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
Bubbles at Frank Lake
A close landing
Varied Thrush
Ice patterns
Pink Sundae / Salvia viridis
Great Gray Owl - breathtaking
Looking across Frank Lake
Little red barn with green roof
Soothing simplicity
Great Gray Owl, focused
Mourning Cloak / Nymphalis antiopa
Snowy Owl - just close enough
A most challenging bird
Davisburg Community Church, Alberta
Old barn with a different style
Focused, listening, watching
Clark's Nutcracker
Downy Woodpecker
Glenmore Dam, Calgary, Alberta
When winter really was winter
Varied Thrush
Common Redpoll on the wire
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
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Little forest muncher
This photo was taken on 4 February 2016, when I was on a birding walk with friends, in Weaselhead. Unfortunately, it was heavily overcast, but though there was no sign of the sun, it wasn't that cold. Many of our temperatures this winter have been so ridiculously mild. Makes you wonder what our summer is going to be like!
theweaselhead.com/
www.calgary.ca/CSPS/Parks/Pages/Locations/SW-parks/Weasel...
Very often, my photos of Red Squirrels come out very blurry because of the low light deep within the forest. This one actually came out sharp enough. They are such fun creatures, timid, but they do seem to like to perch and watch as we walk past. They defend their territory with a lot of loud, fierce "chattering".
"The American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) is one of three species of tree squirrel currently classified in the genus Tamiasciurus, known as the pine squirrels (the others are the Douglas squirrel, T. douglasii and Mearns's squirrel, T. mearnsi). American red squirrels are also referred to as pine squirrels, North American red squirrels, boomers, chickarees, and fairydiddles. They are medium-sized (200–250 g) diurnal mammals that defend a year-round exclusive territory. The diet of these tree squirrels is specialized on the seeds of conifer cones. As such, they are widely distributed across North America wherever conifers are common, except on the Pacific coast, where they are replaced by Douglas squirrels. Recently, American red squirrels have been expanding their range to include primarily hardwood areas." From Wikipedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_red_squirrel
The following is a list of the species seen on 4 February 2016:
FFCPPSoc. BIRDING, Weaselhead Natural Area, Calgary, 0915-1215, Thu, 04Feb2016. Heavy overcast, NW wind 15kph, -2 to 3°C. Combined results, 2 groups.
1. Bald Eagle-1ad
2. Downy Woodpecker-5
3. Hairy Woodpecker-2
4. Northern Flicker-1
5. Blue Jay-3+
6. Black-billed Magpie-3
7. Common Raven-5
8. Black-capped Chickadee-20
9. Boreal Chickadee-3
10. Red-breasted Nuthatch-1 heard
11. White-breasted Nuthatch-2
12. Bohemian Waxwing-1
13. Pine Grosbeak-40+
14. House Finch-8+
15. White-winged Crossbill-1
16. Common Redpoll-150
17. Pine Siskin-50
18. American Goldfinch-1
Coyote-1
Red Squirrel-8
White-tailed Deer-4+
theweaselhead.com/
www.calgary.ca/CSPS/Parks/Pages/Locations/SW-parks/Weasel...
Very often, my photos of Red Squirrels come out very blurry because of the low light deep within the forest. This one actually came out sharp enough. They are such fun creatures, timid, but they do seem to like to perch and watch as we walk past. They defend their territory with a lot of loud, fierce "chattering".
"The American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) is one of three species of tree squirrel currently classified in the genus Tamiasciurus, known as the pine squirrels (the others are the Douglas squirrel, T. douglasii and Mearns's squirrel, T. mearnsi). American red squirrels are also referred to as pine squirrels, North American red squirrels, boomers, chickarees, and fairydiddles. They are medium-sized (200–250 g) diurnal mammals that defend a year-round exclusive territory. The diet of these tree squirrels is specialized on the seeds of conifer cones. As such, they are widely distributed across North America wherever conifers are common, except on the Pacific coast, where they are replaced by Douglas squirrels. Recently, American red squirrels have been expanding their range to include primarily hardwood areas." From Wikipedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_red_squirrel
The following is a list of the species seen on 4 February 2016:
FFCPPSoc. BIRDING, Weaselhead Natural Area, Calgary, 0915-1215, Thu, 04Feb2016. Heavy overcast, NW wind 15kph, -2 to 3°C. Combined results, 2 groups.
1. Bald Eagle-1ad
2. Downy Woodpecker-5
3. Hairy Woodpecker-2
4. Northern Flicker-1
5. Blue Jay-3+
6. Black-billed Magpie-3
7. Common Raven-5
8. Black-capped Chickadee-20
9. Boreal Chickadee-3
10. Red-breasted Nuthatch-1 heard
11. White-breasted Nuthatch-2
12. Bohemian Waxwing-1
13. Pine Grosbeak-40+
14. House Finch-8+
15. White-winged Crossbill-1
16. Common Redpoll-150
17. Pine Siskin-50
18. American Goldfinch-1
Coyote-1
Red Squirrel-8
White-tailed Deer-4+
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