Crested Oropendola, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trin…
Jackie's Hummingbird
Talk about baby fluff!
Barn Owl
Spiked hairdo
Short-eared Owl
Sleepy Short-eared Owl
Handsome Wood Ducks
Blue-gray Tanager / Thraupis episcopus, Asa Wright…
You looking at me, lady?
Semipalmated Plover / Charadrius semipalmatus?
Green Honeycreeper female, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Swainson's Hawk juvenile
Canada Warbler / Cardellina canadensis
Yellowlegs
Killdeer / Charadrius vociferus
Swainson's Hawk juvenile
American Goldfinch eating Sunflower seeds
Green-winged Teal and Black-bellied Plover
Hybrid Mourning Dove-Eurasian Collared Dove
Wood Ducks
Juvenile Swainson's Hawk
Wood Duck juvenile
Palm Tanager, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Juvenile American Coot
Swainson's Hawk
American Goldfinch
Magpies, Wood Ducks and a (Greater?) Yellowlegs
Purple Honeycreeper female, Asa Wright
Sweet young owl
Three years later ....
Pretty little Hummer, Asa Wright, Trinidad - immat…
Red-breasted Nuthatch
I'm tiny - and BLUE
Happy Thanksgiving!
Great Horned Owl on a fence post
Yellow Oriole, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Great Horned Owl juvenile
Ring-billed Gull / Larus delawarensis
At the Oilbird (Steatornis caripensis) cave, Trini…
Oilbird / Steatornis caripensis, Trinidad
Merlin
Bald Eagle / Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Yesterday's Bald Eagle
Pam and friend
Wood Duck male
Evening Grosbeak female
Ruddy Turnstone, Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
After a busy night of hunting
Double-crested Cormorants / Phalacrocorax auritus
Rufous-vented chachalaca, Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
The ever-friendly Black-capped Chickadee
At the Saskatoon Farm
Yesterday's absolute treat - the size of your fist…
American Tree Sparrow / Spizelloides arborea
Couple of Coots / Fulica americana
Shadows
One of a pair
Common Redpolls / Acanthis flammea
Barn Owl
Swainson's Hawk juvenile
Canada Geese on ice at Pine Coulee Reservoir
Another surprise on another gloomy day
Cooling down
Curious
Time for a nap
I fell in love ....
Who can resist a Burrowing Owl?
Anyone have a comb?
Swainson's Hawk / Buteo swainsoni
Evening Grosbeak
Purple Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
Stellar's Jay juvenile
Common Nighthawk
Red-winged Blackbird juvenile
Here comes dessert!
American Robin with food for his babies
Ruby-throated Hummingbird female
Mountain Bluebird female
Mountain Bluebird
Red-winged Blackbird
Marbled Godwit / Limosa fedoa
A country scene
A lucky find
Common Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
Finally!
Blue-gray Tanager, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trini…
Don Stiles' Bluebird & Tree Swallow route
Common Raven in the sun
Balancing act
Purple Honeycreeper male, Asa Wright Nature Centre…
A touch of blue
Brewer's Blackbird male
Brewer's Blackbird female
Tree Swallow female
Great Horned Owl male
Brewer's Blackbird, collecting food for his babies
One of three young owls
Killdeer / Charadrius vociferus
Killdeer 'nest' and eggs - a telemacro shot
Tree Swallows - time to change places
Watching the watchers
American Coot and 'cootlings'
Who are we?
Brown Thrasher / Toxostoma rufum - a 'lifer'
Wilson's Snipe / Gallinago delicata
Bobolink / Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Mountain Bluebird with food for her babies
Brown-headed Cowbird male
Collecting food for his babies
The innocents
White-crowned Sparrow / Zonotrichia leucophrys
American Dipper / Cinclus mexicanus
Crested Oropendola, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trin…
Oilbird / Steatornis caripensis, Dunston Cave, Asa…
Yellow Oriole, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinidad
The wonderful, tiny Tufted Coquette, Trinidad
Green Honeycreeper male, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Masked Cardinal / Paroaria nigrogenis, Trinidad
American Coot
Showing off all his "bling"
A slight touch of blue
Eared Grebe
Yesterday's treat!
