Barn Swallow
Barn Swallow
American Wigeon
Clark's Nutcracker / Nucifraga columbiana
Swainson's Hawk take-off
Purple Martin, Ellis Bird Farm, Alberta
Purple Martin in its gourd nest box
Cedar Waxwing / Bombycilla cedrorum
American Goldfinch male
Purple Martin male
Tiny spider with a death wish
Common Raven at Bow Lake
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Rondeau PP
Ruddy Duck male
Black-crowned Night-heron
Himalayan monal / Lophophorus impejanus male
Mountain Bluebird with food for his babies
A beautiful catch
Magpie juvenile
Hard working Dad
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, adult male
Himalayan Monal female
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker male
American Coot
American Goldfinch juvenile / Spinus tristis
American Coot
Downy Woodpecker and American Goldfinch
Pine Siskin
Pine Siskin
Pine Siskin taking a bath
Pine Siskin
Spruce Grouse / Falcipennis canadensis
Vesper Sparrow
Enjoying a good meal
Ferruginous Hawk
Ferruginous Hawks - now safely grown and gone
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Broad-winged Hawk
Osprey number 2 / Pandion haliaetus
Swainson's Hawk juvenile
Common Nighthawk / Chordeiles minor - threatened s…
Mourning Dove - love the blue eye-ring
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Black-necked Stilt (juvenile?) / Himantopus mexica…
American Avocets / Recurvirostra americana
Wood Duck male / Aix sponsa
How dare you take a photo of me looking like this?
Wood Duck male / Aix sponsa
Sleepy Barn Owl
Common Nighthawk / Chordeiles minor - threatened s…
American Avocets
Swainson's Hawk / Buteo swainsoni
Swainson's Hawk watching for its next snack
Black-necked Stilt (juvenile?)
Rufous Hummingbird male / Selasphorus rufus
Two-month-old American Kestrel
Part of a gathering of Ravens
Greater White-fronted Geese / Larus glaucoides
Harlequin Duck / Histrionicus histrionicus
Yellowlegs - Lesser or Greater?
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Day 2, Rondeau PP, Ontario
White-breasted Nuthatch, Day 2, Rondeau PP, Ontari…
Day 2, Tree Swallow, Rondeau PP
Rufous Hummingbird
Red-winged Blackbird male
Black Tern
Eastern Kingbird
Bluebird bling
Yellow Warbler / Setophaga petechia
Yellow Warbler female, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Great Horned Owlet
Great Horned Owlet
Calliope Hummingbird / Selasphorus calliope
American Goldfinch male, Tadoussac, Quebec
White-throated Sparrow, Tadoussac, Quebec
American Robin, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Wilson's Snipe
Killdeer nest
The beauty of iridescence
That's quite the nest, at Pt Pelee, Ontario
Tree Swallow, Pt Pelee, Ontario
The ubiquitous American Robin, Pt Pelee
Purple Finch male, Tadoussac, Quebec
Chipping Sparrow, Tadoussac, Quebec
Baltimore Oriole, The Tip, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Mourning Dove, Pt. Pelee, Ontario, Canada
Wild Turkey, Pt Pelee, Ontario
White-crowned Sparrow, Tadoussac, Quebec
Eared Grebes in their mating dance
Ferruginous Hawk / Buteo regalis
Western Grebes paired up
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
Green Honeycreeper female, Trinidad
Green Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
Ruddy Turnstone, Tobago
Yellow Oriole, Trinidad
White-lined Tanager male, Trinidad
They're back : )
Another Pelican treat
Common Merganser male
Togetherness
Blue-gray Tanager, Trinidad
Almost missed, but gratefully seen
American Kestrel, Panasonic FZ200
American Kestrel, Nikon B700
American White Pelicans, Nikon Coolpix B700
American Kestrel
A bright and cheery American Robin
Green Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
American White Pelicans with my old Panasonic FZ20…
American White Pelicans, zoomed with Nikon B700
On a rainy day in Trinidad
Black-throated Mango, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Western Meadowlark
One of yesterday's Great Horned Owls
Purple Honeycreeper, Trinidad
White-necked Jacobin female, Trinidad
Gathering lunch for his babies
Brewer's Blackbird / Euphagus cyanocephalus
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Hummingbird at feeder
Waterton Lakes National Park is where three friends (Anne B, Janet and Shirley) and I went for two days, 11 and 12 June 2018. Part of Monday was spent travelling south to Waterton, stopping at several places en route, including Lundbreck Falls. Our first short stop was in Kananaskis, where we enjoyed watching two or three tiny Hummingbirds and a pair of colourful Barn Swallows. We actually got to witness two Hummingbird males fighting, down on the ground - too far for me to get photos, other than one very distant, blurry shot. I am not a fan of taking photos at feeders, but will still do so if it offers me a good view of a bird.
