Post by kastern on Jun 17, 2008 19:53:02 GMT -8
Hi all.....well we have made it back from sunny Alberta (hear it was a little damp here while we were gone! Haven't got my pictures transferred over yet but here is my species list (not as impressive as Thor's but still managed a few 'Lifers'
Common Loon
Common Merganser (includes 30 males on Lesser Slave Lake)
Red Breasted Merganser (Lac la Biche)
Hooded Merganser
Common Goldeneyes (includes raft of approx. 150 males at Lac la Biche
Mallards
American Widgeon
Blue Wing Teal - 3rd most predominant duck species in area
Green Wing Teal
Bufflehead
Harlequin - partially frozen lake in Jasper
Ring Neck Duck
Northern Shoveler - most predominant duck species in area
Ruddy Duck
Red Head Duck - lots
Canvasback
Lesser Scaup - 2nd most predominant duck species in area
Gadwall
Northern Pintail
Surf Scoters
American Coot
Red Neck Grebe - everywhere
Horned Grebe
Pied Bill Grebe
Canada Goose - counted over 600 enroute
American White Pelican
Double Crested Cormorant - est. close to 1000 nesting at Lac la Biche
Spotted Sandpiper - everywhere
Snipe - so many you would see them sitting on fence posts
American Avocet - saw close to a 100 of them
Wilson's Phalarope
Lesser Yellowlegs
Bittern
Black Neck Stilt **Lifer
Dunlin
Willet **Lifer
Upland Sandpiper **Lifer
Sandhill Crane
Great Blue Heron
Black Crowned Night Heron - 1 south of Wainwright
Trumpeter Swan
Osprey
American Kestral
Bald Eagle
Merlin
Red Tail Hawk
Sharp Shin Hawk
Northern Harrier
Turkey Vulture
Rough Legged Hawk
Great Horned Owl - included 2 parents and 2 young
Common Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern - lots!
Bonaparte Gull
Ring Bill Gull
Herring Gull
Franklin Gull
Ruffed Grouse
California Quail
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Kingfisher
Steller's Jay
Gray Jay - including fledglings at Jasper
Blue Jay - total of 7 seen and only 1 pitiful picture!!!
Mountain Chickadee
Black Cap Chickadee
Red Breasted Nuthatch
White Breasted Nuthatch
Calliope Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Ruby Throated Hummingbird **Lifer
American Crows
Ravens
Black Billed Magpies
Starlings
Lewis Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Yellow Bellied Sapsucker
Red Naped Sapsucker
Brewer's Blackbird
Red Wing Blackbird - 100's!
Bobolink **Lifer (near Cache Creek)
Brown Headed Cowbird
Yellow Headed Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Bullock's Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Northern Rough Wing Swallow
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Violet Green Swallow
Purple Martin
Vauxes Swift
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Willow Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Nighthawk
American Robin
Townsends Solitaire
Swainson's Thrush
Mountain Bluebird
Gray Catbird
Pine Grosbeak
Wilson's Warbler
Yellow Warbler - lots!
Yellow Rump Warbler - they are everywhere! usually Myrtle
Orange Crowned Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler **Lifer (no picture)
Tennesse Warbler **Lifer (poor pictures)
Chestnut sided Warbler **Lifer (have pictures)
Magnolia Warbler **LIfer (no picture)
Black & White Warbler **Lifer (poor picture)
Black Throated Gray Warbler
American Redstart
Common Yellowthroat
Lazuli Bunting - at Juniper Beach
Cedar Waxwing
Bohemian Waxwing
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Warbling Vireo
Red Eye Vireo
Dark Eyed Junco - most were slate
Lark Sparrow - at Juniper Beach!
Chipping Sparrow
White throated Sparrow - lots!
Song Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
La Contes Sparrow - **Lifer - found with help of local birder
Lincoln Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow **Lifer - found with help of local birder
Clay Colored Sparrow
American Goldfinch
Pine Sisken
House Sparrow
that is it, plus many unidentified hawks, shorebirds, little birds flying across the road etc.
