46 Snowy Owls in ONE Morning YouTube video by Rain Saulnier

A great mid April birding trip - topped off with a surprising 46 Snowy Owls! #AB #birds www.youtube.com/watch?v=37kN...

OMG you guys. Look at this eBird list from Tadoussac, Canada. If you've never heard of a "reverse migration" event, this is your chance to learn. Highlights include 121,145 Juncos and 36,316 American Robins #birds

City Nature Challenge: Guided Photo Hike Help put Calgary's Biodiversity on the Map!

Help put #YYC on the leader board for the 2026 #CityNatureChallenge!
We'll be leading a guided photo hike from the South end of the Weaselhead on Friday evening to document everything from plants, lichen, birds & whatever else we happen to see!
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A rear view of an Osprey flying off with a northern pike fish dangling in its talons over water.

Our local osprey flew down and picked off a Northern pike from our local storm water pond #YYC. At this time of year pike lay their eggs in warm, shallow, flooded fringes of wetlands - where they can be easily picked off! #Fish

An American Mink - a glossy brown weasel with a white chin - looks to the camera surrounded by dry grass.

It was really nice to be rewarded with a great look at our #YYC neighbourhood American Mink. I've seen them (this one?) before but only distantly + their tracks in the snow.
This time, a rotting beaver corpse - rather than my sneakiness made this encounter possible. #mammals #wildlife

In chronically online world, young people turn to radical alternative: birding | Cascadia Daily News Bellingham millennials, Gen Z build in-person community by observing nature

I want to inject this headline right into my bloodstream
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The History of Earth Day | Earth Day Discover Earth Day's 50-Year Legacy, Uniting Billions Annually on April 22. Explore the Movement's History.

Happy Earth Day! “Earth Day 1970 became, and continues to be to this day, the largest secular day of protest in the world.” Some history below. Share plans for this Earth Day below. We are doing a trash pickup at a local park later.

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Happy Earth Day! 🌎 🌍 🌏

To mark this special day, we’re tuning in to Sen, the world’s first continuous 4K video livestream from space.

Sen’s cameras are hosted on our Columbus module of the ISS, with data delivered via the Airbus platform.

Watch Earth from above, just like an astronaut

📹 Sen

BirdCast map showing 303.6 million birds in flight at midnight on April 22, 2026.

Crossed the 300 million mark!!

#birds #spring #migration
#LightsOutForBirds

A Tree Swallow pokes its head out of a former woodpecker cavity in a tree.

A Tree Swallow perches at the entrance of a bird box, mounted on a fencepost.

Tree Swallows are aggressive in acquiring nesting sites. They'll choose former woodpecker cavities or nesting boxes and defend their choice in big time aerial battles. #birds

BirdCast map showing 62.7 million birds in flight at 9:20pm EDT. It is very early in the night with sunset still moving west, so it’s an encouraging looking map for this night’s migration.

I think migration is gonna be lit tonight in the east and central states. #birds #spring #migration

we've had them all winter swapping dropped sunflower seeds for little brown nuggets. lol

I raked up today under the feeder... so MUCH bunny poop !

A Tree Swallow perches on a moss covered bare branch overlooking water.

A pair of Tree Swallows copulates on the top of a thin branch.

Tree Swallows are streaming back in greater numbers every day. Their pesky cockiness is always a good sign that spring is finally here! #AB #Birds

I have one who comes to scrounge under my bird feeder and I love it.

A White-tailed Jackrabbit in it's winter white pelage sits motioneless on the snow - above the Birds of Alberta podcast logo.

White-tailed Jackrabbits are one of the most commonly encountered types of wildlife in the province w/ incredible adaptations and abilities that has enabled them to thrive. In this #BirdsOfAlberta episode we celebrate all there is to our familiar prairie hare. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

A picture of Bruce, a green parrot, missing his upper beak. Photo by Alex Grabham

Bruce is a New Zealand parrot missing his top beak. It’s a serious disability, but he has managed to become the alpha of his group, through creativity. Here’s my story about Bruce and the mostly mysterious natural history of disability. Gift link: nyti.ms/4cwVGT5

Adult Trumpeter Swan standing on ice, flapping its wings

Adult, all-white (with black feet, black bill) Trumpeter Swan standing on ice

close up of head and neck of Trumpeter Swan, showing the narrow red gape at the base of the all-black bill

The Trumpeter Swans are flocking to the Yukon, but because of the late spring there isn't a lot of open water for them yet... hopefully that will change quickly over the next week or so! This one was one of a group of 3 at a tiny lead along the Yukon River in downtown Whitehorse. #birds

Looks very good for a Oregon Junco to me as well. In #AB they nest in the Rockies but also in the Cypress Hills along the AB/SK border.
At this time of year Oregon Juncos are surprisingly common east of the Rockies in AB - but getting into MB would seems like a quite a roundabout path!

Anyone who loves Ospreys must read this book. Great photos, maps and information about Osprey & their status all over the world. Alan F. Poole is the best! 🪶

I tend to think of Osprey as fitting the mood and scenery of warmer climates like SoCal, the gulf and Central America - so when I see them catching fish along ice-lined rivers, it reminds me of their versatility!

The Osprey episode of "Birds of Alberta" podcast was one of the most interesting and rewarding chats to date. Have a listen if you want to catch up on this famous fish raptor. #birds podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

An Osprey is seen in flight against the blue sky.

Osprey have become a daily sight (late April to Oct) along the Bow River #AB #YYC. Fifty years ago, this wasn't the case, but as their pop'n recovered + local nesting & feeding opportunities took off, so did these birds. We now find about 1 nest/ km of the river within #YYC.

I’ve been seeing a Mourning Cloak in our yard. They are always the first ones of the year and always make me smile. 💛

I watched a few butterflies flutter by yesterday as well - but unlike you was unable to phto graph them.
Morning Cloak, Compton's Tortoiseshell and Milbert's Tortoiseshell are a great kick off to the season!

An American tree Sparrow perches on a dried and brown vegetation.

While there are many exciting migrants on the move right now - don't sleep on the American Tree Sparrow. While destined for the tundra, their presence is now sprinkled in secretive spaces. #birds

A Boreal Chorus Frog expands its vocal sac to sing.

A pair of Wood Frog are in amplexus among several masses of eggs.

Recent snows was but a very temporary pause for #AB breeding frogs. Boreal Chorus and Wood Frogs have dug out of overwintering bunkers and are singing. #herps

Six American Robins gather on the ground feeding on fallen crabapples.

Set aside the American Robin symbolic spring status as an early migrant, backyard mainstay, and joyful singer - these birds are just plain masters of adaptation.
Our recent snow dump has had little impact - they've switched to fallen fruit and finding comfort in thick spruce trees. #birds

The magic is in the details. Love how Kim took the time to select and illustrate the appropriate birds, mammals, bugs and wildflowers to compliment the Moraine Lake scene! Nicely done indeed!

Another Moraine Lake inspired illustration! A slightly different version of this will be released as a puzzle later this coming summer!

One last map. National Parks inside and near the strychnine use area in Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Grasslands NP fully inside the zone
Elk Island NP fully inside the zone

Prince Albert and Waterton NP directly adject-can use right up to the park boundary

Riding Mountain, Banff, Jasper very close.