The Backyard's Weekly Bird Walk locations are found in the Backyard Bird Report at the very end of the most recent report. Any cancellations will be posted by 8am the day of the walk.

Sunday 22 May 2011

Greetings from Edmonton

Hi birders,
Marilynne and I along with our grandson went to the Beaverhill area east of the
city near Toefield and we saw and heard the following fifty-two species of
birds:
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Canada Goose
Mallard
Gadwall
Northern Pintail
American Wigeon
Northern Shoveler
Blur-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Lesser Scaup
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Merlin
American Coot
Sora
Killdeer
Willet
Least Sandpiper
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Rock Pigeon
Black-billed Magpie
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Western Kingbird
Common Raven
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
Mountain Bluebird
American Robin
European Starling
Yellow Warbler
Clay-colored Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Western Meadowlark
Red-winged Blackbird
American Goldfinch

Good birding
Neil Robins
Edmonton ---for five more days

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