| For the purposes of this list, the Bow Valley area is defined as almost all of the area that drains into the Bow River in the Canadian Rockies. This means: Anything west of Hwy 1X/Seebe Dam and Hwy 40, to the BC border Anything seen east of Highway 40, so long as the observer is on Hwy 40 or west of it Highway 93 north to Bow Summit and south to the BC border Examples of areas included: Bow Lake, Lake Louise, Lake Minnewanka, Spray Lake Reservoir, Kananaskis Lakes Sightings of species not listed below, during the December through February time period, should be reported to the Facebook group Bow Valley Birding or the email list albertabird@groups.io |
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Species |
24-25 | 23-24 | 22-23 | 21-22 | 20-21 | 19-20 | 18-19 |
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| Ducks, Geese, and Swans | Canada Goose | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Trumpeter Swan | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
| Tundra Swan | X | X | ||||||
| American Wigeon | X | X | X | |||||
| Mallard | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Northern Pintail | X | |||||||
| Green-winged Teal | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Redhead | X | |||||||
| Ring-necked Duck | X | |||||||
| White-winged Scoter | X | |||||||
| Long-tailed Duck | X | |||||||
| Bufflehead | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
| Common Goldeneye | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Barrow's Goldeneye | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Hooded Merganser | X | X | X | |||||
| Common Merganser | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Red-breasted Merganser | X | X | ||||||
| Grouse and Pheasants | Ruffed Grouse | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Dusky Grouse | X | X | X | X | X | |||
| White-tailed Ptarmigan | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Spruce Grouse | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Pigeons and Doves | Rock Pigeon | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | X | |||||||
| Rails and Coots | Virginia Rail | X | X | |||||
| American Coot | X | |||||||
| Plovers | Killdeer | X | X | X | X | |||
| Sandpipers | Wilson's Snipe | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Grebes | Horned Grebe | X | ||||||
| Red-necked Grebe | X | |||||||
| Western Grebe | X | X | X | X | X | |||
| Loons | Pacific Loon | X | ||||||
| Common Loon | X | |||||||
| Bitterns, Egrets, Herons | Great Blue Heron | X | ||||||
| Hawks and Eagles | Golden Eagle | X | ||||||
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | X | X | ||||||
| American Goshawk | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Bald Eagle | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Rough-legged Hawk | X | X | X | |||||
| Owls | Great Horned Owl | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Northern Hawk Owl | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Northern Pygmy-Owl | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Barred Owl | X | |||||||
| Great Grey Owl | X | X | X | |||||
| Boreal Owl | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Northern Saw-whet Owl | X | X | X | |||||
| Kingfishers | Belted Kingfisher | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Woodpeckers | American Three-toed Woodpecker | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Black-backed Woodpecker | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
| Downy Woodpecker | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Hairy Woodpecker | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Pileated Woodpecker | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Northern Flicker | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Falcons | Merlin | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Gyrfalcon | X | |||||||
| Shrikes | Northern Shrike | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Corvids | Canada Jay | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Steller's Jay | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Blue Jay | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Black-billed Magpie | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Clark's Nutcracker | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| American Crow | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Common Raven | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Chickadees | Black-capped Chickadee | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Mountain Chickadee | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Boreal Chickadee | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Kinglets | Golden-crowned Kinglet | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Nuthatches | White-breasted Nuthatch | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Creepers and Wrens | Brown Creeper | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Pacific Wren | X | |||||||
| Marsh Wren | X | |||||||
| Dippers | American Dipper | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Starlings | European Starling | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Mockingbirds, Thrashers | Grey Catbird | X | ||||||
| Thrushes | Townsend's Solitaire | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Varied Thrush | X | X | ||||||
| Hermit Thrush | X | |||||||
| American Robin | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Waxwings | Bohemian Waxwing | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Old World Sparrows | House Sparrow | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Finches | Evening Grosbeak | X | X | X | ||||
| Pine Grosbeak | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Grey-crowned Rosy-Finch | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
| House Finch | X | X | ||||||
| Redpoll | X | |||||||
| Redpoll (Common) | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Redpoll (Hoary) | X | X | ||||||
| Red Crossbill | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| White-winged Crossbill | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Pine Siskin | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| American Goldfinch | X | |||||||
| Longspurs, Snow Buntings | Snow Bunting | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| New World Sparrows | American Tree Sparrow | X | X | X | X | |||
| Dark-eyed Junco | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Harris's Sparrow | X | |||||||
| White-throated Sparrow | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
| Song Sparrow | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | X | |||||||
| Spotted Towhee | X | |||||||
| Icterids | Red-winged Blackbird | X | ||||||
| Rusty Blackbird | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
| Brewer's Blackbird | X | |||||||
| Common Grackle | X | X | ||||||
| New World Warblers | Yellow-rumped Warbler | X | ||||||
| Total | 68 | 67 | 67 | 68 | 74 | 60 | 65 | |
| Cumulative total | 104 | |||||||
| Previous years average | 66.8 |