A country scene
Marbled Godwit / Limosa fedoa
Red-winged Blackbird
Mountain Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird female
Ruby-throated Hummingbird female
American Robin with food for his babies
Here comes dessert!
Red-winged Blackbird juvenile
Common Nighthawk
Stellar's Jay juvenile
Purple Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
Evening Grosbeak
Swainson's Hawk / Buteo swainsoni
Anyone have a comb?
Who can resist a Burrowing Owl?
I fell in love ....
Time for a nap
Curious
Cooling down
Flight training with a Red-tailed Hawk
Crested Oropendola, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trin…
Jackie's Hummingbird
Talk about baby fluff!
Barn Owl
Spiked hairdo
Short-eared Owl
Sleepy Short-eared Owl
Handsome Wood Ducks
Blue-gray Tanager / Thraupis episcopus, Asa Wright…
You looking at me, lady?
Semipalmated Plover / Charadrius semipalmatus?
Green Honeycreeper female, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Swainson's Hawk juvenile
Canada Warbler / Cardellina canadensis
Yellowlegs
Killdeer / Charadrius vociferus
Swainson's Hawk juvenile
American Goldfinch eating Sunflower seeds
Green-winged Teal and Black-bellied Plover
Hybrid Mourning Dove-Eurasian Collared Dove
Wood Ducks
Juvenile Swainson's Hawk
Wood Duck juvenile
Palm Tanager, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Juvenile American Coot
Swainson's Hawk
American Goldfinch
Magpies, Wood Ducks and a (Greater?) Yellowlegs
Purple Honeycreeper female, Asa Wright
Sweet young owl
Three years later ....
Pretty little Hummer, Asa Wright, Trinidad - immat…
Red-breasted Nuthatch
I'm tiny - and BLUE
Happy Thanksgiving!
Great Horned Owl on a fence post
Yellow Oriole, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Great Horned Owl juvenile
Ring-billed Gull / Larus delawarensis
At the Oilbird (Steatornis caripensis) cave, Trini…
Oilbird / Steatornis caripensis, Trinidad
Merlin
Common Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
Finally!
Blue-gray Tanager, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trini…
Don Stiles' Bluebird & Tree Swallow route
Common Raven in the sun
Balancing act
Purple Honeycreeper male, Asa Wright Nature Centre…
A touch of blue
Brewer's Blackbird male
Brewer's Blackbird female
Tree Swallow female
Great Horned Owl male
Brewer's Blackbird, collecting food for his babies
One of three young owls
Killdeer / Charadrius vociferus
Killdeer 'nest' and eggs - a telemacro shot
Tree Swallows - time to change places
Watching the watchers
American Coot and 'cootlings'
Who are we?
Brown Thrasher / Toxostoma rufum - a 'lifer'
Wilson's Snipe / Gallinago delicata
Bobolink / Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Mountain Bluebird with food for her babies
Brown-headed Cowbird male
Collecting food for his babies
The innocents
White-crowned Sparrow / Zonotrichia leucophrys
American Dipper / Cinclus mexicanus
Crested Oropendola, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trin…
Oilbird / Steatornis caripensis, Dunston Cave, Asa…
Yellow Oriole, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinidad
The wonderful, tiny Tufted Coquette, Trinidad
Green Honeycreeper male, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Masked Cardinal / Paroaria nigrogenis, Trinidad
American Coot
Showing off all his "bling"
A slight touch of blue
Eared Grebe
Yesterday's treat!
Sweet little Mountain Bluebird
Mom and her babies
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Great Horned Owl and owlet
Sharp-tailed Grouse
American Robin male
Evening Grosbeak male
Hairy Woodpecker / Picoides villosus
American Goldfinch male / Spinus tristis
Rose-breasted Grosbeak male / Pheucticus ludovicia…
Evening Grosbeak male - what a look!
Purple Honeycreeper female preening, Asa Wright Na…
American Robin down by the river
American Robin's egg on the ground
White-lined Tanager, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Tri…
Green Honeycreeper male, Asa Wright Nature Centre,…
Cattle Egret on Water Buffalo, Nariva Swamp aftern…
Yellow Oriole / Icterus nigrogularis, Nariva Swamp…
Pied Water-Tyrant, Nariva Swamp afternoon, Trinida…
Yellow-chinned Spinetail, Nariva Swamp afternoon
Green Honeycreeper female, Asa Wright, Trinidad
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A lucky find
This was one of the beautiful things that friend, Pam, and I saw on Canada Day, during a long, hot drive in Southern Alberta. As I was driving past this distant old barn, something caught my eye. I almost didn't reverse the car and check, but I'm so glad I did. No matter how many times I see a Great Horned Owl in a barn window, the thrill is the same with each one. For Pam, this was her very first time, a 'lifer'.
