Common Nighthawk / Chordeiles minor
Day 3, on the way to Hillman Marsh, Ontario
Beauty of winter (well, late fall)
Llama in winter
Llama
Overload of Llamas : )
Disappearing into nothingness
Hoar frost tree and vanishing fields
Horse and hoar frost
Old red barn on a foggy day
A 'new' old homestead
Eastern Kingbird, SW of Calgary
Short-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
Peace in the countryside
Long-eared Owl / Asio otus
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
Eastern Kingbird, from my archives
Short-eared Owl - from January
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
Wide open spaces
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
Farm with sheep and a donkey
Great Gray Owl - from the archives
Wilson's Snipe - from the archives
Burrowing Owl, ENDANGERED - from the archives
Burrowing Owl, ENDANGERED - from the archives
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
Tree Swallow male / Tachycineta bicolor
Mountain Bluebird male / Sialia currucoides
Day 5, wildflowers, King Ranch, Norias Division
Yellow-headed Blackbird / Xanthocephalus xanthocep…
Mountain Bluebird male / Sialia currucoides
Mountain Bluebird male
Mountain Bluebird female
Mountain Bluebird male
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
Eastern Kingbird
Tree Swallow / Tachycineta bicolor
Eastern Kingbird / Tyrannus tyrannus
Wilson's Snipe / Gallinago delicata
Mountain Bluebird male
Mountain Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird with food for his babies
Mountain Bluebird with Red-winged Grasshopper
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Snipe, having a stretch
Gravel and dust - a favourite road
Storm clouds moving in
Storm clouds in the direction of home
Red-winged Blackbird displaying
A new find
On the way to Chain Lakes
Rural decay down south
Into the sun at Pine Coulee Reservoir
Clouds over Chain Lakes
Old farm wagon
Two of my favourite things
Looking into the sun
Tundra Swans in flight
Fine old truck
Day 2, a wetland after Rondeau PP
Filtered barn
A favourite barn
Harvest time
On its last legs
The storm rolls in
Greater White-fronted Geese / Larus glaucoides
Mushrooms galore
Old and weathered
Photo-bombed by Blackbirds
Another red barn
Swainson's Hawk / Buteo swainsoni
Common Nighthawk / Chordeiles minor - threatened s…
Yesterday's Chinook Arch
Harvest time
Me and my dad
Mourning Dove - love the blue eye-ring
Common Nighthawk / Chordeiles minor - threatened s…
A classic light/intermediate-morph adult Swainson'…
Enjoying a good meal
Impressive creature
Creeping Thistle / Cirsium arvense, pure white, no…
Hard working Dad
Magpie juvenile
A beautiful catch
Black-crowned Night-heron
Glorious Canola
Tiny spider with a death wish
Love an old, red barn
The start of a great day
Eastern Kingbird
Bluebird bling
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
Remembering winter
Mountain Bluebird female
Gathering food for his babies
Goodbye, winter - so glad you are gone!
They're back : )
They call this spring?
A rural "winter" scene
Old barn in spring snow
Standing up well
Western Meadowlark
The challenges of being a birder
Gathering lunch for his babies
Brewer's Blackbird / Euphagus cyanocephalus
A touch of blue
A favourite old barn
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Chain Lakes & Pine Coulee Reservoir, 28 October 2018
Chain Lakes & Pine Coulee Reservoir, 28 October 2018
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A view from Chain Lakes
Three of the photos posted this morning were taken on 28 October 2018, when a group of 15 of us went south 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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