Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
Short-eared Owl
Snowy Owl 1st year male, Snowy Owl Prowl 2019
Snowy Owl male, Snowy Owl Prowl 2019
Snowy Owl 1st year male, Snowy Owl Prowl 2019
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
Long-eared Owl / Asio otus
Long-eared Owl / Asio otus
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
Long-eared Owl / Asio otus
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl - from January
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
Barred Owl in FCPP - from the archives
Northern Hawk Owl juevnile - from the archives
Great Horned Owl / Bubo virginianus
Juvenile Swainson's Hawk / Buteo swainsoni
Northern Pygmy-owl - from the archives
Great Gray Owl - from the archives
Northern Pygmy-owl - from the archives
Great Gray Owl - from the archives
Burrowing Owl, ENDANGERED - from the archives
Burrowing Owl, ENDANGERED - from the archives
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
Short-eared Owl out on a tree limb
Great Gray Owl - from my archives
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Osprey / Pandion haliaetus
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Osprey with fish
Osprey with fish
Osprey with fish
Golden Eagle!
Swainson's Hawk, immature
Great Horned Owl - rehab
Osprey with a fish
Osprey with a fish
Red-tailed Hawk, watching for its next meal
Osprey
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Short-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Male Snowy Owl
Male Snowy Owl
Licorice Allsorts (candy) eyes
Great Horned Owl
Great Horned Owl
Two-month-old American Kestrel
Swainson's Hawk watching for its next snack
Swainson's Hawk / Buteo swainsoni
Sleepy Barn Owl
How dare you take a photo of me looking like this?
I LOVE owls - in case you didn't know : )
Swainson's Hawk juvenile
Osprey number 2 / Pandion haliaetus
A classic light/intermediate-morph adult Swainson'…
Ferruginous Hawks - now safely grown and gone
Ferruginous Hawk
Enjoying a good meal
Swainson's Hawk take-off
Great Horned Owlet
Great Horned Owlet
Ferruginous Hawk / Buteo regalis
Almost missed, but gratefully seen
One of yesterday's Great Horned Owls
Sleepy Great Horned Owl
Great Gray Owl
Burrowing owl in the wild
Great Gray Owl
Far, far away
Great Gray Owl on the hunt
Great Gray Owl, highly zoomed
Bald Eagle getting a hosepipe shower
Great Gray Owl hunting
Great Gray Owl, watching and listening
Great Gray Owl #2
Great Gray Owl #1
Burrowing Owl in the wild
Bald Eagle after a cooling hosepipe shower
A cute, young face
Two Tropical Screech Owls, Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
Curious glance from a Great Horned Owl
Juvenile Northern Goshawk, feeding
You never know where you'll see a Snowy Owl
Two male Snowy Owls in the same field
Snowy Owl number 5
A most welcome find
Northern Pygmy-owl
Always a treat
A welcome addition to our Christmas Bird Count
I spy with my little eye
Licorice Allsorts eyes
Once was wild
Where countryside and civilization meet
It's the little guy/gal again
Another surprise on another gloomy day
Popcan-sized Northern Pygmy-owl, from January 2015
Swainson's Hawk juvenile
Barn Owl
One of a pair
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Prairie Falcon - Status: SENSITIVE, Species of Special Concern
I was very grateful to see this Prairie Falcon yesterday afternoon, 7 February 2019, even more so as I ended up finding no Snowy Owls at all in the short time I looked.
"The prairie falcon is classified as Sensitive in the current General Status of Alberta Wild Species report. See the Status of the Prairie Falcon in Alberta report at:
General Status of Alberta Wild Species
In a subsequent detailed status assessment, Alberta's Endangered Species Conservation Committee identified the prairie falcon as a Species of Special Concern — a species that without human intervention may soon become threatened with extinction.
Issues
Population is dependent on the availability of secure nest sites and an adequate base population of ground squirrels.
Current management
Like all raptors in Alberta, the prairie falcon is protected by the provincial Wildlife Act and classified as a non-game species.
