American Coot
American Coot
Pine Siskin taking a bath
Smokey Eagle Lake
Thirsty Bighorn Sheep
Black-necked Stilt (juvenile?) / Himantopus mexica…
Wood Duck male / Aix sponsa
Wood Duck male / Aix sponsa
On a cold summer day with mist and drizzle
American Avocets
Black-necked Stilt (juvenile?)
Fall colours near the Highwood River
Harlequin Duck / Histrionicus histrionicus
Yellowlegs - Lesser or Greater?
Day 2, reflected 'Geese', Rondeau PP
Wood Duck male
Day 2, a wetland after Rondeau PP
Forgetmenot Pond, Elbow Falls Trail
Domestic duck, unidentified
Clouds over Chain Lakes
American Dipper / Cinclus mexicanus
American Dipper / Cinclus mexicanus
American Dipper dipping
Unidentified domestic Duck
Time to feed
Tundra Swans
Clouds over Chain Lakes
American Dipper dipping
Into the sun at Pine Coulee Reservoir
American Dipper
Harlequin Duck male
A view from Chain Lakes
Yes, it's the American Dipper again
Day 3, on the way to Hillman Marsh, Ontario
Day 6, Tadoussac, Quebec
Day 6, part of Tadoussac, seen from up on the clif…
Day 7 afternoon, Surf Scoters off Tadoussac
Day 7 afternoon, Prince Shoal Lighthouse, off Tado…
Day 7 afternoon, Prince Shoal Lighthouse
Day 7 afternoon, Prince Shoal Lighthouse, near Tad…
Day 8, Snow Geese
Day 8, Snow Goose
Day 8, Snow Geese
Day 8, Snow Goose / Anser caerulescens
Harlequin Duck / Histrionicus histrionicus
Day 2, sunrise 8
Day 2, young White Ibis, Connie Hagar Cottage Sanc…
Day 3, ENDANGERED Whooping Cranes / Grus americana…
Day 3, Whooping Crane colt, Aransas, Texas
Day 3, Whooping Crane colt flexing its wings, Aran…
Day 3, Cormorant drying its wings, Aransas boat tr…
Day 3, Double-crested Cormorants, Aransas boat tri…
Day 4, Common Gallinule, Leonabelle Turnbull Birdi…
Day 4, Black-bellied Whistling Duck / Dendrocygna…
Day 4, Alligator, Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Cent…
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
Day 4, Laughing Gulls, Mustang Island, Texas
Day 4, Royal Terns / Thalasseus maximus, Mustang I…
Eared Grebe / Podiceps nigricollis
Frank Lake bird blind
Bow Lake on a cloudy day
Reflected peaks
Beautiful Peyto Lake
Friends at Bow Lake
Bow Lake
Bow Lake, Alberta
American Wigeon
A favourite view, Waterton Lakes National Park
Cinnamon Black Bear, Waterton Lakes National Park,…
The Tip, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Birders at The Tip, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Watching the waves at The Tip, Pt Pelee, Ontario,…
Eared Grebes in their mating dance
Western Grebes paired up
Another Pelican treat
Common Merganser male
American White Pelicans, Nikon Coolpix B700
American White Pelicans with my old Panasonic FZ20…
American White Pelicans, zoomed with Nikon B700
Hooded Merganser male
Ghost Reservoir
Wood Ducks
On the way to Canmore - seven Swans a-swimming :)
Twice the beauty
Ruddy Duck from the archives
Final photo from Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
Sunset at the Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
Great Blue Heron and Egret, Trinidad
Sunset at Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
Watching Scarlet Ibis at Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
Evening light at Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
Scarlet Ibis, Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
The beauty of winter
Surprise, surprise ... an American Flamingo, Caron…
Waiting for the Scarlet Ibis, Caroni Swamp
Boat ride to see Scarlet Ibis, Caroni Swamp, Trini…
Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
Friend on boat at Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
02 Boat ride through the Caroni Swamp
Yesterday's COLD walk
Hooded Merganser male
The Bow River at Carburn Park
Birders on an Audubon Christmas Bird Count
Distant ice patterns on the reservoir
Morning sun over Pine Coulee Reservoir
Couple of Coots / Fulica americana
The return of the ice pillars
Storm arriving at Quarry Lake, near Canmore
Beneath the cloud
Wood Duck male
When the storm moved in
Great Blue Heron, fishing
Fish Creek Park on a low-light day
Kananaskis before the snowstorm
Before the snow arrived
Pine Coulee Reservoir, Alberta
Pine Coulee Reservoir, Alberta
Waterton Lake from the townsite - before the fire
Magpies, Wood Ducks and a (Greater?) Yellowlegs
Our precious Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta…
Juvenile American Coot
Wood Duck juvenile
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Ruddy Duck male
Yesterday, 20 July 2018, I no choice but to get out for a while. My place is unbearable on so many summer days and, at the moment, I dare not open any windows in case my house mouse (mice?) finds another tiny space to get in. All this week, I have been getting to sleep around 4:00 or 4:30 am, because of hearing the moving, "cracking" sounds inside my bedroom walls. The one night, from 2:00 am till around 3:30 am, I just sat on my bed, watching, as it sounded like there was something actually in my room. Sure enough, after half an hour, the mouse appeared around the hinged edge of my open bedroom door and darted out across the landing, heading for my computer room. Lack of sleep, which is the absolute last thing I need, is really getting to me and is stopping me from getting out on any day drives. The stress of having this most unwelcome rodent(s) in my house is so draining. So, yesterday, mid-afternoon, I was desperate to get away from it all and do just a short drive SE of the city.
