They will be there with their Summer Truck, a tent, and some giveaways for visitors. It’s a fun addition to our closing day event!
Stop by and say hi!"
Stop by and say hi!"
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 University of Manitoba Graduate Student, Alisha Ritchie, has been conducting ground-breaking research on Purple Martins at Ellis Bird Farm. She recently presented a paper at the North American Ornithological Conference entitled Intrinsic and extrinsic factors influencing parental provisioning rates of a migratory songbird, Purple Martin (Progne subis). Alisha will be give a repeat presentation of this paper at Ellis Bird Farm on Thursday September 1 at 4:00 PM. All are welcome. Refreshments will be served.
 The Purple Martins left early this year - most had left Ellis Bird Farm by the 13th of August (we usually count on at least a few being around until the 20th). It is time to clean out the old nesting material, disinfect the nest cavities with a shot of bleach water, and nest seed for next year with chopped straw. This messy job is being tackled by (from left to right) Ron Biel, Shalynn Westervelt and Meagan Gabert.
 Ellis Bird Farm will close for the season on Monday, September 5! We will be open as usual from 11:00 AM until 5:00 PM.
From 12:30 PM until 1:00 PM, Myrna Pearman will do a presentation about backyard bird feeding. Her newest book, Backyard Bird Feeding: An Alberta Guide will be on sale (they make excellent Christmas gifts!). In celebration of fall and the arrival of Blue Jays at feeding stations, we will have a special sale on shelled and unshelled peanuts. From 1:00 PM until 3:00 PM, musical entertainment will be provided by Red Deer's Golden Music Makers. We will also have a sale in our gift shop, and the draw for our raffle items will occur at 3:15. NOTE: due to the popularity of the quilt donated by Barb Shepherd, our first raffle sold out early. We have a second raffle, with a second quilt, on now. Any raffle tickets purchased on Closing Day will also be eligible for door prize draws! Come celebrate the glorious summer of 2016 one last time with us!  This course will give extensive training in the use of Adobe Lightroom, which is the most popular photo-editing program in use today. Your presenter will be Leo de Groot, currently President of the Central Alberta Photographic Society.
You will learn how to: Import your photos into the program’s Library module which can handle 200,000 images or more
Lightroom also has Map, Book, Slideshow, Print and Web modules which we will touch on if there is time. The schedule for the course will be: Saturday, October 29 9:00-11:00 Library Module Part 1 11:00-12:00 Question and Answer session 1:00-3:00 Library Module Part 2 3:00-4:00 Question and Answer session Sunday, October 30 9:00-11:00 Develop Module Part 1 11:00-12:00 Question and Answer session 1:00-3:00 Develop Module Part 2 3:00-4:00 Question and Answer session Cost $100 (half price for Central Alberta Photographic Society Members) Register and pay here.  Ellis Bird Farm was honoured by the recent visit of Gary and Pam Krigbaum of Iowa. It is Mr Krigbaum who we can thank for Ellis Bird Farm! After it was determined that the Ellis farm was the ideal location for a petrochemical site, Union Carbide Canada tried unsuccessfully to deal with Charlie and Winnie. Finally, the Union Carbide CEO sent Mr Krigbaum, Manager of General Services, out from Toronoto to talk to them. It was Mr Krigbaum's promise to Charlie and Winnie that the company would "look after their bluebirds" that sealed the deal. Mr Krigbaum then met in secret with a well respected local realtor, Glen Buchwald, to obtain the options to the land. The goal was to secure the property without affecting local land prices. Mr Krigbaum has never been back to the site after sealing the deal with Charlie and Winnie, so it was a very memorable day to have him visit and reconnect with some of the other people who were instrumental in establishing Ellis BIrd Farm and getting it off to a strong start. Glen Buchwald remained a strong supporter of Ellis Bird Farm until his passing. His wife, Beverly, continues to support us. We were very pleased that Gary and Beverly had a chance to meet again and enjoy a short visit.
  Claudia LIpski led another well-received Knee High Nature program on Wednesday. These very popular programs introduce children to the wonders of nature! There is one program left, next Wednesday Aug 17th. Pre-registration is required here
 A keen group of budding naturalists and artists enjoyed an Art and Nature Day Camp at Ellis Bird Farm on Tuesday, August 6
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Box 5090 Lacombe, AB T4L 1W7 403-885-4477 Site Manager Myrna Pearman Hours of Operation Monday, May 18 - Monday Sept 7 Tuesday through Sunday 11:00 am to 5:00 pm Holiday Mondays 11:00 am to 5:00 pm Please note that Ellis Bird Farm is closed on most Mondays |
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