Brown Lowrey Provincial Park
2022-02-04 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Edmonton) | Brown-Lowry Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada
Nature Calgary organizes volunteer led field trips. Participants are responsible for bringing their own food, water, sunscreen, bug spray and any other items that the duration and location of the trip may require.

Trips are limited to a maximum of ten participants (members only) and pre-registration is required.
Register here; https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/nature-calgary-birding-brown-lowrey-provincial-park-tickets-254303878747

Bird Bow River West Bank
2022-02-06 09:00 - 11:30 | Graves Bridge Pubic Boat Launch, 3113 Heritage Dr SE, Calgary, Alberta, T2C 3A6, Canada
We will meet at the Graves Bridge Boat Launch and bird along the west bank of the Bow River. This will offer a different perspective to the more traditional trips along the east bank from Carburn Park and Beaverdam Flats. The Graves Bridge Boat Launch is reached by turning south from eastbound Glenmore Trail onto Glendeer Circle SE. Then left at the lights on to Heritage Drive. The car park is on the right before you go under the Graves Bridge. Park towards the north end away from the actual boat launch. Dress according to the weather. Please register with leader: Andrew Hart at andrewhartch@icloud.com or (403) 608-8918

Mallard Point
2022-02-08 09:00 - 11:30 | Mallard Point (Fish Creek Provincial Park), Alberta, Canada
Nature Calgary organizes volunteer led field trips. Participants are responsible for bringing their own food, water, sunscreen, bug spray and any other items that the duration and location of the trip may require.

Trips are limited to a maximum of ten participants (members only) and pre-registration is required.
Register here; https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/nature-calgary-birding-mallard-point-tickets-254304781447

Bird Bebo Grove FCPP
2022-02-10 09:00 - 11:30 | Bebo Grove, Fish Creek Provincial Park, 13610 24 St SW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Meet in the parking lot, south end of 24th St SW. Dress according to the weather. Please register with leader: Anne Belton at ibelton*@*telus.net or 587-223-7339.

Weaselhead
2022-02-11 09:00 - 11:30 | Weaselhead Parking Lot: 37 St SW & 66 Avenue SW
Nature Calgary organizes volunteer led field trips. Participants are responsible for bringing their own food, water, sunscreen, bug spray and any other items that the duration and location of the trip may require.

Trips are limited to a maximum of ten participants (members only) and pre-registration is required.
Register here; https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/nature-calgary-birding-weaselhead-tickets-254305934897

Bird Inglewood Bird Sanctuary.
2022-02-12 09:00 - 12:00 | Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, 2425 9 Ave SE, Calgary, Alberta, T2G 4T4, Canada
Meet at IBS parking lot at 9 Ave and 23 Street SE. Please register with leader Janet Gill: gillannjanet*@*gmail.com or 403 230-5671 or 403 831-7828.

Refinery Park to Beaverdam Flats
2022-02-15 09:00 - 11:30 | Refinery Park (Parking Lot), 4687 Barlow Trail SE, Calgary, Alberta, T2B 3T6, Canada
Nature Calgary organizes volunteer led field trips. Participants are responsible for bringing their own food, water, sunscreen, bug spray and any other items that the duration and location of the trip may require.

Trips are limited to a maximum of ten participants (members only) and pre-registration is required.
Register here; https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/nature-calgary-birding-beaverdam-flats-tickets-254307619937

