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Jasper National Park bird list

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Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of correspondence and research materials compiled by Ben Gadd pertaining to an updated list of bird species living in Jasper National Park. The list was produced on behalf of the Friends of Jasper National Park.

Date Range: 2005

Reference Code: M590 / III / D / 12

Description Level: 5 / File

GMD: Textual record

Part Of: Ben Gadd fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Fonds Number: M590; V810; S61

Series: M590 / III : Professional records

Sous-Fonds: M590

Sub-Series: M590 / III / D : Other contracts and projects

Accession Number: 2021.20

Reference Code: M590 / III / D / 12

GMD: Textual record

Date Range: 2005

Physical Description: 0.2 cm of textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of correspondence and research materials compiled by Ben Gadd pertaining to an updated list of bird species living in Jasper National Park. The list was produced on behalf of the Friends of Jasper National Park.

Name Access: Gadd, Ben

Subject Access: Research; Wildlife; Birds; Bird watching; Environment

Geographic Access: Canada; Alberta; Jasper National Park

Reproduction Restrictions: Restrictions may apply

Language: English

Category: Environment

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Processing Status: Processed

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Peter Karsten Wild Life Artist

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Artist: Peter Karsten (1937 – , Canadian)

Date: 1985

Medium: lithograph on paper

Catalogue Number: KaP.04.01

Description: A commercial printed poster, the main body 49.9 x 39.5 is full of various Rocky Mountain animals and birds in various poses. The print is signed and dated lower left corner also written in pencil blc. numbered 13/200 and signed brc. Peter Karsten. Outside the main picture, centered PETER KARSTEN WI…

Artist: Peter Karsten (1937 – , Canadian)

Title: Peter Karsten Wild Life Artist

Date: 1985

Medium: lithograph on paper

Dimensions: 71.0 x 50.7 cm

Description: A commercial printed poster, the main body 49.9 x 39.5 is full of various Rocky Mountain animals and birds in various poses. The print is signed and dated lower left corner also written in pencil blc. numbered 13/200 and signed brc. Peter Karsten. Outside the main picture, centered PETER KARSTEN WILD LIFE ARTIST. The paper is a light brown colour.

Subject: animal, mountain sheep, bird

Credit: Gift of Peter Karsten, Calgary, 1985

Catalogue Number: KaP.04.01

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Cedar Waxwings, Okotoks, AB

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Artist: Keith Logan

Date: 1983

Medium: photographic positive on paper

Catalogue Number: LgK.18.03

Description: Colour photograph of two cedar waxwing birds with chicks in a nest. The two birds are on branches. The nest appears to be the focus of the image and is nestled at the meeting of the branches. Green leaves surround the birds. The background through the branches is black.

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Artist: Keith Logan

Title: Cedar Waxwings, Okotoks, AB

Date: 1983

Medium: photographic positive on paper

Dimensions: 60.0 x 51.0 cm

Description: Colour photograph of two cedar waxwing birds with chicks in a nest. The two birds are on branches. The nest appears to be the focus of the image and is nestled at the meeting of the branches. Green leaves surround the birds. The background through the branches is black.

Subject: animal; bird; cedar waxwing

Credit: Purchased from Keith Logan, Cochrane, 2002

Catalogue Number: LgK.18.03

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Brown Bird

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Artist: John Harold Thomas Snow (1911 – 2004, Canadian)

Date: 1979

Medium: coloured lithograph on paper

Catalogue Number: SnJ.04.17

Description: A long necked, long tailed bird extends from brc to top centre; brown with yellow feathers and beak; orange circles in wings; 2 orange bands on neck; comb and cheeks are orange; top third is blue sky; rest is brown/green/yellow grasses; tall sunflowers extend from the grass into the sky.

Artist: John Harold Thomas Snow (1911 – 2004, Canadian)

Title: Brown Bird

Date: 1979

Medium: coloured lithograph on paper

Dimensions: 46.5 x 35.5 cm

Description: A long necked, long tailed bird extends from brc to top centre; brown with yellow feathers and beak; orange circles in wings; 2 orange bands on neck; comb and cheeks are orange; top third is blue sky; rest is brown/green/yellow grasses; tall sunflowers extend from the grass into the sky.

