Little beauty
Suppertime catch
Patiently watching
Follow the leader
Columbian Ground Squirrel
Hiding in the grasses
Why they are hard to find : )
Northern Shrike - Butcher Bird
The long and the short of it : )
Long-eared Owl
Golden Eagle
I think I hear something
Goodbye, elephants : (
Watching us closely
King Penguin
Elephants from the archives
Redhead
Keeping her young ones warm
Mountain Bluebird from my archives
Northern Shoveler / Anas clypeata
Snuggling up to Mom
Juicy snack for his babies
Peekaboo
Wood Duck pair
Growing older by the minute
Beautiful catch
Building her nest
Mom at the nest
An element of trust
A welcome sight
A cooperative Coot
A matching stripe
A different kind of perch
Wind-ruffled feathers
Keeping an eye on those pesky Tree Swallows
Dad, awake for a few minutes
Little Bluebird on a snowy day
A different kind of perch
A highlight of our May Species Count
Eared Grebe
Wilson's Snipe
Coyote on the prowl
Time to catch supper
Sharing her catch
Feeling blue
A two-legged Wilson's Snipe : )
Eared Grebe
Blue-green iridescence
A good poser
Distant Lark Sparrow
Great choice of fence post
One less Grasshopper in the world
Yes, yes, YES!
An over the shoulder look
Black Tern on fence post
Throat-tickling supper
A Snipe from last year
Thoughts of anything cold
I saw a Sora
White-faced Ibis - very rare in Alberta
Eared Grebe with young one
Wilson's Snipe - what a beauty
Some like wood, others like metal
The stern look
Killdeer
Red button eyes
Pied-billed Grebe and babies
Taking a break
The demise of a Meadow Vole
Looking for lunch
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Northern Pygmy-owl
Partial compression
Great Gray Owl with prey
Burrowing Owl
Owl with attitude
Northern Pygmy-owl
Perched and posing
A treat to see and hear
Trumpeter Swan
The foot of a Coot
Mother of six
Avian elegance
Eye contact with a Mink
At home in the nesting box
On the supper menu
Spider on the menu
I love Snipes
Watching for fish
Lichens and all
Tired Mom
Visitor to the city
A treat in the city
Hunting for fish
I don't like having my photo taken!
Curious little Mink
One of the joys of spring
Worthy of another look
Carnations for his sweetheart : )
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Mallard curls
Lesser Scaup male
Concentration
On a snowy day
Sparkling snow and iridescence
Mixed company
A rare (for me) in-flight shot
A reward for facing my fears : )
What a sight on a cold winter's day
Little bird, big world
No such thing as a line-up
Mountain Bluebird
Penguin feet
Yellow-headed Blackbird from the archives
Curiosity from up high
Loving the snow
Gentoo Penguin - Near Threatened
House Wren
Happy Thanksgiving - be thankful for the little th…
Downy Woodpecker
Gentoo Penguin
Beautiful setting for a fine lady
Just for the record
He needs to eat an awful lot of grass
Mountain Bluebird on bokeh
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Power of the Golden Eagle
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Five of us had such a great day on 21 July 2013. It was a bird outing at Bow Valley Provincial Park, west of Calgary, at the foot of the very eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains. I knew that I would be looking for wildflowers, insects and so on, as well : ) When we got to the meeting place in the city, the leader pulled out a poster for the Parks Day event that also happened to be going on at the park at the same time. To my absolute delight, it mentioned a Bird of Prey exhibit! After our first walk, which was the Flowing Waters trail, we returned to where everyone had parked and we had an hour in which to wander round the various exhibits. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw a row of owls of different sizes - a tiny Burrowing Owl, a Short-eared Owl, a Barn Owl (which we don't get in Alberta), a young Great Horned Owl with enormous eyes, a Turkey Vulture and a Golden Eagle (seen in my photo above)! They were tethered along the edge of the trees and needless to say, there were plenty of other people taking photos, but despite the mix of shade and harsh sunlight, I got the chance to click to my heart's content : ) Unfortunately, many of my photos were very disappointing - I think this Eagle photo is probably the "best" of this bird, but I don't like the messy background at all, and it certainly isn't sharp : )
Thanks so much to the people down at the Coaldale Bird of Prey Centre (near Lethbridge, down towards the Canada/US border) for bringing your gorgeous birds of prey for us to see! I have been south to the Centre three times I think, and always long to go back again, but it's not somewhere I can drive to, so this was such a treat! I have seen several Golden Eagles in the wild, but always from a great distance. Seeing these bird Ambassadors gives people such a wonderful chance to really see what they look like.
Like most of this spring and summer, it's raining again today. Hard to believe that the State of Emergency has only just been lifted from the town of High River, about a half-hour drive S of Calgary, following Alberta's Flood of the Century around 20 May 2013. Every person in that town had to be evacuated and so many homes have been lost. I'm sure that more rain is the very last thing these poor people. and all the other many thousands who have been affected, need or want!
Thanks so much to the people down at the Coaldale Bird of Prey Centre (near Lethbridge, down towards the Canada/US border) for bringing your gorgeous birds of prey for us to see! I have been south to the Centre three times I think, and always long to go back again, but it's not somewhere I can drive to, so this was such a treat! I have seen several Golden Eagles in the wild, but always from a great distance. Seeing these bird Ambassadors gives people such a wonderful chance to really see what they look like.
Like most of this spring and summer, it's raining again today. Hard to believe that the State of Emergency has only just been lifted from the town of High River, about a half-hour drive S of Calgary, following Alberta's Flood of the Century around 20 May 2013. Every person in that town had to be evacuated and so many homes have been lost. I'm sure that more rain is the very last thing these poor people. and all the other many thousands who have been affected, need or want!
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