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Red-winged Blackbird in gently falling snow
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Croaking Boreal Chorus Frog
Mossleigh grain elevator
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The end is near
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Great Mormon / Papilio memno
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Baby cone of a Larch tree
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Columbian Ground Squirrel
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Not missing a thing
Little Bluebird on a snowy day
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Pink and perfect
A highlight of our May Species Count
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Eared Grebe
Wilson's Snipe
On the prowl
Northern Flicker excavating a cavity
A real beauty
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Dark-eyed Junco
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An extra bonus
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After the fire
Old barn and windmill
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A colourful guy
Five in a row
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Peekaboo
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Blue Morpho
Little red barn
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Home for the Pigeons
Trumpeter Swans
Julia Heliconian / Dryas iulia
Western Meadowlark
Archived Globe Artichoke
Snuggling up to Mom
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Bundle of fluff
Forgetmenot Pond
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Balance is a fine art
Follow the lines
Eye-catching
Police Car Moth caterpillar
Keeping her young ones warm
Common Indian Crow butterfly (Euploea core)
Ferruginous Hawk
A favourite flower
Swainson's Hawk
Fragile beauty
Aspens in winter
Just a few more weeks
Redhead
Hiding in the moss
Pretty little lady
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Who could resist this face?
Harris's Hawk
The endless wait
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Cascade Mt., Banff
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Nothing but fluff
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Another lucky Weasel shot
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A quick stop on the railings
Soft pink
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Watching us closely
For yet another snowy day
Rather a fine old barn
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Fun in the snow
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Beautiful catch
Another shot from the archives, taken on 12 June 2013, on a drive SW of Calgary. The Mountain Bluebirds have arrived back in Alberta, but it will be a while before that have all built their nests and had their young. Last night, I was looking for a photo that had colour, to post this morning, and came across this one. Last summer, I took so many photos of Bluebirds, especially this pair, and have so far only posted very few. This female caught rather an interesting, fancy looking meal for her babies. I found it fascinating to see the different kinds of insects that they caught, and each time they returned with something new, they would perch on the barbed-wire fence near the nesting box and give me a few wonderful poses : )
In Bluebirds, the blue colour is produced by the structure of the feather - there is no blue pigment. "Tiny air pockets in the barbs of feathers can scatter incoming light, resulting in a specific, non-iridescent color. Blue colors in feathers are almost always produced in this manner. Examples include the blue feathers of Bluebirds, Indigo Buntings, Blue Jay's and Steller's Jays."
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mountain_Bluebird/id
www.jstor.org/discover/pgs/index?id=10.2307/4077277&i...
In Bluebirds, the blue colour is produced by the structure of the feather - there is no blue pigment. "Tiny air pockets in the barbs of feathers can scatter incoming light, resulting in a specific, non-iridescent color. Blue colors in feathers are almost always produced in this manner. Examples include the blue feathers of Bluebirds, Indigo Buntings, Blue Jay's and Steller's Jays."
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mountain_Bluebird/id
www.jstor.org/discover/pgs/index?id=10.2307/4077277&i...
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