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A road less travelled
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Heritage tree from 1907, at Carburn Park
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Rent a canoe at Emerald Lake
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Snowy Owl - just close enough
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Narrow strip of light
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McDougall Memorial United Church
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And they call this winter (in Alberta)?
McDougall Memorial United Church
Remembering the snow
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One of my favourite barns
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Looking across Frank Lake
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William J. Bagnall Wilderness Park
A white barn from yesterday
Another view at William J Bagnall Wildlife Park
The Heritage tree at Carburn Park
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The beautiful Badlands of Alberta
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A sunrise to start our birding day
A frosty prairie view
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A foggy, frosty sunrise
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November in Weaselhead
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Yesterday's walk along the Bow River
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Before the land turned white
Fall reflections at Carburn Park
Marsland Basin
Six old granaries
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We ignored the warning : )
Sparkles on Forgetmenot Pond
Deciduous yellow
Colonel Walker House, Inglewood Bird Sanctuary
Along the Irrigation Canal
A narrow strip of light
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Peace in the Jumpingpound area
CL Ranches, Alberta
Along the Bow River in fall
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Maskinonge Lake, Waterton Lakes National Park
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Dark clouds rolling in, yesterday
A view at Marsland Basin
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View looking west towards the Rockies
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Too hard to resist
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A view from Timber Ridge Conservation Area
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Maclean Pond, Kananaskis
Cameron Lake, Waterton Lakes National Park
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Downtown Calgary bathed in sunrise pink
On 20 December 2015, I had a really long day out, taking part in the annual Calgary Christmas Bird Count. We did SO much walking, starting at 8:00 am, getting home around 4:00 p.m., and then I was out in the evening at the potluck supper held for the many participants who covered various parts of the city.
Our first stop was at the place seen in this photo, looking out over downtown Calgary. The sunrise colours were beautiful and the whole day gave us good weather. The Calgary Tower, which used to be the tallest building downtown, is now dwarfed by others. At the moment, it has Christmas coloured lights around the top section, though they don't show up too well in this photo. From this location, we then spent the day driving short distances and then walking round the various residential streets. There were so many White-winged Crossbills!
The total overall number of species seen for the whole city this year was really good, though we haven't yet had the finalized number. The group of 4 of us that covered part of the NE had 24 species, which was also good. Will add our small group's list below.
Species 24:
Canada Goose 200+
Mallard 100+
Raven 11
American Crow 4
Magpie 86
Rock Pigeon 38
Starling 2
Bald Eagle 1
Merlin 3
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 21
Blue Jay 2
American Robin 3
White-winged Crossbill 340
Red Crossbill 24
House Finch 134
Black-capped Chickadee 26
Red-breasted Nuthatch 18
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Common Redpoll 21
Dark-eyed Junco 5
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
House Sparrow 750
Eurasian Collared Dove 63
Tony T.
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WHY THE CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT MATTERS
news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/12/141227-christmas...
Our first stop was at the place seen in this photo, looking out over downtown Calgary. The sunrise colours were beautiful and the whole day gave us good weather. The Calgary Tower, which used to be the tallest building downtown, is now dwarfed by others. At the moment, it has Christmas coloured lights around the top section, though they don't show up too well in this photo. From this location, we then spent the day driving short distances and then walking round the various residential streets. There were so many White-winged Crossbills!
The total overall number of species seen for the whole city this year was really good, though we haven't yet had the finalized number. The group of 4 of us that covered part of the NE had 24 species, which was also good. Will add our small group's list below.
Species 24:
Canada Goose 200+
Mallard 100+
Raven 11
American Crow 4
Magpie 86
Rock Pigeon 38
Starling 2
Bald Eagle 1
Merlin 3
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 21
Blue Jay 2
American Robin 3
White-winged Crossbill 340
Red Crossbill 24
House Finch 134
Black-capped Chickadee 26
Red-breasted Nuthatch 18
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Common Redpoll 21
Dark-eyed Junco 5
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
House Sparrow 750
Eurasian Collared Dove 63
Tony T.
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WHY THE CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT MATTERS
news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/12/141227-christmas...
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