Martensville Dog Park FOY 2023

My dog (Posey) and I go to the dog park almost every day, so last year I decided to start a FOY (First of the Year) list of the birds (and non-birds) I see there. Due to some unforeseen circumstances the list petered out in the summer, but I’m trying again this year. (If you’re wondering why the list doesn’t start until Jan 12th – I had COVID.) I’ve decided to add wildflowers to the list as well.

  • * denotes anything I didn’t see but was reported to me
  1. Black-capped Chickadee (Jan 12)
  2. Black-billed Magpie (Jan 12)
  3. Hairy Woodpecker (Jan 12)
  4. Downy Woodpecker (Jan 13)
  5. Common Raven (Jan 15)
  6. Coyote (Jan 15)
  7. House Sparrow (Jan 19)
  8. House Finch (Jan 19)
  9. Dark-eyed Junco (Jan 21)
  10. *Bald Eagle (Mar)
  11. Canada Goose (Mar 30)
  12. Gull species (probably Ring-billed and/or California) (Apr 4)
  13. *Northern Hawk Owl (Apr)
  14. Bohemian Waxwing (Apr 8)
  15. Horned Lark (Apr 10)
  16. Ring-billed Gull (Apr 10)
  17. American Robin (Apr 13)
  18. American Crow (Apr 13)
  19. Killdeer (Apr 18)
  20. Red-winged Blackbird (Apr 19)
  21. Yellow-headed Blackbird (Apr 19)
  22. Fly species (Apr 22)
  23. Mourning Cloak (butterfly) (Apr 23)
  24. California Gull (Apr 24)
  25. Mallard (Apr 24)
  26. White-throated Sparrow (Apr 25)
  27. Mourning Dove (Apr 25)
  28. Common Grackle (Apr 25)
  29. Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Apr 26)
  30. Song Sparrow (Apr 26)
  31. Western Meadowlark (Apr 28)
  32. Willet (Apr 28)
  33. Richardson’s Ground Squirrel (Apr 30)
  34. Horned Grebe (May 1)
  35. Northern Flicker (May 1)
  36. Blue-winged Teal (May 2)
  37. Greater White-fronted Geese (flyover) (May 3)
  38. Brown-headed Cowbird (May 4)
  39. Wilson’s Snipe (May 4)
  40. Franklin’s Gull (May 4)
  41. Ruddy Duck (May 4)
  42. Gadwall (May 4)
  43. Lesser Scaup (May 4)
  44. Northern Shoveler (May 4)
  45. Ring-necked Duck (May 4)
  46. Snow Geese (flyover) (May 4)
  47. Prairie Crocus (May 5)
  48. Purple Martin (May 6)
  49. Yellow-rumped Warbler (May 6)
  50. Savannah Sparrow (May 8)
  51. Tree Swallow (May 10)
  52. Yellow Warbler (May 10)
  53. Brown Thrasher (May 10)
  54. Golden Bean (May 11)
  55. Least Flycatcher (May 11)
  56. Clay-coloured Sparrow (May 11)
  57. House Wren (May 11)
  58. Dandelion (May 14)
  59. American Wigeon (May 14)
  60. Redhead (May 14)
  61. Mosquito species (May 14)
  62. Green-winged Teal (May 15)
  63. Garter Snake (May 15)
  64. Cabbage White (butterfly) (May 16)
  65. Baltimore Oriole (May 16)
  66. Field Locoweed (May 16)
  67. Warbling Vireo (May 17)
  68. Hermit Thrush (May 17)
  69. Red Fox (May 17)
  70. Rock Pigeon (May 17)
  71. Bee species (May 17)
  72. Chipping Sparrow (May 17)
  73. Saskatoon (May 17)
  74. Wild Strawberry (May 17)
  75. Grasshopper species (May 17)
  76. Tennessee Warbler (May 23)
  77. American Goldfinch (May 23)
  78. Alder Flycatcher (May 23)
  79. Eastern Kingbird (May 23)
  80. Black Tern (May 23)