Cold Lake
Cold Lake Warbs
54.6478° N, 110.0889° W
Bird nerds notes
One of the places on our bucket-list was Cold Lake Alberta because it is one of the best places to see a blackburnian warbler. The provincial park is beautiful and filled with birds. The thing about warblers is they hang out in the densest scrub brush and move around a lot making them incredibly challenging to photograph. We saw several lifer warblers and we got a 2 day reprieve from the smoke that has been plaguing the province this Summer.
Conditions
- August
- sunny
- celsius
First sightings (lifers) 5x
- Black-throated green warbler
- Blue-headed vireo
- Canada warbler
- Chestnut-sided warbler
- Mourning warbler
More adventures
We thought we had sighted something amazing but we talked to our 'gull guy' and learned this is a first-year Franklin's gull.
Ovenbirds have neat markings on top of their heads but they look plain if you see them in a tree, Cold Lake Provincial Park.