Sleeping down at the pond
Chilean Flamingo
One of my favourite views
Spotted Sandpiper
Middle Lake, Bow Valley Provincial Park
Escape of the Black-crowned Night Heron
American Coot interactive display
Waterton Lakes National Park
Challenges of a photographer
Prince of Wales hotel, Waterton
White-crowned Sparrow / Zonotrichia leucophrys
Black-crowned Night-heron
Black-crowned Night-heron
01 Middle Lake, Bow Valley Provincial Park
Red-belted Polypore with guttation droplets
Strawberries and cream fungus / Hydnellum peckii
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Mt Lorette Ponds, Kananaskis
Strawberries and Cream fungus / Hydnellum peckii
Mt. Buller, Buller Pond, Kananaskis
Conserving heat
Peninsular, Lower Kananaskis Lake
Lower Kananaskis Lake at Peninsular
The arrival of fall
Across the river
Chinook arch over Calgary
Autumn colours at the stormwater pond
Peninsular area, Lower Kananaskis Lake
When winter comes to the mountains
Peninsular area, Lower Kananaskis Lake
Leisurely swim
A day of swans and ducks and geese
Ring-billed Gull and Bonaparte's Gull
Trumpeter Swan
Gap Lake
Elbow Falls, Kananaskis
When storms blow in
Feather finery of a female Mallard
Wood Ducks on a local pond
Rare Long-tailed Duck
Raindrops
Black-necked Stilt
Muskrat ripples
Water Smartweed / Polygonum amphibium
A bright splash of colour
Like floral flames for a deep-freeze day
Posing nicely
The droplet
Remembering summer colours
Down by the river on a frosty morning
Eared Grebe
Humboldt Penguin / Spheniscus humboldti
Upper Kananaskis Lake
Strawberries and cream fungus / Hydnellum peckii
Arethusa Cirque trail, Kananaskis
Batteaux Bay, from Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Crab on the pier at Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Batteaux Bay at Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Frank's Glass-bottomed boat, Blue Waters Inn, Tob…
Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Brown Pelicans / Pelecanus occidentalis, Blue Wate…
Finely iridescent
Canada Goose
Sparkling feathers
Brown-headed Cowbirds
Ruddy Duck
Water patterns in matching colours
American Wigeon pair
Trying to impress the females
Willet / Tringa semipalmata
American Wigeon male, resting on a log
American Avocet in rippled water
A handsome mate
A recent spring arrival
Camouflaged as a rock
Mountain Bluebird from three years ago
Black-necked Stilt
Cinnamon Teal pair
Song Sparrow / Melospiza melodia
Just look at those toenails
Munch, munch, munch ....
Clouds, reflected
The Heritage tree at Carburn Park
Fine feathers of a female Mallard
Goldeneye on golden 'pond'
Another view at William J Bagnall Wildlife Park
William J. Bagnall Wilderness Park
Into the sun at Frank Lake
Wooden bridge at Weaselhead
A touch of Fireweed
Looking across Frank Lake
Ice patterns
Bubbles at Frank Lake
The return of the Swans
Fence post with a difference
A sky filled with clouds
Glenmore Dam, Calgary, Alberta
Rent a canoe at Emerald Lake
One of my favourite birds to photograph
Emerald Lake, British Columbia, Canada
Common Loon
Emerald Lake
Rusty Blackbird
Winter chill
Heritage tree from 1907, at Carburn Park
Baby Coot
Being a good mother
Lesser Scaup
Ibis iridescence
November in Weaselhead
Rockyview General Hospital, reflected
Yesterday's walk along the Bow River
Mallard female
Long-billed Dowitchers / Limnodromus scolopaceus
Fall reflections at Carburn Park
Black-necked Stilt
Common Loon in emerald waters
Marsland Basin
Up close and personal
Feeding time excitement
Taking a closer look at the fish
Sparkles on Forgetmenot Pond
Deciduous yellow
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Red-necked Grebe
The feel of goose bumps and half-numbed skin was the most wonderful feeling late afternoon on 8 June 2016, when I couldn't bear being inside my place one more day. It feels like an oven each summer, but this year, with the crazy weather we have been having, the heat has already been too much. I had already stayed home for three days in a row, as the two day trips at the weekend had totally knocked me out. I couldn't take the indoor heat any longer, and so I took a drive SW of the city. By the time I got back home, I felt 'cold', which was so good.
A quick stop first at a wetland just within city limits showed me that all was well with the Red-necked Grebes. This adult, presumably Mom, was swimming right near her nest when I arrived, but she eventually climbed back on her nest, checking her eggs before lying down. I will add a previously posted photo in a comment box below, giving a much better view of the adult Grebe. Taken at the same location, on 10 May 2015.
Travelled all my usual roads and back roads, seeing all the usual things, including Wilson's Snipe, Red-winged Blackbirds and Mountain Bluebirds.
When I felt it was time to start on my homeward journey, I reckoned I might as well check one more time for a Great Gray Owl. I almost drove straight past it - it was on the far side of the road and just blended in with the light and shadows of the forest. I took a few quick shots, then drove down the road and turned around, hoping that the owl would still be in the same place, which thankfully it was. It eventually flew across the road and landed in a tree or two and then made its way to an open area where it continued to hunt. After a few minutes, it dove into the grass and completely disappeared from sight. I thought I must have missed seeing it fly away, but it eventually did reappear and immediately flew across the road again, with a small rodent in its beak. A quick stop on a fence post (with its back to me, sigh) and then it flew off into the trees. No matter how many times I see one of these owls and no matter how many hundreds/thousands of photos I've taken of them, each owl is as exciting as the very first.
Having been so very fortunate to see this owl (which i have now seen on three days in the past week), I thought I would check one more time to see if the second owl that I saw a few days ago was anywhere in sight. Nothing - but I did watch and photograph a sweet pair of Mountain Bluebirds. Not my 'usual' pair, though I did see them briefly, earlier on my drive.
A quick stop first at a wetland just within city limits showed me that all was well with the Red-necked Grebes. This adult, presumably Mom, was swimming right near her nest when I arrived, but she eventually climbed back on her nest, checking her eggs before lying down. I will add a previously posted photo in a comment box below, giving a much better view of the adult Grebe. Taken at the same location, on 10 May 2015.
Travelled all my usual roads and back roads, seeing all the usual things, including Wilson's Snipe, Red-winged Blackbirds and Mountain Bluebirds.
When I felt it was time to start on my homeward journey, I reckoned I might as well check one more time for a Great Gray Owl. I almost drove straight past it - it was on the far side of the road and just blended in with the light and shadows of the forest. I took a few quick shots, then drove down the road and turned around, hoping that the owl would still be in the same place, which thankfully it was. It eventually flew across the road and landed in a tree or two and then made its way to an open area where it continued to hunt. After a few minutes, it dove into the grass and completely disappeared from sight. I thought I must have missed seeing it fly away, but it eventually did reappear and immediately flew across the road again, with a small rodent in its beak. A quick stop on a fence post (with its back to me, sigh) and then it flew off into the trees. No matter how many times I see one of these owls and no matter how many hundreds/thousands of photos I've taken of them, each owl is as exciting as the very first.
Having been so very fortunate to see this owl (which i have now seen on three days in the past week), I thought I would check one more time to see if the second owl that I saw a few days ago was anywhere in sight. Nothing - but I did watch and photograph a sweet pair of Mountain Bluebirds. Not my 'usual' pair, though I did see them briefly, earlier on my drive.
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