SWERVE magazine, 12 December 2014 - #6 my Great Gr…
Light and darkness
Can't resist a barn mailbox
Checking if the coast is clear
Short-eared Owl
A memory of good old England
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Time to rest
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
Free car wash, anyone?
Eastern Grey Squirrel, black form
Rusty Blackbird - Status: Vulnerable
A solitary Moose cow
Heading into the sun
Pileated Woodpecker
Nibble ... nibble ... nibble
Texture of burnt trees
White-tailed doe in sunlight
Summer memories
Just in time
Soaking up the incredible beauty
Male Moose are judged by the size of their antler…
Delicate edging of a lily pad
Black-backed Woodpecker
Moose in a winter wonderland
Pine Grosbeak
Yesterday morning's sunrise
Love the sparkle of those tiny diamonds
Like rays of sunshine
White Stork
Let the sun shine
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White-breasted Nuthatch
After missing almost all the birding walks with friends in the spring and fall, I pushed myself out the front door on 17 November 2014 and joined them for a leisurely walk in Fish Creek Park.
I left them shortly before the end of the walk and called in to see if there was any sign of the little Long-tailed Weasel that I had seen three days earlier, on 13 November. A few friends had the same idea, so it was nice to have people to talk to while we watched and waited. We were lucky enough to see the little Weasel and I was able to get a few shots. The first time the Weasel appeared, my camera wouldn't function at all and I missed some good chances. Thankfully, I discovered that I had accidentally moved a small lever on the side of the camera to a different position - so easily done at any time, but especially so when wearing a pair of fleece winter gloves over a pair of thin knitted gloves! The local Black-capped Chickadees, male Downy Woodpecker and this male White-breasted Nuthatch kept us company while we stood and waited.
“A common feeder bird with clean black, gray, and white markings, White-breasted Nuthatches are active, agile little birds with an appetite for insects and large, meaty seeds. They get their common name from their habit of jamming large nuts and acorns into tree bark, then whacking them with their sharp bill to “hatch” out the seed from the inside. White-breasted Nuthatches may be small but their voices are loud, and often their insistent nasal yammering will lead you right to them.” From AllAboutBirds.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/white-breasted_nuthatch/id
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-breasted_nuthatch
I left them shortly before the end of the walk and called in to see if there was any sign of the little Long-tailed Weasel that I had seen three days earlier, on 13 November. A few friends had the same idea, so it was nice to have people to talk to while we watched and waited. We were lucky enough to see the little Weasel and I was able to get a few shots. The first time the Weasel appeared, my camera wouldn't function at all and I missed some good chances. Thankfully, I discovered that I had accidentally moved a small lever on the side of the camera to a different position - so easily done at any time, but especially so when wearing a pair of fleece winter gloves over a pair of thin knitted gloves! The local Black-capped Chickadees, male Downy Woodpecker and this male White-breasted Nuthatch kept us company while we stood and waited.
“A common feeder bird with clean black, gray, and white markings, White-breasted Nuthatches are active, agile little birds with an appetite for insects and large, meaty seeds. They get their common name from their habit of jamming large nuts and acorns into tree bark, then whacking them with their sharp bill to “hatch” out the seed from the inside. White-breasted Nuthatches may be small but their voices are loud, and often their insistent nasal yammering will lead you right to them.” From AllAboutBirds.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/white-breasted_nuthatch/id
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-breasted_nuthatch
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