Canada Day, 1 July 2017, was a great day. I picked up Pam just after 8:00 am and did a long drive in Southern Alberta. We saw our target bird - a Common Nighthawk, and all sorts of other things including plants and old barns. It took a round trip of 414 km to get the Nighthawks, but it was so worth it! Much further than I normally drive. Towards the end of our day, the rain arrived, accompanied by lightning streaks. This couldn't have been timed more perfectly, to wash off a lot of the dust that covered my car after 12 hours of driving hot, dusty roads! So welcome! We have another hot day today and the forecast is for very hot days for at least the next week. So far, the forecast is 33C for Friday, 35C for Saturday and 31C for Sunday.
It was such a thrill to see a Common Nighthawk / Chordeiles minor (a rather strange looking bird), as I had always wanted to see one actually lying on a fence post or wooden railing. People get such amazing photos of them like that, and that is what I was determined to find this summer. Last year, I had driven to this area in Southern Alberta, hoping to find one, but had been out of luck. Most of the Nighthawk photos I took four days ago were of Nighthawks lying on metal railings, but I was still thrilled to bits. We saw four individuals, together, and one was on a fence post - not the best angle, but it was still nice to see a fence post perch. How close we came to missing them! I said I wanted to just check the first part of a small side road first, before continuing on the road we were on - and there they were! I had seen a nighthawk on maybe five different occasions over the years, but most were in flight and one was perched very high up in a tree. For Pam, this was the first time she had ever seen one, and she was so happy to see this lifer.
I was so tired after driving such a long distance and it was a hot day - the temperature got up to 30C. I so rarely do such a long drive, and I've barely driven all winter and spring. It felt so good to actually get out on a long drive like this, and we saw all sorts of interesting things that we just had to stop and photograph - of course!
Every single time I go out with my camera for a drive, I never forget to be SO thankful to live in a country where I have the freedom and safety to go where I want, and to see such beauty. Thank you, Alberta and Albertans - and Happy 150th Birthday, Canada! Such a young country.
Canada Day, 1 July 2017, was a great day. I picked up Pam just after 8:00 am and did a long drive in Southern Alberta. We saw our target bird - a Common Nighthawk, and all sorts of other things including plants and old barns. It took a round trip of 414 km to get the Nighthawks, but it was so worth it! Much further than I normally drive. Towards the end of our day, the rain arrived, accompanied by lightning streaks. This couldn't have been timed more perfectly, to wash off a lot of the dust that covered my car after 12 hours of driving hot, dusty roads! So welcome! We have another hot day today and the forecast is for very hot days for at least the next week. So far, the forecast is 33C for Friday, 35C for Saturday and 31C for Sunday.
It was such a thrill to see a Common Nighthawk / Chordeiles minor (a rather strange looking bird), as I had always wanted to see one actually lying on a fence post or wooden railing. People get such amazing photos of them like that, and that is what I was determined to find this summer. Last year, I had driven to this area in Southern Alberta, hoping to find one, but had been out of luck. Most of the Nighthawk photos I took four days ago were of Nighthawks lying on metal railings, but I was still thrilled to bits. We saw four individuals, together, and one was on a fence post - not the best angle, but it was still nice to see a fence post perch. How close we came to missing them! I said I wanted to just check the first part of a small side road first, before continuing on the road we were on - and there they were! I had seen a nighthawk on maybe five different occasions over the years, but most were in flight and one was perched very high up in a tree. For Pam, this was the first time she had ever seen one, and she was so happy to see this lifer.
I was so tired after driving such a long distance and it was a hot day - the temperature got up to 30C. I so rarely do such a long drive, and I've barely driven all winter and spring. It felt so good to actually get out on a long drive like this, and we saw all sorts of interesting things that we just had to stop and photograph - of course!
Every single time I go out with my camera for a drive, I never forget to be SO thankful to live in a country where I have the freedom and safety to go where I want, and to see such beauty. Thank you, Alberta and Albertans - and Happy 150th Birthday, Canada! Such a young country.
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