This species is a focal species of the MULTISAR (multiple species at risk) program.
MULTISAR strives to conserve multiple species at risk by working cooperatively with landowners and lease holders to implement voluntary beneficial management practices on native prairie habitat. Surveying local populations, assessing the ecological status of the habitat, developing management recommendations and habitat enhancement projects, and monitoring the species' response over time are key elements of the program."
aep.alberta.ca/fish-wildlife/wild-species/birds/falcons-w...
My actual reason for driving east of the city today was to go and introduce myself to one of the local landowners in that area. About a week ago, her Grandson had been curious about what we were doing, parked along the side of the road. He told me that his Grandmother was really nervous, wondering what we were up to. Understandably so, as there is plenty of crime in rural areas. I had reassured him that anyone in any cars were birders/photographers, interested only in seeing and photographing the special owls that were on their land. He invited me to go in and meet his Grandma, but I had to explain to him that my night vision for driving is bad and that I needed to try and get back to the city before it got dark (ended up driving in the dark!). I told him that I would call in another day and I wanted to make sure that I did this. So, today was the day. Last night, I had printed out a photo I had taken a week ago of one of these Short-eared Owls, perched on a post in their field. Also printed a Snowy Owl and a Great Horned Owl for them, and we had an enjoyable chat about the different kinds of owl. I do hope this lady feels safer now that she knows exactly what we are all doing.
Not sure when I'll get the chance to go east again - the deep freeze continues and it is most unpleasant to try and take photos in these temperatures. The risk of getting stuck out in the middle of nowhere in these frigid temperatures puts me off going. This evening, at 10:45 pm, the temperature is -24C (windchill -36C)! Stay warm, everyone!
"The prairie falcon is classified as Sensitive in the current General Status of Alberta Wild Species report. See the Status of the Prairie Falcon in Alberta report at:
General Status of Alberta Wild Species
In a subsequent detailed status assessment, Alberta's Endangered Species Conservation Committee identified the prairie falcon as a Species of Special Concern — a species that without human intervention may soon become threatened with extinction.
Issues
Population is dependent on the availability of secure nest sites and an adequate base population of ground squirrels.
Current management
Like all raptors in Alberta, the prairie falcon is protected by the provincial Wildlife Act and classified as a non-game species.
This species is a focal species of the MULTISAR (multiple species at risk) program.
MULTISAR strives to conserve multiple species at risk by working cooperatively with landowners and lease holders to implement voluntary beneficial management practices on native prairie habitat. Surveying local populations, assessing the ecological status of the habitat, developing management recommendations and habitat enhancement projects, and monitoring the species' response over time are key elements of the program."
aep.alberta.ca/fish-wildlife/wild-species/birds/falcons-w...
My actual reason for driving east of the city today was to go and introduce myself to one of the local landowners in that area. About a week ago, her Grandson had been curious about what we were doing, parked along the side of the road. He told me that his Grandmother was really nervous, wondering what we were up to. Understandably so, as there is plenty of crime in rural areas. I had reassured him that anyone in any cars were birders/photographers, interested only in seeing and photographing the special owls that were on their land. He invited me to go in and meet his Grandma, but I had to explain to him that my night vision for driving is bad and that I needed to try and get back to the city before it got dark (ended up driving in the dark!). I told him that I would call in another day and I wanted to make sure that I did this. So, today was the day. Last night, I had printed out a photo I had taken a week ago of one of these Short-eared Owls, perched on a post in their field. Also printed a Snowy Owl and a Great Horned Owl for them, and we had an enjoyable chat about the different kinds of owl. I do hope this lady feels safer now that she knows exactly what we are all doing.
Not sure when I'll get the chance to go east again - the deep freeze continues and it is most unpleasant to try and take photos in these temperatures. The risk of getting stuck out in the middle of nowhere in these frigid temperatures puts me off going. This evening, at 10:45 pm, the temperature is -24C (windchill -36C)! Stay warm, everyone!
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