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
A welcome splash of colour
Pine Grosbeaks
Glorious scenery for a Christmas Bird Count!
Mountain Chickadee / Poecile gambeli
Pine Grosbeak female
Trudging through the snow
Last night's snow .... and -29°C (windchill -38°C)
Common Redpoll
Love a Llama
Red barn in winter
Handsome Pine Grosbeak male
On a Christmas Bird Count, -23C
An old dog named Fang
Happy New Year, everyone!
On a brutally cold New Year's Day Count
On a New Year's Day Bird Count
Atop a utility pole
Meadow Vole for a tasty snack
Northern Hawk Owl
Non-wild horses in a wild landscape
Two of a family of three
Northern Hawk Owl from 2016
Dark-eyed beauty
Yesterday's treat
The beautiful mountains of Alberta
The size of a popcan
Sharp-tailed Grouse
The peace of a prairie farm - my main photo today
Better than nothing - this is NOT my main photo!
Filtered
Sleepy Great Horned Owl
Winter on the prairies
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
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A backward glance
My spirits were lifted on 24 January 2017, with this sighting of a beautiful Barred Owl. I've barely been out looking for Snowy Owls and Short-eared Owls this winter and have only seen a few, very distant birds - at least until the 25 January 2017, when I was lucky enough to see 11 Snowy Owls outside the city, with a friend who is brilliant at spotting things. I've also missed a recent Long-eared Owl and a Northern Saw-whet Owl.
This was only the second 100% wild Barred Owl I’d ever seen. I had seen a family of them near Edmonton, when we went to see ones that had been banded. They were wild birds, but I still hoped to one day see a completely wild one (no nesting box). The owl in this photo was beautiful – crummy light, but I was so happy to see this owl. We very rarely see this species within the city, so it was a real treat. Took a long walk before seeing it, and it took me a few days to recover from it - but it was so worth it.
"The Barred Owl’s hooting call, “Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you-all?” is a classic sound of old forests and treed swamps. But this attractive owl, with soulful brown eyes and brown-and-white-striped plumage, can also pass completely unnoticed as it flies noiselessly through the dense canopy or snoozes on a tree limb. Originally a bird of the east, during the twentieth century it spread through the Pacific Northwest and southward into California." From AllAboutBirds.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Barred_Owl/id
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barred_owl
This was only the second 100% wild Barred Owl I’d ever seen. I had seen a family of them near Edmonton, when we went to see ones that had been banded. They were wild birds, but I still hoped to one day see a completely wild one (no nesting box). The owl in this photo was beautiful – crummy light, but I was so happy to see this owl. We very rarely see this species within the city, so it was a real treat. Took a long walk before seeing it, and it took me a few days to recover from it - but it was so worth it.
"The Barred Owl’s hooting call, “Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you-all?” is a classic sound of old forests and treed swamps. But this attractive owl, with soulful brown eyes and brown-and-white-striped plumage, can also pass completely unnoticed as it flies noiselessly through the dense canopy or snoozes on a tree limb. Originally a bird of the east, during the twentieth century it spread through the Pacific Northwest and southward into California." From AllAboutBirds.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Barred_Owl/id
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barred_owl
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