American Goldfinch male
Tiny spider with a death wish
Common Raven at Bow Lake
Black-crowned Night-heron
Mountain Bluebird with food for his babies
A beautiful catch
Hard working Dad
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, adult male
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker male
American Coot
American Coot
Ferruginous Hawks - now safely grown and gone
Common Nighthawk / Chordeiles minor - threatened s…
Mourning Dove - love the blue eye-ring
Me and my dad
How dare you take a photo of me looking like this?
Common Nighthawk / Chordeiles minor - threatened s…
Swainson's Hawk / Buteo swainsoni
Great Horned Owl
Great Horned Owl
Licorice Allsorts (candy) eyes
Common Nighthawk / Chordeiles minor
Day 10, White-throated Sparrow, Tadoussac
Day 6, White-crowned Sparrow, Tadoussac
Day 7, American Robin, Tadoussac
Day 9, White-crowned Sparrow, Tadoussac
Day 7, White-crowned Sparrow, Tadoussac
Day 7, White-crowned Sparrow, Tadoussac
Day 6, White-crowned Sparrow, Tadoussac
Eastern Kingbird, SW of Calgary
Day 8, Snow Goose
Day 8, Snow Goose / Anser caerulescens
Day 9, White-crowned Sparrow
Day 9, White-crowned Sparrow
Day 10, White-throated Sparrow, Tadoussac
Day 10, White-throated Sparrow
Short-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
Day 10, White-crowned Sparrow
Snowy Owl male, Snowy Owl Prowl 2019
Long-eared Owl / Asio otus
Long-eared Owl / Asio otus
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
Long-eared Owl / Asio otus
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
Eastern Kingbird, from my archives
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl - from January
Great Gray Owl - from the archives
Wilson's Snipe - from the archives
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
Day 6, Northern Cardinal male, southern Texas
Day 3, ENDANGERED Whooping Cranes / Grus americana…
Day 3, leg band & tracking device, Whooping Crane…
Day 3, Whooping Crane adult, Aransas National Wild…
Day 3, nesting Great Blue Herons, Rockport rookery
Day 4, Common Gallinule, Leonabelle Turnbull Birdi…
Day 4, Black-bellied Whistling Duck / Dendrocygna…
Day 4, Common Gallinule, Leonabelle Turnbull Birdi…
Day 4, Black-bellied Whistling Duck
Day 4, Royal Tern / Thalasseus maximus, Mustang Is…
Day 4, Royal Terns, Mustang Island, Texas
Colobus monkey - such a poser
Swainson's Hawk take-off
Clark's Nutcracker / Nucifraga columbiana
Cinnamon Black Bear, Waterton Lakes National Park,…
Black Tern
Eastern Kingbird
Bluebird bling
White-throated Sparrow, Tadoussac, Quebec
Wilson's Snipe
Chipping Sparrow, Tadoussac, Quebec
Mourning Dove, Pt. Pelee, Ontario, Canada
White-crowned Sparrow, Tadoussac, Quebec
Eared Grebes in their mating dance
Western Grebes paired up
Purple Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
Mountain Bluebird female
Green Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
They're back : )
Almost missed, but gratefully seen
Green Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
One of yesterday's Great Horned Owls
Purple Honeycreeper, Trinidad
Gathering lunch for his babies
Brewer's Blackbird / Euphagus cyanocephalus
A touch of blue
Green Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
Sleepy Great Horned Owl
Great Gray Owl
European Starling / Sturnus vulgaris
Pileated Woodpecker
Great Gray Owl
Red Fox (just for the record)
Pileated Woodpecker seen in Canmore
Far, far away
Great Gray Owl on the hunt
Great Gray Owl, highly zoomed
Bald Eagle getting a hosepipe shower
Great Gray Owl hunting
Great Gray Owl, watching and listening
Green Honeycreeper female, Trinidad
Great Gray Owl #2
Great Gray Owl #1
Green Honeycreeper male, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Little Blue Heron, Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
Purple Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
Little Blue Heron / Egretta caerulea, Caroni Swamp…
Ring-billed Gull
Green Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
Why names just don't suit the bird
Purple Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
Curious glance from a Great Horned Owl
Purple Honeycreeper, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Oilbird, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Townsend's Solitaire / Myadestes townsendi
Oilbird, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinidad
Wilson's Snipe
A change from a world of white
Oilbird / Steatornis caripensis, Trinidad
Great Blue Heron, fishing
Killdeer / Charadrius vociferus
Green Honeycreeper female, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Handsome Wood Ducks
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Cedar Waxwing / Bombycilla cedrorum
Early this evening, I have just posted 10 more photos. Some are simply shots of a few things that I liked. If I don't add extra photos on some days, I will never catch up on the last few trips and, especially, I will never get back to posting photos from day two of my two-week trip to Pt Pelee, Ontario, and Tadoussac, Quebec. Thank you for bearing with me!
Just over a year ago, on 4 June 2016, I had the chance to visit somewhere that I had longed to go to for years - the Ellis Bird Farm. This was thanks to the annual Nature Calgary Bus Trip, which goes to a different location each year. Then, three days ago, on 7 July 2018, I got the chance to visit this unique place again, thanks to Jackie and Brenda, who organized a trip for a group of about 15 (?) friends/birders/photographers.
The drive from Calgary to the Ellis Bird Farm took us about two hours. When we arrived, we were greeted by a long line of bird nest boxes along the fence line. Within the farm area, there were even more nest boxes - everywhere! People send them from all over the province, even from overseas. I believe the Farm has the largest collection of outdoor boxes in the world - 300+!
