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
Peace in the countryside
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
Helmeted Guineafowl
Short-eared Owl - from January
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
Farmyard friends
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
Wide open spaces
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
A face only a mother could love
Northern Pygmy-owl - from the archives
Northern Pygmy-owl - from the archives
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
Short-eared Owl out on a tree limb
Prairie Falcon - Status: SENSITIVE, Species of Spe…
Short-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Male Snowy Owl
The beauty of hoar frost
Male Snowy Owl
A 'new' old homestead
Old red barn on a foggy day
Horse and hoar frost
Hoar frost tree and vanishing fields
Red barn through the fog
Frosted chin whiskers
Disappearing into nothingness
A quick drive-by shot
Llama beauty
Boldly red
The white Llama
Overload of Llamas : )
Llama
Up close with a Llama
Llama in winter
Mountain Chickadee feeding on suet
Blue Jay / Cyanocitta cristata
Christmas Llama - oops, Bird! - Count
A favourite old barn
Have you ever seen a furry pig?
Evening Grosbeak male, Priddis Count
Beauty of winter (well, late fall)
Remembering winter
Goodbye, winter - so glad you are gone!
When the world turns white
Sleepy Great Horned Owl
One of two Coyotes
Great Gray Owl
Common Redpoll
Pileated Woodpecker
On the way to Canmore - seven Swans a-swimming :)
Great Gray Owl
Winter beauty
Red Fox (just for the record)
Twice the beauty
Bighorn Sheep mom and youngster
Pileated Woodpecker seen in Canmore
Far, far away
Great Gray Owl on the hunt
Great Gray Owl, highly zoomed
Boreal Chickadee
Great Gray Owl hunting
Prairie life in winter
Great Gray Owl, watching and listening
Great Gray Owl #2
Great Gray Owl #1
A beautiful day in Weaselhead
Common Redpoll female
With more big storms to come
Coyote crossing the frozen Elbow River
A view from yesterday
Plain, but welcome
Winter's beauty
Who am I?
Rusty and abandoned
What is this?
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Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
I have been hoping to get a reasonably close photo of a Short-eared Owl on a fence post in the wild for the last few years. Finally, I got the chance on 7 February 2019 - not too bad, though it could have been a bit sharper. They are such beautiful owls and an absolute joy to see. 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.
My actual reason for driving east of the city yesterday 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, yesterday was the day. The night before, I had printed out a photo that 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.
Had a short search for Snowy Owls yesterday, too, but came up empty-handed. However, I did see a gorgeous Prairie Falcon perched high up on top of a power pole.
My actual reason for driving east of the city yesterday 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, yesterday was the day. The night before, I had printed out a photo that 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.
Had a short search for Snowy Owls yesterday, too, but came up empty-handed. However, I did see a gorgeous Prairie Falcon perched high up on top of a power pole.
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