Sleepy Great Horned Owl
The size of a popcan
Yesterday's treat
Northern Hawk Owl from 2016
Two of a family of three
A backward glance
Northern Hawk Owl
Winner with its prey
Peacefully waiting
Such a beautiful owl
Perch with a good view
Northern Hawk Owl
Meadow Vole for a late lunch
Northern Pygmy-owl
False eyes and real eyes
Blue-gray Tanager / Thraupis episcopus, Tobago
Shiny Cowbird / Molothrus bonariensis, Tobago
Trinidad Motmot / Momotus bahamensis, Tobago
Green Heron, Tobago, Day 2
Rufous-tailed Jacamar, Tobago, Day 2
Green Heron, Tobago, Day 2
Rufous-tailed Jacamar, Tobago, Day 2
Purple Honeycreeper / Cyanerpes caeruleus, Asa Wri…
Masked Cardinal / Paroaria nigrogenis, Trinidad, D…
Green Honeycreeper male, Asa Wright Nature Centre,…
White-necked Jacobin, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Tr…
Blue-gray Tanager, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trini…
Green Honeycreeper female, Asa Wright Nature Centr…
Crested Oropendola / Psarocolius decumanus, Asa Wr…
Guianan Trogon, Asa Wright Nature Centre
Collared Trogon / Trogon collaris, Asa Wright, Bel…
Copper-rumped Hummingbird / Amazilia tobac, Trinid…
Blue-gray Tanager /Thraupis episcopus, Asa Wright,…
American Robin / Turdus migratorius, Carburn Park
Green Honeycreeper, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trin…
White-necked Jacobin female, Asa Wright Nature Cen…
Cacao tree (chocolate!), on way to Brasso Seco, Tr…
Green Honeycreeper male, Asa Wright Nature Centre,…
White-necked Jacobin, Asa Wright Nature Centre
White-necked Jacobin immature, Trinidad
Yellow-headed Caracara, Nariva Swamp afternoon, Tr…
Yellow-chinned Spinetail, Nariva Swamp afternoon
White-lined Tanager, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Tri…
Purple Honeycreeper female preening, Asa Wright Na…
Rose-breasted Grosbeak male / Pheucticus ludovicia…
American Goldfinch male / Spinus tristis
Evening Grosbeak male
American Robin male
Masked Cardinal / Paroaria nigrogenis, Trinidad
Crested Oropendola, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trin…
Watching the watchers
One of three young owls
Great Horned Owl male
Brewer's Blackbird female
Purple Honeycreeper male, Asa Wright Nature Centre…
Common Raven in the sun
Blue-gray Tanager, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trini…
Lazuli Bunting
Stellar's Jay juvenile
Purple Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Evening Grosbeak
Crested Oropendola, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trin…
Ferocious hunter, but looking cute
Northern Pygmy-owl
Way, way up
Same tiny Northern Pygmy-owl
Gray Jay
Gray Jay - Canada's new National bird
Yesterday's treat
Pine Grosbeak in winter sunshine
Time for an afternoon nap
Great Horned Owl male
A watchful eye
A distant Northern Pygmy-owl
Great Horned Owl - posting just for the record
Bees, bees, and more bees
Merlin removing dragonfly's wings
A blast from the past
European Starling / Sturnus vulgaris
American Tree Sparrow
Colours and textures
Chipping Sparrow / Spizella passerina
Merlin eating a dragonfly
Merlin on the hunt
Merlin
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Yellow-rumped Warbler
House Wren at the Ellis Bird Farm
Western Kingbird
Little mystery bird - juvenile Yellow-rumped Warbl…
Brown-headed Cowbird juvenile
Hawk in Fish Creek Park - juvenile Northern Goshaw…
Lazuli Bunting - just for the record
Willow Flycatcher
Flycatcher sp. - Willow or Alder Flycatcher
Yellow Warbler male
Clay-colored Sparrow / Spizella pallida
Great Horned Owl owlet, Ellis Bird Farm
Collecting food for his babies
White-crowned Sparrow / Zonotrichia leucophrys
American Goldfinch male
One of a pair
Busy parent
Close-up of bee colony
The art of preening for a young owl
Large Bee colony
Always a good mother
A Tree Swallow's iridescence
Golden-breasted Starling / Lamprotornis regius
One of a crowd
Mixed pair of Red-tailed Hawks
Northern Shrike / Lanius excubitor
Varied Thrush
Branch treasures
Blowing in the wind
A local Great Horned Owl
01 Varied Thrush / Ixoreus naevius
Pine Grosbeak enjoying the sun
Watchful eye
Beautiful bird, but grainy and blurry photo : (
Northern Pygmy-owl, one year ago
Focused, listening, watching
Clark's Nutcracker
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My apologies, everyone, for changing the upload time for this image. Flickr (or whoever) changed this MAIN photo to number three posted this morning. Thanks for letting me know, Bonnie, just when I came back to my computer and saw that my third photo (decorated silos) had more comments. That almost always means that my photos are being seen NOT in the order in which I wanted and posted them. The silos were posted just for the record, which is why I slipped them in at third place.
