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CALGARY COMPETITION:
WINTER BIRDING TARGETS
Brian Elder
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Winter birding strategy
Winter birding targets
Winter birding locations
Resources
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WINTER BIRDING STRATEGY
Get out birding
Go after rare birds
(but don’t worry about seasonal
rarities)
Target winter visitors and birds most
easily seen in winter
Don’t worry about taking a winter
vacation … you’ll get a 2nd chance
next November and December!
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TARGET
CATEGORIES
Winter visitors
Resident birds more easily
seen in winter
Scarce birds – usually occur
annually
Rare birds – do not occur
annually
Country birds - not easily
found within city limits
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WINTER VISITORS
There are lots of reasons to come to
Calgary in winter!
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WINTER VISITORSFOOD IS THE REAL
ATTRACTION
Gyrfalcon
Snowy Owl
Northern Shrike
Bohemian Waxwing
Common Redpoll
Hoary Redpoll
Pine Grosbeak
Snow Bunting
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GYRFALCON
ID: a large, bulky falcon.
Can be confused with
Prairie Falcon but is not
brown, does not have dark
“armpits” and is bulkier.
PLUMAGES: Adult (left, top
right), immature (bottom
right). Gray morph is the
most common variety in
our area
WHERE TO LOOK: Usually
one or two around
Calgary – SE of the city is
the best location. Perches
on utility poles
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SNOWY OWL ID: As easy as it gets!
PLUMAGES: Varies from nearly pure white (adult male) to white with dark
bars (female and immature birds)
WHERE TO LOOK: Most easily found in the Lyalta area but can be anywhere
east of Highway 2
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BOHEMIAN WAXWING
ID: Compared to Cedar Waxwing, darker, grayer
with rufous undertail coverts and white on wings
WHERE TO LOOK: a berry eater – look for them in
suburbs with lots of Mountain Ash. Common, often
in large flocks
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NORTHERN SHRIKE
ID: Similar to Loggerhead Shrike
(which is not here in winter) but
larger with narrower mask
PLUMAGES: Adult (right),
immature (left)
WHERE TO LOOK: Usually perch
on top of small bushes
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COMMON
REDPOLL
Plumages: Male
(leftmost),
female/immature
(top right)
WHERE TO LOOK:
small bushes with
seeds; feeders
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HOARY REDPOLL
ID: Tricky! Compare with Common Redpoll
(with which it usually associates) – paler,
fluffier, small billed; less streaking on flanks,
undertail coverts
WHERE TO LOOK: Usually found within a flock
of Common Redpolls
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PINE GROSBEAK PLUMAGES: Male (left), female (above)
WHERE TO LOOK: Glenmore – listen for its
call
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SNOW BUNTING
ID: No other songbird is so
extensively white (but can look quite
dark from above)
WHERE TO LOOK: Usually occurs in
large flocks in open areas; Listen for
the “tew” call
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BIRDS MOST EASILY SEEN IN WINTER
Northern Goshawk
Spruce Grouse
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Wild Turkey
Great Gray Owl
Northern Pygmy-Owl
Northern Hawk Owl
Boreal Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Barred Owl
American Three-toed
Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
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NORTHERN GOSHAWK
ID: A large, bulky accipiter – adult (right) is distinctive; immature (left,
centre) note white supercilium, speckled back, uneven tail bands
PLUMAGES: adult, immature
WHERE TO LOOK: Glenmore, Fish Creek PP, Bow River
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SPRUCE GROUSE
ID, PLUMAGES: Male (left) has black
chest, white-spotted underparts;
female has short, dark tail and barred
underparts
WHERE TO LOOK: North/south section
of Grand Valley Road; hiking trails in
mountains
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SHARP-TAILED GROUSE
ID: Smaller than pheasant; pointed
tail unlike all other grouse
WHERE TO LOOK: West of Nanton;
Hwy 22 south of Longview. Large
flocks in winter
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WILD TURKEY
ID: Large size, dark body, tiny head
PLUMAGES: Male (both photos);
beard and dewlap smaller or absent
in female
WHERE TO LOOK: Open woodlands
west of Turner Valley
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GREAT GRAY OWL
ID: Large owl with no ear tufts, yellow
eyes, white “bow tie”
WHERE TO LOOK: Water Valley area,
west of Turner Valley. Perches close
to ground (usually no higher than 5m)
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NORTHERN HAWK OWL
ID: Mid-sized owl with no ear tufts,
yellow eyes, barred underparts, long
tail
WHERE TO LOOK: Water Valley area,
west of Turner Valley. Often perches
on top of trees
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NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL
ID: Small owl with no ear tufts, yellow
eyes, boldly streaked underparts, fairly
long tail
WHERE TO LOOK: Water Valley area,
west of Turner Valley. Often perches
on top of trees; listen for its call during
the day
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BARRED OWL
ID: Large owl with no ear tufts, dark
eyes, boldly streaked underparts
WHERE TO LOOK: Fish Creek PP,
Water Valley area, Sibbald Trail.
