Yellow Oriole / Icterus nigrogularis, Trinidad
Great Blue Heron and Egret, Trinidad
Great Kiskadee / Pitangus sulphuratus, Trinidad
Scarlet Ibis and Egrets, Caroni Swamp
A friendly moment
Little Blue Heron, Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
Scarlet Ibis, Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
Masked Yellowthroat / Geothlypis aequinoctialis, T…
Bran-colored Flycatcher / Myiophobus fasciatus, Tr…
Bananaquit / Coereba flaveola, Trinidad
Ruddy Ground-dove / Columbina talpacoti, Trinidad
Masked Cardinal, Caroni Swamp
Crested Oropendola, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Pallas's Long-tongued Bat, Trinidad
Coyote crossing the frozen Elbow River
Common Redpoll female
Ruddy Duck from the archives
Rose-breasted Grosbeak from the archives
Brewer's Blackbird
Nibbling on a tasty leaf
Yellow-bellied Marmot
Agouti, Trinidad
Yellow Oriole, Trinidad
Crested Oropendola, Trinidad
Great Gray Owl #1
Great Gray Owl #2
Yellow Oriole, Trinidad
Purple Honeycreeper female, Trinidad
Green Honeycreeper female, Trinidad
Great Gray Owl, watching and listening
Great Gray Owl hunting
Is this a White-necked Jacobin female, Trinidad?
Bananaquit, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Boreal Chickadee
Great Gray Owl, highly zoomed
White-lined Tanager female, Trinidad
Blue-gray Tanager, Trinidad
Crested Oropendola, Trinidad
American Pygmy Kingfisher / Chloroceryle aenea, Ca…
Great Gray Owl on the hunt
Far, far away
Bighorn Sheep mom and youngster
Red Fox (just for the record)
Great Gray Owl
Purple Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
European Starling / Sturnus vulgaris
Common Redpoll
Great Gray Owl
Crested Oropendola, Trinidad
One of two Coyotes
Sleepy Great Horned Owl
Black-capped Chickadee
Purple Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
Red-breasted Meadowlark / Sturnella militaris, Tri…
Green Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
Evening Grosbeak male
Ruddy Turnstone, Tobago
White-lined Tanager, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Wood Ducks
Blue-gray Tanager, Trinidad
Wild European Rabbit
White-necked Jacobin male, Trinidad
A touch of blue
Purple Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
The ever-present Black-capped Chickadee
A lucky Moose day
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Watching Scarlet Ibis at Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
Scarlet Ibis - like decorations on a Christmas tre…
Bat sp., Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
Scarlet Ibis, Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
Little Blue Heron / Egretta caerulea, Caroni Swamp…
Masked Cardinal / Paroaria nigrogenis, Trinidad
Ring-billed Gull
Great Kiskadee, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Shaking off the raindrops
Young and innocent
Posting just for the record
Silver-beaked Tanager / Ramphocelus carbo, Trinida…
Pine Grosbeak male / Pinicola enucleator
Hairy Woodpecker / Picoides villosus
Purple Honeycreeper female, Trinidad
Why names just don't suit the bird
Purple Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
Agouti, Asa Wright, Trinidad
White-lined Tanager female, Trinidad
Hairy Woodpecker
Boreal Chickadee, caught just in time
Surprise, surprise ... an American Flamingo, Caron…
White-lined Tanager male / Tachyphonus rufus, Trin…
American Pygmy Kingfisher / Chloroceryle aenea, Ca…
Silky Anteater, Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
Black-throated Mango / Anthracothorax nigricollis,…
Masked Cardinal at the edge of Caroni Swamp
Dragonfly at Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
Curious glance from a Great Horned Owl
White-tailed Deer through the snow
Hummingbird, Trinidad
Dragonfly at Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
(Cattle?) Egret, on way to Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
Purple Honeycreeper, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Dragonfly sp., Trinidad
Saffron Finch / Sicalis flaveola, Trinidad
Masked Cardinal, Trinidad
Red-breasted Meadowlark / Sturnella militaris, Tri…
Southern Lapwing / Vanellus chilensis, Trinidad
White-chested Emerald / Amazilia brevirostris, Tri…
Yellow Oriole, Trinidad
Juvenile Northern Goshawk, feeding
Oilbird, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Janet and a tiny friend
Pine Grosbeak female or juvenile
A rare glimpse of a Steller's Jay
Pine Grosbeak male feeding on berries
Common Redpoll in falling snow
You never know where you'll see a Snowy Owl
Bananaquit, Trinidad
Two male Snowy Owls in the same field
Snowy Owl number 5
A most welcome find
White-necked Jacobin female, Trinidad
White-necked Jacobin, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Bananaquit / Coereba flaveola, Trinidad
Crested Oropendola / Psarocolius decumanus, Trinid…
Townsend's Solitaire / Myadestes townsendi
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Sharp-tailed Grouse
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Three days ago, on 17 February 2018, a small group of us headed way SW of the city - and into yet another snow storm. I kept checking to see if the trip was going to be cancelled, but fortunately, our leader had only read about the "few flurries" for the day. I had read further detail that said that a huge snow storm was moving into the area, bringing up to 25 cm of fresh snow, poor visibility, white-outs, treacherous roads! I knew taking photos was going to be a challenge, and seeing anything in the first place was going to be an even bigger challenge. So glad we went, though - even more so, that I wasn't driving, other than to our local meeting place in the city.
