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
A classic light/intermediate-morph adult Swainson'…
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
I LOVE owls - in case you didn't know : )
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
Day 2, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Rondeau Provincial…
Day 2, American Foldfinch, Rondeau PP
Day 2, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Rondeau PP Visitor'…
Day 2, White-breasted Nuthatch, Rondeau PP Visitor…
Day 2, Chipping Sparrow, Rondeau PP
Clark's Nutcracker / Nucifraga columbiana
American Wigeon
Barn Swallow
Barn Swallow
Hummingbird at feeder
Rufous Hummingbird
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
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Swainson's Hawk take-off
I am falling behind with editing and posting photos from several outings, not to mention still having almost two weeks' worth of photos to go through from our trip to Ontario and Quebec. Tonight, I decided to post a few shots from our annual Bluebird route evening outing with Don Stiles.
Yesterday evening, 28 June 2018, a group of us met at 6:30 pm and went SW of the city with Don, who has been a dedicated Mountain Bluebird Monitor for somewhere around 40 years! It was getting on for 10:00 pm when I finally arrived home.
I'm adding a link to a CTV News article from 12 August 2015, about Don and his son, Andrew. Also a link to Andrew's birdhouse-building blog. Two great guys : )
calgary.ctvnews.ca/calgary-birdman-proves-conservation-is...
calgarybirdman.blogspot.ca/
andychurch.org/bird-men-stiles-helping-save-mountain-blue...
andrewstilescalgary.blogspot.ca/
This drive is an annual trip along Don’s Bluebird Route. We get the chance to see Mountain Bluebirds, Tree Swallows and Wrens nesting in various wooden nesting boxes along the country roads. Some boxes have eggs in the nest, others have tiny babies all packed tightly together. I have seen them before on several other trips with Don and have photos in my Mountain Bluebird album.
Along the route, we saw a few other bird species, including this beautiful Swainson's Hawk. It took off just as I clicked, and I didn't think I caught it in time. However, I did get this slightly blown-out capture.
Many thanks, as always, Don, for letting us come along with you. It is an evening I look forward to every year, and I could tell how much everyone enjoyed themselves. We appreciate how much time over the many years that you have spent taking care of these wonderful little blue birds. They bring such joy to people each spring.
Added next morning - a few of us took part in a bio-blitz yesterday, 29 June 2018, at the Rusty Bucket ranch, near Bragg Creek, west of the city.. My next few photos will be from this outing,
Yesterday evening, 28 June 2018, a group of us met at 6:30 pm and went SW of the city with Don, who has been a dedicated Mountain Bluebird Monitor for somewhere around 40 years! It was getting on for 10:00 pm when I finally arrived home.
I'm adding a link to a CTV News article from 12 August 2015, about Don and his son, Andrew. Also a link to Andrew's birdhouse-building blog. Two great guys : )
calgary.ctvnews.ca/calgary-birdman-proves-conservation-is...
calgarybirdman.blogspot.ca/
andychurch.org/bird-men-stiles-helping-save-mountain-blue...
andrewstilescalgary.blogspot.ca/
This drive is an annual trip along Don’s Bluebird Route. We get the chance to see Mountain Bluebirds, Tree Swallows and Wrens nesting in various wooden nesting boxes along the country roads. Some boxes have eggs in the nest, others have tiny babies all packed tightly together. I have seen them before on several other trips with Don and have photos in my Mountain Bluebird album.
Along the route, we saw a few other bird species, including this beautiful Swainson's Hawk. It took off just as I clicked, and I didn't think I caught it in time. However, I did get this slightly blown-out capture.
Many thanks, as always, Don, for letting us come along with you. It is an evening I look forward to every year, and I could tell how much everyone enjoyed themselves. We appreciate how much time over the many years that you have spent taking care of these wonderful little blue birds. They bring such joy to people each spring.
Added next morning - a few of us took part in a bio-blitz yesterday, 29 June 2018, at the Rusty Bucket ranch, near Bragg Creek, west of the city.. My next few photos will be from this outing,
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