Frank Lake Conservation Area
Frank Lake is an Important Bird Area (IBA) south of Calgary.
Alberta Wilderness Association's outdoor education program - Adventures for Wilderness (A4W) led a public hike on Saturday, May 27. Board Director, Chris Saunders, coordinated the event and helped teach basic birding skills.
The confirmed sightings are listed below:
- Tree Swallow
- Red-winged blackbird
- Yellow-headed blackbird
- Killdeer
- Canada Goose
- Short-billed Dowitcher
- Wilsons Pharalope
- Northern Shoveler
- Marsh Wren
- Ruddy Duck
- Lesser Scaup
- Brewer's blackbird
- Black-necked Stilt
- American white Pelican
- Marbled godwit
- Willet
- Herring gull
- Franklin's gull
- Cormorant
- California gull
- Savannah sparrow
- Horned grebe
- Eared grebe
- Western grebe
- White-faced ibis
- Gadwall
- Mallard
- Blue-winged teal
- American coot
- Northern harrier
- Brown-headed cowbird
- American avocet
- American robin
- Western yellow lark
The weather was fine, and it was an exciting day of birding.