Generally nocturnal
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BOREAL OWL
Illustration from: http://www.paulnoll.com/
Oregon/Birds/Likely/likely-Owl-Boreal.html
ID: Small owl with no ear tufts, yellow
eyes, more or less spotted pattern
above and below; dark V through the
eyes creates an “angry” expression
WHERE TO LOOK: West of Calgary.
Nocturnal
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NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL
ID: Small owl with no ear tufts,
yellow eyes, broad brown streaks
on underparts
WHERE TO LOOK: Glenmore, Fish
Creek PP, west of Calgary.
Nocturnal
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AMERICAN THREE-TOED
WOODPECKER
ID: Mid-sized woodpecker with white
barring on back, dense black barring on
flanks
PLUMAGES: Male has yellow on crown;
female lacks yellow (left)
WHERE TO LOOK: Fish Creek PP, Brown
Lowery PP, Griffith Woods. Watch for
dead spruce with bark peeled off
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BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER
ID: Mid-sized woodpecker with black
back, dense black barring on flanks
PLUMAGES: Male has yellow on crown;
female lacks yellow (left)
WHERE TO LOOK: Fish Creek PP, Brown
Lowery PP. Watch for dead spruce with
bark peeled off
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GRAY-CROWNED
ROSY-FINCH
ID: Dark brownish overall with gray hind-
crown and pink on wings and belly
PLUMAGES: Interior form (left), Hepburn’s –
much more extensive gray on face
WHERE TO LOOK: Exshaw, particularly
after a snowfall; any foothills location near
mountains
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RED CROSSBILL
ID and PLUMAGES: Male (above, right)
dull reddish-orange, usually lacks
wingbars; female yellow-green with dark
wings
WHERE TO LOOK: An irruptive species –
not always here. Wherever there is a
good cone crop (particularly pines) –
Queens Park cemetery, Willow Park,
west of Turner Valley
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WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL
ID and PLUMAGES: Male (left) pinkish-red, with
bold white wingbars; female (below) yellow-
green with white wing bars and indistinct
streaks on underparts. Compared to Red
Crossbill, smaller bill and longer tail
WHERE TO LOOK: An irruptive species – not
always here. Wherever there is a good cone
crop – Queens Park cemetery, Willow Park
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SCARCE WINTERING BIRDS
Scarce – usually occur each winter; can also be seen in
migration
Harlequin Duck
Long-tailed Duck
Long-eared Owl
Rusty Blackbird
Harris’s Sparrow
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HARLEQUIN DUCK ID and PLUMAGES: Male unmistakable; female
(below left) dark gray-brown, told from scoters
by smaller size, short bill, small white spots on
face
WHERE TO LOOK: fast flowing sections of Bow
River, gravel bars
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LONG-TAILED DUCK
ID and PLUMAGES: Winter plumage
male (top), spring plumage male
(bottom) - not likely to be seen in
winter; female winter dark breast and
back, white belly and head with dark
cheek patch and crown
WHERE TO LOOK: Bow River
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LONG-EARED OWL
ID: Slim, mid-sized owl with long ears
and orange face. Coloration is similar
to Great Horned Owl but is much
smaller and more strongly streaked
WHERE TO LOOK: Farms near Frank
Lake
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RUSTY BLACKBIRD
PLUMAGES: Non-breeding plumage (below),
breeding plumage male (left) – not likely to be
seen in winter, female breeding similar to
Brewer’s Blackbird female but with pale eye
WHERE TO LOOK: along banks of river or creek
with flowing water
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HARRIS’S SPARROW
ID: A large sparrow with a pinky-orange
bill
PLUMAGES: Adult (below) complete
black face and throat, immature (right)
lacks extensive black of the adult
WHERE TO LOOK: bushy areas with
redpoll flocks, feeders
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RARE BIRDS – DO NOT OCCUR
ANNUALLY
American Black Duck
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Steller’s Jay
Northern Mockingbird
Northern Cardinal
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AMERICAN BLACK DUCK
ID: Similar to female Mallard but darker
with dark olive bill and no white in
speculum
WHERE TO LOOK: Amongst the large
flocks of Mallards on the Bow River …
have fun!
