I observed this drake on the Bow River in Calgary and was told it is a Redhead/Scaup hybrid. I am seeking confirmation/opinions on the ID. Randy Kimura Calgary

It’s terribly late, but Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Today I found three California Gulls at Frank Lake. There was a Bald Eagle that was probably trying to grab one of the dozen or so Common Goldeneyes. T

Today I made a loop from Lethbridge to Magrath, then south on Hwy. 62 to Del Bonita, then east along Hwy 501 to Milk River, north on Hwy. 4 and then cut across on Hwy. 506 to the Milk River Ridge Rese

Since March 1 observers have been out at Hay Meadows in Kananaskis counting migrating Golden Eagles and anything else that flies past. This is the 31st spring of the count! At the moment we're a bit b

Gus Yaki Elbow River Bird Count - Wednesday, 01 March 2023 - 08:05 to 12:20, -13C to -5C, overcast and snowing to clear and calm. Jim St. Laurent, Robin McLeod and Ron Ostrander walked the route from

Good morning all! Yesterday, Ken Orich and I drove down to the Milk River Ridge Reservoir south of Raymond in hopes of finding early spring migrants. The Ridge Reservoir is consistently among the firs

Hi Ken abd David, I look forward every year to news of this first venture - thanks so much for not disappointing me - in a couple of weeks I might even take shake my stumps and take a drive and check

David's post about early spring migration reminded me that I haven't posted the results of the winter counts. Here goes. Provincial-wide we had 134 species, which is 6 species less than the average of

Birds & Beers this Friday will feature a presentation by Gordon Sick on Birds of Ecuador's Andrean Cloud Forest. We meet at six pm at the Horton Road Legion, 9202 Horton Road SW. "This presentation in

There has been some interest expressed in seeing Snowy Owls in the Calgary area. This clip may be of interest. It is from a review of the book "A World on the Wing" (2021) by Scott Weidensaul. The rev

Gus Yaki Elbow River Bird Count - Monday, 01 February 2023 Ron Ostrander was away this month, but here is the eBird list for the February count, from Jim St. Laurent. Number of Checklists: 5 Number of

Hello Alberta Bird Counters! We are pleased to announce that the 2023 Brooks and Writing-on-Stone Bird Counts will take place on the following dates: · Brooks-Lake Newell Bird Count: Sat. May 20 and S

I am very curious as to folks' approach to birding owls. I fell into birding a few years ago, and enjoy it tremendously. I also have very young kiddos, and if they are sleeping...well, so am I! I have

This topic is something I had been thinking of writing about for a while, but it had slipped my mind. David Scott's tongue-in-cheek reference to bird feeding wars reminded me of this topic. The intent

Good morning all, This is the kind of unpopular question that could get one stoned by avid listers, but I’m going to raise it anyway, as it could generate some interesting discussion, and as far as I

Hi Howard, David, et all We are listening in Edmonton and enjoy any and all posts. Gerry Fox Edmonton --------------------------------------------------------- On 2023-02-04 7:56 p.m., Howard Heffler

I suggest there is another benefit to David’s post earlier today: It has re-awakened discussions on Albertabird. I admit that I am one of the many people who just don’t seem to post much here now-a-da

The next Birds & Beers event in Calgary will be on Friday February 10 starting at 6 pm. After 7 pm there will be a presntation by Bob and Dianne Leonhardt. Here are the details: In 2017 a group of us

Contrary to expectations, the Bow Valley winter list is doing reasonably well this year, just two species below the average of the previous four winters. At least, since we finally added White-tailed

Here we are, nearly at the end of January, so it's long past time for an update of the Calgary winter list, which you can find here: https://albertawinterbirds.org/Calgary With the recent addition of