Northern Pygmy-owl, one year ago
Davisburg Community Church, Alberta
A most challenging bird
Snowy Owl - just close enough
A fine old barn
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
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
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
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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
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
A life left behind
Built with love
Blowing in the wind
Blackie Grain Terminal, Alberta
Fence post with a difference
Surveying its territory
Varied Thrush
Northern Hawk Owl
Old barn in winter
A day in the mountains
Roof shingles galore
Charcoal effect
An old barn in winter
Still standing
McDougall Memorial United Church
Successful hunting
A blast from the past
Pretty Mama cat
Gray Jay - Canada's new National Bird
Pine Grosbeaks
Focused, listening, watching
Barn-shaped mailbox
Snow Bunting / Plectrophenax nivalis
Clark's Nutcracker
Downy Woodpecker
Glenmore Dam, Calgary, Alberta
When winter really was winter
Varied Thrush
Common Redpoll on the wire
Male beauty
One of yesterday's Snowy Owls
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
Sweet little garden ornament
A quick glance
Little country church
Pine Grosbeak / Pinicola enucleator
'Superman, where are you now?'
The cross and the moon
A photographer's nightmare
One year ago
Time for an old barn again
Dainty little Common Redpoll
Swivel-head
Red Squirrel
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
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
Vole brains for her afternoon snack
Winter on the prairies
On a distant fence post
Rough-legged Hawk
The old and the new
Common Redpolls
Common Redpoll / Acanthis flammea
Shepard Energy Centre, east of Calgary, Alberta
Hiding
The best colour to see in winter
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Old barn with a different style
Hard to believe that this is WINTER! Some fields outside the city are completely bare of snow; others still look pretty white.
I came across this old, wooden barn on 19th February 2016, when I was exploring some new backroads SE of Calgary. The reason I wanted to make this drive was that friend Phil S. had posted a few photos of a beautiful little white country church; one that I hadn’t seen before. He told me where to find it and this was enough motivation for me to drive some roads that were new to me. Thanks so much, Phil! The church is the Davisburg Community Church, SE of Calgary. I could find nothing online about this church, but then Phil sent me the link to a wedding that was held there, showing the inside and outside.
greenweddingshoes.com/tiny-white-church-in-a-field-wedding/
The church and small cemetery are fenced off, though I did notice one small section of fence along the road had been destroyed – hopefully not by photographers wanting to get a different angle! There is also a No Trespassing sign there. I was able to get two or three angles from the ditch along the road.
From this location, I drove SE towards the Blackie area and covered some of the same roads and backroads that I drove on 15 February. It turned out to be more of a barn day than a birding trip, as all I saw were several Pigeons and a number of Magpies. I really wasn’t looking for birds, though, as my attention was on the road and which direction I was going, trying not to get lost.
The sun was shining early on, but more and more clouds gradually moved in, making quite a beautiful sight over the distant mountains.
After a while, I realized that I could perhaps just make it as far as the Saskatoon Farm in time to order a home-made pizza to take home with me. However, when I got there, I was told that they had stopped making these several months ago. Instead, I decided to stay and have a meal there - quiche and sweet potato fries. Made a very pleasant ending to an enjoyable afternoon.
I came across this old, wooden barn on 19th February 2016, when I was exploring some new backroads SE of Calgary. The reason I wanted to make this drive was that friend Phil S. had posted a few photos of a beautiful little white country church; one that I hadn’t seen before. He told me where to find it and this was enough motivation for me to drive some roads that were new to me. Thanks so much, Phil! The church is the Davisburg Community Church, SE of Calgary. I could find nothing online about this church, but then Phil sent me the link to a wedding that was held there, showing the inside and outside.
greenweddingshoes.com/tiny-white-church-in-a-field-wedding/
The church and small cemetery are fenced off, though I did notice one small section of fence along the road had been destroyed – hopefully not by photographers wanting to get a different angle! There is also a No Trespassing sign there. I was able to get two or three angles from the ditch along the road.
From this location, I drove SE towards the Blackie area and covered some of the same roads and backroads that I drove on 15 February. It turned out to be more of a barn day than a birding trip, as all I saw were several Pigeons and a number of Magpies. I really wasn’t looking for birds, though, as my attention was on the road and which direction I was going, trying not to get lost.
The sun was shining early on, but more and more clouds gradually moved in, making quite a beautiful sight over the distant mountains.
After a while, I realized that I could perhaps just make it as far as the Saskatoon Farm in time to order a home-made pizza to take home with me. However, when I got there, I was told that they had stopped making these several months ago. Instead, I decided to stay and have a meal there - quiche and sweet potato fries. Made a very pleasant ending to an enjoyable afternoon.
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