Sleepy Great Horned Owl
Filtered
Better than nothing - this is NOT my main photo!
The peace of a prairie farm - my main photo today
Sharp-tailed Grouse
The size of a popcan
The beautiful mountains of Alberta
Yesterday's treat
Dark-eyed beauty
Northern Hawk Owl from 2016
Two of a family of three
Non-wild horses in a wild landscape
Northern Hawk Owl
Meadow Vole for a tasty snack
Atop a utility pole
A backward glance
Winter in the Nanton, Alberta, area
Northern Hawk Owl
Lying on a bed of hoarfrost
Snowy Owl along the fenceline
The old-fashioned way
With a little filtered help
Northern Hawk Owl
Winter textures
Winner with its prey
A highlight of a bird count
Mountain Chickadee / Poecile gambeli
Quietly watching, always alert
Great Gray Owl from 2013
Dreaming of spring
Peacefully waiting
Such a beautiful owl
Perch with a good view
Guardian of the path
Eyes fixed on supper
Entrance to a ranch
Cattle drive
A view from the Porcupine Hills
Old times remembered
Cattle drive - and a few old barns and sheds
Stubble pattern
Northern Hawk Owl
Skull on a fence post
Logging piles in the Porcupine Hills
Greenish sky beneath a Chinook Arch
Bark patterns on a cut log
Farm cat
Meadow Vole for a late lunch
Lovable Llama
Always glad to see a Snowy
Mountain Chickadee
Northern Pygmy-owl
02 Bald Eagle in late afternoon sun
01 Barred Owl
Boreal Chickadee
One of my favourite views
False eyes and real eyes
A distant shot from my archives
Northern Hawk Owl with woodland bokeh
Popcan-sized Northern Pygmy-owl, from January 2015
A peaceful winter scene
Black farm cat
The fun times are over
Sharp-tailed Grouse - not my main photo!
Great Gray Owl in early morning sunlight
Modern - but I like it
Jazzing up the old silos - with Pacman
Ferocious hunter, but looking cute
Down by the river on a frosty morning
Sleeping in the sunshine
Continuing the hunt
Northern Pygmy-owl
Mailbox or birdhouse?
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Woolly and warm
Northern Shrike / Lanius excubitor
Afternoon light on the foothills
Don't you spit!
Barn with a mural
Way, way up
A change from a Black-capped Chickadee
Our beautiful Alberta
Textures
Downy Woodpecker and bokeh
Same tiny Northern Pygmy-owl
Snow turns something ordinary into beautiful
Colour for winter
'Barn' Owl, alias Great Horned Owl
Winter walking
Gray Jay
Nanton Christmas Bird Count
A well looked after barn
Mountain Chickadee
A splash of colour on a snowy day
New Year's Day Bird Count
Open wide - big yawn
Sunrise colour over the mountain peaks
A welcome sight on a Christmas Bird Count
I love Llamas
A beautiful start to a day
Winter on the farm
Gray Jay - Canada's new National bird
Red's the best in winter
Yesterday's treat
TV's "Heartland" series location
Mountain Chickadee on Donna's hand
Snowman who loves Amanitas
Happy Christmas, everyone!
Beauty in the final stage
Christmas star
Canada's new National Bird - the Gray Jay
Beautiful farm cat
Following the fenceline
Pine Grosbeak in winter sunshine
Winter on the farm
The barn cat gang
Pine Grosbeaks
Gray Jay - Canada's new National Bird
Pretty Mama cat
A blast from the past
Successful hunting
McDougall Memorial United Church
Still standing
An old barn in winter
Charcoal effect
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Winter on the prairies
Well, today, 20 January 2017, is certainly an historic day, not just for the US, but for the whole world! I watched every moment of the US Presidential Inauguration, until the luncheon - and then posted my photos for today : ) I was very impressed with everything I saw, especially the classy way in which President Donald Trump and Former President Barak Obama dealt with each other. I wish the new President all the best in his endeavours for the American people, and definitely wish the highly popular Obama family all the very best in their new life. Though I am Canadian, I will miss the Obamas, who set such an inspirational example of love of family and each other. A truly delightful family. Good luck, everyone!
On 3 January 2017, on the spur of the moment, I decided to drive out of the city and see if I could find a Snowy Owl or possibly even a Short-eared Owl. I had no idea what the winter roads would be like and quickly found out that on the main highway south, there was enough snow left on the road for much of the drive to hide the lines showing the different lanes - something that I never like. Once I reached the area I wanted to start looking, each side road looked too snow-covered for my liking, so I avoided most of them - seeing nothing but a barn and a shed or two.
I had seen and photographed the barn in this photo before and I had also recently seen a photo of it with a Great Horned Owl perched on it, posted by a friend. I had not set out to drive quite this far, as Snowy Owls were what I had really wanted to search for. Also, experience told me that just because an owl is seen in a place by one person, it doesn't mean that the owl will be there again on a different day. I was certainly lucky this time! The barn is quite a distance from the road and from that far away, to anyone driving by, the owl would look just like a piece of wood sticking up.
"With its long, earlike tufts, intimidating yellow-eyed stare, and deep hooting voice, the Great Horned Owl is the quintessential owl of storybooks. This powerful predator can take down birds and mammals even larger than itself, but it also dines on daintier fare such as tiny scorpions, mice, and frogs. It’s one of the most common owls in North America, equally at home in deserts, wetlands, forests, grasslands, backyards, cities, and almost any other semi-open habitat between the Arctic and the tropics." From AllAboutBirds.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Horned_Owl/id
On 3 January 2017, on the spur of the moment, I decided to drive out of the city and see if I could find a Snowy Owl or possibly even a Short-eared Owl. I had no idea what the winter roads would be like and quickly found out that on the main highway south, there was enough snow left on the road for much of the drive to hide the lines showing the different lanes - something that I never like. Once I reached the area I wanted to start looking, each side road looked too snow-covered for my liking, so I avoided most of them - seeing nothing but a barn and a shed or two.
I had seen and photographed the barn in this photo before and I had also recently seen a photo of it with a Great Horned Owl perched on it, posted by a friend. I had not set out to drive quite this far, as Snowy Owls were what I had really wanted to search for. Also, experience told me that just because an owl is seen in a place by one person, it doesn't mean that the owl will be there again on a different day. I was certainly lucky this time! The barn is quite a distance from the road and from that far away, to anyone driving by, the owl would look just like a piece of wood sticking up.
"With its long, earlike tufts, intimidating yellow-eyed stare, and deep hooting voice, the Great Horned Owl is the quintessential owl of storybooks. This powerful predator can take down birds and mammals even larger than itself, but it also dines on daintier fare such as tiny scorpions, mice, and frogs. It’s one of the most common owls in North America, equally at home in deserts, wetlands, forests, grasslands, backyards, cities, and almost any other semi-open habitat between the Arctic and the tropics." From AllAboutBirds.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Horned_Owl/id
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