Attracting Birds
male pine grosbeak on his way to the feeder
Four Seasons AlbertaTree Nursery
Alberta grown treesNative Birds
We have also enhanced the environment on our nursery and have a great variety of new birds nesting here. Birds that were not common before we started.
For example we have several pairs of rose-breasted grosbeaks that come to the feeder and now even nest here.
Mountain Blue birds select a bird house and raise
a family each year
When we first started there were no Canada Geese nesting on site either. Nesting rafts, nesting bales and feeders encouraged them and now we have up to six pairs nesting each year
Purple Martins now reside in our two martin houses and there are at least seven pairs coming.
Project Feederwatch
We have participated in the Cornell University Feederwatch Program for the last ten years or so. This year we had a record number of pine grosbeaks come to the feeder, 25 at one time. They really like to eat the seed on the female green ash. The green ash is a must if you want to attract them.
This Merlin loves the place; the food comes to him
Total Migrants 73
Total Breeding 91
% of AB Species 41
Total Species 164
*Note: Some species were observed only once during the period of survey
Common Name
Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Canada Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
White-winged Scoter
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Gray Partridge
Ring-necked Pheasant
Ruffed Grouse
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
American Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Sora
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
American Avocet
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Marbled Godwit
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Common Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Black Tern
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Great Horned Owl
Northern Hawk Owl
Great Gray Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Common Nighthawk
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Western Wood-Pewee
Alder Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Kingbird
Northern Shrike
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Gray Jay
Blue Jay
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Common Raven
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Boreal Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
House Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
American Pipit
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
Tennessee Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Palm Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-White Warbler
American Redstart
Northern Waterthrush
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Canada Warbler
Western Tanager
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Le Conte's Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Snow Bunting
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
Pine Grosbeak
Purple Finch
House Finch
White-winged Crossbill
Common Redpoll
Hoary Redpoll
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
House Sparrow
Latin Name
Anser albifrons
Chen caerulescens
Branta canadensis
Cygnus buccinator
Cygnus columbianus
Anas strepera
Anas americana
Anas platyrhynchos
Anas discors
Anas clypeata
Anas acuta
Anas crecca
Aythya valisineria
Aythya americana
Aythya collaris
Aythya affinis
Melanitta fusca
Bucephala albeola
Bucephala clangula
Lophodytes cucullatus
Oxyura jamaicensis
Perdix perdix
Phasianus colchicus
Bonasa umbellus
Tympanuchus phasianellus
Gavia immer
Podilymbus podiceps
Podiceps auritus
Podiceps grisegena
Podiceps nigricollis
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Phalacrocorax auritus
Botaurus lentiginosus
Ardea herodias
Pandion haliaetus
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Circus cyaneus
Accipiter striatus
Accipiter cooperii
Accipiter gentilis
Buteo platypterus
Buteo swainsoni
Buteo jamaicensis
Buteo lagopus
Falco sparverius
Falco columbarius
Porzana carolina
Fulica americana
Grus canadensis
Charadrius semipalmatus
Charadrius vociferus
Recurvirostra americana
Tringa melanoleuca
Tringa flavipes
Tringa solitaria
Actitis macularius
Limosa fedoa
Calidris pusilla
Calidris minutilla
Calidris melanotos
Calidris himantopus
Limnodromus griseus
Gallinago
Phalaropus tricolor
Phalaropus lobatus
Larus pipixcan
Larus delawarensis
Larus californicus
Chlidonias niger
Columba livia
Zenaida macroura
Bubo virginianus
Surnia ulula
Strix nebulosa
Aegolius acadicus
Chordeiles minor
Archilochus colubris
Selasphorus rufus
Sphyrapicus varius
Picoides pubescens
Picoides villosus
Colaptes auratus
Dryocopus pileatus
Contopus sordidulus
Empidonax alnorum
Empidonax minimus
Sayornis phoebe
Tyrannus tyrannus
Lanius excubitor
Vireo solitarius
Vireo gilvus
Vireo philadelphicus
Vireo olivaceus
Perisoreus canadensis
Cyanocitta cristata
Pica hudsonia
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Corvus corax
Progne subis
Tachycineta bicolor
Hirundo rustica
Poecile atricapillus
Poecile hudsonica
Sitta canadensis
Sitta carolinensis
Certhia americana
Troglodytes aedon
Regulus calendula
Sialia currucoides
Myadestes townsendi
Catharus ustulatus
Catharus guttatus
Turdus migratorius
Dumetella carolinensis
Toxostoma rufum
Sturnus vulgaris
Anthus rubescens
Bombycilla garrulus
Bombycilla cedrorum
Vermivora peregrina
Dendroica petechia
Dendroica coronata
Dendroica palmarum
Dendroica striata
Mniotilta varia
Setophaga ruticilla
Seiurus noveboracensis
Oporornis philadelphia
Geothlypis trichas
Wilsonia canadensis
Piranga ludoviciana
Spizella arborea
Spizella passerina
Spizella pallida
Passerculus sandwichensis
Ammodramus leconteii
Melospiza melodia
Melospiza lincolnii
Melospiza georgiana
Zonotrichia albicollis
Zonotrichia querula
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Junco hyemalis
Plectrophenax nivalis
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Passerina amoena
Agelaius phoeniceus
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Euphagus carolinus
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Quiscalus quiscula
Molothrus ater
Icterus galbula
Leucosticte tephrocotis
Pinicola enucleator
Carpodacus purpureus
Carpodacus mexicanus
Loxia leucoptera
Carduelis flammea
Carduelis hornemanni
Carduelis pinus
Carduelis tristis
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Passer domesticus
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Bird's of Kipp Lake (5 km W of Barrhead)
Compiled by the Macaulay's (1975 to September 5, 2007)
The waxwings were eating Amur chokecherries in the spring and they arehere by the dozens in the fall eating the Hawthorne berries.
Oriole and American gold finch feeding this spring.
A true sign of spring!
