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
Common Grackle with a tiny fish
Ruddy Duck male
Yellow Warbler with food for his babies
Yellow Warbler male collecting insects
Bobolink / Dolichonyx oryzivorus, singing
Bobolink male / Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Bobolink male / Dolichonyx oryzivorus, on a windy…
Mountain Bluebird with food for his babies
Mountain Bluebird
Bobolink male / Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Checking me out
Mountain Bluebird male
Yellow Warbler / Setophaga petechia
Osprey pair harassed by Red-winged Blackbird
Tree Swallow / Tachycineta bicolor
Mountain Bluebird male / Sialia currucoides
American Goldfinch male / Spinus tristis
Mountain Bluebird male / Sialia currucoides
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
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Barn Swallow / Hirundo rustica
Happy 4th July to all Americans!
About an hour after writing those words, I turned on the TV and saw the news about the strong 6.4 earthquake that has just hit southern California. Dozens of after-shocks being felt, too. Most unfortunate news.
This morning, 4 July 2019, I am posting five photos taken yesterday, on a drive south to Frank Lake. Yet again, when I checked the weather forecast, it said continuing rain for day after day after day. However, the sun was shining when I decided to drive south. The clouds were sufficiently photogenic for me to change my plans and, instead of calling in at the Saskatoon Farm, I drove straight to the Lake.
The last time I was at Frank Lake, there was one Coot, two Canada Geese, and a Red-winged and a Yellow-headed Blackbird. Yesterday was so much better! The Barn Swallows were there, having built their nest a few feet away from their previous nest site. The Eared Grebes had their tiny, adorable babies, sometimes riding on their back, other times swimming separately. Same thing with the Coots - some had very young babies; others had somewhat older youngsters. One Coot adult and baby were walking in thick mud, searching for food. They both looked such a mess, as if they had rolled in the mud. A pair of Western Grebes could be seen far in the distance.
The sky began to change - the white clouds were taken over by rather menacing black ones and it became windy and the rain started. I really didn't want to drive back home on the very busy highway in pouring rain, but after waiting and hoping for it to end, I eventually had no choice but to risk it. As it turned out, there was hardly any traffic going north.
Last night, it rained here and has been raining all morning. The famous 9-day Calgary Stampede runs from 5-14 July this year, with some events already starting today. Rain during Stampede makes things so unpleasant! Judging by my Stampede photos posted on Flickr, I haven't been since 2013, when I went with my daughter - surely it hasn't been that long? I know I haven't been the last few years, as it was feeling just too much to deal with. Happy to be away from the huge masses of people and the sickening smell of grease, ha, ha! Of course, not going means not getting any mini-donuts, too. Happy Stampeding, everyone! May the sun shine ....
About an hour after writing those words, I turned on the TV and saw the news about the strong 6.4 earthquake that has just hit southern California. Dozens of after-shocks being felt, too. Most unfortunate news.
This morning, 4 July 2019, I am posting five photos taken yesterday, on a drive south to Frank Lake. Yet again, when I checked the weather forecast, it said continuing rain for day after day after day. However, the sun was shining when I decided to drive south. The clouds were sufficiently photogenic for me to change my plans and, instead of calling in at the Saskatoon Farm, I drove straight to the Lake.
The last time I was at Frank Lake, there was one Coot, two Canada Geese, and a Red-winged and a Yellow-headed Blackbird. Yesterday was so much better! The Barn Swallows were there, having built their nest a few feet away from their previous nest site. The Eared Grebes had their tiny, adorable babies, sometimes riding on their back, other times swimming separately. Same thing with the Coots - some had very young babies; others had somewhat older youngsters. One Coot adult and baby were walking in thick mud, searching for food. They both looked such a mess, as if they had rolled in the mud. A pair of Western Grebes could be seen far in the distance.
The sky began to change - the white clouds were taken over by rather menacing black ones and it became windy and the rain started. I really didn't want to drive back home on the very busy highway in pouring rain, but after waiting and hoping for it to end, I eventually had no choice but to risk it. As it turned out, there was hardly any traffic going north.
Last night, it rained here and has been raining all morning. The famous 9-day Calgary Stampede runs from 5-14 July this year, with some events already starting today. Rain during Stampede makes things so unpleasant! Judging by my Stampede photos posted on Flickr, I haven't been since 2013, when I went with my daughter - surely it hasn't been that long? I know I haven't been the last few years, as it was feeling just too much to deal with. Happy to be away from the huge masses of people and the sickening smell of grease, ha, ha! Of course, not going means not getting any mini-donuts, too. Happy Stampeding, everyone! May the sun shine ....
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