Evening Grosbeaks, male and female
Purple Honeycreeper male
Northern Shrike
White-tailed Ptarmigan
White-tailed Ptarmigan camouflage
A change from a world of white
Time to rest
Wilson's Snipe
Ruddy Turnstone, Tobago
White-necked Jacobin, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Where countryside and civilization meet
Once was wild
White Pheasant
Wild Turkey
Licorice Allsorts eyes
Wild Turkey at the Cochrane Ecological Institute
I spy with my little eye
Common Redpoll
A welcome addition to our Christmas Bird Count
Feeding frenzy - is the top right bird a Hoary Red…
Common Redpoll with an orange spot
Always a treat
Common Redpoll
Northern Pygmy-owl
Immature White-necked Jacobin
Visit to the Oilbird cave, Trinidad
Oilbird, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinidad
Purple Honeycreeper male, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Hooded Merganser male
Townsend's Solitaire / Myadestes townsendi
Bananaquit / Coereba flaveola, Trinidad
White-necked Jacobin, Asa Wright, Trinidad
White-necked Jacobin female, Trinidad
A most welcome find
Snowy Owl number 5
Two male Snowy Owls in the same field
Bananaquit, Trinidad
You never know where you'll see a Snowy Owl
Common Redpoll in falling snow
Pine Grosbeak male feeding on berries
Oilbird, Asa Wright, Trinidad
White-necked Jacobin, Trinidad
Juvenile Northern Goshawk, feeding
Yellow Oriole, Trinidad
White-chested Emerald / Amazilia brevirostris, Tri…
Masked Cardinal, Trinidad
Saffron Finch / Sicalis flaveola, Trinidad
Hummingbird, Trinidad
Curious glance from a Great Horned Owl
Masked Cardinal at the edge of Caroni Swamp
Black-throated Mango / Anthracothorax nigricollis,…
Two Tropical Screech Owls, Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
American Pygmy Kingfisher / Chloroceryle aenea, Ca…
White-lined Tanager male / Tachyphonus rufus, Trin…
A cute, young face
White-necked Jacobin immature, Trinidad
Boreal Chickadee, caught just in time
Hairy Woodpecker
White-lined Tanager female, Trinidad
Hairy Woodpecker / Picoides villosus
Bald Eagle after a cooling hosepipe shower
Green Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
Pine Grosbeak male / Pinicola enucleator
Common Redpoll / Acanthis flammea
Another surprise on another gloomy day
Canada Geese on ice at Pine Coulee Reservoir
Swainson's Hawk juvenile
Barn Owl
Common Redpolls / Acanthis flammea
One of a pair
Shadows
Couple of Coots / Fulica americana
American Tree Sparrow / Spizelloides arborea
Yesterday's absolute treat - the size of your fist…
At the Saskatoon Farm
The ever-friendly Black-capped Chickadee
Rufous-vented chachalaca, Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Double-crested Cormorants / Phalacrocorax auritus
After a busy night of hunting
Ruddy Turnstone, Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Evening Grosbeak female
Wood Duck male
Pam and friend
Yesterday's Bald Eagle
Bald Eagle / Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Merlin
Oilbird / Steatornis caripensis, Trinidad
At the Oilbird (Steatornis caripensis) cave, Trini…
Ring-billed Gull / Larus delawarensis
Great Horned Owl juvenile
Yellow Oriole, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Great Horned Owl on a fence post
Happy Thanksgiving!
I'm tiny - and BLUE
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Pretty little Hummer, Asa Wright, Trinidad - immat…
Three years later ....
Sweet young owl
Purple Honeycreeper female, Asa Wright
Magpies, Wood Ducks and a (Greater?) Yellowlegs
American Goldfinch
Swainson's Hawk
Juvenile American Coot
Palm Tanager, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Wood Duck juvenile
Juvenile Swainson's Hawk
Wood Ducks
Hybrid Mourning Dove-Eurasian Collared Dove
Green-winged Teal and Black-bellied Plover
American Goldfinch eating Sunflower seeds
Swainson's Hawk juvenile
Killdeer / Charadrius vociferus
Yellowlegs
Canada Warbler / Cardellina canadensis
Swainson's Hawk juvenile
Green Honeycreeper female, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Semipalmated Plover / Charadrius semipalmatus?
You looking at me, lady?
