Colonel Walker House, Inglewood Bird Sanctuary

This photo was also taken yesterday, 24 October 2015, when I went on a walk with a small group of birding friends. It was around 2C when we started our walk and it was cold. Can’t believe I was wearing two fleece jackets and a fleece vest, light jacket, jeans and long-johns, woollen hat and two pairs of gloves! I always like this view, from one of the small bridges, looking along the lagoon towards the historic Colonel Walker House, built in 1910. This building is currently used by Parks staff and volunteers as a classroom and office.

“The Colonel James Walker House is an early twentieth century, two-storey building constructed of red bricks and featuring sandstone trim, a low hipped roof and a wide verandah on the south and west sides. It is located on 0.98 hectares of land backing onto a lagoon on the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary in the Inglewood district of Calgary. The original brick carriage house adjacent to the building is also included in the designation.” From historicplaces.ca.

www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=5137

I will add the list of species seen, thanks to our leaders, Janet and Bernie. Thanks, both of you, for a most enjoyable walk in beautiful sunshine. We were especially lucky to see the Red Crossbills, Great Blue Heron, Common Redpolls and a very distant Porcupine sitting very high up in a tall tree. It was great going for lunch at the Blackfoot Truckstop Diner afterwards, too.

www.blackfootdiner.ca/

Inglewood Sanctuary, Calgary. 9-11:15 a.m. Sat. Oct 24/15. Sun/cloud mix, light North wind, 2 to 5C.

1. Double-crested Cormorant - 1
2. Great Blue Heron - 1
3. Wood Duck - 13
4. Mallard - 15
5. Hooded Merganser - 1
6. Rough-legged Hawk - 1
7. Bald Eagle - 1
8. Ring-billed Gull - 20
9. Feral Pigeon - 1
10. Northern Flicker - 2
11. Downy Woodpecker - 1
12. Black-billed Magpie - 10
13. American Crow - 4
14. Black-capped Chickadee - 10
15. White-breasted Nuthatch - 2
16. Red-breasted Nuthatch - 2
17. European Starling - 20
18. RED CROSSBILL - 25
19. COMMON REDPOLL - 4

Mule Deer - 7
Porcupine - 1
Eastern Gray Squirrel – 2