Red-winged Blackbird female or juvenile
Goat's-beard with visitor
Decorating the base of a tree
Seedhead wisps
Great Gray Owl, focused
Showing off its gills
Pinedrops
One of my favourite views
Unidentified fungus
A distant shot from my archives
Balancing act
When the world turns white
Great Gray Owl - from the archives
Great Gray Owl - from my archives
Summer colour
Meadow Vole for a tasty snack
Northern Hawk Owl
Northern Hawk Owl from 2016
Female Mountain Bluebird with lunch for her babies
A touch of blue
Poor quality, but of interest
White-winged Crossbills
Ever watchful
Beginning to burst
Posing nicely
Beautiful farm cat
Following the fenceline
Pine Grosbeak in winter sunshine
Winter on the farm
Joy for a deep-freeze day
Shooting in the rain
The barn cat gang
Longhorn cattle
Peekaboo - whooo are yooo?
Pine Grosbeaks
Old barn at the Ellis Bird Farm
Showy Milkweed with bee
Wild Lily-of-the-valley
First day of fledging
Colour for a snowy day
Black-necked Stilt
Narcissus
A bewildering world for a fallen owlet
Bees, bees, and more bees
Pretty Mama cat
Under a stormy sky
Standing in sunshine
Waiting for me
A mountain Bluebird with 'bling'
When storms blow in
A gleam in the eye
Bobolink / Dolichonyx oryzivorus
01 Red-winged Blackbird - female or juvenile
An endless feast for a Ladybug
The poser - Wilson's Snipe
Swainson's Hawk
A few of the bird houses at Ellis Bird Farm
Chipping Sparrow / Spizella passerina
Leisurely swim
Bluebird memories
Hen and rooster at the Saskatoon Farm
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
The one-legged stance
Lovage / Levisticum officinale
Predator with prey
Mustard White butterfly / Pieris oleracea
Handsome male Bobolink / Dolichonyx oryzivorus
House Wren at the Ellis Bird Farm
Sharp-tailed Grouse / Tympanuchus phasianellus
Nest-building Dad
Loved by Monarch butterflies
Reaching those faraway feathers
Mossleigh grain elevators
Goat's-beard
Eastern Kingbird
Storm clouds over Canola
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Atop a utility pole
Flickr is acting up again, 31 January 2017 - a problem today (for others as well as myself) with views and stats. Some people's images are not being seen, and consequently a much smaller number of views under each photo. There is always something not working correctly! It is being looked into by Flickr staff, apparently.
Apart from the last two days, the last time I was lucky enough to see one of these gorgeous birds of prey was on 8 February 2016, just about a year ago. It was just the same thrill seeing this recent one yesterday and the day before!
I am not disclosing the area, especially after what some photographers have been doing recently to get close photos of a Barred Owl. While most photographers are respectful of wildlife, there are always a few who will do anything to get a closer shot.
"The type of prey the Hawk-Owl catches will determine its eating strategy. For mammalian prey the ritual is generally the same: the Northern Hawk-Owl will eviscerate its prey, eats the head first (especially for prey like the red squirrel, whose head is fairly large), and then—when tackling larger prey—it will eat the organs and cache the remains; with smaller prey, the owl will simply swallow the body whole."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Hawk-Owl
"The Northern Hawk Owl can detect prey by sight at a distance of up to 800 meters (half a mile). Though it is thought to detect prey primarily by sight, the Northern Hawk Owl can find and seize prey under 30 cm (1 foot) of snow." From AllAboutBirds.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/northern_hawk_owl/lifehistory
Apart from the last two days, the last time I was lucky enough to see one of these gorgeous birds of prey was on 8 February 2016, just about a year ago. It was just the same thrill seeing this recent one yesterday and the day before!
I am not disclosing the area, especially after what some photographers have been doing recently to get close photos of a Barred Owl. While most photographers are respectful of wildlife, there are always a few who will do anything to get a closer shot.
"The type of prey the Hawk-Owl catches will determine its eating strategy. For mammalian prey the ritual is generally the same: the Northern Hawk-Owl will eviscerate its prey, eats the head first (especially for prey like the red squirrel, whose head is fairly large), and then—when tackling larger prey—it will eat the organs and cache the remains; with smaller prey, the owl will simply swallow the body whole."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Hawk-Owl
"The Northern Hawk Owl can detect prey by sight at a distance of up to 800 meters (half a mile). Though it is thought to detect prey primarily by sight, the Northern Hawk Owl can find and seize prey under 30 cm (1 foot) of snow." From AllAboutBirds.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/northern_hawk_owl/lifehistory
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