Welcome colour on a grey day
Watching and waiting
Portrait of a Northern Hawk Owl
Wilson's Warbler
Fun on a very windy day
Spruce Grouse female
Townsend's Solitaire
Predator and prey
Wonder what it's thinking
Watching and listening
Western Tanager
Blue-winged Teal
King of the road
Beautiful mix of colours
Momma Great Horned Owl
Who am I?
Eye contact with the wise old owl
Impressive, spectacular, stunning, amazing .... bi…
Cute, but a ferocious hunter
Close encounter with a Mink
Completely focused
How much wood would a Woodchuck chuck ...... ?
Cedar Waxwing
Black Tern
Snack time
Trumpeter Swan
Great Gray Ghost
The highlight of yesterday
OMG - a BADGER
Bird on a wire
The lady and her jewellery
Great Gray Owl in the rain
Guardian of the fence
My first glimpse of a Hoary Marmot
Fun in the pool
White-tailed fawn and doe
A bird for a change
Majestic, even in captivity
Portrait of a fine bird
Magnificent Moose, Grand Tetons
Bison herd, Yellowstone National Park
Mourning Dove / Zenaida macroura
Say "Cheese"!
Mighty Moose
Bison, Yellowstone National Park
Having a bath is so much fun
Double-crested Cormorant
Peeking
Time to feed a hungry youngster
Ring-billed Gull
Clark's Grebe / Aechmophorus clarkii
When a Bison wants to cross the road, he just cros…
Ring-billed Gull
Hooded Merganser at his finest
Mountain Bluebird on bokeh
He needs to eat an awful lot of grass
Just for the record
Beautiful setting for a fine lady
Gentoo Penguin
Downy Woodpecker
Happy Thanksgiving - be thankful for the little th…
House Wren
Gentoo Penguin - Near Threatened
Spotted Sandpiper
Common Redpoll
Focus - is the name of the game
Hey, you down there ...!
There's nothing like a tasty Meadow Vole
Gleaming iridescence
Pretty little lady
Hi, it's me again
"Just" a Canada Goose
Humboldt Penguin
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Iridescence
Northern Hawk Owl
Majestic
Don't look if you are squeamish!
Time to preen
A different angle
Spruce Grouse female
Got my eyes on you
If looks could kill ....
Common Redpoll
Eyes wide open
He: Honey, I'm home - She: what took you so long?
Freeze!
Boreal Chickadee
Gentoo Penguin - Near Threatened
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
March of the Humboldt Penguins
A quick preen
Rock Dove, alias Pigeon
Unpopular beauty
A one-second break
Stripping the tree
Fluffed-up Common Redpoll
Northern Saw-whet Owl / Aegolius acadicus
Fluffed
Northern Saw-whet Owl
White-tailed Jackrabbit / Lepus townsendii
And up comes the pellet
Male Downy Woodpecker putting on a display
Clark's Nutcracker / Nucifraga columbiana
Memories of spring
Very rare Whooping Cranes
Sandhill Crane
Distant Bald Eagle
The beautiful eye of a Sandhill Crane
Handsome little guy
Taking a swim
Matching the sky
On marbled waters
Osprey with fish
My first truly wild Skunk
Ruddy Duck / Oxyura jamaicensis
Clay-coloured Sparrow / Spizella pallida
White-crowned Sparrow / Zonotrichia leucophrys
Barred Owl
Clay-coloured Sparrow / Spizella pallida
Food .... please, pretty please?
In the rain and hail
Bluebird of happiness
Black-billed Magpie
Time to feed the kids ... again
See also...
Keywords
Authorizations, license
-
Visible by: Everyone -
All rights reserved
-
154 visits
A lovely treat on a snowy day
Was out of the house for about seven hours yesterday, spending most enjoyable time with friends, Ron and Trish and Bonnie, looking for a Great Gray Owl : ) North west of the city, it was snowing quite heavily and the rolling hills and farms almost faded from view during parts of the drive. We also hit some road areas that had several inches of snow on them, which didn't make for the best driving conditions. However, we were so lucky when a Great Gray Owl was spotted way in the distance. An absolute thrill - I have seen them in the wild before, but not for almost three years. Of course, the weather was bad, very low light and a distant bird (this is the closest shot) - but I did manage to get maybe two or three photos that I will post. The snow-covered coniferous trees around the owl were just beautiful - a true winter wonderland. Delightful to drive (easy for me to say, I wasn't the one driving!) through such countryside on a beautiful, snowy day : ) Thanks so much, Ron, for driving us safely, and to you and Trish for inviting me to join you and for finding us a beautiful Great Gray Owl. Bonnie, I thoroughly enjoyed spending lots of time with you yesterday - and to think we even saw a distant Northern Hawk Owl from the road as well. And I loved seeing the same horses I photographed a few days ago looking so much "happier" - especially the grey one, which had looked almost "depressed" the other day. Great to see a Kestrel, a Great Blue Heron (who must have been regretting returning to Calgary already), Trumpeter Swans, various Hawks, etc..
- Keyboard shortcuts:
Jump to top
RSS feed- Latest comments - Subscribe to the comment feeds of this photo
- ipernity © 2007-2024
- Help & Contact
|
Club news
|
About ipernity
|
History |
ipernity Club & Prices |
Guide of good conduct
Donate | Group guidelines | Privacy policy | Terms of use | Statutes | In memoria -
Facebook
Twitter
Sign-in to write a comment.