"Canoe with three warriors", by Team Sakha from Ru…
Clark's Nutcracker
Modern charm
Pine Grosbeak / Pinicola enucleator
One of yesterday's treats
Just in time
Snow, snow and more snow
Winter beauty
A winter walk
Home of the Snowshoe Hare
Chateau Lake Louise and ice castle
Winter wonderland with a bonus
The best colour to see in winter
Hiding
Shepard Energy Centre, east of Calgary, Alberta
Common Redpoll / Acanthis flammea
Common Redpolls
The old and the new
Rough-legged Hawk
On a distant fence post
Winter on the prairies
Vole brains for her afternoon snack
Common Redpoll
The beauty of Lake Louise
A friendly face in Weaselhead
Common Redpoll in the forest
Sweet little poser
Downy Woodpecker
A fence without an owl
Pine Grosbeak / Pinicola enucleator
Wearing a heavy coat of hoar frost
Beware those icy fingers
A great winter for Pine Grosbeaks
Yesterday's treat
Dainty little Common Redpoll
Much better than a utility pole
Eurasian Collared-Dove / Streptopelia decaocto
Short-eared Owl
Pine Grosbeak
Taking the quieter road
On the hunt
Little Downy Woodpecker at work
Pretty good camouflage
Red Squirrel
Swivel-head
Dainty little Common Redpoll
Time for an old barn again
One year ago
A photographer's nightmare
The cross and the moon
'Superman, where are you now?'
Pine Grosbeak / Pinicola enucleator
Little country church
A quick glance
Sweet little garden ornament
Varied Thrush - a lifer
Northern Hawk Owl with Meadow Vole
Aging gracefully
Common Redpoll / Carduelis flammea
A friendly greeting
When the clouds roll in
Davisburg Community Church, Alberta
Fancy silo with stairs
Sheltering in the trees
Pine Grosbeak / Pinicola enucleator
Now THIS is winter!
Clark's Nutcracker / Nucifraga columbiana
Spikes of ice
A sweet face
Short-eared Owl
A winter day in southern Alberta
Follow the fence line
Pine Grosbeak
Mystery rock
Fond memories of a popcan-sized owl
High wire act
Find the owl
Fenced in
Triple treat
A friendly visitor
Cosy little birdhouse
Avenue of trees at Baker Park
White beauty
Farm cat watching for farm mice
A different style
A tiny owl from the past
Pine Grosbeak in pretty light
Old barns in heavy frost
Christmas remnants
Little red barn on the prairie
Winter chill
Enjoying the morning sun
Hoping for food
Heritage tree from 1907, at Carburn Park
On a bitterly cold, hoar frosty day
A splash of much-needed red
The donkeys with reflector eyes
Desolate
A fine old barn
The gathering
So pretty against the snow
Farm friends
Pine Grosbeak female
Foothills and mountains
A typical pose for the White-breasted Nuthatch
Outlined in frost
Keeper of the farmyard
In the bleak midwinter
Pine Grosbeaks adding colour to our winter
Golden Eagle along the fenceline
Pine Grosbeak / Pinicola enucleator
A road less travelled
Each one different from the others
Guarding the barn
One of five White-tailed Deer
Pine Grosbeak / Pinicola enucleator
Fish Creek Park New Year's Day Bird Count
Northern Shrike / Lanius excubitor
At the end of the day
Winter colours
A touch of frost
A toothy smile
Remnant of the old days
Lovable, but shy
The rule of red
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Winter walk at Beaverdam Flats
Yesterday, 24 January 2016, I decided to go on an afternoon birding walk with friends. The sun was shining, the sky was blue, and it wasn't all that cold. Have to admit that Beaverdam Flats is not my favourite place to walk and it is never rewarding as far as photography is concerned. Almost all the birds are waterfowl and tend to be along the far side of the Bow River (seen at the left hand edge of this photo). In winter, the narrow trail down from the top of the cliff tends to be icy, and the climb back up along the paved path always reminds me how unfit I am, ha.
This photo, one of maybe half a dozen taken, is the only one remotely worth keeping. I'm posting it just to remind myself where I went yesterday. I will add the leaders' species list below. Thanks so much, Janet and Bernie, for taking us on this walk, and for the always enjoyed coffee and chat at Tim Horton's afterwards!
Birding Beaverdam Flats, Calgary. 1:15 - 3:15pm. Sun. Jan 24/16. Foggy & snowing lightly, 0C with light North wind at beginning of walk. Clear by 2:pm, +3C.
1. Canada Goose - 2
2. Mallard - 300
3. Common Goldeneye - 140
4. Bufflehead - 18
5. Common Merganser - 4
6. Bald Eagle - 2+
7. Feral Pigeon - 2
8. Northern Flicker - 2
9. Black-billed Magpie - 7
10. Common Raven - 9
11. Black-capped Chickadee - 16
12. American Robin - 1
13. House Finch - 30
14. Pine Siskin - 1
15. House Sparrow - 25
Eastern Gray Squirrel - 1
This photo, one of maybe half a dozen taken, is the only one remotely worth keeping. I'm posting it just to remind myself where I went yesterday. I will add the leaders' species list below. Thanks so much, Janet and Bernie, for taking us on this walk, and for the always enjoyed coffee and chat at Tim Horton's afterwards!
Birding Beaverdam Flats, Calgary. 1:15 - 3:15pm. Sun. Jan 24/16. Foggy & snowing lightly, 0C with light North wind at beginning of walk. Clear by 2:pm, +3C.
1. Canada Goose - 2
2. Mallard - 300
3. Common Goldeneye - 140
4. Bufflehead - 18
5. Common Merganser - 4
6. Bald Eagle - 2+
7. Feral Pigeon - 2
8. Northern Flicker - 2
9. Black-billed Magpie - 7
10. Common Raven - 9
11. Black-capped Chickadee - 16
12. American Robin - 1
13. House Finch - 30
14. Pine Siskin - 1
15. House Sparrow - 25
Eastern Gray Squirrel - 1
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