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Foothills Birds
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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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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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April 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Great Gray Owl
Millarville, AB
2025/04/20
April 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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April 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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March 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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March 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Some people have their ducks in a row, we have our Redpolls in a row!
Redpoll
Millarville, AB
2025/02/16
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February 19, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Another "Chickadee Hat Trick" yesterday. All three of them together in one shot!
Mountain Chickadee
Boreal Chickadee
Black-capped Chickadee
Millarville, AB
2025/02/13
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February 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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We are so lucky to have Woody and Winnie stop by every day. Woody was here several times having some of his favorite snacks, peanut butter & suet.
Pileated Woodpecker (male)
Millarville, AB
2025/02/01
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February 1, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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The Redpoll irruption continues... here they are hanging out with the Evenings.
Evening Grosbeaks
Redpolls
Millarville, AB
2025/01/30
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February 1, 2025 at 2:46 AM