Blue-gray Tanager / Thraupis episcopus, Asa Wright…
Handsome Wood Ducks
Sleepy Short-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Spiked hairdo
Barn Owl
Talk about baby fluff!
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It's raining this morning - I had almost forgotten what rain looks like! The temperature is 8C (windchill 5C), and it is supposed to get up to 12C (windchill 10C) this afternoon.
Hold up your hand in front of you and clench your fist. That is how big a Northern Pygmy-owl is : ) They are beautiful, cute - and ferocious hunters. Sometimes, you see a small cluster of dead leaves or a wasp's nest hanging from a distant branch and your heart starts to beat faster with excitement. Then, usually, comes the disappointment when you realize that it's not a tiny Northern Pygmy-owl after all. Zoomed in and greatly cropped, this is just a poor quality shot, but kind of cute.
The morning of 21 November 2017 was cold and very overcast and I really did not feel like going out at all. However, I'm so glad I pushed myself out the front door, and joined friends for a birding walk in Fish Creek Park. I/we can't take any credit for finding this tiny owl, as we came across a lone photographer standing with his camera lens pointed upwards. I don't know if this owl was the same as the one I photographed on 9 November 2017, in a different part of the park.
"The Northern Pygmy-Owl may be tiny, but it’s a ferocious hunter with a taste for songbirds. These owls are mostly dark brown and white, with long tails, smoothly rounded heads, and piercing yellow eyes. They hunt during the day by sitting quietly and surprising their prey. As a defensive measure, songbirds often gather to mob sitting owls until they fly away. Mobbing songbirds can help you find these unobtrusive owls, as can listening for their call, a high-pitched series of toots." From AllAboutBirds. They also love Meadow Voles.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Pygmy-Owl/id
"This Northern Pygmy-Owl appears to have eyes in the back of its head. But why? One theory is that large false eyes may create the illusion that the owl is much bigger than its 6 and 3/4-inch size. A more current theory is that the false eyes help protect the pygmy-owl's true eyes. Small birds will mob this diurnal owl, even striking it, directing some attacks at its eyes. If the large false eyes can take the brunt of these attacks, little harm will come to the Pygmy-Owl's vulnerable true eyes." From birdnote.org.
birdnote.org/show/pygmy-owls-false-eyes
It's raining this morning - I had almost forgotten what rain looks like! The temperature is 8C (windchill 5C), and it is supposed to get up to 12C (windchill 10C) this afternoon.
Hold up your hand in front of you and clench your fist. That is how big a Northern Pygmy-owl is : ) They are beautiful, cute - and ferocious hunters. Sometimes, you see a small cluster of dead leaves or a wasp's nest hanging from a distant branch and your heart starts to beat faster with excitement. Then, usually, comes the disappointment when you realize that it's not a tiny Northern Pygmy-owl after all. Zoomed in and greatly cropped, this is just a poor quality shot, but kind of cute.
The morning of 21 November 2017 was cold and very overcast and I really did not feel like going out at all. However, I'm so glad I pushed myself out the front door, and joined friends for a birding walk in Fish Creek Park. I/we can't take any credit for finding this tiny owl, as we came across a lone photographer standing with his camera lens pointed upwards. I don't know if this owl was the same as the one I photographed on 9 November 2017, in a different part of the park.
"The Northern Pygmy-Owl may be tiny, but it’s a ferocious hunter with a taste for songbirds. These owls are mostly dark brown and white, with long tails, smoothly rounded heads, and piercing yellow eyes. They hunt during the day by sitting quietly and surprising their prey. As a defensive measure, songbirds often gather to mob sitting owls until they fly away. Mobbing songbirds can help you find these unobtrusive owls, as can listening for their call, a high-pitched series of toots." From AllAboutBirds. They also love Meadow Voles.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Pygmy-Owl/id
"This Northern Pygmy-Owl appears to have eyes in the back of its head. But why? One theory is that large false eyes may create the illusion that the owl is much bigger than its 6 and 3/4-inch size. A more current theory is that the false eyes help protect the pygmy-owl's true eyes. Small birds will mob this diurnal owl, even striking it, directing some attacks at its eyes. If the large false eyes can take the brunt of these attacks, little harm will come to the Pygmy-Owl's vulnerable true eyes." From birdnote.org.
birdnote.org/show/pygmy-owls-false-eyes
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