Once was wild
White Pheasant
Wild Turkey
Licorice Allsorts eyes
Wild Turkey at the Cochrane Ecological Institute
I spy with my little eye
"Just" a little House Sparrow
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
Pine Grosbeaks
Mountain Chickadee / Poecile gambeli
Pine Grosbeak female
Common Redpoll
Handsome Pine Grosbeak male
On a brutally cold New Year's Day Count
An upside-down kind of life
Northern Pygmy-owl
Immature White-necked Jacobin
Silver-beaked Tanager female, Trinidad
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
Crested Oropendola / Psarocolius decumanus, Trinid…
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
A rare glimpse of a Steller's Jay
Pine Grosbeak female or juvenile
Janet and a tiny friend
Oilbird, Asa Wright, Trinidad
White-necked Jacobin, Trinidad
Yellow Oriole, Trinidad
White-chested Emerald / Amazilia brevirostris, Tri…
Southern Lapwing / Vanellus chilensis, Trinidad
Red-breasted Meadowlark / Sturnella militaris, Tri…
Masked Cardinal, Trinidad
Saffron Finch / Sicalis flaveola, Trinidad
Purple Honeycreeper, Asa Wright, Trinidad
(Cattle?) Egret, on way to Caroni Swamp, 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
Surprise, surprise ... an American Flamingo, Caron…
White-necked Jacobin immature, Trinidad
Boreal Chickadee, caught just in time
Hairy Woodpecker
White-necked Jacobin, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Ruddy Turnstone, Tobago
House Sparrow at the Saskatoon Farm
Wilson's Snipe
Time to rest
A change from a world of white
White-tailed Ptarmigan camouflage
White-tailed Ptarmigan
Northern Shrike
Purple Honeycreeper male
Evening Grosbeaks, male and female
It's the little guy/gal again
Common Redpoll / Acanthis flammea
Another surprise on another gloomy day
Popcan-sized Northern Pygmy-owl, from January 2015
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
And down(y) he flew
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
Swainson's Hawk
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
Great Blue Heron, fishing
Yellow Oriole, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Friendly visitor
Yesterday's Great Horned Owl
Great Horned Owl on a fence post
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Happy Thanksgiving!
I'm tiny - and BLUE
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Pretty little Hummer, Asa Wright, Trinidad - immat…
Red-tailed Hawk?
Eurasian Collared-Dove / Streptopelia decaocto
Three years later ....
Sweet young owl
Purple Honeycreeper female, Asa Wright
Magpies, Wood Ducks and a (Greater?) Yellowlegs
American Goldfinch
Helmeted Guineafowl
Swainson's Hawk
Juvenile American Coot
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Where countryside and civilization meet
This photo was taken on 25 August 2017, 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.
I saw this Swainson's Hawk early on in my drive, a fair distance away. For me, it made a good start to the day. If I remember correctly, it was a juvenile. Little did I know that later on, I would come across a young Swainson's Hawk perched on a fence post the far side of the back road I was on. Those were the best few minutes in my day, as it was content to sit there. 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 had photographed fairly recently at the Alberta Birds of Prey Centre. I had really hoped I would see a perched hawk this day and that's all I needed to make me happy and feel 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 glad to see a Killdeer and a little Semipalmated Plover close enough to get a few shots.
I saw this Swainson's Hawk early on in my drive, a fair distance away. For me, it made a good start to the day. If I remember correctly, it was a juvenile. Little did I know that later on, I would come across a young Swainson's Hawk perched on a fence post the far side of the back road I was on. Those were the best few minutes in my day, as it was content to sit there. 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 had photographed fairly recently at the Alberta Birds of Prey Centre. I had really hoped I would see a perched hawk this day and that's all I needed to make me happy and feel 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 glad to see a Killdeer and a little Semipalmated Plover close enough to get a few shots.
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