Edmonton River

You are invited to help choose the Face of Edmonton in 2026. Images of the bison that roamed here for centuries were co-created with lots of local input. It takes 2 seconds to vote here: edmontonriver.com

May 12, 2025 haiku #4 reflects on magpie named winner of top bird contest in Edmonton, Alberta Black-billed magpie crowned Edmonton’s top city bird Underdog winner edmontonjournal.com/news/local-new… Photo: Wikipedia

I was happy to join today’s celebration of Edmonton’s declaration of the Black-billed Magpie as the city’s honorary bird, and encourage people to explore Matthew James Weigel’s art installation The Magpie and the Buffalo Treaty, at EPCOR’s Gold Bar Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Its official folks! The City of Edmonton’s official bird is the beautiful, intelligent, resourceful Magpie Magpie Magic 🪄 @slav_metalurges you’re ahead of the curve with your gorgeous magpie sculptures!

Voters crown magpie as top choice to be Edmonton's city bird edmontonsun.com/news/local-new…

Magpie is the Edmonton’s official birds!!

After a 6-month campaign in which an amazing 40,829 votes were cast, we're thrilled to announce that the official winner of the Edmonton City Bird Vote is the Black-billed Magpie! 📷Jack Waller #yeg #citybirdvote #edmonton

The black-billed magpie takes flight as the Edmonton City Bird, thanks to the thousands of people who voted in the poll run by Bird Friendly Edmonton as well as our Face of Edmonton project, and the contributing storytellers & designers @DustinBajer @NatureAlberta @CityofEdmonton

Vote for your favourite image that depicts our river valley's wildlife for the Face of Edmonton in 2025. 1. Coyote staring down a hare; 2. Magpie soaring to the sun; 3. Sturgeon circling in our waters. Comments appreciated as we co-create & refine these. edmontonriver.com/face.html

Frazil crystals form, collide underwater, freeze together, float to surface, create frazil pans, which meet up, jam the river, ice forms upstream on North Saskatchewan River @YEGWalkway @Rainmaker1973 @WinterCityYEG @edmontonriver @ExploreEdmonton @NorthSaskRiver @YEGRiverValley

Paddling the North Saskatchewan

This image was chosen by the people to be the Face of Edmonton in 2024. “Beaver in Bough” was co-created with local Elders and Knowledge Keepers. Tees at The Makers Keep and EAC shop. Thanks all for the input & votes. Free poster: edmontonriver.com/images/beaveri…

Cree dancers are at Kingsway Mall celebrating National Indigenous Peoples Day in Edmonton

Taken close to Edmonton's River, I love the super hero pose. Did you know a male squirrel can actually smell a female in heat from up to a mile away? Amazing right? #NatureIsAmazing #wildlife #NatureWow @edmontonriver

⁦@YEGwindshield⁩ & I were joined by our kids & nephew (& of course our pup Cooper) for a walk in the river valley today. If you don’t think Edmonton is beautiful, you really should go on the many trails in the river valley. If you did you’d change your mind. #Yeg #walk

Edmonton's river valley was looking impressive this afternoon. Got to love those fall colours. (blackmud creek) #nature #landscape #autumn #fall #colours #color #yeg #yegwx #ShareYourWeather

Female Mallard on the North Saskatchewan River in Edmonton today. Feb 11, 2024. It was just the perfect day for bird photography. #birdphotography #birdwatching #ducks #mallard #Northsaskatchewanriver #goldbarpark

Spent the morning exploring both ends of Whitemud Park in the #yeg river valley and managed to get a sightings of two of our most sought-after resident species for the #gbbc2024 #birdwatching #birdphotography #nature #alberta #edmonton

The fossil of a sturgeon that lived 72 million years was found by a group of hikers in Edmonton's River Valley. This sturgeon is the first new species of fish named in Edmonton. thegatewayonline.ca/2024/02/edmont…

The northern lights are finally dancing in Edmonton Alberta. Report any aurora at Aurorasaurus.org big pillards dancing over a teepee in Prairies Garden. So beautiful 😍