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​The Zed98.9/KG Country Radio Summer Cruiser truck will be live on location for the Closing Day Festivities at Ellis Bird Farm on Monday, September 5. 

8/28/2016

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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!"
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Purple Martin Presentation by Alisha Ritchie- Thursday, Sept 1st- 4PM. All are welcome. Refreshments will be served. 

8/26/2016

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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. ​
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End of season approaches

8/25/2016

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​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. 
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Come celebrate the glorious summer of 2016 one last time with us!

8/23/2016

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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!
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Adobe Lightroom Course at Ellis Bird Farm – October 29 & 30, 2016

8/16/2016

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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
  • Automatically apply custom settings during the import
  • Customize the way the software displays your images on screen
  • Analyze your photos for technical quality
  • Filter your photos to expedite organizing them
  • Rank your images
  • Organize them so you can easily find photos  using keywords
  • Add watermarks or signatures
  • Export them again in various sizes and formats
Edit your images using the Develop module
  • Modify basic settings like exposure, contrast, shadows, blacks, saturation, and more
  • Use the histogram to decide what adjustments are appropriate
  • Use presets to quickly apply adjustments
  • Make fine adjustments to individual colors in images
  • Sharpen your image
  • Control noise
  • Automatically have lens corrections applied
  • Correct distortions in images
  • Use special tools to crop, remove spots, apply graduated filters, and adjustment brushes
 
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.
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Ellis Bird Farm honours Gary Krigbaum of Iowa

8/14/2016

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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.
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Knee High Nature program on Wednesday August 10

8/11/2016

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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

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Art and Nature Day Camp at EBF a success!

8/10/2016

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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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EBF ​Bug Jamboree 2016 was fun for all!

8/7/2016

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    When purchasing from our online bookstore, Myrna will be happy to "sign" any of her books for you.
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    All proceeds from the sales of these books support the education, conservation, and research programs of Ellis Bird Farm.

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    ·    Wheelbarrow
    ·    Household brooms
    ·    Yarn and plastic lacing cord 
    ·    Umbrellas to loan out to visitors on rainy days
    ·    Wooden or nature-based plastic beads for our school and day camp programs
    ·    Old fashioned one-speed bike (to keep the farmstead theme of EBF). This                 would be used for staff to open and close the gate and other errands around the site.
    ·    Leaf blowers 
    ·    Bistro sets (small table, two chairs
    ​  Golf carts
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Box 5090
​Lacombe, Alberta, Canada
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