Speaker Series February 2022
2022-02-16 19:30 - 21:00 | Zoom, Alberta, Canada
SCENIC GEOLOGY OF SOUTHERN ALBERTA: A ROADSIDE HIKING AND TOURING ADVENTURE
Speaker: Dale Leckie, Ph.D., Geologist, Author
Allow Dale Leckie to guide you to Alberta’s most scenic sites. Leckie tells the intriguing story of Alberta’s landscape evolution from Waterton Lakes National Park, to Dinosaur Provincial Park, into the Prairies, and across the North. With trips to Edmonton, Calgary, Crowsnest Pass, and Elk Island National Park, he takes you to explore volcanoes and glaciations long past. This talk includes stops along well-traveled and not-so-well-traveled routes that the curious would be wise to see. Using eye-catching illustrations and photographs, Leckie blends storytelling with science, incorporating natural landscape beauty with art and history. The Scenic Geology of Alberta gives you what you need to discover the spectacular landforms of Alberta.
About the Author: Dale Leckie, Ph.D., is a geologist who worked at the Geological Survey of Canada and as chief geologist in a large Canadian energy company. He has edited numerous books and published widely on the geology of western Canada. He is adjunct professor in the Geoscience Department at University of Calgary. Dale is recognized for his long-term contributions to geology and is an honorary member of Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) and Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (CSPG). Dale’s first book Rocks, Ridges, and Rivers: Geological Wonders of Banff, Yoho, and Jasper National Parks was highly successful. His most recent book, The Scenic Geology of Alberta, topped the best seller lists across the province all summer long.
Meeting opens at 7:15pm
Presentation to begin at 7:30pm
NATURE CALGARY MEMBERS: Check your Nature in Calgary Newsletter for the Zoom Link
NON-MEMBER TICKETS: Buy online from Eventbrite

Bird Mallard Point FCPP
2022-02-17 09:00 - 11:30 | Mallard Point (Fish Creek Provincial Park), Alberta, Canada
Meet in parking lot at far east end of Canyon Meadows Dr. SE. Dress according to the weather. Please register with leader: Anne Belton at ibelton*@*telus.net or 587-223-7339.

Inglewood Bird Sanctuary
2022-02-18 09:00 - 11:30 | Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, 2425 9 Ave SE, Calgary, Alberta, T2G 4T4, Canada
Nature Calgary organizes volunteer led field trips. Participants are responsible for bringing their own food, water, sunscreen, bug spray and any other items that the duration and location of the trip may require.

Trips are limited to a maximum of ten participants (members only) and pre-registration is required.
Register here; https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/copy-of-nature-calgary-birding-inglewood-bird-sanctuary-tickets-254312163527

Annual Snowy Owl Prowl.
2022-02-19 08:00 - 16:30
This outing has run for many years with leader Terry Korolyk. This trip is fully subscribed.

Griffith Woods Park
2022-02-22 09:00 - 11:30 | Griffith Woods Park, Alberta, Canada
Nature Calgary organizes volunteer led field trips. Participants are responsible for bringing their own food, water, sunscreen, bug spray and any other items that the duration and location of the trip may require.

Trips are limited to a maximum of ten participants (members only) and pre-registration is required.
Register here; https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/nature-calgary-birding-griffith-woods-pa-tickets-254313718177

Bird Carburn Park
2022-02-24 09:00 - 11:30 | Carburn Park, Alberta, Canada
Carburn Park is reached by turning south from Glenmore Trail onto 18 St SE, right onto Rivervalley Dr SE and then left onto Riverview Dr SE (2nd left, ignoring cul du sac). Dress according to the weather. Please register with leader: Anne Belton at ibelton*@*telus.net or 587-223-7339.

Bebo Grove
2022-02-25 09:00 - 11:30 | Bebo Grove, Fish Creek Provincial Park, 13610 24 St SW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Nature Calgary organizes volunteer led field trips. Participants are responsible for bringing their own food, water, sunscreen, bug spray and any other items that the duration and location of the trip may require.

Trips are limited to a maximum of ten participants (members only) and pre-registration is required.
Register here; https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/nature-calgary-birding-bebo-grove-fcpp-tickets-254314460397

Bird North Glenmore Park
2022-02-26 09:00 - 12:00 | North Glenmore Park (Parking Lot C)
Bird North Glenmore Park. Meet in parking lot C just W of Rowing Club, accessed from S end of Crowchild Tr SW or from 37 St. Please register with leader Penny Smith, 403 249-5997.