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Flight training with a Red-tailed Hawk
This particular Red-tailed Hawk resides at the Alberta Birds of Prey Centre in Coaldale, southern Alberta. This is a wonderful place that rehabilitates and releases (whenever possible) various birds of prey - hawks, owls, Bald Eagles, Turkey Vultures,and Golden Eagles. Some of these birds act as Wildlife Ambassadors, too, including educating the public away from the Centre. Sometimes, a bird is used as a foster parent, too.
This summer, we have had practically no 'normal' summer days. They have been either too hot thanks to our endless heatwave, or too smoky thanks to all the wildfires in British Columbia and Alberta. The forecast for this day looked good, sunshine all day, with rain forecast on several of the coming days. I decided to finally do a drive all the way down south to near Lethbridge, so that I could again visit the Alberta Birds of Prey Centre in Coaldale. Last year, I did this drive for the very first time on my own and I wanted to make sure I didn't lose my courage to do it again. During the 511 kms that I drove, I had to ask for help with directions twice - both times in the same small hamlet!
The forecast was for sun all day, but there was no mention of the smoke haze that completely blocked out the mountains and pretty much the foothills, too. Shortly after leaving home, I was almost tempted to turn around and come home, but I had noticed rain in the forecast for some coming days. I reckoned I would still be able to photograph the fairly close birds at the Centre, which worked out fine.
Amazingly, I had managed to make myself get up early on the morning of 3 August 2017, and set off just before 8:30 am. My intention was to drive straight to Coaldale without stopping anywhere en route. Not an easy thing for me to do, as I much prefer driving the backroads rather than the highways. However, I knew it would take me a few hours to get there and I wanted to have as much time as possible down there. On the way home, I drove just one dusty, gravel road, but saw nothing but a couple of Horned Larks perched on fence posts. A couple of old barns (that I had seen before) and a few scenic shots, were more or less all I took.
Twelve hours later, I finally arrived home, at 8:30 pm, totally tired out, and my car was just about out of gas. For the first time in the year that I have had this vehicle, the gas level warning light came on. Also, it surprises me that the oil change light has never come on, as I have done 8,500 km in just under 12 months. I was given free oil changes for the life of the car, but was told that I can't get them done until the light comes on, on the dashboard. After doing a bit of Googling, it seems that it is quite normal to have done this many km, or more, before the maintenance light comes on for getting a first oil change. My previous vehicle was 17 years old and things have obviously changed with newer cars!
This summer, we have had practically no 'normal' summer days. They have been either too hot thanks to our endless heatwave, or too smoky thanks to all the wildfires in British Columbia and Alberta. The forecast for this day looked good, sunshine all day, with rain forecast on several of the coming days. I decided to finally do a drive all the way down south to near Lethbridge, so that I could again visit the Alberta Birds of Prey Centre in Coaldale. Last year, I did this drive for the very first time on my own and I wanted to make sure I didn't lose my courage to do it again. During the 511 kms that I drove, I had to ask for help with directions twice - both times in the same small hamlet!
The forecast was for sun all day, but there was no mention of the smoke haze that completely blocked out the mountains and pretty much the foothills, too. Shortly after leaving home, I was almost tempted to turn around and come home, but I had noticed rain in the forecast for some coming days. I reckoned I would still be able to photograph the fairly close birds at the Centre, which worked out fine.
Amazingly, I had managed to make myself get up early on the morning of 3 August 2017, and set off just before 8:30 am. My intention was to drive straight to Coaldale without stopping anywhere en route. Not an easy thing for me to do, as I much prefer driving the backroads rather than the highways. However, I knew it would take me a few hours to get there and I wanted to have as much time as possible down there. On the way home, I drove just one dusty, gravel road, but saw nothing but a couple of Horned Larks perched on fence posts. A couple of old barns (that I had seen before) and a few scenic shots, were more or less all I took.
Twelve hours later, I finally arrived home, at 8:30 pm, totally tired out, and my car was just about out of gas. For the first time in the year that I have had this vehicle, the gas level warning light came on. Also, it surprises me that the oil change light has never come on, as I have done 8,500 km in just under 12 months. I was given free oil changes for the life of the car, but was told that I can't get them done until the light comes on, on the dashboard. After doing a bit of Googling, it seems that it is quite normal to have done this many km, or more, before the maintenance light comes on for getting a first oil change. My previous vehicle was 17 years old and things have obviously changed with newer cars!
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