Barn on the prairies
The splendour of a Chinook Arch
Little country church
Chinook Arch with shed and silos
Layers of land and sky
A favourite old barn
Chinook clouds over a Prairie farm
Chinook Arch over the Prairies
Glasswort
American Coot
American Coot
Maximilan's sunflower
Brewer's Blackbird male
Once was a fine home
Baby Barn Swallow waiting for food
The old and the new
Female Coot with her baby
Silos, Canola and ghostly hills
Young Barn Swallow
Two old barns
Black-necked Stilt on nest
Western Kingbird
Old and decaying
Snowy Owl, High River Christmas Bird Count
Early morning, Frank Lake
Old barn, High River Christmas Bird Count
Great Horned Owl, High River Christmas Bird Count
Farm cat, High River Christmas Bird Count
Farm cat, High River Christmas Bird Count
Fine old Mercury truck
Searching for a Great Horned Owl - with permission
Black-capped Chickadee
Early morning birding start at Frank Lake outflow
Bird Count at Frank Lake outflow
Ruddy Duck male
Prairie winter
Wide open spaces
Frank Lake blind
Frank Lake, looking from blind to gravel road
East of High River
American Avocet
What insect is this (on my car)? Mosquito sp.?
Yellow-headed Blackbird / Xanthocephalus xanthocep…
Frank Lake
Eared Grebe
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Christmas get-together with my daughter, 15 December 2018
Christmas get-together with my daughter, 15 December 2018
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Chinook Arch over an old farm
Just added the remaining 16 photos taken two days ago, SE of the city with my daughter. Tomorrow, it will be a very early start and a long day, on the first annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count that I will be going on this season.
Last night, I had computer problems and I thought I was going to have to take my computer in to be checked. Fortunately, after making sure all plugs were firmly pushed in, I managed to get it to work again. It would not be a good time for computer woes for the next while, with the last few Christmas letters to write, and with communication a necessity for the Christmas Bird Counts that are now underway. Unfortunately, the same thing has already happened twice today as well.
The day before yesterday, 15 December 2018, was spent with my daughter, as it was our Christmas. At her suggestion, and my total agreement, we drove south to the Saskatoon Farm where we had an early morning, hot breakfast. It is a favourite place for both of us and it was great to visit just in time before they close for a well-earned six-week break for the owners and staff. Unfortunately, they had done a very thorough clean-up of the farm, so there was not as much to photograph as there usually is. They will be opening again at the beginning of February.
After wandering round for a while, we drove further south and checked out the Frank Lake area, hoping that we might just be lucky enough to see a Snowy Owl. No luck, unlike our Christmas trip last year. Not a single small bird was seen, either - in fact, nothing. That is, until I was driving her home back in the city and she suddenly exclaimed that she was sure she had just spotted either an owl or a hawk, perched high up in a tree. Of course, we had to go and check it out. Not 100% sure, but it looks like a juvenile Bald Eagle (from the back view).
The weather was beautiful, I think around 2C, but quite windy. A very impressive Chinook Arch all day. Most important of all, it was my favourite kind of day - out with my daughter and our cameras!
Last night, I had computer problems and I thought I was going to have to take my computer in to be checked. Fortunately, after making sure all plugs were firmly pushed in, I managed to get it to work again. It would not be a good time for computer woes for the next while, with the last few Christmas letters to write, and with communication a necessity for the Christmas Bird Counts that are now underway. Unfortunately, the same thing has already happened twice today as well.
The day before yesterday, 15 December 2018, was spent with my daughter, as it was our Christmas. At her suggestion, and my total agreement, we drove south to the Saskatoon Farm where we had an early morning, hot breakfast. It is a favourite place for both of us and it was great to visit just in time before they close for a well-earned six-week break for the owners and staff. Unfortunately, they had done a very thorough clean-up of the farm, so there was not as much to photograph as there usually is. They will be opening again at the beginning of February.
After wandering round for a while, we drove further south and checked out the Frank Lake area, hoping that we might just be lucky enough to see a Snowy Owl. No luck, unlike our Christmas trip last year. Not a single small bird was seen, either - in fact, nothing. That is, until I was driving her home back in the city and she suddenly exclaimed that she was sure she had just spotted either an owl or a hawk, perched high up in a tree. Of course, we had to go and check it out. Not 100% sure, but it looks like a juvenile Bald Eagle (from the back view).
The weather was beautiful, I think around 2C, but quite windy. A very impressive Chinook Arch all day. Most important of all, it was my favourite kind of day - out with my daughter and our cameras!
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