Myrna Pearman, who has been "at the helm of Ellis Bird Farm for the past 30 years", knew we were coming and we were treated to a very special viewing of Purple Martins at various stages, from eggs to adult, To do this, she lowered some of the Purple Martin condominiums and let us peer inside. After a short talk about the Farm, we explored every corner, taking a break for lunch, sitting outside, at the Cafe. A few of us had reserved a table, which is a good idea, as the Farm can get very busy with visitors.
The main attraction at the Farm is the beautiful Purple Martins, uncommon in Alberta, though there are so many other things to see, as well. Purple Martins are very social birds, who apparently like people too, and nest in condominium-style nest boxes. They spend "most of the year in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil and come up to Alberta just long enough to raise a family."
"Ellis Bird Farm made science history on Tuesday May 31 2016 (?) when University of Manitoba Grad Student, Alisha Ritchie, and her EBF team (Cheyenne Knight, Claudia Lipski and Myrna Pearman) retrapped a very special yearling Purple Martin. This bird had been retrofitted with a light level geolocator last season, as a nestling, and is the first songbird EVER(!) to be tracked on its first migration. The bird had evaded several attempts to trap it, so it has been named Houdini."
Information about their Purple Martin Geolocator Program:
www.ellisbirdfarm.ca/purple-martin-geolocators.html
""Ellis Bird Farm is both a non-profit company and a working farm. It was established in 1982 to carry on the legacy of Lacombe-area conservationists, Charlie and Winnie Ellis, when their farm was purchased by Union Carbide Canada Ltd. At the time, Charlie and Winnie operated one of the largest bluebird trails in Canada and had established their farmstead as a haven for wildlife.
The Ellis family of Parkenham, Ontario, came west in 1886 to settle on a ranch near Calgary. Their son John, then a teenager, was married in 1894 to Agnes Clark who had come west from Ontario in 1888 to teach school. They lived near Calgary until 1906 when they moved with their family of four children to a quarter section homestead in the Joffre district. In 1907 they built a two-storey frame house and subsequently enlarged the farm by the purchase of an additional five quarters.
After John and Agnes passed away in the early 1950s, two of their children, Charlie and Winnie, took over the farm operations. And about this same time, Charlie began a project that was to dominate the rest of his life; he set out his first nesting box for the Mountain Bluebirds." From Ellis Bird Farm website.
www.ellisbirdfarm.ca/
Many thanks to Shirley, for driving the four of us to and from the Farm. Thank you for picking me up, Pam, to get me over to the meeting place. Beautiful weather and great company made for a super day. Have to say, too, that it was great to get away from the city, where the Calgary Stampede is in full swing.
Just over a year ago, on 4 June 2016, I had the chance to visit somewhere that I had longed to go to for years - the Ellis Bird Farm. This was thanks to the annual Nature Calgary Bus Trip, which goes to a different location each year. Then, three days ago, on 7 July 2018, I got the chance to visit this unique place again, thanks to Jackie and Brenda, who organized a trip for a group of about 15 (?) friends/birders/photographers.
The drive from Calgary to the Ellis Bird Farm took us about two hours. When we arrived, we were greeted by a long line of bird nest boxes along the fence line. Within the farm area, there were even more nest boxes - everywhere! People send them from all over the province, even from overseas. I believe the Farm has the largest collection of outdoor boxes in the world - 300+!
Myrna Pearman, who has been "at the helm of Ellis Bird Farm for the past 30 years", knew we were coming and we were treated to a very special viewing of Purple Martins at various stages, from eggs to adult, To do this, she lowered some of the Purple Martin condominiums and let us peer inside. After a short talk about the Farm, we explored every corner, taking a break for lunch, sitting outside, at the Cafe. A few of us had reserved a table, which is a good idea, as the Farm can get very busy with visitors.
The main attraction at the Farm is the beautiful Purple Martins, uncommon in Alberta, though there are so many other things to see, as well. Purple Martins are very social birds, who apparently like people too, and nest in condominium-style nest boxes. They spend "most of the year in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil and come up to Alberta just long enough to raise a family."
"Ellis Bird Farm made science history on Tuesday May 31 2016 (?) when University of Manitoba Grad Student, Alisha Ritchie, and her EBF team (Cheyenne Knight, Claudia Lipski and Myrna Pearman) retrapped a very special yearling Purple Martin. This bird had been retrofitted with a light level geolocator last season, as a nestling, and is the first songbird EVER(!) to be tracked on its first migration. The bird had evaded several attempts to trap it, so it has been named Houdini."
Information about their Purple Martin Geolocator Program:
www.ellisbirdfarm.ca/purple-martin-geolocators.html
""Ellis Bird Farm is both a non-profit company and a working farm. It was established in 1982 to carry on the legacy of Lacombe-area conservationists, Charlie and Winnie Ellis, when their farm was purchased by Union Carbide Canada Ltd. At the time, Charlie and Winnie operated one of the largest bluebird trails in Canada and had established their farmstead as a haven for wildlife.
The Ellis family of Parkenham, Ontario, came west in 1886 to settle on a ranch near Calgary. Their son John, then a teenager, was married in 1894 to Agnes Clark who had come west from Ontario in 1888 to teach school. They lived near Calgary until 1906 when they moved with their family of four children to a quarter section homestead in the Joffre district. In 1907 they built a two-storey frame house and subsequently enlarged the farm by the purchase of an additional five quarters.
After John and Agnes passed away in the early 1950s, two of their children, Charlie and Winnie, took over the farm operations. And about this same time, Charlie began a project that was to dominate the rest of his life; he set out his first nesting box for the Mountain Bluebirds." From Ellis Bird Farm website.
www.ellisbirdfarm.ca/
Many thanks to Shirley, for driving the four of us to and from the Farm. Thank you for picking me up, Pam, to get me over to the meeting place. Beautiful weather and great company made for a super day. Have to say, too, that it was great to get away from the city, where the Calgary Stampede is in full swing.
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