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Naturalist Margot Herviuex’s top 10 birds and where to find them
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10 Grande Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune • Monday, July 9, 2012
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Your 10 BestCommon along
the trails in Muskoseepi Park.
Yellow warBler
Prefer the prairies but can be found at Kleskun Lake.
american avocet
Have a huge nest at the east end of Bear Lake.
Bald eagle
Pileated woodPecker
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Yellow war
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Fun to watch from the viewing platform at Crystal Lake.
ruddY duck
trumPeter swan
Sing in the pine woods of the Wapiti Nordic Trails.
Hermit tHrusH
These and other grassland birds can be found in the Kleskun Hills.
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Live around willow swamps south of the Wapiti River.
callioPe HummingBird
Like the spruce forests on
Saskatoon Mountain.
western tanager
Dig ants from the poplars at O’Brien Provincial Park.
Today, Margot Hervieux, Operations Manager of NW Region for Alberta Tourism, Parks & Recreation, offers her 10 Best birds to watch around here and the best places to find them.The Peace Country
Sun columnist also reminds us, some great local bird photos can be found on the Peace Parkland Naturalists’ new website:www.peaceparklandnaturalists.ca.
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callioP9
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Frequent Cutbank Lake in April.
western meadowlark
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