Gleaming iridescence

No Great Gray Owls or Northern Hawk Owls (which I did hear calling) for me when I drove NW of the city two days ago. However, I did get a few quick shots of this little Tree Swallow along one of the backroads south of the city on my way home.

www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/tree_swallow/id

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_Swallow

Anyone else finding that Flickr is horribly slow this evening? I was out on my volunteer shift today, so have been away from my computer. This evening, though, everything I click on takes forever to do something.

The link below is from YouTube, showing the progress of the three Amur Tiger cubs at the Calgary Zoo. Their mother is apparently providing great care. This video from the den box camera was taken on Friday, April 20.

youtu.be/XFyAFe0nCeY