Burrowing Owl, ENDANGERED - from the archives
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
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Black Tern / Chlidonias niger
Red-winged Blackbird male / Agelaius phoeniceus
Tree Swallow / Tachycineta bicolor
Wilson's Snipe / Gallinago delicata
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Wilson's Snipe, having a stretch
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Wilson's Snipe
Red-winged Blackbird male / Agelaius phoeniceus
Swainson's Hawk, immature
Great Gray Owl - from the archives
Juvenile Swainson's Hawk / Buteo swainsoni
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
Short-eared Owl
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Hard working Dad
Magpie juvenile
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Tiny spider with a death wish
Swainson's Hawk take-off
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Bluebird bling
Wilson's Snipe
Mountain Bluebird female
Tree Swallow male
Gathering food for his babies
Brewer's Blackbird / Euphagus cyanocephalus
European Starling / Sturnus vulgaris
Wilson's Snipe
A change from a world of white
Northern Shrike
Swainson's Hawk juvenile
Great Horned Owl on a fence post
Swainson's Hawk juvenile
Swainson's Hawk juvenile
You looking at me, lady?
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Swainson's Hawk / Buteo swainsoni
Here comes dessert!
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Mountain Bluebird
Red-winged Blackbird
A country scene
Western Meadowlark
Common Nighthawk
Balancing act
A touch of blue
Tree Swallow female
Brewer's Blackbird, collecting food for his babies
Wilson's Snipe / Gallinago delicata
Collecting food for his babies
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A slight touch of blue
Yesterday's treat!
Red-winged Blackbird male
Wilson's Snipe
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Northern Hawk Owl with woodland bokeh
A distant shot from my archives
Skull on a fence post
Great Gray Owl, focused
Burrowing Owl
Great Gray Owl from 2013
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Wilson's Snipe - from the archives
No time to get out with my camera so, like I have been doing the last few days, I will add the description that I wrote under a previously posted photo, taken on the same day. The Wilson's Snipe is one of my favourite birds to see and photograph.
"Yesterday afternoon, 12 June 2017, on the spur of the moment, I went for a short drive SW of the city. The sun was shining, but unfortunately it was windy most of the time. My main purpose was to check on a few of the Mountain Bluebirds, who are now busy as can be, collecting insects to feed to their hungry babies. I know this will soon be over and the young ones will have fledged, so I really must make myself visit them again, or it will be too late.
I had also hoped that maybe one of the Great Gray Owls in the area might just be out hunting. No luck this time. Makes me even more grateful to have seen one during our May Species Count on 28 May 2017."
"Though the long tradition of “snipe hunt” pranks at summer camp has convinced many people otherwise, Wilson’s Snipes aren’t made-up creatures. These plump, long-billed birds are among the most widespread shorebirds in North America. They can be tough to see thanks to their cryptic brown and buff coloration and secretive nature. But in summer they often stand on fence posts or take to the sky with a fast, zigzagging flight and an unusual “winnowing” sound made with the tail." From AllAboutBirds.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Wilsons_Snipe/id
According to Fisher and Acorn's book, "Birds of Alberta", "the common Snipe is both secretive and well camouflaged, so few people notice it until it flushes suddenly from a nearby grassy tussock. As soon as the Snipe takes to the air, it performs a series of quick zigzags - an evasive maneuver designed to confuse predators. Because of this habit, Snipes were among the most difficult birds to shoot (in the days when shorebirds were hunted for sport), and skilled sportsmen were known as "snipers" - a term later adopted by the military."
youtu.be/Z16CUdX2g5Q
"Yesterday afternoon, 12 June 2017, on the spur of the moment, I went for a short drive SW of the city. The sun was shining, but unfortunately it was windy most of the time. My main purpose was to check on a few of the Mountain Bluebirds, who are now busy as can be, collecting insects to feed to their hungry babies. I know this will soon be over and the young ones will have fledged, so I really must make myself visit them again, or it will be too late.
I had also hoped that maybe one of the Great Gray Owls in the area might just be out hunting. No luck this time. Makes me even more grateful to have seen one during our May Species Count on 28 May 2017."
"Though the long tradition of “snipe hunt” pranks at summer camp has convinced many people otherwise, Wilson’s Snipes aren’t made-up creatures. These plump, long-billed birds are among the most widespread shorebirds in North America. They can be tough to see thanks to their cryptic brown and buff coloration and secretive nature. But in summer they often stand on fence posts or take to the sky with a fast, zigzagging flight and an unusual “winnowing” sound made with the tail." From AllAboutBirds.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Wilsons_Snipe/id
According to Fisher and Acorn's book, "Birds of Alberta", "the common Snipe is both secretive and well camouflaged, so few people notice it until it flushes suddenly from a nearby grassy tussock. As soon as the Snipe takes to the air, it performs a series of quick zigzags - an evasive maneuver designed to confuse predators. Because of this habit, Snipes were among the most difficult birds to shoot (in the days when shorebirds were hunted for sport), and skilled sportsmen were known as "snipers" - a term later adopted by the military."
youtu.be/Z16CUdX2g5Q
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