Here comes the rain
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Baby Coots are so cute
Found when I was lost
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Deer in Foxtails
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Juvenile Wilson's Phalarope
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Mourning Dove
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What big feet you have
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I see a Sora
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At the end of the rainbow
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Burrowing Owl, after the storm
Juvenile Red-winged Blackbird
Young Burrowing Owl
Magrath grain elevator
A gobbler for Turkey Day
Blue on blue
Teapots and fall reflections
A view from The Saskatoon Farm
The Viterra Calgary East grain terminal
The last bit of colour before winter
House Sparrow in the fall
Double-crested Cormorant
Light and shadow
Great Horned Owl with fall colours
Gentle or aggressive?
So perfect
Always love a cow skull
Before harvest time
Decorated wall, Saskatoon Farm
Thankfully, not Mosquitoes
Lost as the sun sets
Gorgeous iridescent feathers
Here today, maybe gone tomorrow
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In contrast to pain and suffering
Juvenile European Starling
European Starling juvenile
Eared Grebe with young one
White-faced Ibis - very rare in Alberta
Driving in a sea of gold
I saw a Sora
Vesper Sparrow
Into the sun
Western Kingbird
Dad on the pylon
Soon to crumble
Textures
Distant Snow Geese
Eared Grebe
Clouds over Frank Lake
Our wonderful Alberta skies
Eared Grebe
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Pink and perfect
I love Dandelions
A tiny, speckled find
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Western Meadowlark
I rarely see Western Meadowlarks, so I'm always happy when I do spot one. I hoped it might turn around to face me, but no, I was out of luck. Fortunately, it did turn its head so that at least a bit of bright yellow could be seen.
On 28 July 2014, I drove along some of the dusty, gravel backroads SE of the city. It was another really hot day, so I just had to get out of the house and into the air-conditioning of my vehicle. Some of the fields were still pure gold, but others seemed to have already lost their colour.
Birds seen that afternoon/evening included a Barn Swallow, a young Marsh Wren that was enjoying a dust bath, a single young Sora, several Coots including one young one, two or three different species of shore bird (will eventually post photos, but I may not have the IDs), American Avocets, a couple of Swainson's Hawks, a lone White-faced Ibis on one of the small sloughs in the area. and this Western Meadowlark.
"The buoyant, flutelike melody of the Western Meadowlark ringing out across a field can brighten anyone’s day. Meadowlarks are often more easily heard than seen, unless you spot a male singing from a fence post. This colorful member of the blackbird family flashes a vibrant yellow breast crossed by a distinctive, black, V-shaped band. Look and listen for these stout ground feeders in grasslands, meadows, pastures, and along marsh edges throughout the West and Midwest, where flocks strut and feed on seeds and insects." From AllAboutBirds.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/western_meadowlark/id
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_meadowlark
On 28 July 2014, I drove along some of the dusty, gravel backroads SE of the city. It was another really hot day, so I just had to get out of the house and into the air-conditioning of my vehicle. Some of the fields were still pure gold, but others seemed to have already lost their colour.
Birds seen that afternoon/evening included a Barn Swallow, a young Marsh Wren that was enjoying a dust bath, a single young Sora, several Coots including one young one, two or three different species of shore bird (will eventually post photos, but I may not have the IDs), American Avocets, a couple of Swainson's Hawks, a lone White-faced Ibis on one of the small sloughs in the area. and this Western Meadowlark.
"The buoyant, flutelike melody of the Western Meadowlark ringing out across a field can brighten anyone’s day. Meadowlarks are often more easily heard than seen, unless you spot a male singing from a fence post. This colorful member of the blackbird family flashes a vibrant yellow breast crossed by a distinctive, black, V-shaped band. Look and listen for these stout ground feeders in grasslands, meadows, pastures, and along marsh edges throughout the West and Midwest, where flocks strut and feed on seeds and insects." From AllAboutBirds.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/western_meadowlark/id
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_meadowlark
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