Pileated Woodpecker / Dryocopus pileatus
White-breasted Nuthatch / Sitta carolinensis
Hooded Merganser pair
Mountain Bluebird
Get well, Jim (Garnite)!
Brown-headed Cowbird female / Molothrus ater
Red-winged Blackbird female
Cherry-faced Meadowhawk
Damselfly
Time to feed the kids ... again
Arctic Willow / Salix arctica
Subalpine Larch / Larix lyallii
Arctic Willow
Arctic Willow
Elk pair / Cervus canadensis
Red-winged Blackbird female
Pine Grosbeak
My paternal Great Grandmother
Common Redpoll
'Twas a cold, cold day for us all
Surviving the frigid temperatures
Common Merganser pair
Afternoon nap
Take-off
A welcome visitor
Common Redpoll
Spruce Grouse female
A quick rest
White-tailed Deer
Housebound Mom
Pretty little lady
Lesser Scaup female
Common Redpoll
Spruce Grouse female
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Who am I?
She loves orange
Quite a mouthful
Snack time
The lady and her jewellery
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Fun in the pool
Magnificent Moose, Grand Tetons
Need colour
Say "Cheese"!
Mighty Moose
Wood Duck female
Colourful Wood Ducks
Time to feed a hungry youngster
Beautiful setting for a fine lady
Thanksgiving dinner for a hungry Tiger cub
The joys of winter birding
Pine Grosbeaks
Long-tailed Duck females / Clangula hyemalis
Long-tailed Duck / Clangula hyemalis
Little bird in a big world
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Common Redpoll
Avian perfection
Redpoll cafeteria
The face of gentleness
Timber Wolf enjoying the sun
Greater Scaup - or Lesser?
Subarctic Darner female and nymph casing
Mom
Mr. and Mrs.
Height of fashion
Dandelion bokeh
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Mountain Bluebird pair
Pretty little lady
Mountain Bluebird
Hairy Woodpecker
Hanging out with Mom
Snowy Owl
Mallard pose
Common Mormon
Pileated Woodpecker
Red-winged Blackbird
Braving the cold
Busy Dad and Mom
Cherry-faced Meadowhawk
Welcome little visitor
Hanging out with Mom
Long-tailed Duck
Pine Grosbeak
Friendly little female
Looking good
American Wigeon
Baby of the family
American Kestrel
Female Merlin
Female Ring-necked Pheasant
Lost in a sea of reflections
Delicious, tasty, young buds
The winning pair
Female Hairy Woodpecker
Hiding out
Echoing the sirens
Young Pine Grosbeak
What happens in cold weather!
Beside the vine
Moose on the loose
Got my eyes on you
(Extra)ordinary details
White-breasted Nuthatch
Checking me out
Time for a snack
Dragonfly
Cherry-faced Meadowhawk
Female beauty
Upside down
House Sparrow
Mongoose Lemur female
In the nesting tree
Snowy Owl pair
Downy Woodpecker up close
A little lady dressed in black and white
Hairy Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Snowy Owl
Female Mountain Bluebird
Female Mountain Bluebird
Hello, little lady
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Merlin female / Falco columbarius
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We were so lucky to see this beautiful female Merlin on our Calgary Christmas Bird Count on Sunday. This was the 59th Calgary Christmas Bird Count and apparently almost 200 people took part in it, with 102 feeder-watchers and 93 birders in the field. There were just four of us covering one particular area of several communities in the north east part of the city. It was a case of driving and then walking a block or two, driving and walking and so on for the whole day, which suited me after walking for hours the day before on the Banff/Canmore (in the Rocky Mountains) Bird Count! This Merlin was perched in a tree in someone's front garden and just sat there while a couple of us took photos. The Merlin is 24–33 cm (9.5–13 in) long with a 50–67 cm (20–26 in) wingspan. At the end of the day, we went to a most enjoyable, wrap-up chili (delicious!) supper, so that all the results of the day could be assembled. 18x zoomed and heavily cropped : )
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