Farmyard friends
The large, white bunny
Gobbler at the farm
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
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The big white barn
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
A face only a mother could love
Barred Owl in FCPP - from the archives
Northern Hawk Owl juevnile - from the archives
Is this a Silkie rooster?
Long-eared Owl / Asio otus
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
Farm with sheep and a donkey
Great Horned Owl / Bubo virginianus
Juvenile Swainson's Hawk / Buteo swainsoni
Yellow-bellied Marmot - from the archives
Northern Pygmy-owl - from the archives
Great Gray Owl - from the archives
Northern Pygmy-owl - from the archives
Great Gray Owl - from the archives
Wilson's Snipe - from the archives
Burrowing Owl, ENDANGERED - from the archives
A favourite old barn
The same, but different
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Short-eared Owl - from January
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Welcome colour
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Another see-through barn
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A 'new' barn
Long-eared Owl
Ruddy Duck male
A see-through barn in the middle of nowhere
Long-eared Owl
Eastern Kingbird, from my archives
Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
Dreaming of spring
Long-eared Owl
Long-eared Owl / Asio otus
Pika, stocking up for winter
Curious Columbian Ground Squirrel
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Short owl drive east of the city, 14 February 2019
Short owl drive east of the city, 14 February 2019
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Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
This was just a brief encounter and I only got maybe two or three dozen photos. I was so happy, though, as I had longed to see a Short-eared Owl on a close fence post for several years. Can't say I'm exactly enjoying posting any owl photo after the last eight or nine unpleasant days, though, but I do want to add the few OK images to my albums. In case any local photographers just happen to read this, apparently the RCMP have been called out to the area several times because of the number of people and cars. I haven’t been out there since 27 February.
This is what I wrote under a previously posted photo taken at the same time:
"On 14 February, I was so lucky. Friend, Pam, phoned to see if I'd like to go with her for a quick drive east of the city. I hadn't been expecting to get out for a few days, as I had a cortisone injection in my left hip the previous day and one is supposed to rest for a few days. Another 10 days and I get a shot in the other hip. I wasn't going to drive anywhere, but being driven and no walking sounded just too nice to turn down. We also both knew that snow was in the forecast for the next two or three days.
We were very lucky with an owl sighting and this one flew to a fairly close fence post - and just stayed there. Looks like a bit of its most recent snack of Meadow Vole was still on the tip of its beak.
The temperature was a few degrees "less cold" than the previous 12 or so days. However, it was still SOOOO cold, so photos were taken with gloved hands. Two weeks of deep freeze has not been enjoyable, to say the least. This morning, 15 February, it is "only" -20C (windchill -25C) and snow fell overnight.
Many thanks, Pam, for the invite and this absolute treat! So much appreciated."
This is what I wrote under a previously posted photo taken at the same time:
"On 14 February, I was so lucky. Friend, Pam, phoned to see if I'd like to go with her for a quick drive east of the city. I hadn't been expecting to get out for a few days, as I had a cortisone injection in my left hip the previous day and one is supposed to rest for a few days. Another 10 days and I get a shot in the other hip. I wasn't going to drive anywhere, but being driven and no walking sounded just too nice to turn down. We also both knew that snow was in the forecast for the next two or three days.
We were very lucky with an owl sighting and this one flew to a fairly close fence post - and just stayed there. Looks like a bit of its most recent snack of Meadow Vole was still on the tip of its beak.
The temperature was a few degrees "less cold" than the previous 12 or so days. However, it was still SOOOO cold, so photos were taken with gloved hands. Two weeks of deep freeze has not been enjoyable, to say the least. This morning, 15 February, it is "only" -20C (windchill -25C) and snow fell overnight.
Many thanks, Pam, for the invite and this absolute treat! So much appreciated."
ROL/Photo, Yves Saulnier, Fred Denis, Aschi "Freestone" have particularly liked this photo
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