I think this was only the second time I had driven down there this year - it only takes maybe half an hour. There is so much endless construction going on in the south part of the city (well, in all parts of the city) and I discovered yesterday that roads had been changed. Not a good feeling! Huge overpasses are being built in every direction, mainly as part of the Ring Road around the city.
When I reached the area I wanted to explore, I pulled over to check for any birds. Practically nothing, until I noticed a whitish bird perched on a very distant fence post. "Gull" was what first came to mind, but when I zoomed in on my camera, I was delighted to find that it was a Black-crowned Night-heron. Later on, I was feeling even more grateful to have seen this bird, as there was practically nothing else to be seen. It had turned out to be a very hot, hazy day, with very strong winds. At the blind, there was one Ruddy Duck swimming by and immediately disappearing. One American Coot was in the reeds with a baby. Several distant Yellow-headed Blackbirds, a Tern, a distant Western Grebe being followed by a growing youngster (who could barely keep up with her thanks to the very choppy, wind-blown water), and a sprinkling of shorebirds were the only other things I saw.
"Ruddy Ducks are compact, thick-necked waterfowl with seemingly oversized tails that they habitually hold upright. Breeding males are almost cartoonishly bold, with a sky-blue bill, shining white cheek patch, and gleaming chestnut body. They court females by beating their bill against their neck hard enough to create a swirl of bubbles in the water. This widespread duck breeds mostly in the prairie pothole region of North America and winters in wetlands throughout the U.S. and Mexico." From AllAboutBirds.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruddy_Duck
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/ruddy_duck/id
The glorious colour of Canola fields was what I was really hoping for on this trip. A photogenic old barn, sitting in a field of gold, was also what I was hoping to find. I did manage to find a very distant old shed and so was able to get a shot or two. Though the smell of Canola really is not pleasant, I find that just driving through a yellow landscape is wonderful, even on a very windy day.
Then it was time to return home. Back to reality, back to heat and stuffy air - and the dreaded house mouse!
I think this was only the second time I had driven down there this year - it only takes maybe half an hour. There is so much endless construction going on in the south part of the city (well, in all parts of the city) and I discovered yesterday that roads had been changed. Not a good feeling! Huge overpasses are being built in every direction, mainly as part of the Ring Road around the city.
When I reached the area I wanted to explore, I pulled over to check for any birds. Practically nothing, until I noticed a whitish bird perched on a very distant fence post. "Gull" was what first came to mind, but when I zoomed in on my camera, I was delighted to find that it was a Black-crowned Night-heron. Later on, I was feeling even more grateful to have seen this bird, as there was practically nothing else to be seen. It had turned out to be a very hot, hazy day, with very strong winds. At the blind, there was one Ruddy Duck swimming by and immediately disappearing. One American Coot was in the reeds with a baby. Several distant Yellow-headed Blackbirds, a Tern, a distant Western Grebe being followed by a growing youngster (who could barely keep up with her thanks to the very choppy, wind-blown water), and a sprinkling of shorebirds were the only other things I saw.
"Ruddy Ducks are compact, thick-necked waterfowl with seemingly oversized tails that they habitually hold upright. Breeding males are almost cartoonishly bold, with a sky-blue bill, shining white cheek patch, and gleaming chestnut body. They court females by beating their bill against their neck hard enough to create a swirl of bubbles in the water. This widespread duck breeds mostly in the prairie pothole region of North America and winters in wetlands throughout the U.S. and Mexico." From AllAboutBirds.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruddy_Duck
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/ruddy_duck/id
The glorious colour of Canola fields was what I was really hoping for on this trip. A photogenic old barn, sitting in a field of gold, was also what I was hoping to find. I did manage to find a very distant old shed and so was able to get a shot or two. Though the smell of Canola really is not pleasant, I find that just driving through a yellow landscape is wonderful, even on a very windy day.
Then it was time to return home. Back to reality, back to heat and stuffy air - and the dreaded house mouse!
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