calgary and Nature Calgary's (CFNS) Bird Alert
Number: 403 221-4519
To Report: 403 221-4519
Coverage: Southern Alberta
Compiler: Terry Korolyk (Nature Calgary & IBS)
Transcriber: Lenora Flynn (lendic@...)

Welcome to the City of Calgary and Nature Calgary's (CFNS) Bird Alert.  This Bird Alert was recorded on Thursday, Nov 5 at 9:50 a.m.  To report a bird sighting, leave a message after the beep at the end of the recording.  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 office hours please call 311 to speak with a Customer Service Agent.  To report injured wildlife please call Calgary Wildlife Rehabilitation Society at 403 239-2488, or the Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation at 403 946-2361

SIGHTINGS FOR NOVEMBER 4

--ICELAND GULL (1 first winter) - near the Browning -Ferris Landfill on 194 Ave SE in Calgary.  The bird was seen by Terry Korolyk resting amongst other gulls on a large frozen pond east of the Inland Cement Plant which is at the east end of 194 Ave SE, east of the landfill and about 1 km east of Hwy 2.
--THAYER'S GULL (1 first year) - at the pond by the gate into the Browning Ferris Landfill by TK.

SIGHTINGS FOR NOVEMBER 2

--THAYER'S GULL (1 first year) - on the pond east of the Cement Plant at the east end of 194 Ave SE in Calgary by TK.
--COOPER'S HAWK (1) - in the Millrise subdivision in SW Calgary by TK.

SIGHTINGS FOR NOVEMBER 1

--GREATER YELLOWLEGS (1) - at the slough at the junction of Hwy 540 & 22 west of the Bar U Ranch south of Longview by TK.
--GREAT BLUE HERON (1) - at the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary in SE Calgary reported by Marnie Latour.
--SHARP-SHINNED HAWK (1) - along the Elbow River reported by GusYaki and Nature Calgary field trip.

The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Monday, November 9.

BIRD STUDY GROUP - Meet September - May, 7:30 PM on the 1st Wednesday of the month, Room 211, BioSciences Bldg, University of Calgary.  The next meeting is Wednesday, December 2, with a talk by Sandy Ayer on Birding Adventures in the Congo.  Doors open at 7:00 PM.

***2010 CALGARY BIG-YEAR BIRDING COMPETITION***

Join us in 2010 in our Calgary wide birding competition!  It's free and open to all.  There will be prizes, fun events, field trips and get-togethers throughout the year.  Sign up now to be kept up-to-date with news about the competition and to be informed of events in which you can participate.  For more information and to register see http://birdcomp.fanweb.ca/2010/ and watch the web and Nature News for updates.

NATURE CALGARY (CFNS) BIRDING FIELD TRIPS
   
    Sat Nov 7, to see tens of thousands of Snow Geese that gather in the area SE of Lethbridge.  The trip will be in conjunction with the field trip led
    by Lethbridge Naturalist's Society and will start at 9:30am at the Fairway Safeway (just south of Hwy 4) in Lethbridge or at 10:00am at the
    viewing blind on the north side of Stirling Lake.  Contact Eric Tull 403-295-0830 re carpooling if interested in going.
Sun Nov 8, 9am: Bird the Bow River. Meet FCPP HQ parking lot, off Bow Bottom Trail SE. Leader, Tony Timmons, 403-256-0754.

Sun Nov 15, 9am: Bird Bebo Grove-Shannon Terrace, FCPP. Meet parking lot S end of 24 St SW. Leader, Gus Yaki, 403-243-2248.

Sun Nov 22, 9am: Bird Votier's Flats, FCPP, S end of Elbow Dr SW. Leader, Grant Brydle, 403-720-4957.

Sun Nov 29, 8:30am; Bird Sibbald/Exshaw/Harvie Heights. Meet Assumption School, 34th Av NW (NW corner of Sarcee Tr at Hwy #1). Bring lunch. Leader, Andrew Hart, 403-279-5209.

December

Tues Dec 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, 403-243-2248 to ensure vechicle space for return.



Inglewood Bird Sanctuary is a City of Calgary natural area.  Staff offer information, courses and field trips relating to natural history.


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.  Nature Calgary publishes a monthly newsletter.  For membership or event information email naturecalgary@... 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.

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