Snowy Owl 1st year male, Snowy Owl Prowl 2019
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
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Long-eared Owl / Asio otus
Long-eared Owl / Asio otus
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
Long-eared Owl / Asio otus
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
Eastern Kingbird, from my archives
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl - from January
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
Barred Owl in FCPP - from the archives
Juvenile Swainson's Hawk / Buteo swainsoni
Yellow-bellied Marmot - from the archives
Wilson's Snipe - from the archives
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
Short-eared Owl out on a tree limb
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Jackrabbit in my garden
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Snowy Owl 1st year male, Snowy Owl Prowl 2019
Day 12, migrating Snow Geese, Cap Tourmente
Day 12, Snow Geese, Cap Tourmente National Wildlif…
Short-eared Owl
Day 10, White-crowned Sparrow
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
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Short-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Day 10, White-throated Sparrow
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Day 10, American Goldfinch male
Day 10, White-throated Sparrow, Tadoussac
Day 10, Chipping Sparrow / Spizella passerina
Day 9, White-crowned Sparrow
Fox Sparrow / Passerella iliaca, Tadoussac, Quebec
Day 9, White-crowned Sparrow
Short-eared Owl
Male Snowy Owl
Male Snowy Owl
Day 8, Snow Goose / Anser caerulescens
Day 8, Snow Geese
Day 8, Snow Goose
Day 8, Snow Geese
Eastern Kingbird, SW of Calgary
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Day 8, Lapland Longspur, Quebec
Fish Creek Park on New Year's Day
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Day 7, White-crowned Sparrow, Tadoussac
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Snowy Owl male, Snowy Owl Prowl 2019
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Four of these photos were taken on Saturday, 23 February 2019, during the annual Snowy Owl Prowl, east of the city. I was so tempted to cancel when the forecast was for bitterly cold and snowy weather, with a wind that made it feel much colder! Amazingly, the snow stopped just before it was time for me to leave home that morning, but the frigid weather stayed with us all day.
We managed to find five Snowy Owls, but this was the only remotely close one that I got a sharp enough photo of. My other photos, taken from inside the car in which I was travelling, from the far side, were totally blurry. This so often happens when I take photos from inside a vehicle. The last owl we saw was actually going to be on my side of the road when we did a U-turn and headed back, which would have been wonderful, but for some reason, we drove straight past, leaving everyone else to photograph it! Of course, it was great to see these owls, but photo-wise, very disappointing. It was definitely a Snow Bunting day, though! An estimated 6,000 of them in total. They are so beautiful when seen in flight. The car in which I was riding was the leading car, and we missed the Horned Larks and Gray Partridge.
"21 brave participants ventured out on a very cold and windy day to trek east of Calgary to find Snowy Owls. Even with the bitterly cold conditions, the birds did not disappoint. We found 5 Snowy Owls throughout the day, but the highlight was seeing over 6000 snow buntings amongst 8 different flocks throughout the day. The largest flocks we saw was about 1800 birds, which was a mixed flock with about 200 Horned Larks. The buntings must be migrating north! All and all a great day!
Saturday February 23, 2019
10am-4pm -17C, Wind N20-29KM/Hr
21 participants
1075 Canada Geese
12 Gray Partridge
90 Rock Pigeon
1 Great Horned Owl (being chased through trees by Ravens)
5 Snowy Owls - all males, 4 1st year, 1 adult
6 Black-billed Magpie
10 Common Raven
205 Horned Lark - 200 were in a mixed flock with Snow Buntings
40 Common Redpoll
6000 8 different flocks over the day; 1600, 1600, 400, 100, 300, 300, 1000, 1000
Melanie"
We managed to find five Snowy Owls, but this was the only remotely close one that I got a sharp enough photo of. My other photos, taken from inside the car in which I was travelling, from the far side, were totally blurry. This so often happens when I take photos from inside a vehicle. The last owl we saw was actually going to be on my side of the road when we did a U-turn and headed back, which would have been wonderful, but for some reason, we drove straight past, leaving everyone else to photograph it! Of course, it was great to see these owls, but photo-wise, very disappointing. It was definitely a Snow Bunting day, though! An estimated 6,000 of them in total. They are so beautiful when seen in flight. The car in which I was riding was the leading car, and we missed the Horned Larks and Gray Partridge.
"21 brave participants ventured out on a very cold and windy day to trek east of Calgary to find Snowy Owls. Even with the bitterly cold conditions, the birds did not disappoint. We found 5 Snowy Owls throughout the day, but the highlight was seeing over 6000 snow buntings amongst 8 different flocks throughout the day. The largest flocks we saw was about 1800 birds, which was a mixed flock with about 200 Horned Larks. The buntings must be migrating north! All and all a great day!
Saturday February 23, 2019
10am-4pm -17C, Wind N20-29KM/Hr
21 participants
1075 Canada Geese
12 Gray Partridge
90 Rock Pigeon
1 Great Horned Owl (being chased through trees by Ravens)
5 Snowy Owls - all males, 4 1st year, 1 adult
6 Black-billed Magpie
10 Common Raven
205 Horned Lark - 200 were in a mixed flock with Snow Buntings
40 Common Redpoll
6000 8 different flocks over the day; 1600, 1600, 400, 100, 300, 300, 1000, 1000
Melanie"
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