Rather fine old barn
Yellow-bellied Marmot
Posing sweetly
Orange for Halloween
A fancy chicken
Old Prairie homestead
Come on in
Tree Swallow in April
A barn with a difference
Outside looking in
Colourful Lichen
Late fall on the prairies
Yellow for a change
Hoar frost and Mackerel sky
Merlin male
A beautiful hoar frost day
Not easy being a birder or photographer : )
Three little birders of the wrong kind
A nice old barn
Cold and damp - but so beautiful
Always love an owl
A few of the 25 Mule Deer seen
Merlin male, back view
Frosty old Chevrolet truck
Just for the record
Three little kittens
Glorious, hoar frost day
Male Merlin with hoar frost
Pink for a change
Walking in a winter wonderland
Hoar frost everywhere you look
Hoar frost on barbed-wire
Frosty fence and fields
Light and shadow
Double-crested Cormorant
House Sparrow in the fall
The last bit of colour before winter
The Viterra Calgary East grain terminal
A view from The Saskatoon Farm
Teapots and fall reflections
Blue on blue
A gobbler for Turkey Day
Magrath grain elevator
Young Burrowing Owl
Juvenile Red-winged Blackbird
Burrowing Owl, after the storm
Hiding in the grasses
Pure joy
At the end of the rainbow
A touch of iridescence
I see a Sora
The Kent (Superman) Farmhouse
What big feet you have
Shades of brown
Clouds over Frank Lake
Mourning Dove
One of its favourite perches
Juvenile Wilson's Phalarope
The Avocet stretch
Deer in Foxtails
For a complete change of colour
Found when I was lost
Baby Coots are so cute
In need of preservation
Here comes the rain
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Great Horned Owl with fall colours
I was surprised to find out that this photo was fit to use after I had lightened it. It was a fairly distant owl and the light was awful. Love the colour of those beautiful fall leaves - I think most of our trees now have bare branches, but we have had a really beautiful fall this year.
Early in the morning on 18 October 2014, I joined a group of friends for a few hours of birding. We started off at Frank Lake but didn't go to the blind area at all, for safety reasons. We just drove along the short road that goes from half way down the east side of the lake to near the edge of the lake. The last half of this backroad is so very deeply rutted that it's impossible to drive, so we had to walk the last part. It's hunting season and we could hear shots being fired. We were totally disgusted by the hundreds of empty shells that littered the ground!!! The advertised release dates for Pheasants at Frank Lake are October 15 to November 12.
From Frank Lake, we drove (carpooled) north to Carseland and stopped at the Reservoir, where we saw a beautiful Double-crested Cormorant with wings spread out to dry. Also spotted a Loon way out in the water and several Grey Partridges on a distant slope.
The rest of the day was spent driving the backroads east of the city. We called in at Eagle Lake and another lake - I never drive to this whole area, so I'm not sure exactly where we saw what. I was thrilled, however, to see around 2750 Snow Geese, most of them in one huge flock (swarm!). This was the first time I had seen the sky filled with this species. Leader Andrew Hart's detailed list provides me with the answers - am adding the link to his very detailed account and list here. He always does a superb job of his reports, as well as taking us all out on a very enjoyable day. Weather-wise, it couldn't have been more perfect. Thanks so much, Andrew!
Link to Andrew's very detailed account and list:
groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Albertabird/conversations/mes...
Early in the morning on 18 October 2014, I joined a group of friends for a few hours of birding. We started off at Frank Lake but didn't go to the blind area at all, for safety reasons. We just drove along the short road that goes from half way down the east side of the lake to near the edge of the lake. The last half of this backroad is so very deeply rutted that it's impossible to drive, so we had to walk the last part. It's hunting season and we could hear shots being fired. We were totally disgusted by the hundreds of empty shells that littered the ground!!! The advertised release dates for Pheasants at Frank Lake are October 15 to November 12.
From Frank Lake, we drove (carpooled) north to Carseland and stopped at the Reservoir, where we saw a beautiful Double-crested Cormorant with wings spread out to dry. Also spotted a Loon way out in the water and several Grey Partridges on a distant slope.
The rest of the day was spent driving the backroads east of the city. We called in at Eagle Lake and another lake - I never drive to this whole area, so I'm not sure exactly where we saw what. I was thrilled, however, to see around 2750 Snow Geese, most of them in one huge flock (swarm!). This was the first time I had seen the sky filled with this species. Leader Andrew Hart's detailed list provides me with the answers - am adding the link to his very detailed account and list here. He always does a superb job of his reports, as well as taking us all out on a very enjoyable day. Weather-wise, it couldn't have been more perfect. Thanks so much, Andrew!
Link to Andrew's very detailed account and list:
groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Albertabird/conversations/mes...
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