Birding 101 - January 2022
2022-01-05 19:30 - 20:30, 2022-01-12 19:30 - 20:30, 2022-01-19 19:30 - 20:30, 2022-01-26 19:30 - 20:30 (America/Edmonton) | Alberta, Canada
Join Nature Calgary for 4 online sessions and 4 in-person sessions to learn the basics of birding.
The evening online sessions run on WEDNESDAY NIGHTS (7:30 – 8:30PM) from January 5th – January 26th and will cover:

Equipment & Where to find birds (Wednesday Jan 5)
What to Notice when birding (Wednesday Jan 12)
Birding Behaviour Basics (Wednesday Jan 19)
Bird Habitats (Wednesday Jan 26)

The in-person field trip portion will be on Friday mornings from 9:00am – 11:00am at four different parks around Calgary. We will provide all participants with binoculars.

Carburn Park (Friday Jan 7)
Bebo Grove (Friday Jan 14)
Inglewood Bird Sanctuary (Friday Jan 21)
Weaselhead Park (Friday Jan 28)

This course is free for Nature Calgary members and $50 for non-members.
If you are a non-member, registration in this course will provide you with a one-year family membership. This will give you access to all our field trips (we run over 125 a year), our speaker series and bird study group sessions, as well as a monthly newsletter. Please note: if you are registering 2 or more family members in the course choose 1 non-member rate and the remainder as Nature Calgary members.
If you have questions about the course please email: communications@naturecalgary.com

Bird Mallard Point, FCPP.
2022-01-07 09:00 - 12:00 | Mallard Point (Fish Creek Provincial Park), Alberta, Canada
Bird Mallard Point, FCPP. Meet in parking lot at far east end of Canyon Meadows Dr. SE. Please register with leader Tony Timmons at tonytimmons@shaw.ca or 403-256-0754.

Bird Beaver Dam Flats.
2022-01-10 09:00 - 12:00 | Beaverdam Flats (135 Lynnview Rd SE), 135 Lynnview Rd SE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Bird Beaver Dam Flats. Meet Beaver Dam Flats parking lot (Lynnview Rd & Lynnview Way SE). Google Maps: 168 LynnviewRd SE. Please register with leader Tony Timmons at tonytimmons@shaw.ca or 403-256-0754.

Bird Griffith Woods Park
2022-01-12 09:00 - 12:00 | Griffith Woods Park, Alberta, Canada
Bird Griffith Woods Park. 2.5 km W from Sarcee Tr on Hwy 8 (Glenmore Tr). At 69th St SW turn left into Discovery Ridge, 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: Howard Heffler at hheffler@shaw.ca; (403-804-2489).

Bird Study Group January 2022
2022-01-12 19:30 | Alberta, Canada
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 about the bird counts and see Citizen Science in action.
LINK: https://bit.ly/YYCChristmasBirds

Bird Carburn Park.
2022-01-13 09:00 - 12:00 | Carburn Park, 67 Riverview Dr. S.E., Calgary, Alberta, T2C4H8, Canada
Bird Carburn Park. 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). Please register with leader: Anne Belton at ibelton*@*telus.net or 587-223-7339.

Annual Snowy Owl Pre-Prowl
2022-01-15 | Deerfoot City Mall (parking lot), 811 64 Ave NE, Calgary, Alberta, T2E 3Z8, Canada
Annual Snowy Owl Pre-Prowl. This is the precursor to the annual February Snowy Owl Prowl: a quest for the much sought after visitor from the north other winter visitors such as Snow Buntings, Redpolls, Gyrfalcon and others. Bring lunch. Trip will go until approx. 4:00 PM with a break approximately halfway through either in Strathmore or Langdon. Register with leader Terry Korolyk at 403-254-1878, or, piidpiper@hotmail.ca. Meeting place is the west end of the Parking Lot at Deerfoot City Mall at Deerfoot and 64 Avenue at 9:30 AM.

Speaker Series January 2022
2022-01-19 19:30 - 21:00 | Zoom, Alberta, Canada
Speaker: Lea Randall, Conservation Research Population Ecologist for the Calgary Zoo
Lea Randall will present on amphibians in Alberta and on-going conservation efforts for Northern Leopard Frogs at the Calgary Zoo including captive breeding and reintroduction efforts in British Columbia.
“The northern leopard frog is considered to be the most endangered frog in British Columbia and are genetically distinct from others found in Canada”, says Lea Randall, Population Ecologist, Calgary Zoo. “One third of the world’s amphibian species are at risk of extinction. We know that frogs play vital roles in our ecosystems and by having an on-site reintroduction conservation program will help to ensure their survival into the future, and ultimately help global amphibian conservation efforts.”
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: Purchase ticket on Eventbrite

Bird Inglewood Bird Sanctuary.
2022-01-20 09:00 - 12:00 | Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, 2425 9 Ave SE, Calgary, Alberta, T2G 4T4, Canada
Bird Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. Meet at IBS parking lot at 9 Ave and 23 Street SE. Please register with leader: Anne Belton at ibelton*@*telus.net or 587-223-7339.

Bird Bebo Grove FCPP.
2022-01-22 09:00 - 12:00 | 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: Howard Heffler at hheffler@shaw.ca; (403-804-2489).

Bird Inglewood Bird Sanctuary
2022-01-22 09:30 - 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. Ice grippers are recommended. Please register with leader Janet Gill: gillannjanet*@*gmail.com or 403 230-5671 or 403 831-7828.

Bird Votier’s Flats, FCPP.
2022-01-27 09:00 - 12:00 | Fish Creek Provincial Park – Votier’s Flats (End of Elbow Drive), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Bird Votier’s Flats, FCPP. Meet in the Votier’s Flats parking lot at the south end of Elbow Drive. Please register with leader: Anne Belton at ibelton*@*telus.net or 587-223-7339.

Bird North Glenmore Park
2022-01-29 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, 403-807-8137.

Queens Park Cemetery
2022-02-01 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.
Register here; https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/nature-calgary-birding-queens-park-cemetery-tickets-254302805537

Bird Study Group February 2022
2022-02-02 19:30 | Alberta, Canada
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 American Birding Association. NAB is a longstanding journal of ornithological record for birders. The journal’s mission is to provide a snapshot & document the ever changing panorama of North America’s bird life. In addition to rare and uncommon birds we document early/late arrivals, population trends, range expansion/contraction, habitat loss, out of range birds, high/low numbers of expected species and even include the occasional interesting aberrant plumaged bird. Join James on February 2nd in a zoom presentation and discuss the great birds and birding trends observed & documented over the last two years.
TICKETS FOR NON-MEMBERS: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/bird-study-group-noteworthy-and-rare-birds-during-the-covid-pandemic-tickets-237190211307

Griffith Woods
2022-02-03 09:00 - 11:30 | Griffith Woods Park, Alberta, Canada
Dress according to the weather. Please register with leader: Anne Belton at ibelton*@*telus.net or 587-223-7339.

Brown Lowrey Provincial Park
2022-02-04 09:00 - 12:00 | Brown-Lowery 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.
