The following people give a hoot, and have donated prizes or services to Birds Calgary 2010. All prizes have now been awarded.
| GRAND PRIZES TO BE AWARDED AT THE END OF THE COMPETITION | |
| Robert Bateman | Robert Bateman Print donated by the artist |
| Gus Yaki | 18 ft Kevlar canoe with life jacket, paddles (used – good as new) |
| David Lilly | Photography Course, Value $ 200 |
| Dr. John Price | 29″ x 40″, silver framed John James Audubon Print of Long-billed curlew |
| PRIZES TO BE AWARDED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR | |
| Gus Yaki | Book The FAN Field Guide to Alberta Birds |
| One pair of adult’s skis | |
| One pair of child’s skis | |
| Don Stiles | Day and/or 1/2 day banding bluebirds |
| Day and/or 1/2 day banding bluebirds | |
| Book Silence of the Songbirds, Bridget Stutchbury | |
| Jan Rosender | Book Canadian Birds, Bruce Obee |
| Deluxe notebook | |
| Portable folding stool | |
| Co-op 100% recycled material shopping bag | |
| 300 page Hilroy notebook | |
| Stuffed Cerulean warbler toy | |
| Stuffed American robin toy | |
| Carved wooden bird | |
| Small wooden box decorated with toucan | |
| Fridge magnet decorated with Bananaquits from Trinidad | |
| Drink coaster decorated with birds | |
| Laughing Kookaburra suncatcher | |
| Joanne Jamieson | Sketchbook |
| George Miranda | Book Hawks in Flight, Pete Dunne, David Sibley, and Clay Sutton |
| Canada Post Corp | Folding padded, portable chair with carrying case |
| Backpack | |
| Ball cap | |
| T shirt | |
| T shirt | |
| Small Binoculars | |
| Fairplay Stores | Ornamental birdhouse |
| Wild Bird Store | Book Nature Scape Alberta, Myrna Pearman & Ted Pike, 2000 |
| Pat Bumstead | Book Canadian Feathers, Pat Bumstead 2001 |
| Book Canadian Feathers, Pat Bumstead 2001 | |
| Book The Art of Birdwatching, Pat Bumstead | |
| Book The Art of Birdwatching, Pat Bumstead, 2004 | |
| Plush bald eagle toy 12″ | |
| Gillian Story | Book World of Birds, Fisher & Petersen, after 1969 |
| Book The Sibley Guide to Birds, David Allen Sibley | |
| Book Birds of America, T Gilbert Pearson ed, 1936 | |
| Book Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Nat Geo Soc, 1987 | |
| Book Field Guide to the Birds East of the Rockies, R.T Peterson, 1980 | |
| Book Field Guide to Western Birds, R.T Peterson, 1960 | |
| Book Guide to the Birds of Alaska, Robert Armstrong, 1980 | |
| Book Birds of Alberta, Jim R & W Ray Salt, 1976 | |
| Book Birder’s Guide to Oregon, J Evanich, 1990 | |
| Book Wild America, R.T Peterson & James Fisher, 1956 | |
| Book Driftwood Valley, Theordora Stanwell-Fletcher, 1946 | |
| Book British Columbia Wildlife Viewing Guide, Bill Wareham et al, 1991 | |
| Book North With The Spring, Edwin W Teale, 1951 | |
| Book Journey Into Summer. Edwin W Teale, 1960 | |
| Book Autumn Across America, Edwin W Teal, 1956 | |
| Book Wandering Through Winter, 1965 | |
| Book Guide to Field Identification of Trees of NA, Frank Brockerman, 1965 | |
| Book Alaska Wildflowers, Ada White Sharples, 1938 | |
| Ray & Kathy Huene | Folding, portable stools |
| Folding, portable stools | |
| Barry McVicar | Labelled rock & mineral collections |
| Labelled rock & mineral collections | |
| Massive specimen 20 kilo Magnesite crystal | |
| Specimen Rose Quartz | |
| Book Rocks & How They Were Formed, H.W. Zim 1961 | |
| Mike Mulligan | Book Hummingbirds, John Gould 1990 – Coffee Table size |
| Book Original Water Colour Paintings, J J Audubon 1966 – Coffee Table size | |
| Book A Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold 1977 – Coffee Table size | |
