Calgary Area
Movers & Shakers
51.0447° N, 114.0719° W
Bird nerds notes
We had trips that were off the charts and others where we were lucky to see more than a couple red-winged blackbirds. We were very happy to see a Lewis's Woodpecker which our book lists as very rare in Alberta. We also saw a Dunlin which was a very cool sighting and a super cute bird.
Bird Photos
Conditions
- May
- mixed
- celsius
First sightings (lifers) 2x
- Dunlin
- Lewis's woodpecker
More adventures
Lewis's woodpecker will often act like a fly-catcher hunting insects on the wing. This was a lifer sighting for us
Dunlins are another rare sighting in Alberta because of their tendency to migrate almost non-stop through the province #lifer
During breeding season willet populations moves inland to nest in grasslands and prairies near freshwater
Semipalmated sandpipers are so small that we naturally assume they're least sandpipers at first glance
