Rural decay down south
On the way to Chain Lakes
A view from Chain Lakes
Day 3, on the way to Hillman Marsh, Ontario
Day 3, Delaurier Homestead and Trail, Pt Pelee, On…
Day 3, front of the DeLaurier house, Pt Pelee
Day 6, the Chauvin Trading Post, Tadoussac, Quebec
Day 6, Horned Lark, Tadoussac Golf Course
Day 6, Swainson's Thrush, Tadoussac Golf Course
Searching for a Great Horned Owl - with permission
Red barn, High River Christmas Bird Count
Have you ever seen a furry pig?
A favourite old barn
A quick drive-by shot
Disappearing into nothingness
Hoar frost tree and vanishing fields
Horse and hoar frost
Old red barn on a foggy day
A 'new' old homestead
Day 8, Snow Goose / Anser caerulescens
Day 8, old blue house
Day 12, SW of Port-au-Persil, Quebec
Day 12, Cap Tourmente National Wildlife Area, Queb…
Farm with sheep and a donkey
Wilson's Snipe - from the archives
Day 1, Thistle sp., southern Texas
Day 1, Thistle sp., southern Texas
Day 1, Thistle sp., southern Texas
Day 1, Thistle / Cirsium horridulum, southern Texa…
Day 1, Thistle / pink form of Cirsium horridulum,…
Day 1, Turkey Vultures / Cathartes aura
Day 3, ENDANGERED Whooping Cranes / Grus americana…
Day 3, Whooping Crane adult, Aransas National Wild…
Day 3, Whooping Crane colt, Aransas, Texas
Day 4, Alligator, Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Cent…
Day 5, White Prickly Poppy / Argemone albiflora
Day 5, Thistle, King Ranch, Norias Division, South…
Day 5, wildflowers, King Ranch, Norias Division
Day 5, Vermilion Flycatcher / Pyrocephalus rubinus…
Day 5, Moth, King Ranch, Norias Division, Texas
Richardson's Ground Squirrel / Urocitellus richard…
Young Richardson's Ground Squirrel / Urocitellus r…
American Goldfinch female / Spinus tristis
Mountain Bluebird male / Sialia currucoides
Black Tern / Chlidonias niger
Wilson's Snipe / Gallinago delicata
Eastern Kingbird / Tyrannus tyrannus
Mountain Bluebird female / Sialia currucoides
Eastern Kingbird / Tyrannus tyrannus
Red-winged Blackbird male / Agelaius phoeniceus
Rare Thirteen-lined Groundsquirrel / Ictidomys tri…
Eastern Kingbird
Tree Swallow / Tachycineta bicolor
Eastern Kingbird / Tyrannus tyrannus
Wilson's Snipe / Gallinago delicata
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Snipe, having a stretch
See, I'm almost as tall as my Mom!
Storm clouds moving in
Storm clouds in the direction of home
Red-winged Blackbird displaying
A new find
Wilson's Snipe
Clouds over Chain Lakes
Old farm wagon wheel
The Straw Barn
One of these things is not like the others ...
Bringing the straw bales
Weathered door
Barn with ducks, chickens and rabbit
Old farm wagon
Clouds over Chain Lakes
Fine old truck
Day 2, an old barn near Rondeau PP, Ontario
Day 2, a wetland after Rondeau PP
Day 2, White-breasted Nuthatch, Rondeau PP Visitor…
Filtered barn
A favourite barn
On its last legs
The storm rolls in
Day 2, Five-lined Skink barn, Rondeau PP
Day 2, Common Five-lined Skink barn, Rondeau PP
White-breasted Nuthatch, Day 2, Rondeau PP, Ontari…
Mushrooms galore
How dare you take a photo of me looking like this?
The painted cow - "Some enchanted evening"
Spooked by a barking dog
Me and my dad
Mourning Dove - love the blue eye-ring
Smokey Eagle Lake
Ferruginous Hawk
Impressive creature
Pine Siskin
Pine Siskin taking a bath
Pine Siskin
Pine Siskin
Creeping Thistle / Cirsium arvense, pure white, no…
Puffballs / Calvatia sp.
Once-married Underwing / Catocala unijuga, left fr…
Hard working Dad
Magpie juvenile
Botanizing Beagles - Ben and Maggie
Black-crowned Night-heron
Black Bear seen from the bus
Love an old, red barn
Black Bear seen through the bus window
On the way home from Cartwright bio-blitz
On the way home from Cartwrights' land
The start of a great day
Prince of Wales Hotel, Waterton
Cinnamon Black Bear, Waterton Lakes National Park,…
Tall grass, Pt Pelee - Phragmites
So many old barns between Toronto and Pt Pelee
Old barn on drive to Pt Pelee from Toronto, Ontari…
Wilson's Snipe
The beauty of iridescence
Once was home
Little country church, Carmangay
They're back : )
Togetherness
They call this spring?
A rural "winter" scene
Standing up well
The challenges of being a birder
A memory of Waterton from before the fire
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Into the sun at Pine Coulee Reservoir
I have just noticed our temperature this morning, 5 November 2018, -6C (windchill -13C) with a few snow flurries expected.
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!
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!
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