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A view from yesterday
Ghost Reservoir
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Northern Hawk Owl juevnile - from the archives
Great Gray Owl - from the archives
Great Gray Owl - from my archives
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Fungi in the Ghost River forest
Treasures of the Ghost River forest - a little bi…
Mountain Death Camas / Zigadenus elegans
Colour in the garden
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Pine Grosbeak female or juvenile
Miniature horses in a winter playground
Old barns in winter
A rural Christmas
An upside-down kind of life
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Happy New Year, everyone!
An old dog named Fang
On a Christmas Bird Count, -23C
Handsome Pine Grosbeak male
Red barn in winter
Love a Llama
Common Redpoll
A peaceful winter scene
Blackened remains of McDougall Memorial United Chu…
The charred remains of McDougall Memorial United C…
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Common Raven keeping watch
Lovable Llama
Great Gray Owl from 2013
A highlight of a bird count
The joy of winter roads
The old-fashioned way
Goat's-beard with visitor
Northern Hawk Owl from 2016
Mailbox or birdhouse?
Woolly and warm
Don't you spit!
Barn with a mural
I love Llamas
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Winter on the farm
Longhorn cattle
Colour for a snowy day
Goat's-beard
Longhorn
Hike on Erik Butters' beautiful land
False Dandelion / Hypochaeris radicata
Great Gray Owl in late-morning sun
There WAS a fence between us
Spotted Coralroot / Corallorhiza maculata
Meadow Creek area, Benchlands
On the fence
Successful hunting
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An over-the-shoulder glance
Great Gray Owl, side profile
Munching on cone seeds
Black and white lichen
Comma butterfly - one of my favourites
Sweet equine faces
Great Gray Owl from 2012
Home tweet home
A quick shot just in time
Another view at William J Bagnall Wildlife Park
A serious pose
A white barn from yesterday
William J. Bagnall Wilderness Park
Northern Hawk Owl
Without its camouflage
Great Gray Owlet from June 2012
Missed opportunity
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This morning started off overcast and now, unexpectedly, it has started to snow. I'm sure snow was not in the forecast. Ha, five minutes later, and the snow has stopped.
I'm posting three less-than-inspiring images this morning, mainly as a record of a very enjoyable day out. Yesterday, 21 February 2018, I spent the day with two friends, driving the back roads NW of the city, especially hoping for any owls. No luck with Great Gray Owls, but my friends did an amazing job of spotting two extremely distant Short-eared Owls. I would never even have noticed the birds and, if I had, I would simply have thought 'Ravens'. They were way across a valley, barely visible, seen flying and, for a moment, perched on top of a distant tree. The photo I managed to get when one owl took off from the tree top is not even 'good' enough to post. Just four or five seconds out of the car and it was so unbearably cold for some reason, even though the temperature was not unusually low.
Along one of the roads, we passed an outdoor enclosure full of domestic birds that looked like Pheasants/Grouse. Last night, I tried to find the ID for the bird in one of the photos I posted this morning, but was unsuccessful. One friend thought it might be a Chukar, but I don't think it is.
At another location, we stopped to take a look at 'something' that was lying at the side of the gravel road. I posted a rather unpleasant photo of it today, hoping that maybe someone might recognize what it is. To me, the legs and feet look like a Turkey, but there were white feathers scattered everywhere. I don't know if anyone in the area has domestic Turkeys, but I don't think Wild Turkeys have any white feathers. Maybe it died and the owner tossed the bird so that wildlife could feed on it? With Coyotes and various Owls in the area, it may have been prey.
Wildlife seen during the day included a morning treat of a huge flock of an estimated 5,000 Snow Buntings, mainly in flight like a swarm of insects, but also picking up gravel (?) from the road way ahead of us. Such a beautiful sight, especially when in flight. When they land in a field, it is so impressive to see the ground covered in these small, white birds. Unfortunately, a couple of unidentified Falcons flew in and scattered them.
Other wildlife included a couple of distant Coyotes together, and two Rough-legged Hawks. Everything seen yesterday was much too far away, even with a reasonable zoom, but each and every sighting was much appreciated, especially the Short-eared Owls and the Buntings. Thanks so much, guys, for inviting me!
I'm posting three less-than-inspiring images this morning, mainly as a record of a very enjoyable day out. Yesterday, 21 February 2018, I spent the day with two friends, driving the back roads NW of the city, especially hoping for any owls. No luck with Great Gray Owls, but my friends did an amazing job of spotting two extremely distant Short-eared Owls. I would never even have noticed the birds and, if I had, I would simply have thought 'Ravens'. They were way across a valley, barely visible, seen flying and, for a moment, perched on top of a distant tree. The photo I managed to get when one owl took off from the tree top is not even 'good' enough to post. Just four or five seconds out of the car and it was so unbearably cold for some reason, even though the temperature was not unusually low.
Along one of the roads, we passed an outdoor enclosure full of domestic birds that looked like Pheasants/Grouse. Last night, I tried to find the ID for the bird in one of the photos I posted this morning, but was unsuccessful. One friend thought it might be a Chukar, but I don't think it is.
At another location, we stopped to take a look at 'something' that was lying at the side of the gravel road. I posted a rather unpleasant photo of it today, hoping that maybe someone might recognize what it is. To me, the legs and feet look like a Turkey, but there were white feathers scattered everywhere. I don't know if anyone in the area has domestic Turkeys, but I don't think Wild Turkeys have any white feathers. Maybe it died and the owner tossed the bird so that wildlife could feed on it? With Coyotes and various Owls in the area, it may have been prey.
Wildlife seen during the day included a morning treat of a huge flock of an estimated 5,000 Snow Buntings, mainly in flight like a swarm of insects, but also picking up gravel (?) from the road way ahead of us. Such a beautiful sight, especially when in flight. When they land in a field, it is so impressive to see the ground covered in these small, white birds. Unfortunately, a couple of unidentified Falcons flew in and scattered them.
Other wildlife included a couple of distant Coyotes together, and two Rough-legged Hawks. Everything seen yesterday was much too far away, even with a reasonable zoom, but each and every sighting was much appreciated, especially the Short-eared Owls and the Buntings. Thanks so much, guys, for inviting me!
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