13-14 July 2013, Alberta: Calgary – Cypress Hills Provincial Park

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13-14 July 2013, Alberta: Calgary – Cypress Hills Provincial Park

This stop was the last attempt to collect songs from MacGillivray’s Warblers.  I spent the morning of 14 July 2013 trying to find singing males in the provincial park.  I found one male on the way.  Even though there was plenty of good breeding habitat, it appeared that the territorial and courtship phase of the breeding season is over.  The birding in the park was outstanding and lead to the diverse list of birds below.  I also was able to capture some video of an American White Pelican and while driving through Saskatchewan, the Lark Bunting (see below).

Cypress Hills

Breeding habitat in the Cypress Hills

Breeding Habitat (territory of CH1)

American White Pelican

 



Lark Bunting Female




Lark Bunting Male

Bird List

1.     American White Pelican

2.     Canada Goose

3.     Mallard

4.     Turkey Vulture

5.     Northern Harrier

6.     Cooper’s Hawk

7.     Swainson’s Hawk

8.     Red-tailed Hawk

9.     American Kesrrel

10. Killdeer

11. Wilson’s Snipe

12. Franklin’s Gull

13. Ring-billed Gull

14. Caspian Tern

15. Mourning Dove

16. Common Nighthawk

17. Belted Kingfisher

18. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

19. Downy Woodpecker

20. Northern Flicker

21. Least Flycatcher

22. Tree Swallow

23. Cliff Swallow

24. Barn Swallow

25. Black-billed Magpie

26. American Crow

27. Black-capped Chickadee

28. Red-breasted Nuthatch

29. House Wren

30. Marsh Wren

31. Veery

32. Swainson’s Thrush

33. American Robin

34. Gray Catbird

35. Cedar Waxwing

36. Warbling Vireo

37. Tennessee Warbler

38. Yellow Warbler

39. Yellow-rumped Warbler

40. American Redstart

41. Ovenbird

42. MacGillivray’s Warbler

43. Common Yellowthroat

44. Rose-breasted Grosbeak

45. Chipping Sparrow

46. Clay-colored Sparrow

47. Vesper Sparrow

48. Savannah Sparrow

49. Song Sparrow

50. White-crowned Sparrow

51. Red-winged Blackbird

52. Western Meadowlark

53. Brown-headed Cowbird

54. Pine Siskin

55. American Goldfinch

56. House Sparrow