Eared Grebe / Podiceps nigricollis
Barn Swallow / Hirundo rustica
Eared Grebe with baby
Barn Swallow with feather for its nest
Coot juvenile
Coot baby following in Mom's footsteps
Eared Grebe baby
Eared Grebe & baby
Red-winged Blackbird displaying
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Snipe / Gallinago delicata
Yellow-headed Blackbird / Xanthocephalus xanthocep…
Yellow-headed Blackbird / Xanthocephalus xanthocep…
Eared Grebe / Podiceps nigricollis
Great Gray Owl - from my archives
Burrowing Owl, ENDANGERED - from the archives
Burrowing Owl, ENDANGERED - from the archives
Wilson's Snipe - from the archives
Great Gray Owl - from the archives
Northern Pygmy-owl - from the archives
Great Gray Owl - from the archives
Northern Pygmy-owl - from the archives
Juvenile Swainson's Hawk / Buteo swainsoni
Great Horned Owl / Bubo virginianus
Harlequin Duck / Histrionicus histrionicus
Male Snowy Owl
Male Snowy Owl
Common Nighthawk / Chordeiles minor
Yes, it's the American Dipper again
Harlequin Duck male
Licorice Allsorts (candy) eyes
Great Horned Owl
American Dipper
American Dipper dipping
Tundra Swans
American Dipper dipping
American Dipper / Cinclus mexicanus
American Dipper / Cinclus mexicanus
Tundra Swans in flight
Great Horned Owl
Wood Duck male
Yellowlegs - Lesser or Greater?
Harlequin Duck / Histrionicus histrionicus
Greater White-fronted Geese / Larus glaucoides
Photo-bombed by Blackbirds
Two-month-old American Kestrel
Rufous Hummingbird male / Selasphorus rufus
Swainson's Hawk watching for its next snack
Swainson's Hawk / Buteo swainsoni
American Avocets
Common Nighthawk / Chordeiles minor - threatened s…
Sleepy Barn Owl
American Avocets / Recurvirostra americana
I LOVE owls - in case you didn't know : )
Common Nighthawk / Chordeiles minor - threatened s…
Swainson's Hawk juvenile
A classic light/intermediate-morph adult Swainson'…
Ferruginous Hawks - now safely grown and gone
Ferruginous Hawk
Enjoying a good meal
Vesper Sparrow
Pine Siskin
Pine Siskin taking a bath
Pine Siskin
Pine Siskin
Downy Woodpecker and American Goldfinch
American Coot
American Goldfinch juvenile / Spinus tristis
American Coot
Hard working Dad
Tiny spider with a death wish
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Wilson's Snipe, having a stretch
Yesterday evening, 27 June 2019, I was out at a birding meeting. As well as being a chance to get together with friends, it was also a surprise celebration for the 90th birthday of the wife of our main Naturalist. Everyone loves Aileen - a very smart lady who knows so much about birding and botany and all sorts of other things. She is always the same, every time you see her, so welcoming and sweet, yet a very strong person. We are all in awe that she is still able to occasionally join us for a walk or even a trip - if she is not too busy with something else! Her husband, our Naturalist, at the age of 87, can still out-walk many of us (me definitely included!). No one knows how he manages to organize so many birding walks, botany walks, out-of-town day or half-day trips, and endless other activities such as caring for their double-lot garden in which they grow a lot of vegetables (and, of course, flowers, including so many native plants).
As well as celebrating Aileen's birthday, we also watched an excellent, beautifully-filmed and produced video titled "Birding and Botany on the Southern Alberta Walk with Gus Yaki” by Marshall Netherwood, who accompanied Gus and others on a cross-Alberta "walk" a while ago. This video held one's attention every second. It was also announced last night that Gus has just been awarded some special award for all the volunteering he does, and has done for so many years.
Oh, boy, what weather we had yesterday! I got caught in a heavy rainstorm on the drive home from the meeting. Little did I know that other roads around me were badly flooded! Only today did I see photos and videos of the roads that had turned into rivers. There is flooding in the city and in lots of places in Alberta. Much as we need moisture, especially the farmers, we definitely do not need serious flooding.
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Sorry for flooding my photostream with photos of Wilson's Snipe and Mountain Bluebirds. Decided to keep them more or less together, rather than posting them here and there. I still have a few images from a couple of very recent short walks, but I also have several walks and trips that are coming up soon. I suspect my Texas photos are not going to get done for some time yet!
As well as celebrating Aileen's birthday, we also watched an excellent, beautifully-filmed and produced video titled "Birding and Botany on the Southern Alberta Walk with Gus Yaki” by Marshall Netherwood, who accompanied Gus and others on a cross-Alberta "walk" a while ago. This video held one's attention every second. It was also announced last night that Gus has just been awarded some special award for all the volunteering he does, and has done for so many years.
Oh, boy, what weather we had yesterday! I got caught in a heavy rainstorm on the drive home from the meeting. Little did I know that other roads around me were badly flooded! Only today did I see photos and videos of the roads that had turned into rivers. There is flooding in the city and in lots of places in Alberta. Much as we need moisture, especially the farmers, we definitely do not need serious flooding.
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Sorry for flooding my photostream with photos of Wilson's Snipe and Mountain Bluebirds. Decided to keep them more or less together, rather than posting them here and there. I still have a few images from a couple of very recent short walks, but I also have several walks and trips that are coming up soon. I suspect my Texas photos are not going to get done for some time yet!
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