Author Archives: birdscalgary
Introduction
During 2010, Nature Calgary sponsored a city-wide birding event to count the number of species in the city. Participants could compete in many categories. The pages from that event, as well as the wonderful photographs entered in the competition, can be accessed through the links on this page.
Bird Competition Results for 2010
Congratulations to all birders who participated in our year-long bird count! We hope you had a lot of fun, and met some new birds and birders along the way. The total number of bird species reported within the city limits was 262. We used the Calgary area check list which has 369 species, so that [...]
Fourth Quarter Winners
Here are the top finishers in each category in the fourth quarter of the Birds Calgary 2010 competition. Advanced: •Kristin O’Connell- 76 •Jim St Laurent – 67 Intermediate: •Janet Gill – 72 •Andrew Hart – 67 •Ed Kissinger – 67 •Jim Donahue – 67 Novice: •Louise Moreau and Michael Geldorp – 48 NMT Advanced: •Colin Young – [...]
Third Quarter Winners
Here are the top finishers in each category in the third quarter of the Birds Calgary 2010 competition. ADULT CATEGORIES Advanced Michael Harrison – 193 species Jim St. Laurent - 122 Kristin O’Connell – 111 Intermediate Ed Kissinger – 121 species Cindy & Dan Parliament – 118 Janet Gill – 114 Novice Louise Moreau & Michael [...]
Second Quarter Winners
Here are the winners of the second quarter of the Birds Calgary 2010 competition. Congratulations to all you keen birdwatchers! ADULT CATEGORIES Advanced Colin Young – 192 species Kristen O’Connell – 140 species Jim St Laurent – 131 species Intermediate Linda Bailey – 168 species Cindy & Dan Parliament – 134 species Andrew Hart – [...]
First-Quarter Winners
Here are the winners of the first quarter of the Birds Calgary 2010 competition. Congratulations to all you keen birdwatchers! ADULT CATEGORIES Advanced Michael Harrison – 81 species Colin Young – 78 species Hank Vanderpol – 76 species Intermediate Cindy and Dan Parliament – 56 species Bernie Diebolt – 55 species Jim Donohue – 53 [...]
Bird Identification: The Six ‘S’ Rule
Let me tell you about the Six “S” rule. Once other folks know that you have some knowledge of birds, they will call upon you to tell them the name of a species that they recently observed. They’ll often start out by saying something like, “Last week, while visiting my cousin Philip at Lethbridge, I [...]
Diversity of Birds
I suspect that most of you have had a pre-existing interest in birds — perhaps one that you developed as a child — or as an adult while your children were growing up — but there were always other priorities — so your time was limited. Over the years, you have probably acquired some knowledge [...]
Chairman’s Corner #4
Welcome to the Birds Calgary 2010 “big year” competition Blog. If you have not joined the competition please feel welcome to do so. It is for everyone, not just experts. Well. Well. Well. Here we are at the end of January and still no Snowy Owl! I arbitrarily selected it as the target bird for [...]
Chairman’s Corner #3
Welcome to the Birds Calgary 2010 “big year” competition Blog. If you have not joined the competition please feel welcome to do so. It is for everyone, not just experts. We are three weeks into the competition and the total list of species seen to date stands at 66. But still no Snowy Owl! I [...]
