American Goldfinch male / Spinus tristis
Mountain Bluebird male / Sialia currucoides
Tree Swallow / Tachycineta bicolor
Osprey pair harassed by Red-winged Blackbird
Yellow Warbler / Setophaga petechia
Mountain Bluebird male
Checking me out
Bobolink male / Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Mountain Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird with food for his babies
Bobolink male / Dolichonyx oryzivorus, on a windy…
Bobolink male / Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Bobolink / Dolichonyx oryzivorus, singing
Yellow Warbler male collecting insects
Yellow Warbler with food for his babies
Ruddy Duck male
Common Grackle with a tiny fish
Barn Swallow / Hirundo rustica
Barn Swallow with feather for its nest
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
House Sparrow feeding babies in cavity
American Goldfinch male / Spinus tristis
American Goldfinch collecting Thistle seeds
American Goldfinch collecting Thistle seeds
Domestic Goose male - blue-eyed beauty
Whiskey & Titan
Mountain Bluebird male / Sialia currucoides
Yellow Warbler / Setophaga petechia
Evening Grosbeak male
Western Tanager
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 male
Mountain Bluebird male / Sialia currucoides
Lesser Scaup male / Aythya affinis
Lesser Scaup male / Aythya affinis
Lesser Scaup male / Aythya affinis
Lesser Scaup male / Aythya affinis
Yellow-headed Blackbird / Xanthocephalus xanthocep…
Yellow-headed Blackbird / Xanthocephalus xanthocep…
Day 7, Northern Cardinal male
Day 6, Golden-fronted Woodpecker male
Day 6, Northern Cardinal male
Day 6, Great-tailed Grackle male / Quiscalus mexic…
Day 6, Cardinal male, National Butterfly Centre, S…
Day 6, Pyrrhuloxia male / Cardinalis sinuatus
Mountain Bluebird male / Sialia currucoides
Tree Swallow male / Tachycineta bicolor
Day 6, Northern Cardinal male, southern Texas
A face only a mother could love
Harlequin Duck / Histrionicus histrionicus
Snowy Owl male, Snowy Owl Prowl 2019
Day 12, male Firefly, probably in genus Photinus,…
Day 10, American Goldfinch male
Day 9, Evening Grosbeak male, Tadoussac
Male Snowy Owl
Male Snowy Owl
Day 8, Lapland Longspur, Quebec
Evening Grosbeak male, Priddis Count
Day 7 afternoon, Surf Scoters off Tadoussac
Day 7, American Robin, Tadoussac
Day 6, American Goldfinch, Tadoussac, Quebec
Day 7, American Robin, Tadoussac
Day 10, American Goldfinch male, Tadoussac
Day 4, Baltimore Oriole, The Tip, Point Pelee
Day 4, American Redstart male, Pt Pelee
Day 4, Wild Turkey, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Day 4, Wild Turkey, Pt Pelee
Day 3, American Redstart, Pt Pelee
Day 3, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Pt Pelee
Harlequin Duck male
Pet 'rescue' Ferret
A pet 'rescue' Ferret
Day 2, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Rondeau PP
Day 2, a rare sighting for Ontario - a common bird…
Day 2, Rose-breasted Grosbeak male, Rondeau PP
Day 2, Rose-breasted Grosbeak male / Pheucticus lu…
Wood Duck male
Day 2, Chipping Sparrow, Rondeau PP
Day 2, American Goldfinch male, Rondeau PP
Day 2, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Rondeau PP
A Ferret in the park
Day 2, White-breasted Nuthatch, Rondeau PP Visitor…
Day 2, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Rondeau PP Visitor'…
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Mountain Bluebird male / Sialia currucoides
Two days ago, I was invited to visit the acreage where friend, Jackie, now lives. The 16 photos taken there and posted this afternoon are all on private land, so no location is given, for obvious security reasons. Jackie has only been there for the last few months, but is loving life in such a nature Paradise. So much wildlife and plant life, and I can't think of anyone more perfect to be living there, enjoying every new sighting and loving all the regulars. Thank you so much for inviting me, Jackie, and it was great to catch up with everyone!
