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
Fly agaric / Amanita muscaria
Highlight of my day - Fly agaric / Amanita muscari…
Shaggy parasol / Chlorophyllum (formerly Macrolepi…
Shaggy parasol / Chlorophyllum (formerly Macrolepi…
Bolete
Shaggy parasol / Chlorophyllum (formerly Macrolepi…
Not "The Sickener"
Mushroom with guttation droplets - Soap Tricholoma…
A usual pose of an American Pika
Fall colour in Kananaskis
An unexpected find - Shaggy Manes / Inky caps
Old log cabin/barn seen through the trees
Orange False Dandelion
Shaggy Mane / Inky Cap
Kananaskis on a mixed-weather day
A favourite road
Tiny mushrooms on a rotting log
September snow in Kananaskis
Old cars in Kananaskis
Late September in Kananaskis, 2019
A favourite view in Kananaskis
Amanita muscaria, with insects (mosquitoes?)
Brown Cup & Golden Pluteus / Pluteus chrysophlebiu…
American Pika
Bighorn Sheep / Ovis canadensis, Kananaskis
Black Bear, Kananaskis
Wedge Pond, Kananaskis, Alberta
Eastern Kingbird / Tyrannus tyrannus
Mountain Bluebird female / Sialia currucoides
Eastern Kingbird / Tyrannus tyrannus
Wilson's Snipe / Gallinago delicata
Black Tern / Chlidonias niger
Mountain Bluebird male / Sialia currucoides
American Goldfinch female / Spinus tristis
Tree Swallow / Tachycineta bicolor
Tree Swallow / Tachycineta bicolor
Tree Swallow / Tachycineta bicolor
Tree Swallow
Rose-breasted Grosbeak male / Pheucticus ludovicia…
Western Tanager / Piranga ludoviciana
Baltimore Oriole / Icterus galbula
Western Tanager / Piranga ludoviciana
Baltimore Oriole / Icterus galbula
Mountain Bluebird male
Mountain Bluebird female
Mountain Bluebird male
Mountain Bluebird male / Sialia currucoides
Mountain Bluebird male / Sialia currucoides
Tree Swallow male / Tachycineta bicolor
Wilson's Snipe - from the archives
Great Gray Owl - from the archives
Eastern Kingbird, from my archives
Eastern Kingbird, SW of Calgary
Mountain Chickadee feeding on suet
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
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Red-winged Blackbird male / Agelaius phoeniceus
29 October 2019: I am SO behind with transferring my photos over from Flickr to ipernity! The next ones to transfer are from Day 8 of our trip to South Texas back in March 2019.
Newly uploaded photos are not being seen this morning, 8 June - people have reported it on the Help Forum.
8 June 2019 - we have been getting wet and windy weather. Yesterday, when I checked the forecast, the temperature was only 3C (windchill -2C!). Snow was falling in the mountains yesterday and places like Canmore and Banff looked like winter wonderlands. Light flurries were even reported in the northwest corner of Calgary. Our crazy weather!
Three days ago, on 5 June, I was so relieved that I was all caught up with my recent photos, leaving me with just the last few days of our 13-day birding trip to South Texas to sort through, edit and post. Then I happened to check the weather forecast and discovered that we were in for a few days of rain. That settled it, I knew I had better go for a short drive, and ended up going to my 'usual' places.
Some of the birds I saw and was able to photograph included a Wilson's Snipe, a Black Tern on a fence post, a Mountain Bluebird pair against a field of yellow, Red-winged Blackbird male and female, and a female American Goldfinch who was hanging out with the Bluebirds. I tried three or four short videos while trying to lean across from the driver's seat towards the passenger seat. Unfortunately, I couldn't keep myself steady, so the videos do bounce around far too much. Also, I find the red button on both cameras in a rather awkward place. I think I must have been already zoomed in when I started taking each video. I started taking a video or two on our South Texas trip and still haven't read up how to take video. I need to find out if videos are always this shape (so wide and not very high) and I need to think about whether to turn off the sound - I had hoped to catch the Snipe making its call, but all I got was the sound of my hazard lights clicking non-stop! Anyway, I'm posting them on Flickr so that I at least know where to find them if I ever want them.
By the time I got out SW of the city, a few dark clouds were rolling in and it was windy. I remember the wind slightly ruffling the Snipe's feathers, but some of the other birds were having a hard time keeping their balance, especially the Tern.
Though these birds didn't come with the excitement of being lifers for me, I get just as much enjoyment from finding and taking photos of these birds that I have seen before, many times over the years. Which is just as well, as I so rarely see a new bird species, except for when I am fortunate enough to go on special trip like the one to South Texas. It also feels good to be able to share a few 'better' photos, when I post so many that are just record shots : )
Newly uploaded photos are not being seen this morning, 8 June - people have reported it on the Help Forum.
8 June 2019 - we have been getting wet and windy weather. Yesterday, when I checked the forecast, the temperature was only 3C (windchill -2C!). Snow was falling in the mountains yesterday and places like Canmore and Banff looked like winter wonderlands. Light flurries were even reported in the northwest corner of Calgary. Our crazy weather!
Three days ago, on 5 June, I was so relieved that I was all caught up with my recent photos, leaving me with just the last few days of our 13-day birding trip to South Texas to sort through, edit and post. Then I happened to check the weather forecast and discovered that we were in for a few days of rain. That settled it, I knew I had better go for a short drive, and ended up going to my 'usual' places.
Some of the birds I saw and was able to photograph included a Wilson's Snipe, a Black Tern on a fence post, a Mountain Bluebird pair against a field of yellow, Red-winged Blackbird male and female, and a female American Goldfinch who was hanging out with the Bluebirds. I tried three or four short videos while trying to lean across from the driver's seat towards the passenger seat. Unfortunately, I couldn't keep myself steady, so the videos do bounce around far too much. Also, I find the red button on both cameras in a rather awkward place. I think I must have been already zoomed in when I started taking each video. I started taking a video or two on our South Texas trip and still haven't read up how to take video. I need to find out if videos are always this shape (so wide and not very high) and I need to think about whether to turn off the sound - I had hoped to catch the Snipe making its call, but all I got was the sound of my hazard lights clicking non-stop! Anyway, I'm posting them on Flickr so that I at least know where to find them if I ever want them.
By the time I got out SW of the city, a few dark clouds were rolling in and it was windy. I remember the wind slightly ruffling the Snipe's feathers, but some of the other birds were having a hard time keeping their balance, especially the Tern.
Though these birds didn't come with the excitement of being lifers for me, I get just as much enjoyment from finding and taking photos of these birds that I have seen before, many times over the years. Which is just as well, as I so rarely see a new bird species, except for when I am fortunate enough to go on special trip like the one to South Texas. It also feels good to be able to share a few 'better' photos, when I post so many that are just record shots : )
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