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About	Lake Beaumaris is the largest of 60 storm water lakes maintained by the city of Edmonton. Since the lake was created in the late 1970s it has evolved to a significant ecosystem. Its narrow margins support cattails, bulrushes, willows, grasses and sedges in addition to the city-maintained lawns, trees and shrubs. Forage fish, sticklebacks and chub, in addition to discarded pond fish thrive in its waters. A collection of a few of my Beaumaris photos can be found here: http://photoshare.shaw.ca/view/4679844776-1213298195-12189/
Notable birds	I have identified 93 species of birds here; the more notable of which are: American White Pelican, Belted Kingfisher, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Black Scoter, Cape May Warbler, Common Loon, Common Merganser, Double-crested Cormorant, Eared Grebe, Forster's Tern, Great Blue Heron, Great Horned Owl, Green-winged Teal, Hooded Merganser, Grebes (Horned, Eared, Pied-billed & Red-necked), Greater Yellowlegs, Long-tailed Duck, Redhead, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Ruddy Duck, Sora, Spotted Sandpiper, Surf Scoter, Tundra Swan, Western Tanager, Wilson's Phalarope and Wilson's Warbler.
Travel	Beaumaris Lake is situated north of 153 Avenue and east of Castle Downs Road, in behind the Lakeside Landing Mall. Foot access is possible from several locations but most visitors park their cars in the shopping centre lot and walk east, by the church or north of the Castle Downs Library. About 2.5 kms of sidewalk ring the lake.
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10899 sightings	259 species	3661 photos
Sightings around hotspot Past month - 156 This year - 555 Recorded total - 10899

10899
sightings

259
species

3661
photos

Sightings around hotspot

Past month - 156
This year - 555
Recorded total - 10899

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On Mon, Oct 27 2008, jim macgregor said:

- you of course can take the amount of time that you want to, however, your initial walk around the perimeter , including some stops to view, would take you about 1 hour; included in the landscaping are a number of concrete or wood- planked decks, which are most helpful in setting up tripods for securing scopes or cameras.