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Beaverhill L. area – plentiful water & great birding!

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6:36pm
18 Apr 2011


Jim Lange

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Edmonton, AB

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Cooper's Hawk (imm.) Kallal Meadows during Hawk Survey April 10, Great Blue Heron (2) Wakomao L. , 2 Hastings L. & Lesser Yellowlegs in Tofield area.  Flock of Tree Sparrows & Dark-eyed Junco at entrance to Francis Point April 11, Fred Whiley.  Sandhill Cranes (3) Sharp-shin Hawk (3) Misty Ridge, Tundra Swan (4) Sec.661 & Rge Rd. 24  on April 16 Janet Watkinson & Jim Lange.  Hooded Merganser (2) Amisk Cr. bridge Ed Mah-Lim April 16.  Rusty Blackbird in the Beaverhill L. area April 16 Gerald Romanchuk.  Robins 1000+ along the Vermilion R. sw of Two Hills April 15 Richard Klauke.  Red-winged Blackbird (5) Beaverhill L. Nature Centre Marsh April 17 during Hawk Survey.  Pintail & Mallard starting to appear in numbers along with Northern Shoveler, American Wigeon & Green-winged Teal in the Beaverhiil Lake area.
  Yellow-rump Warblers( 4) west of Cold Lake April 18, Carol Hummerstone.  Double Crested Cormorant (3) Hooded Merganser (1) Red-neck Grebe (2) seen on North Sask. R. by Wiilie Braun on April 19.
    Amisk Cr., flowing in from just north of Black Nugget L. has filled the wetland at the bridge to overflowing with the excess flooding all through Lister Lake & onto Kallal Meadows.  Should be some wonderful birding as soon as the migrants move up from southern Alberta.  
   Alf & Ian Scott counted 43 Whitetail Deer adjacent to Francis Point parking lot on the afternoon of April 17.


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