The main reason for the trip was to look for Golden Eagles, though of course we were happy to see anything else, too. Last year, we saw five, but this time we couldn't find any. With such poor visibility, they could still have been out there.
We did see Bald Eagles, though, and quite a few (mainly very distant) Sharp-tailed Grouse. At one location, they were on the road way ahead of us. I was able to get two or three closer shots of one of them, and managed to sharpen the 'best' one as much as I could, enough to make it just about fit to post. They are such beautiful birds. I thought we might see some small birds during the day, but we saw no Snow Buntings or Horned Larks. A very distant Great Horned Owl was seen in the yard at one of the places we always used to call in at when we were doing the annual Christmas Bird Count for the area. Also spotted a distant Merlin perched in a bare-branched tree.
Three Moose were seen - a lone Moose and then two together at a different location. The lone Moose had been standing but took a few steps and lay down in the deep snow. The other two were spotted when we were almost at the top of a steep, snow-covered back road. Our leader slowed down and, though I normally don't ask someone if they would stop for something, I did so this time. Oops, sorry, Tony, lol! We were stuck, unable to continue our climb to the top of the steep hill. Luckily, Tony is really good at reversing (and trying again)! There were also many Mule Deer to be seen, especially along the coulee.
I love the landscape in this whole area and always enjoy photographing it. This day, the weather was so bad that most of the landscape was just a faint shape in the distance, or else had completely vanished. Sometimes, it was difficult to tell if the distant shapes were actually hills or clouds!
A great day, despite the weather. Thanks so much, Tony, for the ride and for another most enjoyable day!
The main reason for the trip was to look for Golden Eagles, though of course we were happy to see anything else, too. Last year, we saw five, but this time we couldn't find any. With such poor visibility, they could still have been out there.
We did see Bald Eagles, though, and quite a few (mainly very distant) Sharp-tailed Grouse. At one location, they were on the road way ahead of us. I was able to get two or three closer shots of one of them, and managed to sharpen the 'best' one as much as I could, enough to make it just about fit to post. They are such beautiful birds. I thought we might see some small birds during the day, but we saw no Snow Buntings or Horned Larks. A very distant Great Horned Owl was seen in the yard at one of the places we always used to call in at when we were doing the annual Christmas Bird Count for the area. Also spotted a distant Merlin perched in a bare-branched tree.
Three Moose were seen - a lone Moose and then two together at a different location. The lone Moose had been standing but took a few steps and lay down in the deep snow. The other two were spotted when we were almost at the top of a steep, snow-covered back road. Our leader slowed down and, though I normally don't ask someone if they would stop for something, I did so this time. Oops, sorry, Tony, lol! We were stuck, unable to continue our climb to the top of the steep hill. Luckily, Tony is really good at reversing (and trying again)! There were also many Mule Deer to be seen, especially along the coulee.
I love the landscape in this whole area and always enjoy photographing it. This day, the weather was so bad that most of the landscape was just a faint shape in the distance, or else had completely vanished. Sometimes, it was difficult to tell if the distant shapes were actually hills or clouds!
A great day, despite the weather. Thanks so much, Tony, for the ride and for another most enjoyable day!
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