http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/ ALBERTABIRD is an unmoderated discussion list for birding in Alberta, Canada Fri, 09 May 2008 21:33:28 GMT Jocelyn Hudon http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/12519 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/12519 Folks, Not to be a spoiler BUT at its annual meeting Wednesday the Alberta Bird Record Committee concluded that the Smew that graced a slough near Mountain Fri, 09 May 2008 17:55:36 GMT Sean D. Smith http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/12518 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/12518 Dear Alberta Birders: Heard my first of season Hermit Thrush singing last night. On blustery Wednesday (May 7th) evening, Bonaparte's Gulls, Eared Grebes, a Fri, 09 May 2008 17:00:14 GMT mackaymurray77 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/12517 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/12517 Tree swallows arrived in Ponoka and area this morning. While we did have a few around I believe the main miration came in this morning. Murray Mackay Ponoka Fri, 09 May 2008 15:37:56 GMT Willi Braun http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/12516 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/12516 I happened to be in Chicago when Douglas Faulder first reported the long-tail on Beaumaris Lk. I went out on Tuesday to look for it. I met John Acorn there and Fri, 09 May 2008 14:37:08 GMT Douglas Faulder http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/12515 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/12515 Took a peak this morning, and I agree with Gerald, the Long-tailed Duck seems to be gone. The only thing new on the lake was a Pied-billed Grebe and a Spotted Fri, 09 May 2008 14:03:10 GMT Gerald Romanchuk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/12514 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/12514 Thursday afternoon I went over to Beaumaris Lake to see if the Longtail Duck was still around, I met up with the gentleman who had shown Doug Faulder the video Thu, 08 May 2008 23:31:51 GMT Curtis Manly http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/12513 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/12513 I got a call from Michelle today shortly after I saw an Orange-crowned Warbler, a flock of Sandhills, and an Eastern Phoebe at EL Smith water treatment plant. Thu, 08 May 2008 22:42:46 GMT naturalistbob60 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/12512 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/12512 I am enjoying all the reports coming in, especially Lloyd and his Whimbrels. I will be in Rolling Hills on monday so watch out Lloyd!! I think this coldish Thu, 08 May 2008 21:02:14 GMT jean_dunn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/12511 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/12511 The Spitzers joined the Zwicks, Al Kimberly and myself for a morning of birding yesterday at Wyndham-Carseland P.P. We had a good day for raptors and saw Bald Thu, 08 May 2008 16:44:19 GMT direcway65 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/12510 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/12510 Hello all: We had a surprise in our yard this morning. Among the White-crowns there was a Harris's Sparrow. A handsome sparrow to be sure, and a lifer for Thu, 08 May 2008 15:17:14 GMT mackaymurray77 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/12509 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/12509 I am posting an image of a Tundra Swan that I took north of Ponoka. Certainly the bird has something on his breast. At first I thought it was only mud but many Thu, 08 May 2008 12:24:33 GMT Susan Flewelling http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/12508 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/12508 ... I had heard on (I think it was CTV news) of the bodies of several cranes being found at another toxic dump in the northern part of the province. Susan Thu, 08 May 2008 07:57:27 GMT Dwight Knapik http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/12507 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/12507 Hello: I took a walk at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, with John Riddell and John Cooper, on the morning of May 6, and we saw much the same list of birds as Tim Thu, 08 May 2008 05:47:40 GMT Eric Tull http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/12506 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/12506 I just gave a workshop on Birding the Grasslands to the Nature Calgary Bird Study Group. It consisted of pictures, sound recordings, videos, and location Thu, 08 May 2008 05:09:10 GMT nancywest.8668 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/12505 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/12505 I observed the Smew again tonight around 8:00pm in the far east part of the slough as described previously on Rge Rd 280, as the people from Lethbridge noted a