Birding Activities
The following table indicates each section within the Daily pages when I focused on Birding. One has a choice of whether to link to the page or the specific heading within the page. Bold names indicate a photo, Red names indicate a "lifer" (i.e. seen for the first time, ever).
Goals
1. To keep a regular list of new birds seen this year for Alberta and Canada, plus any we see if we are in the US.
2. Improve my identification of raptors.
3. Do background reading on waterfowl and warblers.
Table of Specific Activities
| Date | Time | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011.07.17 | 5:30 PM | Cameron Falls, Waterton | American Dipper |
| 2011.07.16 | 11:00 am | Elizabeth Hall wetlands | Canada Geese (8), Redwing Blackbird (6), American Robin (3), Gray Catbird (1), Tree Swallow (5), Bohemian Waxwing (2), Cedar Waxwing (1), American Goldfinch (2), Yellow Warbler (3) and a Northern Harrier (1). Submit eBird report. |
| 2011.07.09 | 11:30 am | Lethbridge | 2 Gray Partridge, Bohemian Waxwing |
| 2011.06.12 | 7:00 PM | Burbank Pond, Danville, Quebec | White-throated Sparrow |
| 2011.06.07 | 9:30 PM | Farnham Centre, Quebec | Brown Thrasher |
| 2011.05.31 | 2:30 PM | Elizabeth Hall wetlands | Spotted Sandpiper, Cliff Swallow, Gray Catbird |
| 2011.05.29 | 2:00 PM | home | 2 Clay-colored Sparrows and 3 Cedar Waxwings. |
| 2011.05.28 | 4:00 PM | home | 1 Yellow Warbler, 2 Swainson's Thrush, 3 American Goldfinch |
| 2011.05.27 | 6:45 am | home | Submit eBird reports for May 20. |
| 3:30 PM | home | Update web page for May 20. | |
| 2011.05.26 | 7:10 am | home | Submit eBird reports for May 19. |
| 2011.05.25 | 9:00 PM | home | Update files for May 18 - 19. |
| 2011.05.20 | 4:00 PM | Prince Edward County | 4 more lifers! Yellow-throated Vireo, Blackburnian Warbler, Great Crested Flycatcher, Golden-winged Warbler |
| 2011.05.19 | 6:00 PM | Kingston Rideau, K&P Trail | 8 new lifers! Black-throated Green Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Philadelphia Vireo, Eastern Meadowlark, Bobolink, Warbling Vireo, Wood Thrush, Eastern Towhee. |
| 2011.05.18 | 4:00 PM | Kingston Rideau Trail | House Wren, Field Sparrow, Black-capped Chickadee. |
| 2011.05.13 | 11:30 am | Toronto waterfront | Magnolia Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Gray Catbird. |
| 2011.05.11 | 10:00 am | Elizabeth Hall wetlands | Redhead, eBird report. |
| 2011.05.10 | 10:00 am | Nicholas Sheran park | Say's Phoebe, eBird report. |
| 2011.05.01 | 5:50 am | home | Ruby-crowned Kinglet, posting reports to eBird. |
| 2011.04.28 | 3:00 PM | Jasper, Mt Robson, Valemount BC | Black-capped Chickadee, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Song Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Fox Sparrow |
| 4:30 PM | Backyard in Jasper | White-crowned Sparrow, Pine Siskin, Purple Finch, Slate-colored Junco | |
| 2011.04.27 | 1:00 PM | Near Snaring River campground in Jasper | Barrow's Goldeneye |
| 2011.04.21 | 9:00 PM | Coaldale, Taber Lake, Picture Butte | Canvasback, American White Pelican, Trumpeter Swan, Caspian Tern, Red-necked Grebe, Clark's Grebe, Western Grebe |
| 2011.04.20 | 11:30 am | Henderson Lake | Ring-billed Gull, Common Loon, Franklin's Gull, Osprey, Ruddy Duck, Red-necked Grebe |
| 2011.04.15 | 1:00 PM | Henderson Lake | Common Goldeneye, Horned Grebe |
| 2011.04.14 | 8:30 am | Backyard | Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle |
| 2011.04.10 | 10:30 am | Henderson Lake | Bufflehead, Red-breasted Merganser |
| 2011.04.09 | 2:30 PM | Henderson Lake | Red-breasted Merganser |
| 2011.04.07 | 9:00 am | Henderson Lake | Horned Grebe, Cooper's Hawk |
| 2011.04.06 | 10:00 am | Henderson Lake | Double-crested Cormorant |
| 2011.04.05 | 9:00 am | Henderson Lake | Common Goldeneye, Herring Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Hooded Merganser |
| 11:15 am | 4 birding books arrive from amazon.ca | ||
| 2011.04.01 | 6:00 am | Tracking shipment of books from amazon.ca |