Calgary - Dale Hodges Park (Bowmont East)
Alberta · Canada
About This Location
Calgary - Dale Hodges Park (Bowmont East) is a productive birding destination in Alberta, with 209 species recorded on eBird. This urban park habitat attracts Canada Goose, Mallard, and Northern Flicker among many others. Boreal and temperate forests host breeding warblers, sparrows, and waterfowl during the productive summer months.
Location
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Live Bird Data
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Notable Sightings
Rare or unusual species spotted nearby in the last 14 days
Bufflehead x Hooded Merganser (hybrid)
Bucephala albeola x Lophodytes cucullatus
Green-winged Teal (Eurasian x American)
Anas crecca
Purple Finch
Haemorhous purpureus
Spotted Towhee
Pipilo maculatus
Rock Wren
Salpinctes obsoletus
Common x Barrow's Goldeneye (hybrid)
Bucephala clangula x islandica
Merlin (Taiga)
Falco columbarius
Cliff Swallow
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum
White-faced Ibis
Plegadis chihi
American Goldfinch
Spinus tristis
Swainson's Hawk
Buteo swainsoni
Bonaparte's Gull
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronata
Recent Observations
Species reported at this location in the last 14 days
Canada Goose
Northern Shoveler
American Wigeon
Mallard
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
American Coot
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
American Robin
Red-winged Blackbird
Blue-winged Teal
Common Merganser
Killdeer
Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Osprey
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Birding Tips
- 1
Visit at dawn for peak songbird activity before crowds arrive.
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Check flowering trees and berry-producing shrubs for seasonal migrants.
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Peak breeding season runs from late May through June for most songbirds.
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