Time for an afternoon snack
Birders birding
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Christmas colours
Footsteps
Not quite sure what his expression means
Pretty little Common Redpolls
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Santa's on his way
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My first Fly Agaric!
The creek in Canmore
Bowing their frosty heads
Grandma's silver thimbles
A coating of frost
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Alberta landscape SE of High River
Yellow-headed Blackbird from the archives
Great Horned Owl pellet
Some good luck on yesterday's Bird Count
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Warm colours of a Poppy centre
Wild European Rabbit
Seen on a Christmas Bird Count
Redpolls
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Bromeliad - red on green
Back-to-back Great Horned Owls
Living in a white world
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Alone
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Golden, sunlit petals
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A group of eight of us drove south of Calgary on 18 December 2012, to take part in the annual High River Christmas Bird Count. We covered all the backroads in the SE quadrant of the huge circle around the town. One of the places we stopped at was Frank Lake, a very popular place for birders. This photo was taken, looking towards the sun, giving what I thought was quite a nice effect. Have to admit that while the others were scanning the lake for any sign of wildlife, I was enjoying myself taking scenic shots and ice-crystals : ) I've marked this shot on my map, but placed it in the middle of Frank lake, as I'm not sure just where we were.
We started our search at around 8:30 a.m. and returned to the meeting place around 5:00 p.m., when we handed in our results and stayed for a delicious potluck supper. Thanks so much to the local birders who organized this most enjoyable ending to a long day!
Our small group's sightings for the day:
Mallard 9 in am at Frank Lake; 7 seen flying there in late pm.
Common Goldeneye-4
Bald Eagle-4 ad.
Northern Goshawk-2 ad.
Rough-legged Hawk-1
Merlin-2
Gray Partridge-12
Sharp-tailed Grouse-5
Rock Pigeon-26
Great Horned Owl-5
Snowy Owl-1 (seen 3 times).
Downy Woodpecker-1 m.
Black-billed Magpie-34
Common Raven-8
Northern Shrike-1
American Tree Sparrow-3
Snow Bunting-807
Common Redpoll-925
Hoary Redpoll-1
House Sparrow-245
We started our search at around 8:30 a.m. and returned to the meeting place around 5:00 p.m., when we handed in our results and stayed for a delicious potluck supper. Thanks so much to the local birders who organized this most enjoyable ending to a long day!
Our small group's sightings for the day:
Mallard 9 in am at Frank Lake; 7 seen flying there in late pm.
Common Goldeneye-4
Bald Eagle-4 ad.
Northern Goshawk-2 ad.
Rough-legged Hawk-1
Merlin-2
Gray Partridge-12
Sharp-tailed Grouse-5
Rock Pigeon-26
Great Horned Owl-5
Snowy Owl-1 (seen 3 times).
Downy Woodpecker-1 m.
Black-billed Magpie-34
Common Raven-8
Northern Shrike-1
American Tree Sparrow-3
Snow Bunting-807
Common Redpoll-925
Hoary Redpoll-1
House Sparrow-245
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