http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/ ALBERTABIRD is an unmoderated discussion list for birding in Alberta, Canada Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:29:48 GMT dlilly154 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15165 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15165 Hi Everyone, All of the photographs from 3 July 09 are from Brown Laury PP. Flowers are amazing in the Park. To view my latest Photographs go to Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:52:22 GMT Barb Beck http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15164 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15164 GEEEZ - What is this half tick stuff. I only feel cheated if I have not HEARD the bird. Barb Beck Edmonton Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:46:41 GMT Barb Beck http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15163 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15163 Hi, I really really enjoy all the lovely photos people on this list have been taking. You guys are fantastic photographers. But please record important Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:24:55 GMT Milton Spitzer http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15162 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15162 Last night Ben Velner, Bob Frew and I ventured out to the Cypress Hills to try for Common Poorwill. I can say there are Poorwills in the Hills but can't Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:19:31 GMT naturalistbob60 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15161 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15161 This is a species that has been rapidly expanding its range of recent years. Hobomok Skipper! Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:27:04 GMT Barb Beck http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15160 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15160 There used to be a lot of Richardson's Ground Squirrels particularly in the 70s and 80s in the edmonton area. You could not drive down a road without seeing Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:46 GMT Brian Lewis http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15159 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15159 Folks is it just me or are you noticing that there are very few Richardson's Ground Squirrels this year? We live west of Calgary near the Yellow Rail marsh on Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:49:41 GMT Bill Walker http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15158 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15158 Yesterday I returned to the heronry area and found it still calling in the same patch of willows. I'm wondering if it has a mate with nest. This time it flew Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:10:34 GMT Jean Moore http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15157 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15157 - RBA * Alberta (Canada) * Calgary, AB * July 2, 2009 * ABCA0907.02 -Birds mentioned Yellow Rail Upland Sandpiper Olive-sided Flycatcher Sedge Wren Swamp Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:38:15 GMT Gerald Romanchuk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15156 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15156 Went back up to Long Lake today & was surprised to find 5 Canada Warblers. Have never seen more than 1 in a day before, so this was a treat. I'm sure they just Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:04:58 GMT Gus Yaki http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15155 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15155 Elbow River Monthly Survey, 01Jul09. Sunny, calm, 05-16C. 5 participants. One had to scrape ice off windshield. 1.. Canada Goose-6 + yg 2.. Mallard-11 + yg 3.. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:02:32 GMT William J. F. Wilson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15154 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15154 One Sedge Wren and one Swamp Sparrow were singing at the north end of the Yellow Rail marsh on Horse Creek Road this morning at 6 am. At one point a second Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:31:00 GMT Sean D. Smith http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15153 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15153 Hi: I've a nice male RUFOUS HUMMINBIRD visiting some fuchias & sugar water in the residential area. There's perhaps one other park record. It's reckoned to be Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:41:45 GMT naturalistbob60 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15152 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15152 I recently talked with the Medicine Hat crew who reported no sign of any Poorwill in the Cypress Hills. They visited the usual spots including the Trail but Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:09:29 GMT Gerald Romanchuk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15151 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15151 Well, this is a bit late but I'm still recovering from last weekend. On Sat I birded from 7am til 5:30pm with the ENC group at Elk Island. Thanks to Brian