Eastern Kingbird, SW of Calgary
Eastern Kingbird, from my archives
Great Gray Owl - from the archives
Wilson's Snipe - from the archives
Tree Swallow male / Tachycineta bicolor
Mountain Bluebird male / Sialia currucoides
Mountain Bluebird male / Sialia currucoides
Mountain Bluebird male
Mountain Bluebird female
Mountain Bluebird male
Baltimore Oriole / Icterus galbula
Western Tanager / Piranga ludoviciana
Baltimore Oriole / Icterus galbula
Western Tanager / Piranga ludoviciana
Rose-breasted Grosbeak male / Pheucticus ludovicia…
Tree Swallow
Tree Swallow / Tachycineta bicolor
Tree Swallow / Tachycineta bicolor
Tree Swallow / Tachycineta bicolor
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
Bobolink male / Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Mountain Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird with food for his babies
Bobolink male / Dolichonyx oryzivorus, on a windy…
Mountain Bluebird with Red-winged Grasshopper
Bobolink male / Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Snipe, having a stretch
Bobolink / Dolichonyx oryzivorus, singing
Bighorn Sheep / Ovis canadensis
Gravel and dust - a favourite road
Bighorn Sheep / Ovis canadensis
Tree Swallow fledgeling
Red-winged Blackbird displaying
A new find
Wilson's Snipe
Red-winged Blackbird male / Agelaius phoeniceus
Canon SX60 'artistry'
Bee on Tall Larkspur / Delphinium exaltatum
Fungus guttation droplets
Purple/Water Avens / Geum rivale
White Admiral
False Solomon's Seal
White Admiral
Fungi on a tree stump
Fungi family - and slime mold?
Amanita muscaria
Fly agaric / Amanita muscaria
Puffballs and others growing on a tree stump
Our leader for fungi walks, Karel Bergmann
Mushroom growing on top of a tall tree stump
Blue Jay / Cyanocitta cristata
Evening Grosbeak male, Priddis Count
Happy Gobble Gobble weekend!
Fall colours near the Highwood River
Mushrooms galore
Fun to spend time with
Part of a gathering of Ravens
Beautiful guttation droplets on a polypore
Pine Siskin
Pine Siskin taking a bath
Pine Siskin
Jackie's squirrel - Red or Eastern Gray?
Pine Siskin
Downy Woodpecker and American Goldfinch
American Goldfinch juvenile / Spinus tristis
Hard working Dad
European Skipper
Scaly Pholiota / Pholiota squarrosa
Magpie Inky Cap / Coprinus picaceus?
Magpie Inky Cap / Coprinus picaceus?
Magpie juvenile
Alfalfa
A beautiful catch
Mountain Bluebird with food for his babies
Tiny spider with a death wish
Purple Avens / Water Avens / Geum rivale
Coral Fungus
Swainson's Hawk take-off
Red-winged Blackbird male
Black Tern
Eastern Kingbird
Bluebird bling
Wilson's Snipe
Beauty
Killdeer nest
The beauty of iridescence
Mountain Bluebird female
Tree Swallow male
Gathering food for his babies
Goodbye, winter - so glad you are gone!
They're back : )
American Kestrel, Panasonic FZ200
American Kestrel, Nikon B700
A rural "winter" scene
American Kestrel
A bright and cheery American Robin
Old barn in spring snow
Gathering lunch for his babies
Brewer's Blackbird / Euphagus cyanocephalus
A touch of blue
Evening Grosbeak male
Donkey guardians of the old schoolhouse
European Starling / Sturnus vulgaris
Great Gray Owl, highly zoomed
Great Gray Owl hunting
Prairie life in winter
Great Gray Owl, watching and listening
Great Gray Owl #2
Great Gray Owl #1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak from the archives
Winter's beauty
Old barns in the foothills
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Mountain Chickadee feeding on suet
Mountain Chickadees are birds that I so rarely get to see. We always seem to be in luck on this Bird Count, though.
All four photos posted this morning were taken on 27 December 2018, when I took part with seven others (in two vehicles) in the annual Audubon Sheep River/Turner Valley Christmas Bird Count.
The weather forecast was for sun and cloud, but there was only a very brief sighting of sun on the distant mountain peaks in the whole day. Heavily overcast is an accurate description. Fortunately, it was not bitterly cold (between -11C and -3C) and there was no deep snow to have to walk through.
We only saw 13 species of bird, but we were all delighted to see a Moose (female), with two being seen by one participant. I think I only got photos of two birds in the whole day - plus a fake owl on a barn door, that I like to photograph each year : )
Two days later, I had to be up really early to get to a meeting place by 7:30 am, ready for the annual Audubon Cochrane Wildlife Reserve Christmas Bird Count. This was my last out-of-city Count for this winter. There is a Fish Creek Park annual New Year's Day Count coming up, so hopefully there won't be any new snow before then. It did snow a bit yesterday.
All four photos posted this morning were taken on 27 December 2018, when I took part with seven others (in two vehicles) in the annual Audubon Sheep River/Turner Valley Christmas Bird Count.
The weather forecast was for sun and cloud, but there was only a very brief sighting of sun on the distant mountain peaks in the whole day. Heavily overcast is an accurate description. Fortunately, it was not bitterly cold (between -11C and -3C) and there was no deep snow to have to walk through.
We only saw 13 species of bird, but we were all delighted to see a Moose (female), with two being seen by one participant. I think I only got photos of two birds in the whole day - plus a fake owl on a barn door, that I like to photograph each year : )
Two days later, I had to be up really early to get to a meeting place by 7:30 am, ready for the annual Audubon Cochrane Wildlife Reserve Christmas Bird Count. This was my last out-of-city Count for this winter. There is a Fish Creek Park annual New Year's Day Count coming up, so hopefully there won't be any new snow before then. It did snow a bit yesterday.
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