The vote is in, and Calgary has a new official bird. The Black-capped Chickadee took the bird vote count by a wide margin, earning 44 per cent with 16,114 votes cast from the total of
It’s a debate that’s bound to get some people in a flap. No, we’re not talking about urban hens. That’s so 2021. We’re talking about naming Calgary’s official bird. At Tuesday’s executive committee meeting, there’s
Calgarians running, cycling and walking along river pathways might notice the large brown and white osprey – sometimes called fish hawks – hovering over the river, diving deep to catch a fish before flapping off
Feathers will be flying at the Inglewood bird sanctuary once a new capital project planned by the city gets underway in 2022. The city is working on a project to reconnect the lagoon at the
Home tweet home? For the fourth year in a row, a family of robins has moved into a Christmas wreath that Calgarian Janet Lore’s keeps on her northwest Calgary home. Lore first noticed that the
Calgary, along with Toronto, London, and Vancouver, were named by Nature Canada as one of Canada’s first bird-friendly cities. This is no small feat. For a city to be certified, three categories, each with its
A pair of owl species in Weaselhead Park have drawn crowds of onlookers — with accounts of some admirers crossing boundaries to get a better photograph or glimpse. While these owls are giving people a
Wielding a popular mobile app, a group of Calgarians are searching the city under the mantra of ‘gotta’ catch ‘em all.’ But they are not Pokémon trainers – they are birders. The Calgary 2020 Big
The Calgary Wildlife Rehabilitation Society (CWRS) is looking for a way to say ‘thank you berry much’ with your berries, Calgary. That’s only if you have spare berries in Calgary to drop off at the
