Barn with ducks, chickens and rabbit
Friendly horse
American Dipper
A pet 'rescue' Ferret
Licorice Allsorts (candy) eyes
Day 3, Grape Hyacinth / Muscari botryoides, on way…
Day 3, front of the DeLaurier house, Pt Pelee
Beauty of winter (well, late fall)
Happy Thanksgiving to all Americans!
Day 5, sunset from ferry to Tadoussac, Quebec
Day 6, White-crowned Sparrow, Tadoussac
Day 7, American Robin, Tadoussac
Day 6, American Goldfinch, Tadoussac, Quebec
Delicate hoarfrost
Day 7, American Robin, Tadoussac
Day 7 afternoon, Prince Shoal Lighthouse, near Tad…
Day 7, Downy Woodpecker, Tadoussac
Farm cat, High River Christmas Bird Count
Merry Christmas, everyone!
Christmas Llama - oops, Bird! - Count
Happy New Year!
Today's walk in Fish Creek Park
One of three Snowy Owls today
Eastern Kingbird, SW of Calgary
Country scene in winter
A change of position
Short-eared Owl
Nodding (Musk) Thistle / Carduus nutans
Day 12, SW of Port-au-Persil, Quebec
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
Long-eared Owl / Asio otus
Long-eared Owl / Asio otus
Harlequin Duck / Histrionicus histrionicus
Short-eared Owl - from January
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
Northern Hawk Owl juevnile - from the archives
Great Gray Owl - from the archives
Burrowing Owl, ENDANGERED - from the archives
Beauty in old age
Eye-catching door
Day 2, Rose-breasted Grosbeak male / Pheucticus lu…
Great Horned Owl
When fall comes after 'winter'
Yellowlegs - Lesser or Greater?
Harlequin Duck / Histrionicus histrionicus
Red Panda / Ailurus fulgens
Fun to spend time with
Our majestic mountains
Part of a gathering of Ravens
On a very foggy morning
Swainson's Hawk / Buteo swainsoni
Living on the edge
Invasive Goat's-beard
Beauty of a weed
Columbian Ground Squirrel / Urocitellus columbianu…
A classic light/intermediate-morph adult Swainson'…
Impressive creature
Spruce Grouse / Falcipennis canadensis
Swainson's Hawk
Mushroom beauty
Cracker sp.
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, adult male
Hard working Dad
Magpie Inky Cap / Coprinus picaceus?
Fritillary butterfly sp. on Red Clover
Cottonwood Leaf Beetle (I think)
A beautiful catch
Brewer's Blackbird male
Black-crowned Night-heron
Tree Swallow at Rondeau Provincial Park
Water Lily
Yesterday's female (or young?) Moose
Purple Martin, Ellis Bird Farm, Alberta
Reflected peaks
Always a treat to see
Swainson's Hawk take-off
Peyto Lake from the Lookout
American Wigeon
Always hope for a bear in Waterton
Barn Swallow
Cinnamon Black Bear, Waterton Lakes National Park,…
Bluebird bling
Yellow Lady's-slipper / Cypripedium parviflorum
Great Horned Owlet
American Robin, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Wilson's Snipe
Purple Finch male, Tadoussac, Quebec
Western Grebes paired up
Green Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
Another Pelican treat
American Kestrel
Green Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
Gathering lunch for his babies
Purple Honeycreeper, Trinidad
White-necked Jacobin male, Trinidad
Wood Ducks
Ruddy Turnstone, Tobago
Palm Tanager, Trinidad
Blue-gray Tanager, Trinidad
Great Gray Owl #2
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Chain Lakes & Pine Coulee Reservoir, 28 October 2018
Chain Lakes & Pine Coulee Reservoir, 28 October 2018
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An old barn and our beautiful Alberta landscape, with a touch of filter added in post-processing.
All three photos posted this morning were taken the day before yesterday, on 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.
Terry, you took us on yet another amazing trip! You even arranged with the weatherman for a beautiful, sunny day, though the morning was very cold and windy. 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 was off my computer all day yesterday, 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!
Last night was supposed to be THE night, ha, ha! I was going to set two or three mouse traps (which is how I started out about 6 months ago, but I caught nothing). However, do you think I could set the traps? No, I just could not see how to set them. After talking to a friend on the phone this morning, he helped me and I got the first trap in place. Two minutes later, as I was just going upstairs, I heard a loud snap. Have not had the courage yet to peer round my fridge to see if the trap went off by itself or if there is one dead mouse. If it was successful, which I doubt, friends will come over later today to remove it for me!!
All three photos posted this morning were taken the day before yesterday, on 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.
Terry, you took us on yet another amazing trip! You even arranged with the weatherman for a beautiful, sunny day, though the morning was very cold and windy. 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 was off my computer all day yesterday, 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!
Last night was supposed to be THE night, ha, ha! I was going to set two or three mouse traps (which is how I started out about 6 months ago, but I caught nothing). However, do you think I could set the traps? No, I just could not see how to set them. After talking to a friend on the phone this morning, he helped me and I got the first trap in place. Two minutes later, as I was just going upstairs, I heard a loud snap. Have not had the courage yet to peer round my fridge to see if the trap went off by itself or if there is one dead mouse. If it was successful, which I doubt, friends will come over later today to remove it for me!!
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