Trees and Shrubs of Griffith Woods Park
2022-02-27 13:00 - 16:00 | Griffith Woods Park, Alberta, Canada
A 3 hour walk in the park with a focus on identification of native trees and shrubs based on the visible features during the winter (growth habit, leaf buds, bark, etc.). Dress warmly and bring a magnifying glass (binoculars are also encouraged for incidental wildlife observations). From Stoney Trail SW, exit for Discovery Ridge Blvd SW and 69th St SW. Turn south onto Discovery Ridge Blvd. Continue past the traffic circle; at the bottom of the hill turn left on Discovery Ridge Link into the parking lot. (Please note there are no longer any directional signs on the road or at the entrance.). Please register with leader: Cassiano Porto at cassianocaue@gmail.com Tel:(587) 583-9403.

Carburn Park
2022-03-01 09:00 - 11:30 | Carburn Park, Alberta, Canada
Nature Calgary organizes volunteer led field trips. Participants are responsible for bringing their own food, water, sunscreen, bug spray and any other items that the duration and location of the trip may require.

Trips are limited to a maximum of ten participants (members only) and pre-registration is required.
Register here; https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/nature-calgary-birding-carburn-park-tickets-254315373127

Bird Study Group March 2022
2022-03-02 19:30 | Alberta, Canada
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 biologists, naturalists and conservation organizations played in protecting this majestic bird. He will also add some personal Whooping Crane observations during the past 40 years while leading birding tours to view migrating cranes near Saskatoon.
Stan Shadick has had a keen interest in both birds and astronomy for over 6 decades. He has been a past president and active member of both the Saskatoon Nature Society and Nature Saskatchewan. In 2004, he was awarded the Meewasin Conservation Award for his efforts to support conservation of natural habitat. He was editor of Birds of Saskatoon reference book and contributed to the recently published – Birds of Saskatchewan.
After retiring in 2018 as a university astronomy instructor, he has volunteered his time leading birding tours to Saskatchewan’s birding hotspots with Saskatoon Custom Bird Tours as a fundraiser for Saskatoon’s Living Sky Wildlife Rehabilitation charity. His goal for these tours is to make Saskatchewan an important ecotourism destination. Because governments seem to only pay attention to economic arguments, he hopes these efforts will persuade authorities to protect our vanishing native prairie, home to many of Canada’s most endangered bird species.
TICKETS FOR NON-MEMBERS: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/bird-study-group-whooping-cranes-canadas-conservation-success-story-tickets-237204002557

Queens Park Cemetery
2022-03-04 09:00 - 11:30 | Queens Park Cemetary, 3219 4 Street Northwest, Calgary, Alberta, T2M 3A6, Canada
Nature Calgary organizes volunteer led field trips. Participants are responsible for bringing their own food, water, sunscreen, bug spray and any other items that the duration and location of the trip may require.
Trips are limited to a maximum of ten participants (members only) and pre-registration is required.
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/copy-of-nature-calgary-birding-queens-park-cemetery-tickets-272191962487

Magpie Dispersal at Weaselhead Natural Area
2022-03-05 06:30 - 09:00 | Weaselhead Parking Lot: 37 St SW & 66 Avenue SW
Sat Mar 5, 06:45 AM: Watch hundreds of Magpies leave their roosts at sunrise (7:06am) to disperse across the city. We will watch this phenomenon from the top of the hill then walk down into the Natural Area to see other birds & mammals. Meet in the parking lot on the W side of 37 St at 66 Av SW. To get there, take Crowchild Trail S into Lakeview turning right onto 66 Ave SW & drive west to 37 St into parking area. Or, from Glenmore Trail take 37 St S exit. Leader Bernie Diebolt, 403 210-2446.

Weaselhead
2022-03-08 09:00 - 11:30 | Weaselhead Parking Lot: 37 St SW & 66 Avenue SW
Nature Calgary organizes volunteer led field trips. Participants are responsible for bringing their own food, water, sunscreen, bug spray and any other items that the duration and location of the trip may require.
Trips are limited to a maximum of ten participants (members only) and pre-registration is required.
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/copy-of-nature-calgary-birding-weaselhead-tickets-273202033637

Bird Hull’s Woods.
2022-03-10 09:00 - 11:30 | Fish Creek Provincial Park – Hull’s Woods, Alberta, Canada
Meet in parking lot; on east side of Bow Bottom Trail SE, just after crossing bridge over Fish Creek. Dress according to the weather. Please register with leader: Anne Belton at ibelton*@*telus.net or 587-223-7339.

