American Dipper / Cinclus mexicanus
Unidentified domestic Duck
Unknown duck species (domestic)
Friendly horse
Time to feed
American Dipper
Great Horned Owl
Yes, it's the American Dipper again
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Day 10, American Goldfinch male, Tadoussac
Day 10, American Goldfinch female, Tadoussac
Day 6, White-crowned Sparrow, Tadoussac
Day 6, Swainson's Thrush, Tadoussac Golf Course
Day 9, White-crowned Sparrow, Tadoussac
Day 7, American Robin, Tadoussac
Farm cat, High River Christmas Bird Count
Evening Grosbeak male, Priddis Count
Llama in winter
Llama
Overload of Llamas : )
Day 8, Lapland Longspur, Quebec
Day 8, Snow Goose
Day 8, Snow Goose / Anser caerulescens
Day 10, American Goldfinch male
Day 10, White-throated Sparrow
Prairie Falcon - Status: SENSITIVE, Species of Spe…
Day 10, White-crowned Sparrow
Day 12, Snow Geese, Cap Tourmente National Wildlif…
Day 12, migrating Snow Geese, Cap Tourmente
Snowy Owl 1st year male, Snowy Owl Prowl 2019
Long-eared Owl / Asio otus
Long-eared Owl / Asio otus
Juvenile Swainson's Hawk / Buteo swainsoni
Great Gray Owl - from the archives
Wilson's Snipe - from the archives
Burrowing Owl, ENDANGERED - from the archives
Great Gray Owl - from my archives
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Day 6, Green Jay / Cyanocorax yncas, southern Texa…
Day 6, Northern Cardinal male, southern Texas
Day 2, Savannah Sparrow, South Texas
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Day 4, Sedge Wren, Aransas Park
Day 4, Common Gallinule, Leonabelle Turnbull Birdi…
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
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Day 5, Harris's Hawk, King Ranch, Norias Division
Day 5, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, King Ranch
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Day 6, Cardinal male, National Butterfly Centre, S…
Day 6, Plain Chachalaca / Ortalis vetula
Day 6, White-tipped Dove / Leptotila verreauxi
Day 6, Plain Chachalaca / Ortalis vetula
Day 6, Great-tailed Grackle male / Quiscalus mexic…
Day 7, Northern Cardinal male
Eared Grebe / Podiceps nigricollis
Yellow-headed Blackbird / Xanthocephalus xanthocep…
Yellow-headed Blackbird / Xanthocephalus xanthocep…
Domestic duck, unidentified
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Yellowlegs - Lesser or Greater?
Snow Leopard / Panthera uncia
Rufous Hummingbird male / Selasphorus rufus
Black-necked Stilt (juvenile?)
Swainson's Hawk watching for its next snack
Wood Duck male / Aix sponsa
Wood Duck male / Aix sponsa
Spooked by a barking dog
Black-necked Stilt (juvenile?) / Himantopus mexica…
Me and my dad
Common Nighthawk / Chordeiles minor - threatened s…
Osprey number 2 / Pandion haliaetus
Thirsty Bighorn Sheep
Pine Siskin
Pine Siskin taking a bath
Pine Siskin
American Coot
Common Wood-Nymph / Cercyonis pegala
Mountain Bluebird with food for his babies
Ruddy Duck male
Chameleon
Black Bear seen from the bus
American Goldfinch male
Cedar Waxwing / Bombycilla cedrorum
Purple Martin, Ellis Bird Farm, Alberta
The start of a great day
Swainson's Hawk take-off
Clark's Nutcracker / Nucifraga columbiana
American Wigeon
Hummingbird at feeder
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Red-winged Blackbird male
Yellow Warbler / Setophaga petechia
Calliope Hummingbird / Selasphorus calliope
American Robin, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Wilson's Snipe
That's quite the nest, at Pt Pelee, Ontario
The ubiquitous American Robin, Pt Pelee
Mourning Dove, Pt. Pelee, Ontario, Canada
Wild Turkey, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Western Grebes paired up
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Tree Swallow male
Green Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
Ruddy Turnstone, Tobago
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Yellow Oriole, Trinidad
White-lined Tanager male, Trinidad
Common Merganser male
On a rainy day in Trinidad
Western Meadowlark
White-necked Jacobin female, Trinidad
Gathering lunch for his babies
Jackrabbit
Brewer's Blackbird / Euphagus cyanocephalus
Ring-necked Pheasant male / Phasianus colchicus
Ruddy Turnstone, Tobago
Evening Grosbeak male
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Chain Lakes & Pine Coulee Reservoir, 28 October 2018
Chain Lakes & Pine Coulee Reservoir, 28 October 2018
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American Dipper / Cinclus mexicanus
All three photos posted this morning were taken yesterday, 28 October 2018. A group of 15 of us went S and SE of the city on a birding trip to one of my favourite areas. This included Chain Lakes and Pine Coulee Reservoir. I just love some of the landscape through which we drove - barren, rugged, middle-of-nowhere kind of scenery. It looks so different in each season - I think my favourite time of year is when there is a covering of snow on the empty hills and ice on most of the water. I've still not had the courage to drive in this area myself, as I know that I might never find my way out.