One thing I find really strange is that the entire trip we never a saw a single Killdeer! Is that not rather unusual?
Kathy
Common Loon
Common Merganser (includes 30 males on Lesser Slave Lake)
Red Breasted Merganser (Lac la Biche)
Hooded Merganser
Common Goldeneyes (includes raft of approx. 150 males at Lac la Biche
Mallards
American Widgeon
Blue Wing Teal - 3rd most predominant duck species in area
Green Wing Teal
Bufflehead
Harlequin - partially frozen lake in Jasper
Ring Neck Duck
Northern Shoveler - most predominant duck species in area
Ruddy Duck
Red Head Duck - lots
Canvasback
Lesser Scaup - 2nd most predominant duck species in area
Gadwall
Northern Pintail
Surf Scoters
American Coot
Red Neck Grebe - everywhere
Horned Grebe
Pied Bill Grebe
Canada Goose - counted over 600 enroute
American White Pelican
Double Crested Cormorant - est. close to 1000 nesting at Lac la Biche
Spotted Sandpiper - everywhere
Snipe - so many you would see them sitting on fence posts
American Avocet - saw close to a 100 of them
Wilson's Phalarope
Lesser Yellowlegs
Bittern
Black Neck Stilt **Lifer
Dunlin
Willet **Lifer
Upland Sandpiper **Lifer
Sandhill Crane
Great Blue Heron
Black Crowned Night Heron - 1 south of Wainwright
Trumpeter Swan
Osprey
American Kestral
Bald Eagle
Merlin
Red Tail Hawk
Sharp Shin Hawk
Northern Harrier
Turkey Vulture
Rough Legged Hawk
Great Horned Owl - included 2 parents and 2 young
Common Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern - lots!
Bonaparte Gull
Ring Bill Gull
Herring Gull
Franklin Gull
Ruffed Grouse
California Quail
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Kingfisher
Steller's Jay
Gray Jay - including fledglings at Jasper
Blue Jay - total of 7 seen and only 1 pitiful picture!!!
Mountain Chickadee
Black Cap Chickadee
Red Breasted Nuthatch
White Breasted Nuthatch
Calliope Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Ruby Throated Hummingbird **Lifer
American Crows
Ravens
Black Billed Magpies
Starlings
Lewis Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Yellow Bellied Sapsucker
Red Naped Sapsucker
Brewer's Blackbird
Red Wing Blackbird - 100's!
Bobolink **Lifer (near Cache Creek)
Brown Headed Cowbird
Yellow Headed Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Bullock's Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Northern Rough Wing Swallow
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Violet Green Swallow
Purple Martin
Vauxes Swift
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Willow Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Nighthawk
American Robin
Townsends Solitaire
Swainson's Thrush
Mountain Bluebird
Gray Catbird
Pine Grosbeak
Wilson's Warbler
Yellow Warbler - lots!
Yellow Rump Warbler - they are everywhere! usually Myrtle
Orange Crowned Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler **Lifer (no picture)
Tennesse Warbler **Lifer (poor pictures)
Chestnut sided Warbler **Lifer (have pictures)
Magnolia Warbler **LIfer (no picture)
Black & White Warbler **Lifer (poor picture)
Black Throated Gray Warbler
American Redstart
Common Yellowthroat
Lazuli Bunting - at Juniper Beach
Cedar Waxwing
Bohemian Waxwing
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Warbling Vireo
Red Eye Vireo
Dark Eyed Junco - most were slate
Lark Sparrow - at Juniper Beach!
Chipping Sparrow
White throated Sparrow - lots!
Song Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
La Contes Sparrow - **Lifer - found with help of local birder
Lincoln Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow **Lifer - found with help of local birder
Clay Colored Sparrow
American Goldfinch
Pine Sisken
House Sparrow
that is it, plus many unidentified hawks, shorebirds, little birds flying across the road etc.
One thing I find really strange is that the entire trip we never a saw a single Killdeer! Is that not rather unusual?
Kathy