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 The barn cat gang Winter on the farm Pine Grosbeak in winter sunshine Following the fenceline Beautiful farm cat Canada's new National Bird - the Gray Jay Christmas star Beauty in the final stage Happy Christmas, everyone! Snowman who loves Amanitas Mountain Chickadee on Donna's hand TV's "Heartland" series location Yesterday's treat Red's the best in winter Gray Jay - Canada's new National bird Winter on the farm A beautiful start to a day I love Llamas A welcome sight on a Christmas Bird Count Sunrise colour over the mountain peaks Open wide - big yawn New Year's Day Bird Count A splash of colour on a snowy day Mountain Chickadee A well looked after barn Nanton Christmas Bird Count Gray Jay Winter walking 'Barn' Owl, alias Great Horned Owl Colour for winter Snow turns something ordinary into beautiful Same tiny Northern Pygmy-owl Downy Woodpecker and bokeh Davisburg Community Church, Alberta A quick glance Farmyard scene on the prairie Hunting for Meadow Voles Remembering the snow A local Great Horned Owl Ice carving at Lake Louise 01 Varied Thrush / Ixoreus naevius 03 Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus Natural beauty McDougall Memorial United Church Great Gray Owl with its catch And they call this winter (in Alberta)? Pine Grosbeak enjoying the sun Sunlight on distant peaks A cluster of red barns McDougall Memorial United Church Little church in the valley Well camouflaged, except for those eyes A view through the bushes Smiling in the snow Yesterday's treat - a Great Gray Owl Narrow strip of light Feasting on cone seeds Watchful eye Beautiful bird, but grainy and blurry photo : ( Little forest muncher A fine old barn Snowy Owl - just close enough A most challenging bird Davisburg Community Church, Alberta Northern Pygmy-owl, one year ago Old barn with a different style 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