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A gallery of flying swans featuring both tundra and trumpeter swans demonstrating how difficult they are to ID.
Aproposal to open a 🇨🇦 hunting season on Tundra Swans-they look, mingle with look-alike Trumpeter Swans (special concern). Swans are very difficult to ID in flight & trumpeters will be killed -reversing conservation successes.
Send yr thoughts to MbregsReports-Rapports-Omregs@ec.gc.ca by Feb 15
We are still getting some very late stragglers making pit stops here on their way south.
American Goldfinch
Millarville, AB
2025/12/11
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Satellite Tracker Update: We are seeing 2 birds with trackers almost daily. Latest report is that the third one is near Rocky Mountain House!
Evening Grosbeak (male, satellite tracker)
Millarville, AB
2025/12/11
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inaccurately-named birds, a helpful guide:
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Woody sharing some peanut butter with a little friend.
Pileated Woodpecker (male)
Downy Woodpecker (male)
Millarville, AB
2025/12/01
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ECCC were here on Sunday and Monday to put satellite trackers and leg bands on our Evening Grosbeaks. They are coming back to our feeders daily.
Evening Grosbeak (male)
Millarville, AB
2025/11/20
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ECCC were at Foothills Birds on Sunday and Monday to put satellite trackers and leg bands on our Evening Grosbeaks.
Evening Grosbeak (male, satellite tracker)
Millarville, AB
2025/11/18
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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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Very orange! That is a Spanish orange!
Baltimore Oriole
Millarville, AB
2025/05/19
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The amazing orange birds are back!
Baltimore Oriole
Millarville, AB
2025/05/19
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Checking out the gopher menu in our corral.
Swainson's Hawk
Millarville, AB
2025/05/13
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Another new arrival today!
American Goldfinch (male)
Millarville, AB
2025/05/16
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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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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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15.05.2025 22:52 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
They are back! Hopefully they nest here.
Purple Finch (female)
Millarville, AB
2025/05/12
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They are back! Hopefully they nest here.
Purple Finch (male)
Millarville, AB
2025/05/12
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12.05.2025 03:13 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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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08.05.2025 18:59 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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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.
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...
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A painting of a bird next to the words "i am so profoundly not interested"
21.04.2025 13:08 — 👍 476 🔁 62 💬 2 📌 10
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
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Great Gray Owl
Millarville, AB
2025/04/20
