Pinedrops / Pterospora - rare
The one-legged stance
A garden in the forest
Fine 'threads' of a mushroom veil
Picked for demonstration purposes - Honey Mushroom…
Sainfoin / Onobrychis viciifolia
Texture
An odd colour in nature
Turkey Vulture
Comb/Branched Hericium / Hericium ramosum
A splash of sunshine
Bluebird memories
Lichen at Bunchberry Meadows Conservation Area
Barn Owl / Tyto alba
The colours of fall
Three insect species on a single flower
Autumn berries
False Dandelion / Agoseris glauca
Brightness on a cloudy day
Larch in fall colour
As fall colours come to an end
Astilbe
Sunflower going to seed
Katydid on Common Tansy
Always good for a splash of colour
Swainson's Hawk
The poser - Wilson's Snipe
Up close and personal with a Turkey Vulture
Aging beauties
An endless feast for a Ladybug
Colours and textures
01 Red-winged Blackbird - female or juvenile
Bobolink / Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Snake's head fritillary, Fritillaria meleagris
A mountain Bluebird with 'bling'
A birder's first time
Standing in sunshine
Simplicity
Lest we forget
A visit to George's hand
Narcissus
Colour for a snowy day
Oak leaf and insect gall
The upside-down bird
Small fungi growing among the mosses
Black-capped Chickadee
Shooting in the rain
Joy for a deep-freeze day
Backside beauty
Ever watchful
Barn Owl
Poor quality, but of interest
Mountain Chickadee on Donna's hand
Downy Woodpecker and bokeh
A change from a Black-capped Chickadee
A touch of blue
Turkey Vulture preening
Cheery sunflower
The size of a popcan
Female Mountain Bluebird with lunch for her babies
Northern Hawk Owl
Summer colour
Red-winged Blackbird female or juvenile
Northern Willowherb / Epilobium ciliatum
A bright splash of blue in August
Bighorn Sheep - she's a beauty
Unexpected closeness
Gaillardia with little visitor
Paintbrush - green flowers, red bracts
Nest-building Dad
Reaching those faraway feathers
Happiness is .....
Goat's-beard
Scabious growing in the wild
Splash of colour on a rainy day
Eastern Kingbird
Alsike Clover / Trifolium hybridum
A favourite bird to photograph
Shakin' all over
Great Gray Owl on a rainy day
Collecting food for her babies
Western Kingbird
Swainson's Hawk
Upland Sandpiper
Roadside wild sunflowers
Bear Grass / Xerophyllum tenax
They can't see me
Bold and beautiful
Time to feed the kids
Upland Sandpiper / Bartramia longicauda
Sticky Purple Geranium / Geranium viscosissimum
Mountain Bluebird fledgling
Blue Lettuce / Lactuca tatarica
Paintbush, with a visiting Crab Spider
Stately Bear Grass
Pinedrops / Pterospora - rare, Listed S2
Barn Swallow
Ram's Horn Snail shell
Savannah Sparrow
Hope he's one of the lucky ones
Fleabane
Bobolink male
Egyptian Walking Onion
Mountain Death Camas / Zigadenus elegans
Gaillardia
I like the post as much as the bird
False Dandelion / Hypochaeris radicata
Great Gray Owl in late-morning sun
A second's rest, together
Forest refractions on a wet Dandelion : )
Just a little stretch
My first Bald Eagle on a fence post
Brown-headed Cowbird / Molothrus ater
Tattered and torn - and still beautiful
Beautiful wings of a female Mountain Bluebird
Ornamental Spurge / Euphorbia polychroma (Cushion…
Red-winged Blackbird female with bokeh
Female Bobolink / Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Couldn't have chosen a better perch myself : )
Red-edged petals
Such good parents
There WAS a fence between us
Everyday beauty
I think he caught a beautiful Tiger Moth : )
Eastern Kingbird
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Handsome male Bobolink / Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Easy to identify by the straw-coloured patch on the back of the head - IF you are lucky enough to find one.
