Varied Thrush
When winter really was winter
Glenmore Dam, Calgary, Alberta
Downy Woodpecker
Clark's Nutcracker
Focused, listening, watching
Old barn with a different style
Davisburg Community Church, Alberta
A most challenging bird
Snowy Owl - just close enough
Little forest muncher
Beautiful bird, but grainy and blurry photo : (
Watchful eye
Feasting on cone seeds
Narrow strip of light
Yesterday's treat - a Great Gray Owl
Remembering a cold, frosty bird count
Smiling in the snow
A view through the bushes
Well camouflaged, except for those eyes
Little church in the valley
McDougall Memorial United Church
A cluster of red barns
Sunlight on distant peaks
Pine Grosbeak enjoying the sun
Blink .... and spring will be here
And they call this winter (in Alberta)?
Great Gray Owl with its catch
McDougall Memorial United Church
Natural beauty
03 Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
01 Varied Thrush / Ixoreus naevius
Ice carving at Lake Louise
A local Great Horned Owl
Remembering the snow
Hunting for Meadow Voles
Just a splash of colour
Datura flower?
The Famous Five from a distance
Farmyard scene on the prairie
A quick glance
Davisburg Community Church, Alberta
Mountain view on an owl-less day
One of my favourite barns
One of a pair
Got my eyes on you
Dainty little Common Redpoll
Tropical - cultivar of Tillandsia ionantha?
Remembering a winter day
A sky filled with clouds
Rolling hills and distant peaks
Perched on a broken tree trunk
One of my few Snowy Owls of 2016
From days gone by
Popular with the Aphids
A life left behind
Built with love
Blowing in the wind
Blackie Grain Terminal, Alberta
Fence post with a difference
Surveying its territory
Passing the time
The return of the Swans
Male beauty
Fancy silo with stairs
Davisburg Community Church, Alberta
When the clouds roll in
A friendly greeting
Common Redpoll / Carduelis flammea
Aging gracefully
Northern Hawk Owl with Meadow Vole
Varied Thrush - a lifer
A quick glance
Little country church
Pine Grosbeak / Pinicola enucleator
'Superman, where are you now?'
The cross and the moon
A photographer's nightmare
Dainty little Common Redpoll
Swivel-head
Red Squirrel
An unusually pale American Robin
Pretty good camouflage
Little Downy Woodpecker at work
On the hunt
Taking the quieter road
Pine Grosbeak
Short-eared Owl
Eurasian Collared-Dove / Streptopelia decaocto
Much better than a utility pole
Rent a canoe at Emerald Lake
Dainty little Common Redpoll
Yesterday's treat
A great winter for Pine Grosbeaks
Beware those icy fingers
Wearing a heavy coat of hoar frost
Pine Grosbeak / Pinicola enucleator
A fence without an owl
Downy Woodpecker
Sweet little poser
Common Redpoll in the forest
A friendly face in Weaselhead
The beauty of Lake Louise
Common Redpoll
Winter on the prairies
On a distant fence post
Rough-legged Hawk
The old and the new
Common Redpolls
Common Redpoll / Acanthis flammea
Emerald Lake, British Columbia, Canada
Shepard Energy Centre, east of Calgary, Alberta
Vibrant
Hiding
The best colour to see in winter
Winter wonderland with a bonus
Common Loon
Emerald Lake
Chateau Lake Louise and ice castle
Summer greens
A winter walk
Winter beauty
Snow, snow and more snow
Just in time
One of yesterday's treats
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Common Redpoll on the wire
In the early afternoon on 31 January 2016, I decided to go for a drive east of the city. The weather was getting sunny and I needed to get out for a while. Recently, I have had to replace several kitchen appliances and can't believe the hassle this has created. I automatically expect something new to work perfectly and forget that this isn't necessarily going to happen.