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RED-BELLIED
WOODPECKER
ID: Conspicuous bright red nape,
uniformly barred back, faint wash of red
on belly
WHERE TO LOOK: Only record for the
Calgary area was in High River
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STELLER’S JAY
ID: Shape (and habits) of a
Blue Jay but mostly dark and
no white in wings, tail
WHERE TO LOOK: West of
Calgary
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NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD
ID: Pale gray, more slender
and longer tailed than
American Robin
WHERE TO LOOK: Could be
anywhere! Most recent
records close to Calgary area
have been in Vulcan and
Nanton
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NORTHERN CARDINAL
ID: Large, triangular red-
orange bill
PLUMAGES: male (below),
female (right)
WHERE TO LOOK: Suburbs,
small towns
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COUNTRY BIRDS(BUT SOMETIMES SEEN AT EDGE OF CITY)
Ruffed Grouse
Short-eared Owl
Mountain Chickadee
American Dipper
Gray Jay
Clark’s Nutcracker X
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RUFFED GROUSE
ID: Slender grouse with dark
tail band and dark bars on
flanks
PLUMAGES: rufous and gray
morphs and intermediates
(left?)
WHERE TO LOOK:
Weaselhead, Fish Creek PP,
Griffith Woods, west of
Calgary
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SHORT-EARED OWL ID: Mid-sized owl with short
ear tufts (often not visible);
distinctive butterfly like flight
(photo below is of a darker
morph on Haida Gwaii)
WHERE TO LOOK: Frank Lake;
easiest to find at dusk or dawn
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AMERICAN DIPPER
ID: Dark gray with long legs
and short tail
WHERE TO LOOK: Griffith
Woods, Bow Valley PP,
Kananaskis River
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MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE
ID: Chickadee with white
eyebrow
WHERE TO LOOK: West of
Calgary
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GRAY JAY
WHERE TO LOOK: West of
Calgary
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CLARK’S NUTCRACKER
WHERE TO LOOK: Exshaw
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WINTER BIRDING
LOCATIONS -
CALGARY
Along the Bow and Elbow
Rivers
Fish Creek Provincial Park
Weaselhead
Griffiths Woods
Queens Park Cemetery
Feeders
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WINTER BIRDING
LOCATIONS -
COUNTRY
NW – Water Valley area
West – Exshaw, Sibbald
Trail
SW – Millarville, Turner
Valley, south on 22
South – High River, Frank
Lake, northwest of Nanton
SE – Sheperd to Carseland
NE – Lyalta area
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RESOURCES
ebird
Christmas Bird Counts
Nature Calgary outings
Albertabird:
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Albertabird/info
Birdfinding Guide to the Calgary Region:
http://www.naturecalgary.com/birding/birding-locations/
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GOOD BIRDING AND
GOOD LUCK!
• Photos by Brian Elder
• ID information adapted from The Sibley Guide to Birds, 2nd edition
• Clip art from internet• Maps from Google Maps