With no stops, it takes roughly three hours to get to Waterton. We stayed on Monday night at the Bear Mountain Motel in Waterton town. Tuesday morning, we drove around the Waterton area, hoping to maybe see more bears, and then made out way back north, reaching Calgary late afternoon/early evening. As it was, we were so lucky to see a gorgeous Cinnamon Black Bear early evening on Monday, at first from a great distance across the lake and then unexpectedly close. Also spotted a Black Bear in among the blackened, burned trees that were near the edge of the road. It was very difficult to see and impossible to see an open spot through which to take photos - but it was our second bear.
I had been hoping to someday get a chance to get down to Waterton, especially to see how it looked after the devastating Kenow wildfire that damaged or destroyed so much of the park in 2017. Most of the park is still closed, but the whole town site and Chief Mountain Parkway and area are open. To me, the park looked beautiful, with enough green areas to contrast with the dead trees on the mountain sides. Firefighters did such a brilliant job last year of saving the whole town, and a team of firefighters form Calgary had been given the task of doing all they could to save the historic Prince of Wales Hotel. There it still stands, untouched. One can see how close to the town and iconic Hotel the fire had come - right up to the very edge, where a sprinkler system had been set up before the fire got close.
Supper on Monday was at Zum's restaurant - an interesting place with walls covered with old vehicle licence plates. Apparently, people send them to the restaurant from so many places, near and far. The food was good and, after a short drive to see what we could find, we returned the next morning for breakfast.
Apart from the wind, we were very lucky with the weather for our two days. No rain, thank goodness. The morning was chilly and so was the night. On Tuesday, the temperature got up to 20C on our way home. Amazing how much one can see in just a couple of days!
With no stops, it takes roughly three hours to get to Waterton. We stayed on Monday night at the Bear Mountain Motel in Waterton town. Tuesday morning, we drove around the Waterton area, hoping to maybe see more bears, and then made out way back north, reaching Calgary late afternoon/early evening. As it was, we were so lucky to see a gorgeous Cinnamon Black Bear early evening on Monday, at first from a great distance across the lake and then unexpectedly close. Also spotted a Black Bear in among the blackened, burned trees that were near the edge of the road. It was very difficult to see and impossible to see an open spot through which to take photos - but it was our second bear.
I had been hoping to someday get a chance to get down to Waterton, especially to see how it looked after the devastating Kenow wildfire that damaged or destroyed so much of the park in 2017. Most of the park is still closed, but the whole town site and Chief Mountain Parkway and area are open. To me, the park looked beautiful, with enough green areas to contrast with the dead trees on the mountain sides. Firefighters did such a brilliant job last year of saving the whole town, and a team of firefighters form Calgary had been given the task of doing all they could to save the historic Prince of Wales Hotel. There it still stands, untouched. One can see how close to the town and iconic Hotel the fire had come - right up to the very edge, where a sprinkler system had been set up before the fire got close.
Supper on Monday was at Zum's restaurant - an interesting place with walls covered with old vehicle licence plates. Apparently, people send them to the restaurant from so many places, near and far. The food was good and, after a short drive to see what we could find, we returned the next morning for breakfast.
Apart from the wind, we were very lucky with the weather for our two days. No rain, thank goodness. The morning was chilly and so was the night. On Tuesday, the temperature got up to 20C on our way home. Amazing how much one can see in just a couple of days!
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