Birding Adventures - Alberta, Canada Extension

 

June 20th

          Mike and I arose at 3:30am this morning to drive to Detroit Metro to catch a flight to Minneapolis.  We had a 4 ½ hour layover to get our connecting flight to Calgary.  We decided to pay for the Delta Sky Club which was a good decision.  It had comfortable chairs and plenty of coffee and food.  Both flights were on time, and we arrived in Calgary about 2:00pm mountain time.  Our rental car was fine, and we went straight to the Hampton Inn to check in, change and drop off our luggage.

          Then we went to the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary in Calgary but the whole place was closed for habitat restoration.  We ended up walking on a bike trail nearby and saw a few new birds including Black-billed Magpies, a Swainson’s Hawk, Franklin’s Gulls and singing Clay-colored Sparrows.

          By 5:00pm we were starting to fade and decided to go for an early dinner at a restaurant called the Cactus Club Café.  It was really excellent.  We are in Alberta to see the scenery in the beautiful Canadian Rockies and of course to find some birds.  I decided to continue the blog while we are away even though none of these western birds will count for our Ohio Big Year.  I can’t go into any detail about the birds tonight because I’m too tired.  More to come later. 

(4 new First of the Year species, total in Alberta 4)

          Black-billed Magpie

          Swainson’s Hawk

          Franklin’s Gull

          Clay-colored Sparrow 

                                       Black-billed Magpie

                                       Swainson's Hawk

 

Comments

  1. John SobetzerJune 21, 2022 at 12:00 PM

    There's a town called New Dayton in Alberta named by settlers from Ohio. Maybe you can count birds you see there as close relations.

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  2. AnonymousJuly 3, 2022 at 5:00 AM

    Mike your bird photos are beautiful and the blog is so informative 👏🥁

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