Category Archives: Boreal forest birds

Advanced Birding Techniques – Finding the Northern Pygmy-Owl

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Pat

Guest post by Bob Lefebvre The Northern Pygmy-Owl is an elusive creature that can be very difficult for a birder to find.  For starters, it is very small, about the size of a pop can.  But there is no deposit … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Wings: Boreal Chickadees

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Pat

Guest Photos by Daniel Arndt, Calgary birder and nature photographer Dan has also written a terrific post for the Birds Calgary blog on these sweethearts of the boreal forest and many other birds that share their habitat. You can check … Continue reading →

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Snow Bath, Anyone?

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Pat

Posted by Janet Plante Living in the Boreal Forest is great, but it is even better when we get Chinooks. A Chinook is a warm wind that brings warmer temperatures, often above freezing. We have experienced going from -40 degrees Celsius … Continue reading →

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Swans of Kimiwan Lake

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Pat

(Guest post by Bob Lefebvre) On the (Canadian) Thanksgiving weekend in October, I was in Northern Alberta to visit family, and of course to do a little birding on the side.  On October 9th I was driving, along with my brother … Continue reading →

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Whoopers in Flight

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Pat

Another guest post, this time from Ken Bushman in Saskatchewan, who had the amazing luck to photograph a group of wild whooping cranes in flight. This is not something you see everyday. I showed this photo to the head of … Continue reading →

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Finches of the Boreal Forest

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Pat

No, unfortunately I haven’t been travelling to the boreal forest. This is a guest post from Janet Plante, who lives in the boreal and will be writing monthly blog posts for Bird Canada. Some of the birds she regularly gets … Continue reading →

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Whooping Crane Wednesday

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Pat

Last weekend, a small group of local birders were lucky enough to meet North America’s tallest birds in person. Whooping cranes stand about 1.5 m (5 ft) tall. Their wingspan is 2 m (6.5 ft) or more between the tips … Continue reading →

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Canada’s Boreal Forest

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Pat
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Boreal Birds #2

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Pat

This second set of boreal bird pictures comes from Janet Plante, who, with her husband Pete is driving up the Alaska Highway. Janet is my niece, and is making me unbelievably jealous with her photos. The first picture she sent … Continue reading →

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Boreal Birds #1

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Pat

Canada’s Boreal Forest is a 1.4 billion acre green swath stretching from The Yukon in the west, across all provinces to Newfoundland in the east. Within this bird nursery, billions of birds are raised during the short but insect-laden summer … Continue reading →

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