Calgary, AB
Busy Birders
51.0447° N, 114.0719° W
Bird nerds notes
This post's adventures happened in 3 parts: pre-Vancouver; the Vancouver trip; and then the May Species Count. Vancouver was a bit of a wash because we birded in Stanley Park which should have been a gold mine but was empty. This year we volunteered to do the species count in the Weaselhead Wildlife Area and it was great to do a deep dive on an area where we used to spend a lot of time. We also had a lifer sighting (calliope hummingbird) which was awesome!
Conditions
- May
- sunny
- celsius
First sightings (lifers) 3x
- Calliope hummingbird
- Glaucous-winged gull
- Surf scoter
More adventures
This gull looked a little strange so we photographed it and believe it's a glaucous-winged gull first sighting.
Mountain bluebirds are slightly larger than a Cassin’s Finch and considerably smaller than an American robin.