Old dolls, Pioneer Acres Museum, Alberta
Once a home
Artichoke flower with different bee species
Bald Eagle / Haliaeetus leucocephalus
A new-to-me old barn
Yesterday's storm
Bighorn Sheep, mom and youngster
Rust patterns
A Coyote's last look back
A view from Quarry Lake, Canmore
Yesterday's Bald Eagle
Sun halo over Glenmore Reservoir
Pam and friend
Old granaries on the prairie
When the storm moved in
Bighorn Sheep on the slope
Town of Canmore, Alberta
Wood Duck male
Swainson's Hawk
Beneath the cloud
Chains
A fine old barn
Mushrooms in Gayle's garden
Cockshutt tractor, Pioneer Acres
Oilbird / Steatornis caripensis, Trinidad
At the Oilbird (Steatornis caripensis) cave, Trini…
Ring-billed Gull / Larus delawarensis
Great Horned Owl juvenile
Complete with little red birdhouse
Great Blue Heron, fishing
Yellow Oriole, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Kohleria tubiflora, Trinidad
Old barn
Cosmos beauty
Side by side
Impressive peak in Kananaskis - Mt. Sparrowhawk?
Friendly visitor
Fish Creek Park on a low-light day
Yesterday's Great Horned Owl
A mountain meadow, Kananaskis, Alberta
Same kind of flower as yesterday's
Great Horned Owl on a fence post
Purity
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Fall colours in Fish Creek Park
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Merlin
"Merlins are small, fierce falcons that use surprise attacks to bring down small songbirds and shorebirds. They are powerful fliers, but you can tell them from larger falcons by their rapid wingbeats and overall dark tones. Medieval falconers called them “lady hawks,” and noblewomen used them to hunt Sky Larks. Merlin populations have largely recovered from twentieth-century declines, thanks to a ban on the pesticide DDT and their ability to adapt to life around towns and cities." From AllAboutBirds.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Merlin/id
This was the highlight of a walk with friends yesterday afternoon, 15 October 2017. We covered the Boat Launch and Sikome areas, but ended up finding only 11 species of bird. Afternoons tend to be quieter, anyway, but it really was very slow finding any kind of bird. When someone spotted this Merlin, perched in among the trees, and not easily seen, it felt so good.
As I miss so many of the birding walks, I never feel guilty if, on the rare occasion, I do two of the repeat walks in one week. The weather was very pleasant yesterday afternoon, too. For the next week, it looks like our temperatures are expected to be in the low to high teens (Centigrade), which will be great.
Thanks for leading the walk, Bernie and Stephen - and for going for coffee afterwards. Always much enjoyed.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Merlin/id
This was the highlight of a walk with friends yesterday afternoon, 15 October 2017. We covered the Boat Launch and Sikome areas, but ended up finding only 11 species of bird. Afternoons tend to be quieter, anyway, but it really was very slow finding any kind of bird. When someone spotted this Merlin, perched in among the trees, and not easily seen, it felt so good.
As I miss so many of the birding walks, I never feel guilty if, on the rare occasion, I do two of the repeat walks in one week. The weather was very pleasant yesterday afternoon, too. For the next week, it looks like our temperatures are expected to be in the low to high teens (Centigrade), which will be great.
Thanks for leading the walk, Bernie and Stephen - and for going for coffee afterwards. Always much enjoyed.
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