Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: north-west of Calgary

Two days ago, I took part in the Cochrane Reserve 2007 Christmas Bird Count. This is north-west of the city. This little male Downy Woodpecker had just visited the feeders at one of the farms/ranches that we stopped at during the day. He looks a little windswept : ) Birds sighted by my small group of 5 people, just in case anyone is interested : Bald Eagle-2ad/1imm, all feeding on dead coyote. Rough-legged Hawk-6 Merlin-1 (located 1 km east of Water Valley, 3:50pm) Rock Pigeon-7 Great Horned Owl-2 Northern Pygmy-Owl-1 (S on R 4.4, about 1 km S of our S boundary-T29.0, at 4:15pm) Downy Woodpecker-15 (plus 1 at Pygmy-Owl) Hairy Woodpecker-2 (plus 1 at Pygmy-Owl) Pileated Woodpecker-1 Blue Jay-2 Black-billed Magpie-49 Common Raven-19 (plus 11 in a group heading west at 4pm.) Black-capped Chickadee-78 Boreal Chickadee-6 Red-breasted Nuthatch-16 White-breasted Nuthatch-4 Golden-crowned Kinglet-2 European Starling-5 Brown Creeper-1 Bohemian Waxwing-50 White-winged Crossbill-33 Common Redpoll-205 House Sparrow-170 Coyote (alive)-1 White-tailed Deer-13 Mule Deer-8

This was the first time I had ever seen this wildflower, Common Labrador Tea, so I was delighted to see a new species. We found it growing in a bog, north-west of Calgary. The leaves of this plant can be used to make tea. Grows June-July.

On 30th December, I was out from 6:10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., taking part in a Christmas Bird Count on the Cochrane Reserve, north-west of Calgary. Not sure of the exact number of bird species we saw, but it was around 23. This assortment of buildings, old and new, were on one of the farms that we called in at.