RBA: Calgary AB, November 9, 2009

[lenora & dick flynn]

-RBA
* Alberta (Canada)
* Calgary, AB
* Nov 9, 2009
* ABCA0911.09


-Birds mentioned

Pacific Loon
Bonaparte's Gull
Mew Gull
Thayer's Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Northern Pygmy-Owl
Northern Shrike
Bohemian Waxwing

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 9 at 10:05 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 8

--LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (1 adult) - sitting on a frozen pond on the south side of Lafarge Meadows located south of the Hwy 22X bridge in SE Fish Creek PP in Calgary seen by Tony Timmons and Nature Calgary field trip group.
--BONAPARTE'S GULL (1) - in the NW corner of Frank Lake located 6 km E of High River on Hwy 23 reported by Wilf Sheurig (?).
--NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL (1) - reported by Pat Diehl on her property in Priddis Green Estates, 10 km west of Priddis located south of Calgary on both Nov 7 and 8.
--BOHEMIAN WAXWING - reported by several observers in the Fish Creek area over the weekend and previous few days.

SIGHTINGS FOR NOVEMBER 7

--ICELAND GULL (1 adult winter plumaged Kumlien's) - at the Browning Ferris Landfill on 194 Ave SE in Calgary seen by Terry Korolyk.  The Gull swam and rested on the pond just west of the BFI gate and had dark eyes, very small dark grey tips to the outer 3 primaries and a small amount of dark grey on some of the primary spines.
--THAYER'S GULL (1 adult & 2 first year) - at the above location by TK.
--PACIFIC LOON (2) - 1 reported by Bill Wilson in the bay west of Heritage Park on the Glenmore Reservoir in SW Calgary and 1 breeding plumage bird reported by Ron Hoetmer on the Bow River at Exshaw west of Calgary late last week.
--NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL (1) - at Bebo Grove in SW Fish Creek PP in Calgary by Gus Yaki and FFCPP field trip.
--NORTHERN GOSHAWK (1) - as above by GY.

SIGHTINGS FOR NOVEMBER 6

--MEW GULL (1 adult) - on the Bow River at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary in SE Calgary reported by Bob Storms.
--NORTHERN SHRIKE (1) - on 146 Ave SW between 53 & 37 St SW Calgary by Shonna McLeod.

The next scheduled update of the Bird Alert is Thursday, November 12.

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
   
    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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