On 26 November 2016, friends and I were so very lucky. On a walk in Fish Creek Park, we found not only an owl, but two owls, and different species - this Great Horned Owl and a teeny, popcan-sized Northern Pygmy-owl. It had been almost two years since I last saw a Northern Pygmy-owl. That one, also, had been seen in Fish Creek Park. On 26 November, it was near the top of a very tall tree, so my photos were fully zoomed and cropped and posted just for the record.
The Great Horned Owl, however, was seen nice and low and out in the open. The bird was large and fairly pale, so we think it was probably a female. After taking a few photos through the trees, we continued our walk and I was able to get a few shots from a different angle, just before she closed her eyes and went to sleep.
Then, the following day, 27 November 2016, I decided I would go back to the park and meet different friends and hope to be able to at least show them where we had seen the Great Horned Owl the previous day. Amazingly, there she was, sitting in exactly the same place, out in the open. We continued our walk, talking about seeing owls, when I suddenly stopped and grinned. I had spotted a second owl (a bit smaller and darker, so a male) so far away in the distance, through a mass of trees. No idea how I saw it, as it was so well camouflaged. After a long look, a couple of my friends still weren't able to find it, it was so well hidden. This bird was beautiful, with lovely colour on his face.
After our walk, some of us called in at Tim Horton's for coffee. I always enjoy this, just as much as the walk itself. Thanks, Janet, Bernie and Stephen for a rewarding afternoon!
Will add our leader's list of bird species seen, in a comment box below. We split into two groups, as so often happens, so not everyone saw everything on the list. My group only saw one Northern Pygmy-owl, not two.
On 26 November 2016, friends and I were so very lucky. On a walk in Fish Creek Park, we found not only an owl, but two owls, and different species - this Great Horned Owl and a teeny, popcan-sized Northern Pygmy-owl. It had been almost two years since I last saw a Northern Pygmy-owl. That one, also, had been seen in Fish Creek Park. On 26 November, it was near the top of a very tall tree, so my photos were fully zoomed and cropped and posted just for the record.
The Great Horned Owl, however, was seen nice and low and out in the open. The bird was large and fairly pale, so we think it was probably a female. After taking a few photos through the trees, we continued our walk and I was able to get a few shots from a different angle, just before she closed her eyes and went to sleep.
Then, the following day, 27 November 2016, I decided I would go back to the park and meet different friends and hope to be able to at least show them where we had seen the Great Horned Owl the previous day. Amazingly, there she was, sitting in exactly the same place, out in the open. We continued our walk, talking about seeing owls, when I suddenly stopped and grinned. I had spotted a second owl (a bit smaller and darker, so a male) so far away in the distance, through a mass of trees. No idea how I saw it, as it was so well camouflaged. After a long look, a couple of my friends still weren't able to find it, it was so well hidden. This bird was beautiful, with lovely colour on his face.
After our walk, some of us called in at Tim Horton's for coffee. I always enjoy this, just as much as the walk itself. Thanks, Janet, Bernie and Stephen for a rewarding afternoon!
Will add our leader's list of bird species seen, in a comment box below. We split into two groups, as so often happens, so not everyone saw everything on the list. My group only saw one Northern Pygmy-owl, not two.
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