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Birds & Beers resumes next Thursday with our final event of the season. As usual we meet at the Legion at 9202 Horton Road SW, from 5 to 9 pm. Everyone is welcome. You can arrive at any time up to 7 pm, when the presentation will begin.

Spain 2, A Cautionary Tale by Spephen Boucher

Birds & Beers, Thursday June 11th, 2026 - Birds Calgary With a presentation by Stephen Boucher called “Spain 2, A Cautionary Tale.” Birds & Beers resumes next Thursday with our final event of the season. As usual we meet at the Legion at 9202 Horton Road SW, from 5 to 9 pm. Everyone is welcome. You can arrive at any time up to 7 pm, […]

Field Guide To The Birds of Alberta book launch and signing, Saturday May 16th, 5 pm. A special Book Launch and signing event held at the Royal Canadian Legion at 9202 Horton Road SW (the Birds & Beers venue).

Special Event - Book Launch! - Birds Calgary Field Guide To The Birds of Alberta book launch and signing, Saturday May 16th. As I wrote in December, there is a new field guide to Alberta birds being published on May 12th. On Saturday May 16th there will be a special Book Launch and signing event held at the Royal Canadian Legion at 9202 […]

Avian Pox

Posted by Bob Lefebvre I feed birds in my SE Calgary yard and spend a lot of time watching them. Recently I saw something new - a bird with some really obvious large growths on it. Black-billed Magpie with avian pox. Calgary, March 9, 2026. Photo by Bob Lefebvre. I wasn't sure what this was at first but a quick internet search identified the problem as avian pox....

Avian Pox - Birds Calgary Posted by Bob Lefebvre I feed birds in my SE Calgary yard and spend a lot of time watching them. Recently I saw something new – a bird with some really obvious large growths on it. I wasn’t sure what this was at first but a quick internet search identified the problem as avian pox. […]

Birds & Beers, April 9, 2026

With a presentation on Antarctica by Karen Keller On Thursday April 9th we will meet again at the Legion at 9202 Horton Rd SW in Calgary for our monthly Birds & Beers social get-together. These informal meetings are open to everyone, and provide a venue to meet with your fellow birders and enjoy food, drink, and an interesting presentation about birds....

Birds & Beers, April 9, 2026 - Birds Calgary With a presentation on Antarctica by Karen Keller On Thursday April 9th we will meet again at the Legion at 9202 Horton Rd SW in Calgary for our monthly Birds & Beers social get-together. These informal meetings are open to everyone, and provide a venue to meet with your fellow birders and enjoy foo...

Welcome Back, Swamp Boss: The Red-winged Blackbird Returns

By Cathy Warwick Guess who is coming back to Calgary this spring, the Red-winged Blackbird! This feels like a spring where Mother Nature will roll out the “white carpet” for these hardy birds. Hopefully they won’t turn right around and head back south. Courtship Display, Red-Winged Blackbird. Wikipedia. For birders the Red-winged Blackbird is, thankfully, relatively easy to spot. They are widespread and, as birding books like Sibley’s call them, “conspicuous”, that means they make themselves seen....

Welcome Back, Swamp Boss: The Red-winged Blackbird Returns - Birds Calgary By Cathy Warwick Guess who is coming back to Calgary this spring, the Red-winged Blackbird! This feels like a spring where Mother Nature will roll out the “white carpet” for these hardy birds. Hopefully they won’t turn right around and head back south. For birders the Red-winged Blackbird is, ...

Consider the Bald Eagle a good luck symbol – unless you’re a Gull

Bald Eagles of Calgary...

Consider the Bald Eagle a good luck symbol - unless you're a Gull - Birds Calgary Bald Eagles of Calgary