Red-breasted Nuthatch
Fall colours in Fish Creek Park
Posting just for the record
Young and innocent
Who made these holes?
Fish Creek Park on New Year's Day
Guardian of the path
Merlin removing dragonfly's wings
Merlin eating a dragonfly
Merlin on the hunt
Rusty Gilled Polypore / Gloeophyllum sepiarium
Chinook arch over Calgary
Merlin
Yesterday's find
Gathering in the forest
A fun find
A cute little cluster
Cream and wine-coloured
A local Great Horned Owl
Three-toed Woodpecker
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Uncommon American Three-toed Woodpecker
Resting near the Cattails
Time to rest awhile
Mule Deer buck
Leucistic Red-breasted Nuthatch
Resting in the meadow
The challenge of bird photography
Partially Leucistic Red-breasted Nuthatch
Down in the forest
For Chiara
Bebo Grove, Fish Creek Park
Highly invasive Caragana
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Partial Leucistic Red-breasted Nuthatch
American Three-toed Woodpecker
American Three-toed Woodpecker male
Rare (in Alberta) American Three-toed Woodpecker
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Colours of fall
Admit it - you think I'm cute
Visiting the city
A quick stop on the railings
Fully focused
Watching us closely
Sensuous curves of snow
Listening
Out in the open
A picture of cuteness
Boreal Chickadee
Close encounter of the owl kind
Little cutie in pink
You can always count on a Chickadee
Bathed in sunlight
Narrowleaf Stoneseed
Slime Mold, Fuligo septica
Life is all about conquering hurdles
In the spotlight
Nectria cinnabarina, 'Coral Spot'
Mule Deer
Red Squirrel
A tasty meal of fresh, green grass
Focussed on feeding
Eye-catcher
Red Squirrel
Little owl - way, way up
Little owl - in the Spruce tree
The demise of a Meadow Vole
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Before the snow arrived
Hazardous winter conditions for today, 2 October 2017, and I am so thankful there is nowhere I absolutely have to go! The temperature is -1C (windchill -10C) and we are having strong winds (howling, earlier) and blowing snow this morning. I am SO not ready for this! It is almost unheard of that a birding walk is actually cancelled because of the weather, but that is what happened for people today.
Knowing that snow was in the forecast for today, I made a last minute decision to go on a walk with birding friends yesterday afternoon. The sun was shining, though grey clouds were slowly moving in, and you could tell that there was about to be a big change in the weather. It is so rare that I go for a walk any more, but it was good to get out for the afternoon, down at Bebo Grove in Fish Creek Park.
Our big question was, where were all the birds? We saw practically nothing in maybe a two and a half hour walk, though I was glad to at least have seen and got a quick shot of a little Red-breasted Nuthatch. People are not supposed/allowed to feed the birds down in the park, which means that the birds fly up to the top of the hillside and visit the feeders in people's gardens. The afternoon is not the best time of day to be looking for birds, to start with. We used to see quite a few deer in Fish Creek Park, too, years ago, but people letting their dogs run off-leash, despite all the signs, have spoilt all that.
We always go for coffee after the afternoon walk - good old Tim's : ) Always enjoyable to catch up with friends.
Knowing that snow was in the forecast for today, I made a last minute decision to go on a walk with birding friends yesterday afternoon. The sun was shining, though grey clouds were slowly moving in, and you could tell that there was about to be a big change in the weather. It is so rare that I go for a walk any more, but it was good to get out for the afternoon, down at Bebo Grove in Fish Creek Park.
Our big question was, where were all the birds? We saw practically nothing in maybe a two and a half hour walk, though I was glad to at least have seen and got a quick shot of a little Red-breasted Nuthatch. People are not supposed/allowed to feed the birds down in the park, which means that the birds fly up to the top of the hillside and visit the feeders in people's gardens. The afternoon is not the best time of day to be looking for birds, to start with. We used to see quite a few deer in Fish Creek Park, too, years ago, but people letting their dogs run off-leash, despite all the signs, have spoilt all that.
We always go for coffee after the afternoon walk - good old Tim's : ) Always enjoyable to catch up with friends.
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