Griffith Woods Park
2022-03-11 09:00 - 11:30 | Griffith Woods Park, Alberta, Canada
Nature Calgary organizes volunteer led field trips. Participants are responsible for bringing their own food, water, sunscreen, bug spray and any other items that the duration and location of the trip may require.
Trips are limited to a maximum of ten participants (members only) and pre-registration is required.
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/nature-calgary-birding-griffith-woods-park-tickets-273203036637

Bird Inglewood Bird Sanctuary.
2022-03-12 09:00 - 11:30 | Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, 2425 9 Ave SE, Calgary, Alberta, T2G 4T4, Canada
Meet at IBS parking lot at 9 Ave and 23 Street SE. Please register with leader: Nimali Seneviratne at ntfern*@*telus.net or 403-836-5146 or 403-265-8750.

Bebo Grove
2022-03-15 09:00 - 11:30 | Bebo Grove, Fish Creek Provincial Park, 13610 24 St SW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Nature Calgary organizes volunteer led field trips. Participants are responsible for bringing their own food, water, sunscreen, bug spray and any other items that the duration and location of the trip may require.
Trips are limited to a maximum of ten participants (members only) and pre-registration is required.
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/nature-calgary-birding-bebo-grove-fcpp-tickets-272179786067

Speaker Series March 2022
2022-03-16 19:30 | Zoom, Alberta, Canada
Something fishy’s going on! Seafood mislabeling in Calgary and its implications for conservation
Abstract
Calgarians consume a lot of seafood, but what you bought may not always be what you got. Seafood mislabeling has been detected in cities worldwide. Here we explore a multi-year dataset collected by undergraduate biology students, comparing product names to their DNA-based identifications. The results include some surprises that may impact the flourishing of both us and the fishes.

About the Author
Matthew Morris has a PhD in evolutionary biology from the University of Calgary. His research explores the evolution of three spine stickleback, as well as the intersection of conservation and naming practices. He is currently co-Chair of the biology program at Ambrose University, and lives in Calgary with his wife and three kids.

MEMBERS – Check your Nature in Calgary Newsletter for the Zoom Link
TICKETS FOR NON-MEMBERS

Bird Shannon Terrace in Fish Creek PP.
2022-03-17 09:00 - 11:30 | Shannon Terrace Amphitheatre (Fish Creek Provincial Park), Alberta, Canada
From 130 Ave SW, take Woodpath Rd SW south to the last parking lot. Dress according to the weather. Please register with leader: Anne Belton at ibelton*@*telus.net or 587-223-7339.

St. Patrick’s Island
2022-03-18 09:00 - 11:30 | St. Patricks Island (Calgary Zoo West Lot), 1300 Zoo Road NE, Calgary, Alberta, T2E 7V6, Canada
Nature Calgary organizes volunteer led field trips. Participants are responsible for bringing their own food, water, sunscreen, bug spray and any other items that the duration and location of the trip may require.
Trips are limited to a maximum of ten participants (members only) and pre-registration is required.
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/nature-calgary-birding-st-patricks-island-tickets-273853151147

Bird Frank Lake.
2022-03-20 09:00 - 13:00 | Frank Lake, Alberta, Canada
Meet at the NW lookout/blind parking lot OUTSIDE the gate at 9:00. We will walk the area for a couple of hours and (subject to time and interest) explore other nearby hotspots. Bring lunch and appropriate footwear and clothing. Please register with leader Andrew Hart at andrewhartch*@*icloud.com (403- 608-8918)

Dale Hodges
2022-03-22 09:00 - 11:30 | Dale Hodges Park (Marantha Church parking lot), 2111 52 St. – NW, Calgary, Alberta, T3B 1C3, Canada
Nature Calgary organizes volunteer led field trips. Participants are responsible for bringing their own food, water, sunscreen, bug spray and any other items that the duration and location of the trip may require.
Trips are limited to a maximum of ten participants (members only) and pre-registration is required.
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/nature-calgary-birding-dale-hodges-tickets-273857674677