It started when I replaced my dead kettle just before Christmas. Had to return the new one later, as the power lever wasn't working. When I later Googled this brand, I found so many reviews complaining about the very same problem. I had carefully bought a 'good' quality one, thinking it would last for a few years. Next came a toaster - so far, it is working fine. After that, I decided I had better replace my microwave that was making a loud, very unhealthy noise. Well, I couldn't find a store that delivers! I did find a microwave that I liked, but gave up, as there was no way I could even lift it. Giving up, I started walking away, when I suddenly decided to look at dishwashers - I've been without a working machine for about 12 of the last 18 years and had been meaning to treat myself to one for the last few years, to give my painful hands and back a break from standing at the kitchen sink. The guy I dealt with said that the microwave could be delivered at the same time, which sounded like the perfect solution. However, that didn't happen and the store guy very kindly delivered it himself to my home! I was so grateful! Oh, and my dishwasher that was delivered ended up sitting in the middle of my small kitchen, having to wait a few days to be installed. Apparently, the pipes in the basement are "unusual" and needed other parts and tools - the guy said that, in all the years he has been working, he's never come across pipes like mine, ha.
A large flock of these gorgeous little Common Redpolls took my mind off the shoddy quality of new gadgets : ) I don't particularly like taking bird-on-wire shots, but better than nothing. Usually when I see Redpolls, they are females, like this little one.
"As energetic as their electric zapping call notes would suggest, Common Redpolls are active foragers that travel in busy flocks. Look for them feeding on catkins in birch trees or visiting feeders in winter. These small finches of the arctic tundra and boreal forest migrate erratically, and they occasionally show up in large numbers as far south as the central U.S. During such irruption years, redpolls often congregate at bird feeders (particularly thistle or nyjer seed), allowing delightfully close looks."
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Redpoll/id
I also checked on the Short-eared Owls when I was driving out east. Could only find a distant one, tucked away in the trees. Bumped into a friend out there, who said he had just been to see a Northern Hawk Owl because he had more or less given up on the Short-eared Owls. Said the last few times he had been there, the owls weren't around much. I'm hoping that the number of cars and birders/photographers didn't push the owls to move on.
It started when I replaced my dead kettle just before Christmas. Had to return the new one later, as the power lever wasn't working. When I later Googled this brand, I found so many reviews complaining about the very same problem. I had carefully bought a 'good' quality one, thinking it would last for a few years. Next came a toaster - so far, it is working fine. After that, I decided I had better replace my microwave that was making a loud, very unhealthy noise. Well, I couldn't find a store that delivers! I did find a microwave that I liked, but gave up, as there was no way I could even lift it. Giving up, I started walking away, when I suddenly decided to look at dishwashers - I've been without a working machine for about 12 of the last 18 years and had been meaning to treat myself to one for the last few years, to give my painful hands and back a break from standing at the kitchen sink. The guy I dealt with said that the microwave could be delivered at the same time, which sounded like the perfect solution. However, that didn't happen and the store guy very kindly delivered it himself to my home! I was so grateful! Oh, and my dishwasher that was delivered ended up sitting in the middle of my small kitchen, having to wait a few days to be installed. Apparently, the pipes in the basement are "unusual" and needed other parts and tools - the guy said that, in all the years he has been working, he's never come across pipes like mine, ha.
A large flock of these gorgeous little Common Redpolls took my mind off the shoddy quality of new gadgets : ) I don't particularly like taking bird-on-wire shots, but better than nothing. Usually when I see Redpolls, they are females, like this little one.
"As energetic as their electric zapping call notes would suggest, Common Redpolls are active foragers that travel in busy flocks. Look for them feeding on catkins in birch trees or visiting feeders in winter. These small finches of the arctic tundra and boreal forest migrate erratically, and they occasionally show up in large numbers as far south as the central U.S. During such irruption years, redpolls often congregate at bird feeders (particularly thistle or nyjer seed), allowing delightfully close looks."
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Redpoll/id
I also checked on the Short-eared Owls when I was driving out east. Could only find a distant one, tucked away in the trees. Bumped into a friend out there, who said he had just been to see a Northern Hawk Owl because he had more or less given up on the Short-eared Owls. Said the last few times he had been there, the owls weren't around much. I'm hoping that the number of cars and birders/photographers didn't push the owls to move on.
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