Western Tanager

Western Tanager
©2004 Al MacKeigan

Bird Study Group Field Trip Notes

Water Valley

Meeting Location: Dalhousie LRT Stn (Crowchild Tr NW), N side parking lot.

Map of Location & Info

2009

Sat Jan 31, 8am: Search for Winter Woodland Owls, Water Valley area Leader: Eric Tull
Weather: -5, sunny, mostly clear, 20 kph wind
Participants: 17
Species seen: 12 Data: Eric Tull

Rock Pigeon 10    Blue Jay 1    Snow Bunting 150
Northern Hawk Owl 2   Black-billed Magpie 15   Pine Grosbeak 15
Northern Flicker 1   Common Raven 15   Common Redpoll 6
Northern Shrike 2   Black-capped Chickadee 3   Pine Siskin 2

Sat Jun 27, 7:30am: Birding the Water Valley area Leader: Eric Tull
Weather: Sunny, mostly clear, 15C
Participants: 15
Species seen: 58 Data: Eric Tull

Common Loon      Gray Jay      Chipping Sparrow  
Great Blue Heron     Black-billed Magpie     Clay-colored Sparrow  
Northern Harrier     American Crow     Savannah Sparrow  
Swainson's Hawk     Common Raven     Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow  
Red-tailed Hawk     Tree Swallow     Lincoln's Sparrow  
Sora     Barn Swallow     Swamp Sparrow  
Killdeer     Black-capped Chickadee     White-throated Sparrow  
Spotted Sandpiper     Red-breasted Nuthatch     Dark-eyed Junco  
Solitary Sandpiper     House Wren     Rose-breasted Grosbeak  
Upland Sandpiper     Ruby-crowned Kinglet     Red-winged Blackbird  
Wilson's Snipe     Mountain Bluebird     Western Meadowlark  
Wilson's Phalarope     Townsend's Solitaire     Brewer's Blackbird  
Rock Pigeon     Hermit Thrush     Common Grackle  
Mourning Dove     American Robin     Brown-headed Cowbird  
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker     European Starling     Baltimore Oriole  
Hairy Woodpecker     Tennessee Warbler     Pine Siskin  
Northern Flicker     Yellow-rumped Warbler     American Goldfinch  
Alder Flycatcher     American Redstart     House Sparrow  
Least Flycatcher     Common Yellowthroat        
Eastern Kingbird     Western Tanager        

2006

Sat Jun 24, 6:30am: Bird Water Valley area (incl. Horse Creek, Ovan's Slough, Grand Valley Road, Perrenoud Conservation Area, Graham Creek, Boggy Lake area) Leader: Ray Woods
Weather: Participants: 25
Species seen: 76 Data: Ray Woods, Eric Tull

Common Loon
2  
Upland Sandpiper
2  
American Crow
6  
Red-necked Grebe
6  
Greater Yellowlegs
4  
Common Raven
4  
Eared Grebe
2  
Solitary Sandpiper
1  
European Starling
150
Great Blue Heron
4  
Wilson's Phalarope
3  
Red-eyed Vireo
2
Canada Goose
20  
Black Tern
2  
American Goldfinch
4
Gadwall
1  
Rock Pigeon
2  
Tennessee Warbler
1
Green-winged Teal
2  
Mourning Dove
2  
Yellow Warbler
3
Mallard
6  
Great Gray Owl
2  
Yellow-rumped Warbler
1
Blue-winged Teal
4  
Northern Hawk Owl
4  
Common Yellowthroat
1
Cinnamon Teal
2  
Northern Flicker
2  
Western Tanager
1
Ring-necked Duck
4  
Olive-sided Flycatcher
1  
Clay-colored Sparrow
4
Lesser Scaup
6  
Alder Flycatcher
1  
Chipping Sparrow
1
Bufflehead
1  
Eastern Kingbird
3  
Savannah Sparrow
6
Ruddy Duck
5  
Tree Swallow
12  
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
1
Northern Goshawk
1  
Bank Swallow
1  
Le Conte's Sparrow
1
Swainson's Hawk
1  
Barn Swallow
8  
Lincoln's Sparrow
4
Red-tailed Hawk
4  
Black-capped Chickadee
1  
White-throated Sparrow
1
American Kestrel
2  
Cedar Waxwing
4  
White-crowned Sparrow
1
Ruffed Grouse
1  
House Wren
2  
Dark-eyed Junco
1
Yellow Rail
2  
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1  
Bobolink
4
Sora
3  
Mountain Bluebird
15  
Red-winged Blackbird
15
Virginia Rail
5  
Hermit Thrush
2  
Western Meadowlark
3
American Coot
2  
American Robin
8  
Yellow-headed Blackbird
2
Killdeer
4  
Red-breasted Nuthatch
1  
Brewer's Blackbird
6
Wilson's Snipe
8  
Black-billed Magpie
12  
American Goldfinch
1
        Sapsucker (sp)
2

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