Christmas Bird Count Results Presenters from Calgary, Cochrane, Priddis, Sheep River, and Chestermere counts. Come see the results of the Christmas Bird Counts from Calgary and the surrounding areas.  Hear what birds were found as hundreds of volunteers braved the cold to go out and count the birds.  It's also your chance to ask some questions […]

Noteworthy & Rare Birds during the Covid Pandemic Presenter: James Fox Join James Fox, co-editor of the Prairie Province Region for North American Birds, and an Alberta eBird reviewer, to discuss the rare & noteworthy birds observed in Alberta during the covid pandemic. Also learn about North American Birds, a quarterly journal published by the […]

Whooping Cranes - Canada's Conservation Success Story Presenter: Stan Shadwick The Whooping Crane is North America’s tallest and most elegant native bird. Although still an endangered species, their Canadian population has increased 33-fold from the early 1940s when they were on the brink of extinction. In his presentation, Stan will summarize the role that Canadian […]

The Wonder of Hummingbirds Presenter: John Bargman & Ena Spalding If you are wowed by hummingbirds, join us for closeup views and interesting stories and facts about hummingbirds of the Americas. John Bargman and Ena Spalding will show images of wonderful hummers taken in Costa Rica, Columbia, Peru, Ecuador, Belize and Canada. Members please look […]

Newfoundland – Birds and More Presenter: Howard Heffler In June 2022, Howard and Lyn Heffler visited Newfoundland for 18 days. The primary focus was birding – specifically sea birds. They also wanted to learn more about the history of Canada’s youngest province; interestingly, the one with the oldest European settlements. There are several easily accessible […]

Not ANOTHER Pandemic—Highly pathogenic avian influenza in wild birds Presenter: Dr. Dayna Goldsmith This presentation will begin with a brief introduction of what it means to be an influenza virus and the history of avian influenza in Canada. The presentation will then move into a review of the current outbreak with a focus on wild […]

Shetland – Birds, ponies, and people. Presenter: Andrew Hart The Shetland Islands are the northern most part of Great Britain. This isolation has resulted in some endemic Shetland species and several Arctic and Northern European visitors and vagrants that are rarely, if ever, seen in the rest of the country. Andrew will talk about his […]

Topic: Calgary & Area Christmas Bird Count Results Presenters: Calgary, Cochrane, Priddis, Sheep River, and Chestermere counts. Come hear about the results of the Christmas Bird Counts from Calgary and the surrounding areas.  Hear what birds were found as hundreds of volunteers braved the cold to go out and count the birds.  It’s also your chance to […]

Topic: An Overview of Moult and Age Classification in Birds Presenter: Caroline Lambert Moult, moult strategies, plumages, and resulting age classifications are some of the more complex topics in birding. Knowledge of a bird's plumage and moult can aid in identification, especially of the trickier species such as gulls. This talk will present a basic overview […]

Investigating potential introgression between two North American passerines in western Canada Speaker: Aaron Veale Hybridization may increase when one species is rarer than the other (e.g., when one species does not have an established population, in endangered, or is on the edge of its range). With the eastward range expansion of Western Bluebirds (Sialia mexicana), […]