As on almost all these day trips out of the city, almost every bird is far, far away, needing at least binoculars and best of all, a scope. Also, as always happens, my camera lens turns to things other than birds. Scenic shots are always taken - after all, I feel that it is important to record the habitat of any birds seen.
We saw so many Swans (Tundra and Trumpeter) on various sloughs and in flight. What a sight they were, with the sun shining on their pure white feathers. Love to hear the Trumpeter Swans "trumpeting". A huge thrill was when our leader led us to a small creek where there were four American Diippers, happily bobbing and dipping, and swimming under water. They weren't bothered by our presence at all.
"The American dipper (Cinclus mexicanus), also known as a water ouzel, is a stocky dark grey bird with a head sometimes tinged with brown, and white feathers on the eyelids that cause the eyes to flash white as the bird blinks. It is 16.5 cm long and weighs on average 46 g. It has long legs, and bobs its whole body up and down during pauses as it feeds on the bottom of fast-moving, rocky streams. It inhabits the mountainous regions of Central America and western North America from Panama to Alaska.
This species, like other dippers, is equipped with an extra eyelid called a "nictitating membrane" that allows it to see underwater, and scales that close its nostrils when submerged. Dippers also produce more oil than most birds, which may help keep them warmer when seeking food underwater." From Wikipedia.
Terry, you took us on yet another amazing trip! You even arranged with the weatherman for a beautiful, sunny day, though the morning was cold and it was very windy all day. It couldn't have been a better outing - so very enjoyable. Thanks so much, Linda and Robin, for the ride all day - greatly appreciated!
I have been off my computer all day today, too. My daughter came down for the day, as she had offered to come and help me with sorting through some things and getting rid of all my old electronics at recycle places. It saved me a whole lot of bending (which kills my back) and a lot of lifting. Her help was hugely appreciated!
Tonight is THE night, ha, ha! I am going to set two or three mouse traps (which is how I started out about 6 months ago, but I caught nothing). I absolutely dread going downstairs tomorrow morning, in case the traps have caught something. If they were successful, friends are coming over straight away to remove it/them for me!! I just hope I don't hear the snap of a trap or any squealing!!!
As on almost all these day trips out of the city, almost every bird is far, far away, needing at least binoculars and best of all, a scope. Also, as always happens, my camera lens turns to things other than birds. Scenic shots are always taken - after all, I feel that it is important to record the habitat of any birds seen.
We saw so many Swans (Tundra and Trumpeter) on various sloughs and in flight. What a sight they were, with the sun shining on their pure white feathers. Love to hear the Trumpeter Swans "trumpeting". A huge thrill was when our leader led us to a small creek where there were four American Diippers, happily bobbing and dipping, and swimming under water. They weren't bothered by our presence at all.
"The American dipper (Cinclus mexicanus), also known as a water ouzel, is a stocky dark grey bird with a head sometimes tinged with brown, and white feathers on the eyelids that cause the eyes to flash white as the bird blinks. It is 16.5 cm long and weighs on average 46 g. It has long legs, and bobs its whole body up and down during pauses as it feeds on the bottom of fast-moving, rocky streams. It inhabits the mountainous regions of Central America and western North America from Panama to Alaska.
This species, like other dippers, is equipped with an extra eyelid called a "nictitating membrane" that allows it to see underwater, and scales that close its nostrils when submerged. Dippers also produce more oil than most birds, which may help keep them warmer when seeking food underwater." From Wikipedia.
Terry, you took us on yet another amazing trip! You even arranged with the weatherman for a beautiful, sunny day, though the morning was cold and it was very windy all day. It couldn't have been a better outing - so very enjoyable. Thanks so much, Linda and Robin, for the ride all day - greatly appreciated!
I have been off my computer all day today, too. My daughter came down for the day, as she had offered to come and help me with sorting through some things and getting rid of all my old electronics at recycle places. It saved me a whole lot of bending (which kills my back) and a lot of lifting. Her help was hugely appreciated!
Tonight is THE night, ha, ha! I am going to set two or three mouse traps (which is how I started out about 6 months ago, but I caught nothing). I absolutely dread going downstairs tomorrow morning, in case the traps have caught something. If they were successful, friends are coming over straight away to remove it/them for me!! I just hope I don't hear the snap of a trap or any squealing!!!
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