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…
Blue-gray Tanager / Thraupis episcopus, Asa Wright…
Canada Warbler / Cardellina canadensis
Hybrid Mourning Dove-Eurasian Collared Dove
Palm Tanager, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Purple Honeycreeper female, Asa Wright
Eurasian Collared-Dove / Streptopelia decaocto
Pretty little Hummer, Asa Wright, Trinidad - immat…
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Yesterday's Great Horned Owl
Yellow Oriole, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Such a beautiful owl
Peacefully waiting
Winner with its prey
Northern Hawk Owl
A backward glance
Two of a family of three
Northern Hawk Owl from 2016
Yesterday's treat
The size of a popcan
Sleepy Great Horned Owl
Great Horned Owl
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
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I have been taking so few photos recently, so am now having to dig into my archives most of the time. The few times I have been out, I have either seen nothing or nothing that I can photograph. Now, there are very urgent things that need to be done, and I must put them first.
This morning, 15 February 2017, the temperature is +5C and it's supposed to climb to +12C this afternoon! Hard to believe that we had windchills down to -34C not so long ago. Back to closer to 0C in another couple of days, though.
Apart from the last couple of weeks, the last time I was lucky enough to see one of these gorgeous Northern Hawk Owls was a year ago, on 8 February 2016, NW of the city. It was just the same thrill seeing this recent one.
The first time I saw the owl in this photo was 29 January 2017. Since then, I have called in briefly maybe three other times, once just for 10 minutes. The first day was by far the best day, as the owl perched on a few fence posts, nicely out in the open. The other times, it has been in one tree or another, or perched high up on top of a utility pole next to an insulator. As you can tell by the sky, the light was terrible for taking this photo.
I am not disclosing the area, especially after what some photographers have been doing recently to get close photos of a Barred Owl. While most photographers are respectful of wildlife, there are always a few who will do anything to get a closer shot.
"The type of prey the Hawk-Owl catches will determine its eating strategy. For mammalian prey the ritual is generally the same: the Northern Hawk-Owl will eviscerate its prey, eats the head first (especially for prey like the red squirrel, whose head is fairly large), and then—when tackling larger prey—it will eat the organs and cache the remains; with smaller prey, the owl will simply swallow the body whole."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Hawk-Owl
"The Northern Hawk Owl can detect prey by sight at a distance of up to 800 meters (half a mile). Though it is thought to detect prey primarily by sight, the Northern Hawk Owl can find and seize prey under 30 cm (1 foot) of snow." From AllAboutBirds.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/northern_hawk_owl/lifehistory
This morning, 15 February 2017, the temperature is +5C and it's supposed to climb to +12C this afternoon! Hard to believe that we had windchills down to -34C not so long ago. Back to closer to 0C in another couple of days, though.
Apart from the last couple of weeks, the last time I was lucky enough to see one of these gorgeous Northern Hawk Owls was a year ago, on 8 February 2016, NW of the city. It was just the same thrill seeing this recent one.
The first time I saw the owl in this photo was 29 January 2017. Since then, I have called in briefly maybe three other times, once just for 10 minutes. The first day was by far the best day, as the owl perched on a few fence posts, nicely out in the open. The other times, it has been in one tree or another, or perched high up on top of a utility pole next to an insulator. As you can tell by the sky, the light was terrible for taking this photo.
I am not disclosing the area, especially after what some photographers have been doing recently to get close photos of a Barred Owl. While most photographers are respectful of wildlife, there are always a few who will do anything to get a closer shot.
"The type of prey the Hawk-Owl catches will determine its eating strategy. For mammalian prey the ritual is generally the same: the Northern Hawk-Owl will eviscerate its prey, eats the head first (especially for prey like the red squirrel, whose head is fairly large), and then—when tackling larger prey—it will eat the organs and cache the remains; with smaller prey, the owl will simply swallow the body whole."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Hawk-Owl
"The Northern Hawk Owl can detect prey by sight at a distance of up to 800 meters (half a mile). Though it is thought to detect prey primarily by sight, the Northern Hawk Owl can find and seize prey under 30 cm (1 foot) of snow." From AllAboutBirds.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/northern_hawk_owl/lifehistory
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