Northern Hawk Owl © Royce Howland

Bird Study Group - Credits

Checklist

Thanks to Nature Calgary for permission to use the checklist as the basis for the competition Results Form, and for permission to reprint the article by Phil Cram on The Year 2000 Calgary Bird Species Count Competition.

The Website

The Bird Study Group web is hosted on the Federation of Alberta Naturalists server.

Photos

Alan MacKeigan

All Al's photographs were shot on Fuji Velvia film with a Nikon F5 camera and 600mm F4 lens from either a blind or often a vehicle. Al travels throughout southern and central Alberta in search of new species. Website: www.almac.ca/. All photos © Al MacKeigan.

Royce Howland

Royce's photography is digital. He uses a Canon EOS 10D with EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L and EF 400mm f/5.6L lenses. He also uses the digiscoping technique with a Nikon CoolPix 4500, William Optics DCL-28 eyepiece and Pentax PF-80EDA spotting scope. For more information please visit www.vividaspect.com; prints are available. Details about specific images are available at www.vividaspect.com/pix/birds/birds.html. All photos © Royce Howland.

Allan Cole

Allan Cole's digital photographs are taken with a Olympus Camedia C-2100 Ultra Zoom camera. The camera is 2.1 megapixel, with Image Stabilizer and 10x Optical Zoom. The photos are taken with the camera hand held. Spot-metering and Auto Focus are usually used. Website: members.shaw.ca/allan.cole/. All photos © Allan Cole.

Cliff Hansen

"I use an Olympus C-770 Ultra Zoom digital camera. I have been very successful with it in my quest to photograph and log every species (137 birds at last count and I also do plants and animals) in the Bow Valley. The secret is the large optical zoom and patience on my part. This camera system suits me well as I can now do all my own processing to meet my specific needs." All photos © Cliff Hansen.

Bill Walker

"My camera is a Konica-Minolta Maxxum 7D (6 megpixels) purchased in March. The lens is a 500 mm. mirror autofocus purchased in 1991 (I've been waiting a long time for this digital camera). I shoot hand-held and was standing just outside the fence, maybe 8-9 m. from the feeder (Dickcissel photo). It was a dull morning so I used my 3500xi Maxxum flash since I'd been having trouble getting sharp pics under cloudy skies. I think that helped quite a bit." All photos © Bill Walker.

Bob Frew

Bob used a SONY DSCH1 Cyber-shot 5.1 Megapixel digital camera with 12X optical zoom (equivalent to 36-432mm on a 35mm SLR) for his photo of the Burrowing Owl. The camera can also be used with a telephoto conversion lens 1.7X magnification. The photo was taken hand-held using the cameras image stabilization system, and auto-focus. Photo© Bob (Robert) Frew.

Malcolm McDonald

The photo of the Arctic Tern was taken with an Olympus C-2100 with a 10:1 zoom at maximum zoom, digitscoped (handheld) through a Swaravski STS-65 scope with a 20:1 power. Not a recipe for a sharp picture, but at least it is recognizable. All photos © Malcolm McDonald.