Barn beauty
Eastern Kingbird with summer bokeh
When winter is beautiful
Is it a Snowy? ... no, it isn't ... yes, it is!
Some white patches have eyes : )
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Pretty little lady
Yay, Superman!
Fog is not good for birding
Superman's barn
Sharing her catch
Swainson's Hawk on a rainy day
Brewer's Blackbird with food for his babies
Dandelion bokeh
A Snipe from last year
Avian beauty
Two of a kind!
McDougall Church on a sunny day
At the end of the path
A beautiful country barn
Old barn and sunflower shed
A barn with a difference
Late fall on the prairies
A quick peek through the fence
Three little birders of the wrong kind
A nice old barn
Three little kittens
Frosty fence and fields
Driving in a winter wonderland
Aged beauty
The prairies in winter
Red
Made to feel welcome
Do you see what I see? Look very closely at the w…
A prairie view
The wonder of hoar frost
Horse on the prairie
Red barn on a sunny day
Gently falling snow
Wrinkled sky
Delicate damselfly
Off limits
A favourite tree
Red barn in a field of gold
Strong winds on the prairies
Simple but bright
Vibrant colour of spring
Little red barn on Mother's Day
Changes by new owners in "The Famous Five" field
One of three
Eastern Kingbird
A lovely splash of colour
American Goldfinch female with Sunflower seed
A snack that is sure to tickle
Mountain Bluebird female
Bluebird of happiness
Petunias
All decked out
Dark-eyed Junco / Junco hyemalis
CL Ranches, Alberta
Fence line in the fall
Pine Grosbeak male / Pinicola enucleator
So far away, but better than nothing
A winter moment
Towards the sun
Harsh reality
Winter simplicity
Road conditions
Rural winter scene
Face in the fence
Love a splash of red
Fence line in winter
Bluebird of happiness
Time to head for home
Today's reward
Along the fenceline
Brewer's Blackbird
American Goldfinch
Need to eat your greens
Time to feed the kids - again
Pristine
A shower of light
The row of five
In the other direction ....
At the end of the path
A cowboy and his horses
A reward for facing my fears : )
Seen on a Christmas Bird Count
Such a beauty
Fence and flowers
Now THAT'S colour
Northern Fjord Horse
Afternoon nap
I love Alberta
Norwegian Fjord Horses
Snowy peaks near Forgetmenot Pond
Lovely while it lasted
Juvenile Cooper's Hawk / Accipiter cooperii
Unexpected addition
Such a cutie
House Sparrow fledgeling
Into the big, wide world
Mountain Bluebird
Busy Dad and Mom
Hoar frost
Can't beat a red barn
Frost fringe
Frosted history
Norwegian Fjord horse
They're baaack ...
Red in a sea of yellow
It's all about the blue
Black Squirrel
On the fence
Like gazing through a window
The other side of the fence
Nature's sketchbook
Before the storm
A fence with character
The Barn
A-peeling
Looking westward
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Afternoon sun
Down by the river
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Winter shadows
Sometimes, I just can't help myself, lol! When out on a birding trip with friends, my eye does tend to wander and find things that I just can't resist, while everyone else is concentrating hard on looking for birds! In this case, on 2 February 2014, a group of us were on an annual birding trip west of the city, that is normally to the Sibbald Creek area, Exshaw and Harvie Heights. This year, though, we drove around the Water Valley area (NW of Calgary) first and then went straight on to Harvie Heights. Very few birds to be seen in either area, but of course it was wonderful to get out to these places, in good company. At Harvie Heights, near Canmore (near Banff) ,there were no Grosbeaks, no Clark's Nutcrackers, etc.. The same has been true for so many walks and outings these days - where are all the birds? Yesterday, a group of people went to a local city park and, in just under three hours of walking, saw only five species of bird.
The following is the report complied by trip leader, Andrew Hart. Thanks for a great day, as always, Andrew!
"Twelve of us set out on a sunny but chilly day with temperatures ranging
from -14 deg C to -8 deg C
We started off by driving around in the area to the south of Water Valley as far as the Bates Ranch.
We were hoping to find owls, but despite visiting several known previous sighting locations came up short.
We did see several Ravens and Magpies, some Blue Jays (at the Winchell Lake Estates), Black Capped Chickadees, a Rough Legged Hawk, Pileated Woodpecker, and Hairy Woodpecker.
We also saw a Coyote.
After lunch we went further south and encountered a family of 6-8 Gray Jays near the Bates Ranch.
We then headed to Harvie Heights. En route we passed a road killed deer swarming with 20 Ravens, and a Coyote angling to see them off. We also saw two Bald Eagles.
At Harvie Heights we saw several Mountain and Black Capped Chickadees, a Brown Creeper, Pine Siskins, Dark Eyed Juncos, and Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers (the Woodpeckers seen by Phil Quin at a feeder by the hamlet entrance that the rest of us drove past). No Pine Grosbeaks (not that much of a surprise this year) and no Clark's Nutcrackers (more of a surprise).
The incredible sunlit snow blanketed scenery made up for the relative shortcomings in bird species."
The following is the report complied by trip leader, Andrew Hart. Thanks for a great day, as always, Andrew!
"Twelve of us set out on a sunny but chilly day with temperatures ranging
from -14 deg C to -8 deg C
We started off by driving around in the area to the south of Water Valley as far as the Bates Ranch.
We were hoping to find owls, but despite visiting several known previous sighting locations came up short.
We did see several Ravens and Magpies, some Blue Jays (at the Winchell Lake Estates), Black Capped Chickadees, a Rough Legged Hawk, Pileated Woodpecker, and Hairy Woodpecker.
We also saw a Coyote.
After lunch we went further south and encountered a family of 6-8 Gray Jays near the Bates Ranch.
We then headed to Harvie Heights. En route we passed a road killed deer swarming with 20 Ravens, and a Coyote angling to see them off. We also saw two Bald Eagles.
At Harvie Heights we saw several Mountain and Black Capped Chickadees, a Brown Creeper, Pine Siskins, Dark Eyed Juncos, and Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers (the Woodpeckers seen by Phil Quin at a feeder by the hamlet entrance that the rest of us drove past). No Pine Grosbeaks (not that much of a surprise this year) and no Clark's Nutcrackers (more of a surprise).
The incredible sunlit snow blanketed scenery made up for the relative shortcomings in bird species."
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