Took this photo on 25 June 2016, when I drove SW of the city to possibly meet friends. No one was sure how bad the weather was going to be, as the forecast was for rain and thunderstorms. It had rained overnight, so everywhere was soaking wet. Normally, on a day like that, I stay home, but I'm really glad I did go, especially as I was able to find a Bobolink again. Or, perhaps I should say it found me. Three times, when I had been photographing a particular pair of Mountain Bluebirds, I had heard a certain persistent call, turned around, and there was a Bobolink sitting on a fence post across the road. It just kept up this call until I stopped what I was doing, crossed the road, and started taking photos of him, as if to say: "Hey, take my photo, too!"
I didn't think any friends were going to turn up, as I hadn't seen anything that looked like a small convoy of cars. Then suddenly, one single car came around a distant corner and stopped. Three people got out - Andrew, Tony and Howard. Three people who are excellent birders and who didn't let the weather keep them from doing what they love.
I followed them slowly as far as Brown-Lowery Provincial Park, where the day's walk was supposed to take place, stopping to look at various birds along the way, Once there, we parted ways, as I didn't want hours of walking in mud and dripping trees. Instead, I wandered for a few minutes near the parking lot and then I returned to the Bluebirds, where the Bobolink reappeared and repeated his behavior, giving me another chance for photos.
"Perched on a grass stem or displaying in flight over a field, breeding male Bobolinks are striking. No other North American bird has a white back and black underparts (some have described this look as wearing a tuxedo backwards). Added to this are the male’s rich, straw-colored patch on the head and his bubbling, virtuosic song. As summer ends he molts into a buff and brown female-like plumage. Though they’re still fairly common in grasslands, Bobolink numbers are declining." From AllAboutBirds.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Bobolink/id
"The Bobolink inhabits Canada's grassland and agricultural areas from the interior of British Columbia to the east coast. Relative to 1970 levels, this species has shown a large decrease across most of its range, with the exception of the Prairie Potholes Bird Conservation Region where populations have changed little. The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada assessed the Bobolink as Threatened in 2010 (COSEWIC 2010d). This species has been identified as a priority for conservation and/or stewardship in one or more Bird Conservation Region Strategies in Canada."
www.ec.gc.ca/soc-sbc/oiseau-bird-eng.aspx?sY=2014&sL=...
Took this photo on 25 June 2016, when I drove SW of the city to possibly meet friends. No one was sure how bad the weather was going to be, as the forecast was for rain and thunderstorms. It had rained overnight, so everywhere was soaking wet. Normally, on a day like that, I stay home, but I'm really glad I did go, especially as I was able to find a Bobolink again. Or, perhaps I should say it found me. Three times, when I had been photographing a particular pair of Mountain Bluebirds, I had heard a certain persistent call, turned around, and there was a Bobolink sitting on a fence post across the road. It just kept up this call until I stopped what I was doing, crossed the road, and started taking photos of him, as if to say: "Hey, take my photo, too!"
I didn't think any friends were going to turn up, as I hadn't seen anything that looked like a small convoy of cars. Then suddenly, one single car came around a distant corner and stopped. Three people got out - Andrew, Tony and Howard. Three people who are excellent birders and who didn't let the weather keep them from doing what they love.
I followed them slowly as far as Brown-Lowery Provincial Park, where the day's walk was supposed to take place, stopping to look at various birds along the way, Once there, we parted ways, as I didn't want hours of walking in mud and dripping trees. Instead, I wandered for a few minutes near the parking lot and then I returned to the Bluebirds, where the Bobolink reappeared and repeated his behavior, giving me another chance for photos.
"Perched on a grass stem or displaying in flight over a field, breeding male Bobolinks are striking. No other North American bird has a white back and black underparts (some have described this look as wearing a tuxedo backwards). Added to this are the male’s rich, straw-colored patch on the head and his bubbling, virtuosic song. As summer ends he molts into a buff and brown female-like plumage. Though they’re still fairly common in grasslands, Bobolink numbers are declining." From AllAboutBirds.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Bobolink/id
"The Bobolink inhabits Canada's grassland and agricultural areas from the interior of British Columbia to the east coast. Relative to 1970 levels, this species has shown a large decrease across most of its range, with the exception of the Prairie Potholes Bird Conservation Region where populations have changed little. The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada assessed the Bobolink as Threatened in 2010 (COSEWIC 2010d). This species has been identified as a priority for conservation and/or stewardship in one or more Bird Conservation Region Strategies in Canada."
www.ec.gc.ca/soc-sbc/oiseau-bird-eng.aspx?sY=2014&sL=...
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