Don't you spit!
Snowy Owl in rehab
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Lovable Llama
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Mallard female
Short-eared Owl
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Love a Llama
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Spooked by a barking dog
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Gobble gobble time for Americans
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Llama
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Day 4, Laughing Gull / Leucophaeus atricilla, Must…
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Bighorn Sheep female
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01 Run with the wind
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Long-eared Owl
Dark chocolate bunny with milk chocolate eyes
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Such a handsome bird
Finn, a friend's dog
Long-eared Owl
Red-tailed Hawk portrait
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Turkey Vulture
Lynn's cat at Marsland Basin
Bighorn Sheep - she's a beauty
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Longhorn
They can't see me
Why this bird is called a Grosbeak
Canada Goose
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Remembering a winter day
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Moose cow looking for salt
A sweet face
A toothy smile
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Licking the salt
Raven, Yellowstone National Park
Helmeted Guineafowl / Numida meleagris
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Eurasian Lynx
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
Thank you for the pose
Himalayan monal / Lophophorus impejanus male
Small and cute
A lovable bundle of fur
Lyn's cat
Young Richardson's Ground Squirrel
Button-eyes
Licking salt off its lips
A young male Moose
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Golden Eagle named Spirit
One sweet, curious female
Short-eared Owl
White Stork
Himalayan Monal female
The silent stalker
Alpaca
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When you look in the mirror, be thankful : )
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Himalayan Monal
Grey Crowned Crane
A fancy chicken
The silent stalker
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I love Llamas
I had these three images from two days ago ready to post yesterday, but I overslept by about an hour and a half, which left me just 27 minutes from waking up suddenly and actually leaving the house!! This is always my biggest concern on any Count day - will I wake up in time or might I sleep through my two alarm clock radios and a kitchen timer. Well, yesterday, it was the latter, and it was not pleasant! Annoying, too, as yesterday's Count is my favourite Count.
All three photos posted this morning, 31 December 2016, were taken two days ago, when three of us took part in the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count for the Cochrane Wildlife Reserve area. I'm not sure why it's called a Wildlife Reserve, as it consists of backroads and farms just like on our other Counts. Only three of us went two days ago, travelling in just one car, and the area we covered was east of Highway 22/Cowboy Trail (across from the Water Valley area).
This is one of the Llamas seen at one of the farms we called in at during our coverage two days ago. This farmer has several of these large, amusing animals, and they are always one of the highlights of this Count for me. Unfortunately, it was very overcast when we were there, so this was taken in poor light. There was so much snow on the long driveway that led to the house, that we were unable to drive up, so we decided to walk. Actually, several of the backroads were in bad condition and I was expecting us to get stuck, which fortunately didn't happen. A huge bag of gravel and a snow shovel were in the back of the vehicle, just in case.
"Llamas appear to have originated from the central plains of North America about 40 million years ago. They migrated to South America and Asia about 3 million years ago. By the end of the last ice age (10,000–12,000 years ago) camelids were extinct in North America. As of 2007, there were over 7 million llamas and alpacas in South America and, due to importation from South America in the late 20th century, there are now over 100,000 llamas and 6,500–7,000 alpacas in the US and Canada." From Wikipedia.
Another of my favourite farms to stop at has a beautiful, old dog named Fang, along with beautiful cats, and I always look forward to seeing them each year. The neighbouring farm, which is also included in our area, has two beautiful old, red barns and I was longing to see these again. Unfortunately, we drove in past them, but didn't stop. A bit further in, we did get out of the car while our leader tried to find someone to ask permission for us to get out and look for birds. No one could be found, but it gave me the chance to take two rapid shots through the trees of the second barn, from a side view, which I had never seen before.
All three photos posted this morning, 31 December 2016, were taken two days ago, when three of us took part in the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count for the Cochrane Wildlife Reserve area. I'm not sure why it's called a Wildlife Reserve, as it consists of backroads and farms just like on our other Counts. Only three of us went two days ago, travelling in just one car, and the area we covered was east of Highway 22/Cowboy Trail (across from the Water Valley area).
This is one of the Llamas seen at one of the farms we called in at during our coverage two days ago. This farmer has several of these large, amusing animals, and they are always one of the highlights of this Count for me. Unfortunately, it was very overcast when we were there, so this was taken in poor light. There was so much snow on the long driveway that led to the house, that we were unable to drive up, so we decided to walk. Actually, several of the backroads were in bad condition and I was expecting us to get stuck, which fortunately didn't happen. A huge bag of gravel and a snow shovel were in the back of the vehicle, just in case.
"Llamas appear to have originated from the central plains of North America about 40 million years ago. They migrated to South America and Asia about 3 million years ago. By the end of the last ice age (10,000–12,000 years ago) camelids were extinct in North America. As of 2007, there were over 7 million llamas and alpacas in South America and, due to importation from South America in the late 20th century, there are now over 100,000 llamas and 6,500–7,000 alpacas in the US and Canada." From Wikipedia.
Another of my favourite farms to stop at has a beautiful, old dog named Fang, along with beautiful cats, and I always look forward to seeing them each year. The neighbouring farm, which is also included in our area, has two beautiful old, red barns and I was longing to see these again. Unfortunately, we drove in past them, but didn't stop. A bit further in, we did get out of the car while our leader tried to find someone to ask permission for us to get out and look for birds. No one could be found, but it gave me the chance to take two rapid shots through the trees of the second barn, from a side view, which I had never seen before.
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