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
Common Grackle after a bath
Lesser Scaup male / Aythya affinis
American Coot
Ruddy Duck male
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…
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The weather alert for poor air quality continues, though this morning is low risk, unlike the extremely poor air quality the last few days (10 and 10+). This changes all the time. Our temperature is only 7C at 10:00 am! Looks like we could have rain tonight, which would be wonderful if it happens. Hoping rain is in the forecast for British Columbia and down in the States, too, to help with fighting the endless, devastating wildfires! I don't plan on leaving the house today, though, so I thought I would add a few more photos.
Three days ago, on 16 August 2018, I was invited to go with a friend to visit a mutual friend down in Turner Valley and see the birds that come to her beautiful back garden. Only small, this area has been so thoughtfully and beautifully laid out, encouraging all sorts of birds and other wildlife to visit. She is so fortunate that a wildlife corridor is just beyond her deck and garden. Totally unexpectedly, Jackie made us a delicious cheese bun sandwich for lunch that included tomatoes she has grown herself on her deck, along with cold, refreshing lemonade. Thank you so much, Jackie, for your kindness, as always!
Pam, I really appreciate your invite to go with you, and thanks so much for driving a few new back roads and a stop at Frank Lake. I don't know where all the birds were, but there were so few at the Lake and most of those were far, far out. It was a real treat, though, to start off our morning with a beautiful Swainson's Hawk that was perched on a metal fence railing, and to end our day with several (was it three?) American White Pelicans in flight and then landing on a pond in the city. We were lucky that one of them was still on the water by the time we had parked and walked to the pond.
Despite the thick blanket of smoke everywhere and the dreadful air quality, the faint landscape that surrounded us was eerily beautiful. It will feel almost strange to see our beautiful foothills and mountains once again, when the wildfire smoke finally comes to an end.
Three days ago, on 16 August 2018, I was invited to go with a friend to visit a mutual friend down in Turner Valley and see the birds that come to her beautiful back garden. Only small, this area has been so thoughtfully and beautifully laid out, encouraging all sorts of birds and other wildlife to visit. She is so fortunate that a wildlife corridor is just beyond her deck and garden. Totally unexpectedly, Jackie made us a delicious cheese bun sandwich for lunch that included tomatoes she has grown herself on her deck, along with cold, refreshing lemonade. Thank you so much, Jackie, for your kindness, as always!
Pam, I really appreciate your invite to go with you, and thanks so much for driving a few new back roads and a stop at Frank Lake. I don't know where all the birds were, but there were so few at the Lake and most of those were far, far out. It was a real treat, though, to start off our morning with a beautiful Swainson's Hawk that was perched on a metal fence railing, and to end our day with several (was it three?) American White Pelicans in flight and then landing on a pond in the city. We were lucky that one of them was still on the water by the time we had parked and walked to the pond.
Despite the thick blanket of smoke everywhere and the dreadful air quality, the faint landscape that surrounded us was eerily beautiful. It will feel almost strange to see our beautiful foothills and mountains once again, when the wildfire smoke finally comes to an end.
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