Ferruginous Hawk / Buteo regalis
Wild Turkey, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Baltimore Oriole, The Tip, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Watching the waves at The Tip, Pt Pelee, Ontario,…
Trillium
Birders at The Tip, Pt Pelee, Ontario
The Tip, Pt Pelee, Ontario
The ubiquitous American Robin, Pt Pelee
Daffodils growing wild, Pt Pelee
Small, sleepy Bat, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Dutchman's Breeches, Pt Pelee
That's quite the nest, at Pt Pelee, Ontario
Pretty in pink
A new addition
The beauty of iridescence
Killdeer nest
Beauty
Wilson's Snipe
Dutchman's Breeches, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Dutchman's Breeches / Dicentra cucullaria, Pt Pele…
At the base of a tree, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Wolf Willow / Elaeagnus commutata
Great Horned Owlet
Great Horned Owlet
Yellow Lady's-slipper / Cypripedium parviflorum
Fungus (Dryad's Saddle?), Pt Pelee, Ontario
Tall grass, Pt Pelee - Phragmites
Prince of Wales Hotel, Waterton
A favourite view, Waterton Lakes National Park
Sparrow's-egg Orchid / Cypripedium passerinum
Blue Flax / Linum lewisii
American Wigeon
Orange Peel Fungus, Peyto Lake
Bow Lake, Alberta
Clark's Nutcracker / Nucifraga columbiana
Bow Lake
Blue Himalayan Poppy
Swainson's Hawk take-off
Happy Canada Day
The start of a great day
Western Wood Lily
Great Orange Tip / Hebomoia glaucippe
On the way home from Cartwrights' land
On the way home from Cartwright bio-blitz
Friends at Bow Lake
Yellow Penstemon with wildflower bokeh
Beautiful Peyto Lake
Black Bear seen through the bus window
Lichen at Peyto Lake
Disappearing
Wildflowers at Peyto Lake
Purple Martin, Ellis Bird Farm, Alberta
Purple Martin in its gourd nest box
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel munching on Yellow…
Cedar Waxwing / Bombycilla cedrorum
American Goldfinch male
Love an old, red barn
Purple Martin male
Hibiscus beauty
Calgary's special guests
Common Raven at Bow Lake
Black Bear seen from the bus
Bow Lake on a cloudy day
Yellow-headed Blackbird / Xanthocephalus xanthocep…
Purple Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
Masked Cardinal, Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
Mountain Bluebird female
Tree Swallow male
Gathering food for his babies
Bananaquit, Trinidad
Pink Ginger, Trinidad
Green Honeycreeper female, Trinidad
Green Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
Ruddy Turnstone, Tobago
Dragonfly, Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
Yellow Oriole, Trinidad
White-lined Tanager male, Trinidad
Milk Thistle, I believe
Little angel
Blue-gray Tanager, Trinidad
American Kestrel, Panasonic FZ200
Green Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
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On a rainy day in Trinidad
Black-throated Mango, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Standing up well
Kohleria tubiflora, Trinidad
Evening mist in the rainforest
A memory of Waterton from before the fire
Purple Honeycreeper, Trinidad
Ring-necked Pheasant male / Phasianus colchicus
A touch of blue
Sunflower detail
The process of decay
White-necked Jacobin male, Trinidad
Blue-gray Tanager, Trinidad
Sedge
Wood Ducks
Bear Grass, Waterton Lakes National Park
White-lined Tanager, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Ruddy Turnstone, Tobago
Evening Grosbeak male
Donkey guardians of the old schoolhouse
Green Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
Tropical plant, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Red-breasted Meadowlark / Sturnella militaris, Tri…
Purple Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
Black-capped Chickadee
New birding blind in a local park
Violaceous Euphonia / Euphonia violacea
Sleepy Great Horned Owl
One of two Coyotes
Great Gray Owl
Common Redpoll
European Starling / Sturnus vulgaris
Purple Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
Tropical pink, Trinidad
Great Gray Owl
Winter beauty
Bighorn Sheep mom and youngster
Great Gray Owl on the hunt
Palm Tanager, Trinidad
American Pygmy Kingfisher / Chloroceryle aenea, Ca…
Crested Oropendola, Trinidad
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Once was home
These will be the last photos I post for maybe a couple of weeks, as I am taking a much-needed break!
This was a lovely find two days ago, on 3 May 2018. A bit different from many of the old, abandoned buildings I come across.
Three days ago, I was so torn as to whether or not to accept an invite from my friend, Pam, to take a drive SE of the city. I really, really wanted to go, even more so as I have barely been out for ages. However, I am running out of time to get certain things done, and also I was concerned that if I slightly moved in a 'wrong' way, my knees would give way or my rotator cuffs and lower back would become even more painful. Not what I need, especially right now. In the end, I decided that, yes, I would go after all, and I am so glad that I made that decision.
We started off at Frank Lake, a place that is very familiar to both of us. We knew that Western Grebes and Eared Grebes were being seen and we both hoped they would be there that morning. A pair of Eared Grebes gave a little performance of part of their mating dance. The photo I posted this morning was taken with the Nikon B700 - in fact, I gave up using the FZ200 for pretty well all my photos at Frank Lake and just kept my fingers crossed that the new B700 (with far more zoom, but less sharpness) would give me at least a few photos that were good enough to keep. I am still having the problem of image shift on some of the shots - photo jumps upward, downward or to one side, cutting off parts of birds and resulting in ridiculous compositions. At Frank Lake, I could rest both elbows on a very sturdy window ledge, making it impossible for normal, self-created camera shake to happen.
Though I have quite a few photos of Eared Grebes on my Flickr photostream, I think I only have one previous photo of a Western Grebe. I don't see them very often and when I do, they are so far away. They were far away when we were there, but we were able to watch as they did a bit of their mating dance, including when each bird gathered a beak full of wet, rotting plant material and they went face to face in an amorous gesture. These birds also swam off separately, giving us a few chances for further shots. Still at the blind, we were so lucky when a pair of Eared Grebes came close enough to capture a shot or two of part of their mating dance.
By the way, the blind is surrounded by lake and flood water! Parts of the boardwalk were under 5" or 6" of water, through which we had to wade. If you do go, make sure you concentrate, or you might find yourself swimming in the lake! Elsewhere in the whole SE area, there was a lot of water in some of the fields, creating what I suspect will turn out to be only temporary sloughs.
A few of the other birds we saw two days ago at various places included a few dozen Tundra Swans; plenty of Northern Shovelers; several Western Meadowlarks; a Great Horned Owl and her little white, fuzzy owlet, sitting on a distant nest; and a Ferruginous Hawk female lying down in her nest. Of course, the usual suspects included Canada Geese, Mallards, and so on.
When it came time to leave Frank Lake, I had assumed we would then start on the drive back to the city. Instead, Pam surprised me by saying that we would go further south - and further south we definitely went! Made such a great day. Thanks so much, Pam, for this treat - greatly appreciated.
This was a lovely find two days ago, on 3 May 2018. A bit different from many of the old, abandoned buildings I come across.
Three days ago, I was so torn as to whether or not to accept an invite from my friend, Pam, to take a drive SE of the city. I really, really wanted to go, even more so as I have barely been out for ages. However, I am running out of time to get certain things done, and also I was concerned that if I slightly moved in a 'wrong' way, my knees would give way or my rotator cuffs and lower back would become even more painful. Not what I need, especially right now. In the end, I decided that, yes, I would go after all, and I am so glad that I made that decision.
We started off at Frank Lake, a place that is very familiar to both of us. We knew that Western Grebes and Eared Grebes were being seen and we both hoped they would be there that morning. A pair of Eared Grebes gave a little performance of part of their mating dance. The photo I posted this morning was taken with the Nikon B700 - in fact, I gave up using the FZ200 for pretty well all my photos at Frank Lake and just kept my fingers crossed that the new B700 (with far more zoom, but less sharpness) would give me at least a few photos that were good enough to keep. I am still having the problem of image shift on some of the shots - photo jumps upward, downward or to one side, cutting off parts of birds and resulting in ridiculous compositions. At Frank Lake, I could rest both elbows on a very sturdy window ledge, making it impossible for normal, self-created camera shake to happen.
Though I have quite a few photos of Eared Grebes on my Flickr photostream, I think I only have one previous photo of a Western Grebe. I don't see them very often and when I do, they are so far away. They were far away when we were there, but we were able to watch as they did a bit of their mating dance, including when each bird gathered a beak full of wet, rotting plant material and they went face to face in an amorous gesture. These birds also swam off separately, giving us a few chances for further shots. Still at the blind, we were so lucky when a pair of Eared Grebes came close enough to capture a shot or two of part of their mating dance.
By the way, the blind is surrounded by lake and flood water! Parts of the boardwalk were under 5" or 6" of water, through which we had to wade. If you do go, make sure you concentrate, or you might find yourself swimming in the lake! Elsewhere in the whole SE area, there was a lot of water in some of the fields, creating what I suspect will turn out to be only temporary sloughs.
A few of the other birds we saw two days ago at various places included a few dozen Tundra Swans; plenty of Northern Shovelers; several Western Meadowlarks; a Great Horned Owl and her little white, fuzzy owlet, sitting on a distant nest; and a Ferruginous Hawk female lying down in her nest. Of course, the usual suspects included Canada Geese, Mallards, and so on.
When it came time to leave Frank Lake, I had assumed we would then start on the drive back to the city. Instead, Pam surprised me by saying that we would go further south - and further south we definitely went! Made such a great day. Thanks so much, Pam, for this treat - greatly appreciated.
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