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
Wood Duck male
Great Horned Owl
Day 2, Rose-breasted Grosbeak male / Pheucticus lu…
Day 2, Rose-breasted Grosbeak male, Rondeau PP
Cedar Waxwing / Bombycilla cedrorum
Purple Martin in its gourd nest box
Purple Martin, Ellis Bird Farm, Alberta
Swainson's Hawk take-off
Clark's Nutcracker / Nucifraga columbiana
American Wigeon
Barn Swallow
Barn Swallow
Hummingbird at feeder
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…
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American Goldfinch male
Oops, not the best composition! It seemed a shame to delete a photo of such a gorgeous bird. It was seen near the Purple Martin condominiums.
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, 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, 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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