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 Comments are closed.
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