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​Global Big Day was a huge success

5/12/2021

 
Shaye Hill visited four natural areas in Central Alberta seeing a total of 54 species. The areas included J.J. Collett, Elizabeth Lake, Cliff & Mary Soper Natural Area, and NOVA Chemical Community Walking Trails. The species viewed over the four natural areas include:

Canada Goose - Branta canadensis
Blue-winged Teal - Spatula discors
Northern Shoveler - Spatula clypeata
Gadwall - Mareca strepera
Mallard - Anas platyrhynchosRemove
Green-winged Teal - Anas crecca
Bufflehead - Bucephala albeola
Canvasback - Aythya valisineria
Common Goldeneye - Bucephala clangula
Lesser Scaup - Aythya affinis
Red Head - Aythya americanus
Red-necked Grebe - Podiceps grisegena
Ruddy Duck - Oxyura jamaicensis
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) - Columba livia
American Coot - Fulica americana
Wilson's Snipe - Gallinago delicata
Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias
Spotted Sandpiper - Actitis macularius
Solitary Sandpiper - Tringa solitaria
Bonaparte’s Gull - Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis
Swainson's Hawk - Buteo swainsoni
Sharp-shinned/Cooper’s Hawk - Accipiter striatus/cooperii
Downy Woodpecker - Dryobates pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker - Dryobates villosus
Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus
Pileated Woodpecker - Dryobates pileatus
Black-billed Magpie - Pica hudsonia
Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata
Common Raven - Corvus corax
American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos
Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus
Boreal Chickadee - Poecile atricarpillus
Red-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta canadensis
White-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta carolinensis
Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor
Golden-crowned Kinglet - Regulus satr1apa
European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris
Mountain Bluebird - Sialia currucoides
American Robin - Turdus migratorius
House Finch - Haemorhous mexicanus
Red-eyed Vireo - Vireo olivaceus
House Sparrow - Passer domesticus
Chipping Sparrow - Spizella passerina
White-crowned Sparrow - Zonotrichia leucophrys
Savannah Sparrow - Passerculus sandwichensis
Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia
​Dark-eyed Junco - Junco hyemalis
Western Meadowlark - Sturnella neglecta
Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus
Common Grackle - Quiscalus quiscula
Brown-headed Cowbird - Molothrus ater
Yellow-rumped Warbler - Setophaga coronata
Yellow Warbler - Setophaga petechia
 


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