A face at the window, but not an owl : )
Old and new on the prairies
One of these things is not like the others
The beauty of golden stubble
Brant grain elevator
Beautiful in all seasons
Showing its age
Old prairie homestead
Enjoying the sun
Maximilian Sunflower
A rural, winter scene
Endless land and sky
Abandoned
Gray Partridge
An early Christmas present, 2013
Sunburst near our mystery owl
Yesterday's natural high
Prairie Falcon on a silo
Is it a Snowy? ... no, it isn't ... yes, it is!
Some white patches have eyes : )
Winter in Alberta
A certain kind of beauty
Horned Lark / Eremophila alpestris
How much is that owl in the window?
The eyes give it away
A touch of the past
Gray Partridge
Zoomed to the max
Gyrfalcon
I've been waiting SO long...
Sunrise pink
Horned Lark
The Pigeons' residence
Dark Phase Gyrfalcon
Wide open spaces that go on forever
Ageless beauty
Face in the fence
Love a splash of red
Stripes of colour
Fun in the sun
Christmas Eve day on the prairies
The end of an amazing day
The long and the short of it : )
Northern Shrike - Butcher Bird
Frosted snow
It's "Button-eyes" again
Frank Lake blind
Avian elegance
Red button eyes
Storm clouds at the lake
I spy with my little eye
Swans galore
Frank Lake area
Beautiful weather - beautiful place
Three in a row
Shadows
One horny guy
Abandoned
One of 12 - and a wooden pole for a change : )
Little red church near Blackie, Alberta
Viceroy butterfly / Limenitis archippus
Flying from left to right - in case you can't tell…
To love or not to love?
Semipalmated Plover
Hovering
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Lol, this is certainly a different perch from the more usual power pole, but I do wish they would perch on fence posts or trees more often! Had a great day on 22 December 2013 with friends Cathy and Terry, driving the backroads SE of the city, hoping to see an owl or two. The day started off with a Long-eared Owl and ended with a Short-eared Owl! In total, we saw 5 Snowy Owls, 4 Great Horned Owls, 1 Long-eared Owl and 1 Short-eared Owl. Plus a few other species, including a Northern Shrike, many Grey Partridges (all of which flew before we could take photos, other than a couple of very distant ones), Horned Larks, Ravens/Crows, owls in barn windows, a beautiful Gyrfalcon and a colourful sunrise. Not a bad day, I think you'll agree : ) The only thing we didn't see, except briefly, was the sun, so we had low light all day, unfortunately! It was so unbearably cold all day, windchill temperature was -30C. A few seconds out of the car and fingers were so painful, despite wearing gloves. Difficult to hold the camera steady when one is shivering, ha.
This morning, 5 January 2014, it's -25C with a windchill of -31C and so it's going to be a long, brutally cold day of birding on the Nanton Christmas Bird Count, roughly an hour's drive S of Calgary. Had to set my alarm for 4:30 a.m. (after getting to sleep around 2:15 a.m.). Be back later.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowy_Owl
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/snowy_owl/id
This morning, 5 January 2014, it's -25C with a windchill of -31C and so it's going to be a long, brutally cold day of birding on the Nanton Christmas Bird Count, roughly an hour's drive S of Calgary. Had to set my alarm for 4:30 a.m. (after getting to sleep around 2:15 a.m.). Be back later.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowy_Owl
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/snowy_owl/id
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Great find and shot ... excellent colours and details on this one Anne!!
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