Violaceous Euphonia / Euphonia violacea
Black-capped Chickadee
Purple Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
Red-breasted Meadowlark / Sturnella militaris, Tri…
Green Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
Evening Grosbeak male
Ruddy Turnstone, Tobago
White-lined Tanager, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Wood Ducks
Blue-gray Tanager, Trinidad
White-necked Jacobin male, Trinidad
A touch of blue
Hooded Merganser male
Ring-necked Pheasant male / Phasianus colchicus
Purple Honeycreeper, Trinidad
Brewer's Blackbird / Euphagus cyanocephalus
Gathering lunch for his babies
White-necked Jacobin female, Trinidad
Purple Honeycreeper, Trinidad
One of yesterday's Great Horned Owls
Western Meadowlark
Black-throated Mango, Asa Wright, Trinidad
On a rainy day in Trinidad
American White Pelicans, zoomed with Nikon B700
American White Pelicans with my old Panasonic FZ20…
Green Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
A bright and cheery American Robin
American Kestrel
American White Pelicans, Nikon Coolpix B700
American Kestrel, Nikon B700
American Kestrel, Panasonic FZ200
Almost missed, but gratefully seen
Blue-gray Tanager, Trinidad
Togetherness
Common Merganser male
Another Pelican treat
They're back : )
White-lined Tanager male, Trinidad
Yellow Oriole, Trinidad
Ruddy Turnstone, Tobago
Green Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
Green Honeycreeper female, Trinidad
Bananaquit, Trinidad
Gathering food for his babies
Tree Swallow male
Mountain Bluebird female
Masked Cardinal, Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
Purple Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
Yellow-headed Blackbird / Xanthocephalus xanthocep…
Western Grebes paired up
Ferruginous Hawk / Buteo regalis
Eared Grebes in their mating dance
White-crowned Sparrow, Tadoussac, Quebec
Wild Turkey, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Mourning Dove, Pt. Pelee, Ontario, Canada
Baltimore Oriole, The Tip, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Chipping Sparrow, Tadoussac, Quebec
Purple Finch male, Tadoussac, Quebec
The ubiquitous American Robin, Pt Pelee
Tree Swallow, Pt Pelee, Ontario
That's quite the nest, at Pt Pelee, Ontario
The beauty of iridescence
Killdeer nest
Crested Oropendola, Trinidad
Great Gray Owl
Common Redpoll
European Starling / Sturnus vulgaris
Burrowing owl in the wild
Purple Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
Pileated Woodpecker
Great Gray Owl
Pileated Woodpecker seen in Canmore
Far, far away
Great Gray Owl on the hunt
Palm Tanager, Trinidad
American Pygmy Kingfisher / Chloroceryle aenea, Ca…
Crested Oropendola, Trinidad
Blue-gray Tanager, Trinidad
A better sense of size
White-lined Tanager female, Trinidad
Great Gray Owl, highly zoomed
Boreal Chickadee
Bananaquit, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Is this a White-necked Jacobin female, Trinidad?
Bald Eagle getting a hosepipe shower
Great Gray Owl hunting
Great Gray Owl, watching and listening
Green Honeycreeper female, Trinidad
Purple Honeycreeper female, Trinidad
Yellow Oriole, Trinidad
Great Gray Owl #2
Great Gray Owl #1
Crested Oropendola, Trinidad
Yellow Oriole, Trinidad
Burrowing Owl in the wild
Brewer's Blackbird
Rose-breasted Grosbeak from the archives
Ruddy Duck from the archives
Common Redpoll female
White-necked Jacobin, Trinidad
Green Honeycreeper male, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Crested Oropendola, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Masked Cardinal, Caroni Swamp
Ruddy Ground-dove / Columbina talpacoti, Trinidad
Bananaquit / Coereba flaveola, Trinidad
Bran-colored Flycatcher / Myiophobus fasciatus, Tr…
Masked Yellowthroat / Geothlypis aequinoctialis, T…
Early morning Orange-winged Parrots, Trinidad
Scarlet Ibis, Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
Little Blue Heron, Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
A friendly moment
A mix of colours, Trinidad
Scarlet Ibis and Egrets, Caroni Swamp
White-necked Jacobin, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Who am I?
Great Kiskadee / Pitangus sulphuratus, Trinidad
Great Blue Heron and Egret, Trinidad
Yellow Oriole / Icterus nigrogularis, Trinidad
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Purple Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
The ever-present Black-capped Chickadee
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Watching Scarlet Ibis at Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
Scarlet Ibis - like decorations on a Christmas tre…
Scarlet Ibis, Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
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Sleepy Great Horned Owl
Yesterday was Easter Sunday (as well as being April Fool's Day). I decided to join friends for an afternoon walk in Fish Creek Park, despite the overcast sky, cold temperature and a forecast for yet more snow. We only had a few snowflakes and this morning, there is just a light dusting over everything. The temperature this morning, 2 April 2018, is -9C (windchill -14C). The forecast for this week shows snow every other day.
One of our stops yesterday was to see the male Great Horned Owl, perched where he was almost impossible to see, his camouflage was so good. This was the only photo I got, fully zoomed and from far away. Those eyes looked tightly shut and he was no doubt getting some sleep after a busy night of hunting.
We were also lucky to see two Coyotes together, at first way off in the distance and then they came somewhat closer. Beautiful animals, though we were concerned to see them in the area, having been asked by a family if we had seen their puppy that had run off from the parking lot. We kept our eyes open for the two and a half hours that we were walking, but we saw the family still searching. To spot a white dog against all the snow would have been difficult, and it wasn't answering to its name being called. I do hope this had a happy ending!
Migrating birds are beginning to be seen in and around Calgary - but, let's face it, who in their right mind would want to come to a place where spring is still an ongoing time of cold and snow?!
After braving the cold, coffee at Tim Horton's was the perfect ending to our afternoon of birding. On the way there, we stopped to look at a new birding blind that we had heard about. Made from rusty metal with several holes cut out of it, it was certainly a rather unusual sight. Thanks, Bernie and Janet, for leading the walk - always appreciated.
One of our stops yesterday was to see the male Great Horned Owl, perched where he was almost impossible to see, his camouflage was so good. This was the only photo I got, fully zoomed and from far away. Those eyes looked tightly shut and he was no doubt getting some sleep after a busy night of hunting.
We were also lucky to see two Coyotes together, at first way off in the distance and then they came somewhat closer. Beautiful animals, though we were concerned to see them in the area, having been asked by a family if we had seen their puppy that had run off from the parking lot. We kept our eyes open for the two and a half hours that we were walking, but we saw the family still searching. To spot a white dog against all the snow would have been difficult, and it wasn't answering to its name being called. I do hope this had a happy ending!
Migrating birds are beginning to be seen in and around Calgary - but, let's face it, who in their right mind would want to come to a place where spring is still an ongoing time of cold and snow?!
After braving the cold, coffee at Tim Horton's was the perfect ending to our afternoon of birding. On the way there, we stopped to look at a new birding blind that we had heard about. Made from rusty metal with several holes cut out of it, it was certainly a rather unusual sight. Thanks, Bernie and Janet, for leading the walk - always appreciated.
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