Perhaps the main creature that I was really hoping I would see was the beautiful Thirteen-lined Groundsquirrel. I had seen them in Weaselhead in various places, and in Waterton Lakes National Park.
Obviously, the information below is now outdated, but still of interest. Just makes me feel even luckier than ever : )
"The Thirteen-lined or Striped Ground Squirrel, if it still exists here, may be the rarest mammal in the Calgary area today...... Calgary sightings: The only known location in Calgary where this species has been sighted is in South Glenmore Park, to the northwest of the park building. It was last reported on 28 April 2002 and 6 June 2002. A population occurs near Millarville (south of Calgary), where one was reported on 17 April 2005. " From the great talkaboutwildlife website, which no longer exists.
"The thirteen-lined ground squirrel is strictly diurnal and is especially active on warm days. A solitary or only somewhat colonial hibernator, it often occurs in aggregations in suitable habitats.
In late summer, it puts on a heavy layer of fat and stores some food in its burrow. It enters its nest in October (some adults retire much earlier), rolls into a stiff ball, and decreases its respiration from between 100 and 200 breaths per minute to one breath about every five minutes. It emerges in March or early April.
The burrow may be 15 to 20 feet (4.6 to 6.1 metres) long, with several side passages. Most of the burrow is within one to two feet (about half a meter) of the surface, with only the hibernation nest in a special deeper section. Shorter burrows are dug as hiding places. This ground squirrel's home range is two to three acres (0.8 to 1.2 ha).
Its primary diet includes grass and weed seeds, caterpillars, grasshoppers, and crickets, but it may also eat mice and shrews; it will viciously attack and consume cicadas if able to catch them. This squirrel sometimes damages gardens by digging burrows and eating vegetables, but also devours weed seeds and harmful insects.
It is well known for standing upright to survey its domain, diving down into its burrow when it senses danger, then sometimes poking out its nose and giving a bird-like trill. It has a maximum running speed of 8 mph (13 km/h) and reverses direction if chased." From Wikipedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteen-lined_ground_squirrel
Perhaps the main creature that I was really hoping I would see was the beautiful Thirteen-lined Groundsquirrel. I had seen them in Weaselhead in various places, and in Waterton Lakes National Park.
Obviously, the information below is now outdated, but still of interest. Just makes me feel even luckier than ever : )
"The Thirteen-lined or Striped Ground Squirrel, if it still exists here, may be the rarest mammal in the Calgary area today...... Calgary sightings: The only known location in Calgary where this species has been sighted is in South Glenmore Park, to the northwest of the park building. It was last reported on 28 April 2002 and 6 June 2002. A population occurs near Millarville (south of Calgary), where one was reported on 17 April 2005. " From the great talkaboutwildlife website, which no longer exists.
"The thirteen-lined ground squirrel is strictly diurnal and is especially active on warm days. A solitary or only somewhat colonial hibernator, it often occurs in aggregations in suitable habitats.
In late summer, it puts on a heavy layer of fat and stores some food in its burrow. It enters its nest in October (some adults retire much earlier), rolls into a stiff ball, and decreases its respiration from between 100 and 200 breaths per minute to one breath about every five minutes. It emerges in March or early April.
The burrow may be 15 to 20 feet (4.6 to 6.1 metres) long, with several side passages. Most of the burrow is within one to two feet (about half a meter) of the surface, with only the hibernation nest in a special deeper section. Shorter burrows are dug as hiding places. This ground squirrel's home range is two to three acres (0.8 to 1.2 ha).
Its primary diet includes grass and weed seeds, caterpillars, grasshoppers, and crickets, but it may also eat mice and shrews; it will viciously attack and consume cicadas if able to catch them. This squirrel sometimes damages gardens by digging burrows and eating vegetables, but also devours weed seeds and harmful insects.
It is well known for standing upright to survey its domain, diving down into its burrow when it senses danger, then sometimes poking out its nose and giving a bird-like trill. It has a maximum running speed of 8 mph (13 km/h) and reverses direction if chased." From Wikipedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteen-lined_ground_squirrel
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