http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/ ALBERTABIRD is an unmoderated discussion list for birding in Alberta, Canada Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:30:55 GMT Gus Yaki http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15807 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15807 FFCPPSoc Birding, 8:30-12noon, Tue 01Dec09. Stanley Park to Glenmore Dam. Sunny, calm, -10 to - 4C 1. Canada Goose-200 2. Mallard-105 3. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:06:52 GMT Gerald http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15806 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15806 Headed south this past weekend with Steve Knight & Jim Morrison. We stayed in Cochrane & went down the Sibbald Tr Sat morning. Saw 3 Rough-legs & some Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:23:49 GMT tedh@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15805 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15805 2 Short-Eared owls were active over the inner Airfield area in front of 408 Tactical Helicopter Sqn, Edmonton Garrison, at mid-morning today. Ted Hindmarch Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:21:48 GMT tedh@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15804 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15804 The highlight of a 28 Nov Sunday morning visit to check activity at 213 Woodridge Cres (57301 RR 233) North of Gibbons was a single Cedar Waxwing that came in Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:16:44 GMT tedh@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15803 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15803 Highlights of my outing in Cold Lake with Beaver River Naturalist members on Saturday were: Waterfowl highlight - late Pied Bill Grebe on English Bay, along Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:27:50 GMT Andrew Hart http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15802 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15802 Ten members set out from Calgary this morning under relatively sunny skies with a temperature of about 8 deg C. The temperature held up most of the day, but Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:55:12 GMT danamckay@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15801 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15801 Found one snowy owl east of Irricana today and got a few photos of it, not the best light today for photos. Added them in the photo section under my Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:52:07 GMT Andrew Slater http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15800 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15800 I should have mentioned that I saw my first Snowy Owl of the season on Twp Rd 220, just west of the intersection for Johnson's Island. Andrew Slater [Non-text Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:43:39 GMT Andrew Slater http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15799 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15799 This morning I went along Twp Rd 220 toward Carseland, looking for the Rusty Blackbirds reported by Joan and Malcolm on Friday. Condidering the intravening Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:18:31 GMT avi8fauna http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15798 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15798 Greetings It was very quiet on the White Mud Trail today. The most interesting bird observed was a lingering White-throated Sparrow. We also observed Boeral Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:11:46 GMT Douglas Faulder http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15797 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15797 I took a loop around the Two Hills area for a few hours this afternoon. The Ben Lake /Watt Lake area was the real hotspot with a Bald Eagle , two Snowy Owls, Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:02:18 GMT dlhuget http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15796 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15796 Saturday morning trip with Earle Covert and Ken Orich from the Lethbridge Naturalists Society down Hwy. 36 to the Kitsum Reservoir/Lake Newell area where all Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:53:52 GMT Gus Yaki http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15795 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15795 FFCPPSoc Birding, Beaverdam Flats Pk, 9-12Noon, Sat 28Nov09. Sunny, becoming overcast, calm, -6 to 2C. 1 cm new snow on ground. 1.. Canada Goose-5000+ 2.. Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:23:53 GMT Warren Finlay http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15794 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15794 This morning in Edmonton at the top of the stairs going down from Grandview into Whitemud Ravine, a hare sped by at full throttle. I expected to see a dog in Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:57:05 GMT Mike Mulligan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15793 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Albertabird/message/15793 Two of my tropical birding tours for next year have openings: -- Costa Rica, May 2010, 2 spots open -- Honduras, September 2010, 1 spot open These are small