Subject: animal, bird; landscape

Credit: Gift of John Harold Thomas Snow, Calgary, 1990

Catalogue Number: SnJ.04.17

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Exceptional Fault

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Artist: Robert J. Hope (1948 – 2023, Canadian)

Date: 1978

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: HoR.03.05

Description: Drawn from a passage by Gordon Walls for the exhibition Beyond Exceptional Pass at the Peter Whyte Gallery, Banff, summer of 1978.

Artist: Robert J. Hope (1948 – 2023, Canadian)

Title: Exceptional Fault

Date: 1978

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 10.2;10.1 x 6.4;6.3 cm

Description: Drawn from a passage by Gordon Walls for the exhibition Beyond Exceptional Pass at the Peter Whyte Gallery, Banff, summer of 1978.

Subject: landscape, mythological; bird; fish

Credit: Gift of Robert J. Hope, 1982

Catalogue Number: HoR.03.05

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Untitled

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Artist: Brian Joseph Grandbois

Date: 1978

Medium: acrylic on paper

Catalogue Number: GrB.12.02

Description: Large stylized eagle looking to the left, another bird under its breast, another bird looking to the right behind wings. Predominate colours light blue, maroon and yellow.

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Artist: Brian Joseph Grandbois

Title: Untitled

Date: 1978

Medium: acrylic on paper

Dimensions: 25; 38 x 35; 45.5 cm

Description: Large stylized eagle looking to the left, another bird under its breast, another bird looking to the right behind wings. Predominate colours light blue, maroon and yellow.

Subject: mythological; bird; eagle

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: GrB.12.02

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Ruffed Grouse

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Artist: Robert J. Hope (1948 – 2023, Canadian)

Date: 1977

Medium: ink on paper

Catalogue Number: HoR.03.02

Description: Colour: brown and black on white. The rear view of a bird whose head is turned to the right. The background is divided in two diagonally, from the upper edge left of center to two thirds down the right side. The markings on the lower section are in squares. In the upper section the markings run hor…

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Artist: Robert J. Hope (1948 – 2023, Canadian)

Title: Ruffed Grouse

Date: 1977

Medium: ink on paper

Dimensions: 15.5 x 11.5 cm

Description: Colour: brown and black on white. The rear view of a bird whose head is turned to the right. The background is divided in two diagonally, from the upper edge left of center to two thirds down the right side. The markings on the lower section are in squares. In the upper section the markings run horizontally.

Subject: animal, bird

Credit: Purchased from Robert J. Hope, 1975

Catalogue Number: HoR.03.02

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Bird Figurine Set

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Date: 1977

Material: wood; metal; paper

Catalogue Number: 107.01.0094 a-h

Description: A set of eight small, brightly painted, wooden birds. Each bird is shaped and coloured in a stylized manner to represent different kinds of birds. Metal tails and bills have been added to some. All stand on two toothpick like metal legs attached into a flat green square base. (a) red, partridge lik…

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Title: Bird Figurine Set

Date: 1977

Material: wood; metal; paper

Dimensions: 3.0 x 1.2 x 3.3 cm

Description: A set of eight small, brightly painted, wooden birds. Each bird is shaped and coloured in a stylized manner to represent different kinds of birds. Metal tails and bills have been added to some. All stand on two toothpick like metal legs attached into a flat green square base. (a) red, partridge like, with bill in air, white spots, yellow eye. (b) yellow with brown head, long bill, crest on head, striped wing. (c )yellow with green head, long bill in air white dot on wing. (d) yellow, rooster like, with red head and comb, full striped green tail. (e) white with grey head, short bill, brown wings with bands at tips. (f) white with red circle around eye, long bill, brown wings, short tail. (g) blue with red wing, yellow bill and crest, white stripes around neck.( h)grey with black head with crest, red dot on wing.