American Dipper
Powderpuff flower
Great Horned Owl
Licorice Allsorts (candy) eyes
Harlequin Duck male
Yes, it's the American Dipper again
Day 3, Large-flowered Bellwort / Uvularia grandifl…
Day 3, Daffodil (or Narcissus?), Pt Pelee, Ontario
Day 3, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Pt Pelee
Day 3, Northern Parula / Setophaga americana, Pt P…
Day 3, Dryad's Saddle (?), Pt Pelee, Ontario
Common Nighthawk / Chordeiles minor
Day 3, Orchard Oriole, Pt Pelee
Day 3, Daffodil (Narcissus?) growing wild, Pt Pele…
Lest We Forget
Day 3, Philadelphia Vireo / Vireo philadelphicus,…
Day 3, Purple Martins, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Day 3, Cape May Warbler, on way to Hillman Marsh,…
Day 3, on the way to Hillman Marsh, Ontario
A much-needed change of colour
Fall colours
Happy Thanksgiving to all Americans!
Day 4, Wild Turkey, Pt Pelee
Day 4, Wild Turkey, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Day 4, Raccoon, Point Pelee
Day 4, Prothonotary Warbler, Point Pelee - ENDANGE…
Day 4, sleeping Raccoon, Point Pelee, Ontario
Winter in the park
Day 4, Baltimore Oriole, The Tip, Point Pelee
Day 10, American Goldfinch male, Tadoussac
Day 10, American Goldfinch female, Tadoussac
Day 10, White-throated Sparrow, Tadoussac
Day 6, White-crowned Sparrow, Tadoussac
Day 6, Horned Lark, Tadoussac Golf Course
Day 6, Swainson's Thrush, Tadoussac Golf Course
Day 7, American Robin, Tadoussac
Day 6, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Tadoussac
Day 9, White-crowned Sparrow, Tadoussac
Delicate hoarfrost
Day 7, White-crowned Sparrow, Tadoussac
Day 7, lichen, Tadoussac, Quebec
Day 7, American Robin, Tadoussac
Day 7 afternoon, Surf Scoters off Tadoussac
Day 7, Harbor Seal, Saguenay Fjord, Tadoussac
Evening Grosbeak male, Priddis Count
Blue Jay / Cyanocitta cristata
Mountain Chickadee feeding on suet
Fish Creek Park on New Year's Day
Day 8, Lapland Longspur, Quebec
Day 6, White-crowned Sparrow, Tadoussac
Eastern Kingbird, SW of Calgary
Day 8, Snow Geese
Day 8, Snow Goose
Day 8, Snow Geese
Day 8, Snow Goose / Anser caerulescens
Male Snowy Owl
Male Snowy Owl
Short-eared Owl
Day 9, Hoof Fungus, Tadoussac
Day 9, White-crowned Sparrow
Fox Sparrow / Passerella iliaca, Tadoussac, Quebec
Day 9, White-crowned Sparrow
Day 10, Chipping Sparrow / Spizella passerina
Tundra Swans
American Dipper dipping
American Dipper / Cinclus mexicanus
American Dipper / Cinclus mexicanus
Tundra Swans in flight
Forgetmenot Pond, Elbow Falls Trail
Day 2, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Rondeau PP
Day 2, a rare sighting for Ontario - a common bird…
Day 2, Rose-breasted Grosbeak male, Rondeau PP
Day 2, Rose-breasted Grosbeak male / Pheucticus lu…
Great Horned Owl
Wood Duck male
Day 2, Chipping Sparrow, Rondeau PP
When fall comes after 'winter'
Day 2, White-breasted Nuthatch, Rondeau PP Visitor…
Day 2, White Trillium, Rondeau PP
Day 2, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Rondeau PP Visitor'…
Day 2, a more typical Trillium, Rondeau PP
Day 2, yes, another Trillium, Rondeau PP
Day 2, American Foldfinch, Rondeau PP
Day 2, Anglewing butterfly sp., Rondeau PP
Day 2, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Rondeau Provincial…
Day 2, Tree Swallow, Rondeau PP
Day 2, mating snakes, Rondeau PP
Day 2, mating snakes, Rondeau PP
White-breasted Nuthatch, Day 2, Rondeau PP, Ontari…
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Day 2, Rondeau PP, Ontario
Trillium, Day 2, Rondeau PP, Ontario
Much-needed colour!
Yellowlegs - Lesser or Greater?
Early fall, looking (and feeling) like winter
Harlequin Duck / Histrionicus histrionicus
Heading into the mountains
After our first major snowstorm
Red Panda / Ailurus fulgens
Happy Thanksgivng, everyone!
Greater White-fronted Geese / Larus glaucoides
Perfectly purple
Fall colours near the Highwood River
Pink Showy Cinquefoil
Our majestic mountains
American Pika - such a cutie
Snow Geese & Greater White-fronted Geese
Artichoke in bloom
Part of a gathering of Ravens
Two-month-old American Kestrel
Rufous Hummingbird male / Selasphorus rufus
Black-necked Stilt (juvenile?)
Sea Holly
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel
Swainson's Hawk watching for its next snack
Pink (African?) Daisies
Clouded Sulphur on Lettuce sp.?
Swainson's Hawk / Buteo swainsoni
American Avocets
Butterfly on Joe Pye Weed
On a cold summer day with mist and drizzle
Common Nighthawk / Chordeiles minor - threatened s…
Sleepy Barn Owl
Wood Duck male / Aix sponsa
How dare you take a photo of me looking like this?
Globe Thistle / Echinops ritro
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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 dipping
All five photos posted this morning were taken on 28 October 2018, when a group of 15 of us went S 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 Dippers, happily bobbing and dipping, and swimming under water. They weren't bothered by our presence at all. The water colours and patterns were beautiful, too.
"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 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 the next day, 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!
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 Dippers, happily bobbing and dipping, and swimming under water. They weren't bothered by our presence at all. The water colours and patterns were beautiful, too.
"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 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 the next day, 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!
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