Yesterday's treat
A welcome sight on a Christmas Bird Count
'Barn' Owl, alias Great Horned Owl
Same tiny Northern Pygmy-owl
Way, way up
Turkey Vulture preening
Snowy Owl in rehab
Northern Pygmy-owl
Continuing the hunt
Ferocious hunter, but looking cute
Great Horned Owl
Great Gray Owl in early morning sunlight
Winter on the prairies
Sleepy Great Horned Owl
Better than nothing - this is NOT my main photo!
The size of a popcan
Yesterday's treat
Dark-eyed beauty
Northern Hawk Owl from 2016
Two of a family of three
Northern Hawk Owl
Meadow Vole for a tasty snack
Atop a utility pole
A backward glance
Northern Hawk Owl
Snowy Owl along the fenceline
Northern Hawk Owl
Winner with its prey
Quietly watching, always alert
Great Gray Owl from 2013
Peacefully waiting
Such a beautiful owl
Perch with a good view
Burrowing Owl
Eyes fixed on supper
Great Gray Owl, focused
Northern Hawk Owl
Meadow Vole for a late lunch
Always glad to see a Snowy
Northern Pygmy-owl
02 Bald Eagle in late afternoon sun
01 Barred Owl
False eyes and real eyes
Turkey Vulture talons
Female Kestrel
A distant shot from my archives
Northern Hawk Owl with woodland bokeh
Great Horned Owl and owlet
Mom and her babies
Yesterday's treat!
Watching the watchers
One of three young owls
Great Horned Owl male
A lucky find
Swainson's Hawk / Buteo swainsoni
Anyone have a comb?
Who can resist a Burrowing Owl?
I fell in love ....
Time for a nap
Curious
Cooling down
Flight training with a Red-tailed Hawk
Talk about baby fluff!
Barn Owl
That majestic look
Ever watchful
Snowy Owl harassed by Snow Buntings
Harris's Hawk
With a twinkle in its eye
Shooting in the rain
Peekaboo - whooo are yooo?
Time for an afternoon nap
Great Horned Owl male
A watchful eye
A distant Northern Pygmy-owl
Happy Thanksgiving to all Americans, everywhere!
Great Horned Owl - posting just for the record
First day of fledging
A bewildering world for a fallen owlet
Merlin removing dragonfly's wings
Long-eared Owl
A blast from the past
Osprey on the hunt
Ferruginous Hawk
Peregrine Falcon talons
Waiting for me
A gleam in the eye
Rough-legged Hawk on a hay bale
Sweet little thing
Up close and personal with a Turkey Vulture
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel - or is it a Merlin?
Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk
Gotta love those Golden Eagle feathers
Regal
Merlin eating a dragonfly
Osprey - stuffed and on display
Such a handsome bird
Merlin on the hunt
Merlin
Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk / Buteo jamaicensis
Barn Owl / Tyto alba
Look into my eyes
Eye contact
Merlin
Long-eared Owl
Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk portrait
Bald Eagle portrait
Turkey Vulture
Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk
Predator with prey
Swainson's Hawk female, dark-phase
Swainson's Hawk male, light phase
Swainson's Hawk on an early morning hunt
Wind-blown Osprey
Osprey take-off
Osprey family in the city
Juvenile Swainson's Hawk
Great Gray Owl on a rainy day
Swainson's Hawk in flight
Swainson's Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
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It was the annual May Species Count on 28 and 29 May 2016. My group's Saturday Count was down in Fish Creek Provincial Park, at Votier's Flats and Shaw's Meadow.
On the Sunday, our usual small group (six of us in two cars) covered an area SW of the city - which happens to be one of my favourite and most visited areas. We had a great day, stopping at a few wetlands and calling in at Barb Castell's acreage where she usually has amazing birds to show us. Several special species were missing, but we were delighted to watch a teeny Ruby-throated Hummingbird. We were also happy to see seven Rose-breasted Grosbeaks during the day, and a male American Kestrel that caught a frog for supper! No owls to be found anywhere, but I did go back the following evening and saw two separate Great Gray Owls in our Count area. I went back again the next day and found the first owl again. This time, it wasn't pouring with rain, but I was looking into the sun (so a lot of blown-out feathers) and it was very windy. The owl photo I've posted this morning was one of the first half dozen photos taken, before the owl flew a few fence posts away. It was nice to see the owl hunting, catch a small rodent and then fly to a fence post - wish the lighting had been so much better.
Before early 2016, the most 'recent' Great Grays that I had seen and photographed was one that was a rare visitor to the city - found in Fish Creek Park for a while and my last photos of it were taken on 18 February 2014. There was also a Great Gray at Griffith Woods, Calgary, and some of my photos were taken on 10 February 2014. Saw another owl on our May Species Count SW of the city on 25 May 2014. Many of my 'best' sightings and photos of Great Grays were taken NW of Calgary, the last dates being 28 March 2013 and 5 May 2013. So, after 25 May 2014 .... nothing until early 2016, and then the owl in this photo on 1 June 2016.
"Although the Great Gray Owl is the tallest American owl with the largest wingspan, it is just a ball of feathers. It preys on small mammals and has relatively small feet. Both the Great Horned and Snowy owls weigh half again as much, and have larger feet and talons. The oldest recorded Great Gray Owl was at least 18 years, 9 months old and lived in Alberta." From AllABoutBirds.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Gray_Owl/lifehistory
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Grey_Owl
On the Sunday, our usual small group (six of us in two cars) covered an area SW of the city - which happens to be one of my favourite and most visited areas. We had a great day, stopping at a few wetlands and calling in at Barb Castell's acreage where she usually has amazing birds to show us. Several special species were missing, but we were delighted to watch a teeny Ruby-throated Hummingbird. We were also happy to see seven Rose-breasted Grosbeaks during the day, and a male American Kestrel that caught a frog for supper! No owls to be found anywhere, but I did go back the following evening and saw two separate Great Gray Owls in our Count area. I went back again the next day and found the first owl again. This time, it wasn't pouring with rain, but I was looking into the sun (so a lot of blown-out feathers) and it was very windy. The owl photo I've posted this morning was one of the first half dozen photos taken, before the owl flew a few fence posts away. It was nice to see the owl hunting, catch a small rodent and then fly to a fence post - wish the lighting had been so much better.
Before early 2016, the most 'recent' Great Grays that I had seen and photographed was one that was a rare visitor to the city - found in Fish Creek Park for a while and my last photos of it were taken on 18 February 2014. There was also a Great Gray at Griffith Woods, Calgary, and some of my photos were taken on 10 February 2014. Saw another owl on our May Species Count SW of the city on 25 May 2014. Many of my 'best' sightings and photos of Great Grays were taken NW of Calgary, the last dates being 28 March 2013 and 5 May 2013. So, after 25 May 2014 .... nothing until early 2016, and then the owl in this photo on 1 June 2016.
"Although the Great Gray Owl is the tallest American owl with the largest wingspan, it is just a ball of feathers. It preys on small mammals and has relatively small feet. Both the Great Horned and Snowy owls weigh half again as much, and have larger feet and talons. The oldest recorded Great Gray Owl was at least 18 years, 9 months old and lived in Alberta." From AllABoutBirds.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Gray_Owl/lifehistory
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Grey_Owl
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