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Foothills County, Alberta, Canada
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Our first Pine Grosbeak of the year! We haven't seen one here since 2024/03/10!
Pine Grosbeak (male, on the right)
Evening Grosbeak (male)
Millarville, AB
2025/11/06
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November 9, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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October 2, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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September 19, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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August 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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Very orange! That is a Spanish orange!
Baltimore Oriole
Millarville, AB
2025/05/19
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May 20, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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The amazing orange birds are back!
Baltimore Oriole
Millarville, AB
2025/05/19
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May 20, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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Checking out the gopher menu in our corral.
Swainson's Hawk
Millarville, AB
2025/05/13
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May 17, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Another new arrival today!
American Goldfinch (male)
Millarville, AB
2025/05/16
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May 16, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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The big migration continues, we now have 70 species for 2025 and 55 for May at @FoothillsBirds!
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (male)
Millarville, AB
2025/05/15
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May 16, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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The big migration continues, we now have 70 species for 2025 and 55 for May at @FoothillsBirds!
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (female)
Millarville, AB
2025/05/15
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May 16, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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May 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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They are back! Hopefully they nest here.
Purple Finch (female)
Millarville, AB
2025/05/12
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May 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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They are back! Hopefully they nest here.
Purple Finch (male)
Millarville, AB
2025/05/12
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May 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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@rosemarymosco.com Great book!
rosemarymosco.com Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · May 6
Do you like birds? My new book THE BIRDING DICTIONARY is out today wherever you buy books! This little book is deeply silly and full of love, and I hope you'll laugh and maybe enjoy an obscure fact or two.
The cover of a book called The Birding Dictionary: A Tongue-in-cheek guide for people who find themselves obsessed, against all logic and reason, with birds, with a quote from David Sibley that says "Best. Dictionary. Ever" and a drawing of a Vermilion Flycatcher pooping on a pair of binoculars.
May 12, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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First one of the year! Arrived on the exact same day as last year!
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (male)
Millarville, AB
2025/05/09
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May 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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May 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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April 27, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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Great-horned Owlets like these, do leave the nest before they seem ready. While they generally are not able to fly, they can often fall to the forest floor and use 'leaner' trees to get off the ground. Parent still find and feed them.
Siblicide & asynchronous size of owlets might explain it.
Two young Great-horned Owls, still with downy feathers are perched outside of their nest on a branch.
April 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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I've always been quite fascinated by the northern adaptation of Wood Frogs. These and other fun stories made it into a Birds of Alberta podcast episode. Have a listen. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
Wood Frog sitting among duckweed in a "Birds of Alberta podcast" branding.
April 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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April 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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A painting of a bird next to the words "i am so profoundly not interested"
April 21, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Light pollution isn’t just a stargazer’s problem — it disrupts wildlife, wastes energy, and affects our health. This week, let's talk about what we can do about it. #DarkSkyWeek #LightPollution
April 21, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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Great Gray Owl
Millarville, AB
2025/04/20
April 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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we had a lot of hits from night & during day
9:12 BirdCast Migration Dashboard § Cook County, Illinois ©效然 100%0 = Menu a Saturday night, Apr 12 Live data feed begins each night after sunset. 1,548,200 Birds crossed Cook County last night (est.) Starting: Sat, Apr 12, 2025, 7:30 PM CDT Ending: Sun, Apr 13, 2025, 6:10 AM CDT High Learn more PEAK MIGRATION TRAFFIC 230,600 Birds in flight (est.) Direction: N Speed: 33 mph Altitude: 1,700 ft Recorded: Sun, Apr 13, 2025, 2:20 AM CDT High Here's what happened last night... Birds in flight • Saturday night, Apr 12 를 Historic
April 14, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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💡Off with the lights!
🪟On with the effective window treatments!
🌱In with the native plants to supply food 🐛!
bilboyaga.bsky.social Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · Apr 13
Tonight while the USA sleeps, 129 million birds will fly overhead as part of spring migration.

Many will be tiny, colorful visitors arriving from South and Central America, such as warblers.

Migration modeling is fascinating. Yup, that’s BIRDS on the weather radar. 🌿 🪶

Learn more: birdcast.info
A “BirdCast” map of the USA reads: Night of April 13, 2025 129 million birds predicted Generated 13 Apr 2025 at 06:00 UTC (13 Apr at 02:00 ET) Bird migration forecast The map colors show the highest intensity in the southern US, spreading northward and gradually fading in intensity in that direction. Gif of radar map. A 24-hour national mosaic animation of radar imagery featuring large numbers of birds taking flight. Circular blue and green features represent bird migration; precipitation appears as irregular bands. (Base reflectivity radar imagery from October 16th-17th, 2017, 12pm-12pm EST.)
April 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM