Jamies
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Activity 1: Birds matter to me because it is one of my favorite hobbies in the morning. Watching birds call, sing, fly around, forage and recognizing them for bird conservation effort is a very meaningful activity. Birds are very important as they serve as scavengers that clean up the environment, and prevent the spread of communicable diseases. They also help pollinate flowers in Canada, so we have abundant food to eat. They can sense climate change earlier than we do, so we should help protect their habitats. I sure do not want the bird watching activity to be over. This world would be boring and dull without any bird watching activity. Activity 2: I try to use less plastic as it generates harmful materials that choke birds. I also participate in a citizen science project, such as eBird, to record virtually the number of bird species I see in the nearby parks. This is to help bird protection and environmental conservation. Other things to help birds is to understand what the city of Edmonton or Calgary is using to clear weeds (e.g. dandelions) in the summer. This is to better understand if any harmful weed killers are used that can pollute soil, ground water and vegetation (e.g. edible crops, trees and flowers) that the birds and humans rely on for food and habitat. Harmful pesticides may cause adverse health effects both birds and humans if consumed in certain amount and for a period of time.
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Activity 1: I live in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. I usually drive almost 30 minutes to the nearby park, Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park in St. Albert to watch birds. There are two different habitats in that big provincial park. The wetland area where there were mallards, ruddy ducks, and American Coots. The shrubs around the wetland area where there were Yellow Warblers, Black- Capped Chickadees, sparrow sp. and American Crows.
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Activity 3: I usually could identify calls from American crow, Black-capped chickadee and American Coot. I usually use the BirdNet App to help me identify. Those birds are common near where I live.
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Activity 2: Year- round residents:Black-capped Chickadees, Black-billed Magpies and House Sparrow. Non Year-round residents: Yellow Warbler, Sora, and Blue-Winged Teal. I have not seen Blue-Winged Teal and Sora at William Hawrelak Park, Edmonton, Canada before. I would like to know when special birds appear.
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@Jacquie Same here. We need to be very agile and have a good camera with zooming function to get great shots of birds around. I wonder what cameras most people use in the Bird Academy.
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In Calgary, Alberta, Canada, the mostly likely birds seen almost all year round are Canada Goose, black-billed magpies and American Crows. They are seen almost everywhere in the city. It is still pretty hot outside. Maybe go out another time to see other birds.
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Activity 4: Hi everyone, my name is Jamies. I have been traveling back and forth from Edmonton and Calgary. I have spotted many birds. My favorite bird is the American White Pelican. This bird has a body white in color, bigger than a Canada goose, has a big long yellow beak and eye ring. I would have uploaded a photo of it if I have a powerful camera with great zooming function. I only use my smartphone to take bird photos right now. Activity 1: The two birds I can distinguish by their shapes are red-winged blackbird and ring-billed gulls. The blackbird is smaller in size, and a male is black with a red shoulder patch. The beak is triangular shaped and pointed. The ring billed gull is smaller than a goose, but larger than a crow. It has a black ring around the beak. It also has white chest and belly. Also, this gull has a yellow beak.
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@Jamies Ah! Forgot to do spellcheck. Hawrelak, dodge and say. :). Admin please remove 7/19/20 5:51 pm post thanks!
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*Sorry dodge and say
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For the first activity, I like the calls of New World Warbler and Olive Warbler. Their calls are very clear and just like someone playing short and sweet ringtones on my phone. I have not seen these birds before. The closest one I have spotted was the Yellow Warbler call at a path/trail near the bushes at Fort Edmonton Park. For the second activity, swimming birds include Ruddy Duck, Mallard, and American Coot. They are all found in the lake by St. Albert Lois Hole Centennial Park. I love the American Coot the most as it has colourful feet, red eyes and black body. Ruddy Duck has light blue beak. Songbirds include sparrows, warblers and red -wing blackbird. I am most amazed about the size of a sparrow as it has all the required organs to survive. Seabirds include ring-billed gulls and Franklin gulls. For the third activity, I do not have the images of birds in my computer yet. My favourite bird would be the Redhead. I saw the duck in one instance at the lake by William Hawralek Park, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. I live close to that park. The dominant bird was Canada Goose. In terms of Redhead, red is one of my favourite colour. Its head, beak and body look beautiful. I did not mention its fish hunting ability. When ducks hear noise or see people, they dodged their heads right into the water and said goodbye.
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