Seedhead wisps
Peacefully waiting
Just needed colour
Heart of a Snowdrop
Picked for demonstration
Great Gray Owl, focused
Northern Hawk Owl
Bark patterns on a cut log
Wild Bergamot
Mountain Chickadee
Northern Pygmy-owl
03 A gift in August
Invasive Goat's-beard and Baby's breath
Boreal Chickadee
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Northern Hawk Owl with woodland bokeh
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Allamanda, Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
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Shiny Cowbird / Molothrus bonariensis, Tobago
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Splash of colour
Ruddy Turnstone bathtime
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Masked Cardinal / Paroaria nigrogenis, Trinidad, D…
Green Honeycreeper male, Asa Wright Nature Centre,…
White-necked Jacobin, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Tr…
Blue-gray Tanager, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trini…
Green Honeycreeper female, Asa Wright Nature Centr…
Pink Ginger, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinidad
Crested Oropendola / Psarocolius decumanus, Asa Wr…
Torch Ginger / Etlingera elatior, Asa Wright Natur…
Copper-rumped Hummingbird / Amazilia tobac, Trinid…
Bananaquit / Coereba flaveola, Asa Wright, Trinida…
Western Meadowlark / Sturnella neglecta
Green Honeycreeper, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trin…
White-necked Jacobin female, Trinidad
White-necked Jacobin female, Asa Wright Nature Cen…
Cacao tree (chocolate!), on way to Brasso Seco, Tr…
Ageless beauty
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Green Honeycreeper male, Asa Wright Nature Centre,…
White-necked Jacobin, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Tr…
Green Hermit Hummingbird female, Asa Wright Nature…
White-necked Jacobin, Asa Wright Nature Centre
Splash of colour, Trinidad
Angel's Trumpet, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinida…
Green Honeycreeper male, Asa Wright Nature Centre,…
Wilson's Snipe
Hummingbird wings
White-necked Jacobin immature, Trinidad
Green Honeycreeper female, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Green Honeycreeper female, Asa Wright, Trinidad
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Common Grackle / Quiscalus quiscula
Mallard female
Lotus seedpod, Nariva Swamp afternoon, Trinidad
Lotus seedpod, Nariva Swamp afternoon
Green Honeycreeper male, Asa Wright Nature Centre,…
Northern Hawk Owl
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Red-winged Blackbird female or juvenile
Summer colour
Northern Hawk Owl
Female Mountain Bluebird with lunch for her babies
The size of a popcan
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Turkey Vulture preening
A touch of blue
A change from a Black-capped Chickadee
Downy Woodpecker and bokeh
Mountain Chickadee on Donna's hand
Poor quality, but of interest
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Ever watchful
Backside beauty
Joy for a deep-freeze day
Shooting in the rain
Black-capped Chickadee
Small fungi growing among the mosses
The upside-down bird
Oak leaf and insect gall
Colour for a snowy day
Narcissus
A visit to George's hand
Lest we forget
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Standing in sunshine
A birder's first time
A mountain Bluebird with 'bling'
Snake's head fritillary, Fritillaria meleagris
Bobolink / Dolichonyx oryzivorus
01 Red-winged Blackbird - female or juvenile
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An endless feast for a Ladybug
Aging beauties
Up close and personal with a Turkey Vulture
The poser - Wilson's Snipe
Swainson's Hawk
Always good for a splash of colour
Katydid on Common Tansy
Sunflower going to seed
Astilbe
As fall colours come to an end
Larch in fall colour
Brightness on a cloudy day
False Dandelion / Agoseris glauca
Autumn berries
Three insect species on a single flower
The colours of fall
Barn Owl / Tyto alba
Lichen at Bunchberry Meadows Conservation Area
Bluebird memories
A splash of sunshine
Comb/Branched Hericium / Hericium ramosum
Turkey Vulture
An odd colour in nature
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Sainfoin / Onobrychis viciifolia
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On 29 January 2017, I left home hoping to see one species of owl and came home having seen a different species instead! There was no sign of the first kind of owl, despite quite a few other pairs of eyes that had been searching. I don't normally drive from one location to another one that is a long way away, but I did this day, and I am so glad I did. 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 those who will do anything to get a closer shot.
When I reached my second destination, I slowed down, starting to check the trees and fence line. Then I spotted a car parked further up the road and found that there were a couple of photographers who had already found the owl.
In the short time I was there, this beautiful Northern Hawk Owl was busy hunting, flying from tree to tree and along the fence line. I saw the owl dive into the snow twice - not sure if it caught a Meadow Vole the first time or not, as I wasn't quick enough to get a photo, but I did see it with a Meadow Vole dangling from its beak the second time. Sorry for the little rodent, but glad that the owl had a tasty snack.
The last time I was lucky enough to see one of these gorgeous birds of prey was on 8 February 2016, NW of the city, one year ago. It was just the same thrill seeing the one in this photo!
"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
When I reached my second destination, I slowed down, starting to check the trees and fence line. Then I spotted a car parked further up the road and found that there were a couple of photographers who had already found the owl.
In the short time I was there, this beautiful Northern Hawk Owl was busy hunting, flying from tree to tree and along the fence line. I saw the owl dive into the snow twice - not sure if it caught a Meadow Vole the first time or not, as I wasn't quick enough to get a photo, but I did see it with a Meadow Vole dangling from its beak the second time. Sorry for the little rodent, but glad that the owl had a tasty snack.
The last time I was lucky enough to see one of these gorgeous birds of prey was on 8 February 2016, NW of the city, one year ago. It was just the same thrill seeing the one in this photo!
"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
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