You can always count on a Chickadee
Little cutie in pink
Close encounter of the owl kind
Boreal Chickadee
A picture of cuteness
Out in the open
Listening
Sensuous curves of snow
Watching us closely
Fully focused
A quick stop on the railings
Visiting the city
Admit it - you think I'm cute
Colours of fall
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Rare (in Alberta) American Three-toed Woodpecker
American Three-toed Woodpecker male
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Partial Leucistic Red-breasted Nuthatch
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Highly invasive Caragana
Bebo Grove, Fish Creek Park
For Chiara
Down in the forest
Partially Leucistic Red-breasted Nuthatch
The challenge of bird photography
Resting in the meadow
Leucistic Red-breasted Nuthatch
Mule Deer buck
Time to rest awhile
Resting near the Cattails
Uncommon American Three-toed Woodpecker
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Three-toed Woodpecker
A local Great Horned Owl
Cream and wine-coloured
A cute little cluster
A fun find
Gathering in the forest
Yesterday's find
Merlin
Chinook arch over Calgary
Rusty Gilled Polypore / Gloeophyllum sepiarium
Merlin on the hunt
Merlin eating a dragonfly
Merlin removing dragonfly's wings
Guardian of the path
Before the snow arrived
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Fall colours in Fish Creek Park
Posting just for the record
Young and innocent
Who made these holes?
Fish Creek Park on New Year's Day
Narrowleaf Stoneseed
Slime Mold, Fuligo septica
Life is all about conquering hurdles
In the spotlight
Nectria cinnabarina, 'Coral Spot'
Mule Deer
Red Squirrel
A tasty meal of fresh, green grass
Focussed on feeding
Eye-catcher
Red Squirrel
Little owl - way, way up
Little owl - in the Spruce tree
The demise of a Meadow Vole
Looking for lunch
Partial compression
Hey, remember me?
Hanging on
Red-breasted Nuthatch
I'm outta here
Hoary Plantain
Face to the sun
Bishop's-cap
Mourning Cloak
Return of winter
Fallen
Northern Pygmy-owl
King of the Spruce tree
Winter's playground
Consolation prize
Uncommon Northern Pygmy-owl
Well, hello there
Manitoba Maple
Wavy shadows
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Hoping for a Brown Creeper
Three-toed Woodpecker - from the archives
Wildflowers of spring
Enjoying the park
Townsend's Solitaire
Star-flowered Solomon's Seal berries
One of the few
Distracted
American Three-toed Woodpecker / Picoides dorsalis
Transformation : )
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Northern Pygmy-owl
American Three-toed Woodpecker
An old sighting
Little Red Squirrel
Northern Pygmy-owl / Glaucidium californicum
Northern Pygmy-owl
It's me again
"Eyes" in the back of my head
American Dipper / Cinclus mexicanus
Winter stripes
Touched by the light
The little guy again
Northern Pygmy-owl
Northern Pygmy-owl
A bit of Christmas fun
Two for the prICE of one
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Almost embarrassing to say that I think this snowman was the highlight (for me) on yesterday's Bird Count, lol! The sun was shining exactly on it, while the surrounding area was in shade. Yesterday, 1 January 2014, was the 21st annual Fish Creek Park New Year's Day Bird Count and, as you can see from the blue sky, it was a gorgeous day out there. Sunny, calm, -8 to -5C, with 5cm new snow that had fallen overnight. We walked from 9:00 a.m. till noon, and my small group covered the area from Bebo Grove to bridge 6 and back. Twenty people turned up for the Count in this part of the park, so we split into two groups. Other small groups covered other parts of the park and just after noon, some participants met at Tim Horton's for coffee and lunch. Always tastes so good after being outdoors for a few hours : ) Always feels so good to meet up with friends and spend a few hours in this way!
Results for my small group (the other half of the group had very similar results, also with a total of 11 species) are listed below. As you can see, nothing spectacular or rare, though we did look in vain for the Three-toed Woodpecker and kept our eyes open for one of the tiny Northern Pygmy Owls that had given us so much pleasure two or three winters ago.
Downy Woodpecker-8
Hairy Woodpecker-3
Northern Flicker-1
Black-billed Magpie-4
Common Raven-20
Black-capped Chickadee-37
Boreal Chickadee-1
Red-breasted Nuthatch-1
White-breasted Nuthatch-5
Townsend's Solitaire-2
Bohemian Waxwing-300
Talking of snow, CBC News reported on 21 December 2013:
"December SNOWFALL in Calgary has broken a 112-year record according to the city. The City made the announcement in a tweet Saturday morning after weeks of on-and-off heavy snowfall left many residents complaining about the lack of snow removal in parts of Calgary. "A total of 43.8 cm of snow has fallen in Calgary this month. We haven’t seen this much snow in 112 years!" tweeted the City."
Results for my small group (the other half of the group had very similar results, also with a total of 11 species) are listed below. As you can see, nothing spectacular or rare, though we did look in vain for the Three-toed Woodpecker and kept our eyes open for one of the tiny Northern Pygmy Owls that had given us so much pleasure two or three winters ago.
Downy Woodpecker-8
Hairy Woodpecker-3
Northern Flicker-1
Black-billed Magpie-4
Common Raven-20
Black-capped Chickadee-37
Boreal Chickadee-1
Red-breasted Nuthatch-1
White-breasted Nuthatch-5
Townsend's Solitaire-2
Bohemian Waxwing-300
Talking of snow, CBC News reported on 21 December 2013:
"December SNOWFALL in Calgary has broken a 112-year record according to the city. The City made the announcement in a tweet Saturday morning after weeks of on-and-off heavy snowfall left many residents complaining about the lack of snow removal in parts of Calgary. "A total of 43.8 cm of snow has fallen in Calgary this month. We haven’t seen this much snow in 112 years!" tweeted the City."
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And what astonishing weather you're having. The mountains must look stunning. I've only been to Alberta once, in October, and even then the mountains were beautifully snowy.
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