| Books Ducks of Canada J Gooders, T Boyle, B Mitchell 1986 – Coffee Table size | |
| Book Audubon Encyclopedia of NA Birds, J Terres, 1980 – Coffee Table size | |
| Book The Bedside Book of Birds, An Avian Miscellany, Graeme Gibson 2005 | |
| Book Guide to Birds of Alaska, Robert Armstrong, 1990 | |
| Book Life on Earth, David Attenborough 1979 | |
| Book Birding Around The World, Aileen Lotz, 1987 | |
| Book Master Guide to Birding #2 Gulls to Dippers, J Farrand, 1983 | |
| Book Master Guide to Birding #3 Old World Warblers to Sparrows, J Farrand 1983 | |
| Bob Lefebvre | Book Field Guide to Birds of East & Central Africa, J Williams, 1963 |
| Book Birdwatching Tips, Techniques & Equipment, J Venner | |
| Book Golden Guide Birds of North America, C Robbins 1983 | |
| Book Sibley Field Guides to Birds of Western North America | |
| Book Down & Dirty Birding, Joey Slinger 1996 | |
| Book 1100 Questions & Answers About the Natural World, J Green 2004 | |
| Book Summer Bird Feeding, John Dennis, 1988 | |
| Nimali Seneviratne | Book Birds of Sri Lanka: A Photographic Guide, G De Silva, 2000 |
| John & Linda Stewart | Book The Bedside Book of Birds, An Avian Miscellany, Graeme Gibson 2005 |
| Book The Art of Ornithology, Jonathon Elphick, 2004 | |
| Anonymous | Wooden bird feeders, make in school woodworking class |
| Wooden bird feeders, make in school woodworking class | |
| Book Feeding Wild Birds in Winter, Clive Dobson, 1981 | |
| Book The Bird Feeding Book, Thom Boswell, 1993 | |
| Book The Joys of a Garden For Your Birds, Rupert Barrington, 1971 | |
| Brooke Clibbon & Eric Tull | 1 heavy duty Manfrotto 3130 tripod with quick release head |
| 1 light weight OPT 155 tripod with quick release head and level | |
| 1 light weight model HHEIWA tripod | |
| 1 deluxe Spinal Articulation System backpack | |
| Sandy Annesley | Book Silence of the Songbirds, Bridget Stutchbury, 2007 |
| Chris & Ken Havard | Book, The Audubon Society Field Guide to NA Birds, Western Region 1977 |
| Book, A field Guide to the Birds of E & Central Africa, 1963 | |
| Book, Tales of a Low-rent Birder, Pete Dunne, 1986 | |
| Book & CD, The Art of Pishing, Pete Dunne, 2006 | |
| Book, Audubon’s Birds of America, G Griscom, 1950 | |
| Book, Heaven is Near the Rocky Mountains, T Woolsey, H Dempsey, 1989 | |
| Book, How Birds Migrate, Paul Kerlinger, 1995 | |
| Book, Where to Watch Birds in Spain, E de Juana, 1994 | |
| Book, Birds of the Saskatoon area, Sask Nature Soc 2002 | |
| Book, British Wild Birds, Brian Grimes, 1988 | |
| Book, Canadian Birds, B Obee, 1993 | |
| Dick & Lenore Flynn | Book Ducks of Canada & the Northern Hemisphere, Gooders & Boyer 1969 |
| Hooded Merganser 34 x 41 cm print by J Fenwick Landsdowne | |
| American Oystercatchers 34 x 41 cm print by J Fenwick Landsdowne | |
| Wilson’s Snipe 34 x 41 cm print by J Fenwick Landsdowne | |
| Bohemian Waxwing 34 x 41 cm print by J Fenwick Landsdowne | |
| Scarlet Tanager 34 x 41 cm print by J Fenwick Landsdowne | |
| Penny Borrowman | 1 used pair of Nikon Travelite 111, 8 x 25 mm binoculars |
| Debbie Cole-Gauer | 1 new pair of Tasco 10 x 25 mm binoculars and cloth case |
| Jacob Farkas | Bird Trivia board game |
| Marg Oliver | Book Raven’s End by Ben Gadd, Autographed, Sierra Club Books 2002 |
| Graham Davis | Ultra Identifier, hand held with voice & photos of 120 bird sp |
| Andrew Hart | Panasonic Lumix digital camera with telephoto extender, 12X zoom |
New Prizes Donated for the Third and Fourth Quarters:
Books Donated by Ken and Chris Havard:
A Season of Birds, A Norfolk Diary 1911, A & W Publishers, 1980, HC.
