Farm in the foothills
The Long house, Pioneer Acres, Alberta, Canada
Disappearing Skunk - just for the record
The charred remains of McDougall Memorial United C…
Great Horned Owl on a fence post
A new-to-me old barn
Evening Grosbeak female
Fragile and leaning
Storm clouds near the city
Pontiac and Massey Harris, rusting side by side
The joys of an old farmyard
The red barn
A beauty of a barn
Alberta foothills in the fall
Old, see-through barn
Down on the farm
New "barn", Granary Road
A peaceful winter scene
A country scene
Northern Shrike
Modern barn
The fun times are over
One of my favourite barns
Handsome - Norwegian Fjord Horse?
Here comes the snow
In search of an owl - with permission
Barn with the fallen cupola
Common Redpoll
On a Christmas Bird Count, -23C
A most welcome find
Old barns in winter
Lacy curtain of ice
Red barn in winter
Whites and blues of winter
Great Kiskadee, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Country scene in winter
A white world
Deer on the horizon
The ever-present Black-capped Chickadee
Plain, but welcome
Splash of colour
Rose-breasted Grosbeak from the archives
On its way down
One of two Coyotes
Donkey guardians of the old schoolhouse
A touch of blue
Western Meadowlark
A rural "winter" scene
They're back : )
Goodbye, winter - so glad you are gone!
Remembering winter
Yellow-headed Blackbird / Xanthocephalus xanthocep…
The beauty of iridescence
Mountain Bluebird with food for his babies
A beautiful catch
Pine Siskin
Jackie's squirrel - Red or Eastern Gray?
Pine Siskin
Pine Siskin
Mourning Dove - love the blue eye-ring
Another red barn
Heading into the mountains
Fine old truck
A road less travelled
Splash of colour
Mountain Bluebird female
Sheep at the Rusty Bucket Ranch
Common Nighthawk
Brewer's Blackbird male
Mountain Bluebird with food for her babies
Brown-headed Cowbird male
Beyond the fence
Ride him, Cowboy!
A house to match
Mountain Bluebird male
Mallard female
Rough-legged Hawk / Buteo lagopus
A distant shot from my archives
Well-protected
One of my favourite views
Greenish sky beneath a Chinook Arch
Skull on a fence post
A mix of textures
Dreaming of spring
Winter textures
Snowy Owl along the fenceline
Red-winged Blackbird female or juvenile
The peace of a prairie farm - my main photo today
Better than nothing - this is NOT my main photo!
Northern Shrike / Lanius excubitor
Afternoon light on the foothills
Barn with a mural
A touch of blue
Our beautiful Alberta
Snow turns something ordinary into beautiful
Winter walking
Nanton Christmas Bird Count
A well looked after barn
Sunrise colour over the mountain peaks
Christmas star
Following the fenceline
Old barn at the Ellis Bird Farm
One spectacular fall day
Clematis after the rain
01 Red-winged Blackbird - female or juvenile
02 Two young Moose
The beauty of fall
McDougall Memorial United Church
A bright splash of blue in August
Swainson's Hawk on an early morning hunt
Mt Lorette Ponds, Kananaskis
Nest-building Dad
Eastern Kingbird
A well-decorated fence
Collecting food for her babies
Bright and cheery in its old age
This old house
My first Bald Eagle on a fence post
Beautiful wings of a female Mountain Bluebird
Female Bobolink / Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Such good parents
I think he caught a beautiful Tiger Moth : )
Along a country back road
Female Mountain Bluebird / Sialia currucoides
Entrance to the Ellis Bird Farm
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An old red barn
All three photos posted this morning were taken yesterday, when I at last did a long-overdue drive east of the city. This is my least favourite direction in which to drive from the city and I have to say it stresses me out so much. Once I reach the back roads, I can relax a little, but I am always worried about getting lost.
The best few minutes in the five and a half hours I was out were when I came across a beautiful Swainson's Hawk juvenile (hope I have identified it correctly!), perched on a fence post. Finally, a hawk perched along a back road, where I could stop. Amazingly, not one single vehicle came along while I was there. It felt so good to get a few photos of a hawk in the wild, unlike the ones I photographed recently at the Alberta Birds of Prey Centre. I had really hoped I would see a perched hawk and, in fact, I had seen another one earlier in my drive, though that one was more distant. That's all I needed, to make me feel happy and that the drive was worthwhile.
For the first time ever, and after having driven past the location other times, I stopped at Weed Lake (south end). Lots of birds, but most were really too far to photograph. Still, I was happy to see a Killdeer and what I think was a little Semipalmated Plover close enough to get a few shots. One disturbing thing I found on the path was a large dead, white bird with a long neck. There were two cylindrical canisters on top of the rotting body - looks like these were empty fireworks. No idea how long this body had been there, or if anyone else has seen it there.
The best few minutes in the five and a half hours I was out were when I came across a beautiful Swainson's Hawk juvenile (hope I have identified it correctly!), perched on a fence post. Finally, a hawk perched along a back road, where I could stop. Amazingly, not one single vehicle came along while I was there. It felt so good to get a few photos of a hawk in the wild, unlike the ones I photographed recently at the Alberta Birds of Prey Centre. I had really hoped I would see a perched hawk and, in fact, I had seen another one earlier in my drive, though that one was more distant. That's all I needed, to make me feel happy and that the drive was worthwhile.
For the first time ever, and after having driven past the location other times, I stopped at Weed Lake (south end). Lots of birds, but most were really too far to photograph. Still, I was happy to see a Killdeer and what I think was a little Semipalmated Plover close enough to get a few shots. One disturbing thing I found on the path was a large dead, white bird with a long neck. There were two cylindrical canisters on top of the rotting body - looks like these were empty fireworks. No idea how long this body had been there, or if anyone else has seen it there.
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