Firecracker Plant / Mexican Cigar Plant /Cuphea ignea, at Barb's acreage.
May Species Count, 26 May 2024, SW of Calgary.
On 26 May 2024, I took part in yet another annual May Species Count in Calgary/Alberta. There were just the three of us in my group. Each year, I look forward to this day, especially as my group's count is in one of my main birding areas.
Leaving home at 6:30 am so that I could reach the meeting place early and drive to look for Wilson's Snipes before we went to other locations. I saw three - later in the morning, we only saw one.
For the rest of the day, we drove main roads and back roads, searching for as many species as we could find. Then, all the lists from all the different groups that took part are recorded on ebird. Only one Great Gray Owl was listed - the one that my daughter and I had seen two days earlier in my group's area. Luckily, it was able to be included in the final list for Calgary/Alberta.
On Count day, my little group had two very special sightings - a pair of beautiful Sandhill Cranes feeding in a field, and our first Bobolink (male) of the year.
Can't believe how lucky I have been in the last few days!
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