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03-05-2023, 10:31 AM
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Robins
Anyone seeing Robins yet? Nothing but chickadees, sparrows and woodpeckers here in central Alberta so far
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03-05-2023, 10:52 AM
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No Robins but yesterday I had a Northern Flicker hammerin away on the neighbors metal chimney cap, mating season. They sure make a racket
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03-05-2023, 11:01 AM
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Bit early for robins but I've got about 20 chickadees and 4 or 5 woodpeckers...all different sizes. And I've lived here for a long time and never had sparrows!
And I'm still feeding a few rabbits.
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03-05-2023, 11:01 AM
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Flickers on our log suet feeder all winter here. Nice looking birds especially since they are right at the window beside my Lazy boy chair. I dont even bother them any more even only a few feet away. Same with the regular Downy woodpeckers.
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No Robins but yesterday I had a Northern Flicker hammerin away on the neighbors metal chimney cap, mating season. They sure make a racket
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03-05-2023, 12:22 PM
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There won’t be any robins in east central Alberta for another month or so. There hasn’t been any goose sightings in my area yet, usually the first hardy ones appear in the 2nd-3rd week of February.
In other wildlife news, the covey of 19 partiridge that lived in the yard this winter were battling a couple weeks ago and have now all paired off for the spring. Hopefully we get a good spring hatch, they’re my favorite birds to have around.
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03-05-2023, 12:46 PM
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03-05-2023, 02:03 PM
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I have 4 Robin's that never left for the winter here in East Central.
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03-05-2023, 02:03 PM
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Seen a few returning geese and one Blue Jay so far
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03-05-2023, 02:16 PM
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I got 2 yesterday here to your left looking up…..
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03-05-2023, 03:46 PM
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saw 6
Female robins mid Feb
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03-05-2023, 03:47 PM
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No Robins but the Chickadees are singing their spring melodies now.
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03-05-2023, 05:09 PM
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much to suprise a week ago,I had a robin in the yard.Usally don't see them until after the wax wings.Which have been here about 3 days.Gophers are out.Here in Calgary
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03-05-2023, 05:31 PM
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[QUOTE=yoteblaster;4615991]Anyone seeing Robins yet? I live in Red Deer and i have seen at least 1 robin a few months ago while out for a walk along the river and saw a couple either last year or the year before around the same place. These i would assume never flew south but overwintered. Northern Flickers used to be the same and flew south in the winter but now see them quite regularity for years in the winter.
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03-05-2023, 06:57 PM
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Saw my first nuthatch of the year at the feeder today as well as spotting my first hawk of the spring on the way to town this morning
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03-05-2023, 07:04 PM
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Was up at our gun range last Tuesday morning/afternoon there was one robin up there for awhile.--girl type.
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03-05-2023, 07:11 PM
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All we have here at the feeders in northern Alberta is just chickadees, wood peckers and lots of blue jays.
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03-05-2023, 08:57 PM
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There are a fair number of robins that spend the winter in Calgary along the Bow River. There's also a small group of swans that have been here all winter. I'm not a birder so I'm not sure if the swans and robins usually spend winter here or if it's a recent development.
There's always a lot of ducks and geese that overwinter as well.
Bad lighting. Poor camera. Lousy photographer. Good lookin' robin.
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03-06-2023, 07:56 PM
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03-06-2023, 10:57 PM
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The swans started hanging around Calgary for the winter about 5 years ago.
I saw a flock of robins down by the Bow in January. Things are changing....
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03-07-2023, 10:16 AM
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Quote:
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No Robins but the Chickadees are singing their spring melodies now.
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I heard one singing that tune last weekend - makes me smile. Only three more months of winter! 
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03-07-2023, 08:02 PM
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Rabbits are changing color too and saw some gophers today-- out Cranbrook way.
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03-09-2023, 12:09 PM
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had a robin in my yard yesterday, hear blue jays too but they are shy this year. I usually have a flicker around in January but havent seen it yet this year. still no snowy owl sightings this winter but I havent been out much lately.Some of the gophers around Newell and Brooks are out all winter I saw a badger digging 1 out a few weeks ago
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03-10-2023, 02:47 PM
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Rode my bike into downtown Calgary this morning. Saw these guys hangin' out.
Also saw this guy exercising his God given right to flip the bird at these geese.
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