I was out in Edmonton for 2 weeks and did a bit of birding while I was out there. I am posting in case someone may be going that way and wondered if anything was out that way and I will post in this forum as alot of people prefer the bird photo section to stay at Ontario birds only which only makes since. In general, the birding in Edmonton in the winter is very slow as compared to Ontario but a few unusual ones are still to be found. The 1# bird which is odd and every local hates is the Black-billed magpie and can be found throughout the city. This is a great bird to watch and it puts on a great show to watch as it flies, alot like a parrot. A fairly large bird and has some nice colour when the light is right.
I also came across a large amount of Bohemian Waxwings which are regular winter visitors to the valley in Edmonton and I saw between 500-1000 within a 1/2 mile area, feeding and drinking snow from the trees. I checked out a number of parks within the city but only saw the following in my 2 days off work there:
Black-capped chickadees
Cardinal
Black-billed magpies
Great Horned Owl
house sparrows
Downy woodpeckers
pigeons
enjoy:
magpie
waxwing
Dave