A Guide to the Birds of East Africa (A novel), Nicholas Drayson, Viking, 2008, SC.
Wild America, R.T. Peterson/James Fisher, Houghton Mifflin, 1955, SC.
Kingbird Highway, Kenn Kaufman, Houghton Mifflin, 1997. HC .
Nature Scape Alberta, Myrna Pearman/Ted Pike, RDRN, 2000, SC.
The Alberta Badlands, Brian Noble/Glenn Rollans, Reidmore Book, 1981, HC
Loons, Aubrey Long/Wayne Lynch, Discovery Books, 1989, HC.
AB Birds, 1971-1980, Vol.1&2, HW.Pinel, WW.Smith,CR Wershler, Prov.Museum,1993, SC.
Along the Dempster, Walter Lanz, Oak House Pub. 1990, SC.
The Backyard Bird Feeder’s Bible, Sally Roth. Rodale, 2000, HC.
The Birds of Alberta, Salt & Salt, Hurtig Publ. 1976. HC.
Travel & Site Guide to Birds of Costa Rica, AD Sekerak, Lone Pine, 1996. SC
Small Strawberry-shaped Hummingbird Feeder.
Small Western Cedar Bird House.
Donated by Rob Worona:
1 Mother Nature’s Monitor, M010. Hear sounds in your backyard, via FM Radio.
1 The Great N. Am. Bird Watching Trivia Game.
Books Donated by Don Magnusson:
Birding for the Amateur Naturalist, Laura O’Biso Socha, Globe Pequot Press, 1989. SC.
A Field Guide to Your Own Back Yard, John Hanson Mitchell, WW Norton & Co.1985. SC.
Watching Birds: An Intro. to Ornithology, Roger F. Pasquier, Houghton Mifflin, 1977. SC.
New Generation Guide, Birds of Britain & Europe, Christher Perrins, Collins, 1987. HC
Return to Wild America, Scott Weidensaul, North Point Press, 2005, SC.
Birder’s Life List & Diary, Rev. Ed., Cornell Lab. of Ornithology, 1986. Coil. SC.
Bird Watching – My Bird Journal, Coil. HC.
The Backyard Bird Watcher, Geo. H. Harrison, Simon & Schuster, 1979. SC.
To See Every Bird on Earth, Dan Koeppel, Hudson St. Press, 2005, HC.
Audubon Life List Journal, Nat. Audubon Soc. 1999. HC.
Feeding Wild Birds in Winter, Clive Dobson, Firefly Books, 1989, HC.
The Joys of A Garden for your Birds, Rupert Barrington, Grosset & Dunlop, 1971, HC.
The Birds of Alberta, Salt & Wilk, Queen’s Printer, 1958. HC.
Book Donated by George Miranda:
Photographic Guide to Birds of Australia, Peter Rowland
Donated by Howard Heffler:
Audubon bird clock: plays one of twelve different bird songs each hour.
Donated by Pat Harvey:
The Atlas of Breeding Birds of Alberta, Glen P. Semenchuck, 1992.
Alberta Birds, 1971-1980, Vol 1. Non-Passerines, Harold W. Pinel et al.
Alberta Birds, 1971-1980, Vol 2. Passerines, Harold W. Pinel et al.
| SPONSORS |
| Dana Longway, Buzz Inc: Strategic & Creative Design, Artwork on logo $750 |
| TERA Environmental Consultants, Word processing, flyer design $100 |
| CopyCo Inc, Photo copying, $30 |
| Jim Donohue, Westbourne Electric, Printing promotional posters for schools |
| Graeme Connell, MinuteMan Press, Printing business cards & posters |