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Sunrise start to a birding day in Calgary
Textures of an old homestead
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Bald Eagle in the Badlands of Alberta
Old homestead and barn
The beautiful Badlands of Alberta
Long-billed ice bird
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White-winged Crossbill
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Ice is nice
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The rule of red
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Remnant of the old days
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Northern Shrike / Lanius excubitor
Fish Creek Park New Year's Day Bird Count
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A typical pose for the White-breasted Nuthatch
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Heritage tree from 1907, at Carburn Park
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Little red barn on the prairie
Get well, Rachel
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Old barns in heavy frost
Pine Grosbeak in pretty light
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Red-sided Garter Snake scales
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White-winged Crossbill
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Old-aged matching colours
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New roof and a fresh coat of paint
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A beautiful old Ford
Beware!
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Summer Iris display
Christmas colours in July
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Elegant beauty
Lesser Scaup
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Well, hello there
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White-winged Crossbill / Loxia leucoptera
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Why birds are sometimes hard to find
Ibis iridescence
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Travelling the Cobble Flats road
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A favourite old barn
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Time to reveal
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Give it time to age
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November in Weaselhead
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American Three-toed Woodpecker
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A sunrise to start our birding day
Yesterday, 20 December 2015, was a really long day out, taking part in the annual Calgary Christmas Bird Count. We did SO much walking, starting at 8:00 am, getting home around 4:00 p.m., and then I was out all evening at the potluck supper held for the many participants who covered various parts of the city.
Our first stop was at the place seen in this photo, looking out over downtown Calgary. The sunrise colours were beautiful and the whole day gave us good weather. The Calgary Tower, which used to be the tallest building downtown, is now dwarfed by others. At the moment, it has Christmas coloured lights around the top section, though they don't show up too well in this photo. From this location, we then spent the day driving short distances and then walking round the various residential streets. There were so many White-winged Crossbills!
The total overall number of species seen for the whole city this year was really good, though we haven't yet had the finalized number. The group of 4 of us that covered part of the NE had 24 species, which was also good. Will add our small group's list below.
Species 24:
Canada Goose 200+
Mallard 100+
Raven 11
American Crow 4
Magpie 86
Rock Pigeon 38
Starling 2
Bald Eagle 1
Merlin 3
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 21
Blue Jay 2
American Robin 3
White-winged Crossbill 340
Red Crossbill 24
House Finch 134
Black-capped Chickadee 26
Red-breasted Nuthatch 18
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Common Redpoll 21
Dark-eyed Junco 5
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
House Sparrow 750
Eurasian Collared Dove 63
Tony T.
My daughter and I are having a day out together today, which consists of driving out of the city with our cameras to see what we can find, first having breakfast at a really nice place IF there are any tables left!. The best way possible to spend a day : )
Our first stop was at the place seen in this photo, looking out over downtown Calgary. The sunrise colours were beautiful and the whole day gave us good weather. The Calgary Tower, which used to be the tallest building downtown, is now dwarfed by others. At the moment, it has Christmas coloured lights around the top section, though they don't show up too well in this photo. From this location, we then spent the day driving short distances and then walking round the various residential streets. There were so many White-winged Crossbills!
The total overall number of species seen for the whole city this year was really good, though we haven't yet had the finalized number. The group of 4 of us that covered part of the NE had 24 species, which was also good. Will add our small group's list below.
Species 24:
Canada Goose 200+
Mallard 100+
Raven 11
American Crow 4
Magpie 86
Rock Pigeon 38
Starling 2
Bald Eagle 1
Merlin 3
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 21
Blue Jay 2
American Robin 3
White-winged Crossbill 340
Red Crossbill 24
House Finch 134
Black-capped Chickadee 26
Red-breasted Nuthatch 18
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Common Redpoll 21
Dark-eyed Junco 5
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
House Sparrow 750
Eurasian Collared Dove 63
Tony T.
My daughter and I are having a day out together today, which consists of driving out of the city with our cameras to see what we can find, first having breakfast at a really nice place IF there are any tables left!. The best way possible to spend a day : )
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