Highlight of the day
Another lucky Weasel shot
Swainson's Hawk
Hiding in the shadows
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel
Snacking on grass
Love those ears
Lesser Scaup and lines
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel
American Coot
Snack time for baby Coot
Very young Mule deer
Mule Deer, Mom and baby
Feeding time excitement
Lesser Scaup
Being a good mother
Clark's Nutcracker / Nucifraga columbiana
Clark's Nutcracker
Clark's Nutcracker
'Hiding' in the grass
American Coot interactive display
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel
They can't see me
Bighorn Sheep on Plateau Mountain, 2012
Coyote on the hunt
American Coot
American Coot and 'cootlings'
Juvenile American Coot
Couple of Coots / Fulica americana
Jackrabbit
American Coot
American Coot
Lesser Scaup male / Aythya affinis
Lesser Scaup male / Aythya affinis
Lesser Scaup male / Aythya affinis
Lesser Scaup male / Aythya affinis
The look
I think I can ... I think I can ...
Deer teeth
The eyes of innocence
Mountain Sheep
Mountain Sheep
The branch to nowhere
Supper in the park
White-tailed Deer
Solitary Sandpiper
Camera shy
Baby Burrowing Owl
Do you mind?
Doing what comes naturally
Pine Grosbeak
Giving me the look
Double-crested Cormorant
Big baby, little Momma
A watchful eye
Chipping Sparrow
Ring-billed Gull
A second day in the big, wide world
Purple Martins
Into the great wide open
The demise of a Meadow Vole
Looking for lunch
Partial compression
Burrowing Owl
Older of the two owlets
Owl with attitude
Long-eared Owl
Dandelion bokeh
Blue dot bokeh
What big feet you have
Mooned
Female Downy Woodpecker
Yep, it's that time of the year again
Downy Woodpecker
I know you're there
It's all about the eyes
Time to feed the kids - again
The pose
Bird on a wire
In swirls of blue
Hooded Merganser male
Bee on Yellow Sweetclover
Fritillary
Curled up in a yellow cradle
Dragonfly
Camouflaged Wood Frog
Close encounter
Enjoying the day
Peaceful
Winter portrait
Wild Turkey
Snowy Owl female
Mule Deer fawn
Proud Mom
An Angel's Trumpet
The new mother
Nesting time, perhaps?
Haven't we met somewhere before?
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Dressed in its Sunday best
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I took this photo at the Calgary Zoo on 6 May 2009 and came across it when I was doing a bit of tidying up on my hard drive last night, ready for the dreaded day (i.e. tomorrow!) when I have to get all the data transferred to a new computer. I think these birds have such gorgeous feathers. Photographed at the Calgary Zoo.
"The Vulturine Guineafowl (Acryllium vulturinum) is the largest extant species of guineafowl. Systematically, it is only distantly related to other guineafowl genera. Its closest living relative, the White Breasted Guineafowl, Agelastes meleagrides inhabit primary forests in Central Africa. It is a member of the bird family Numididae, and is the only member of the genus Acryllium. It is a resident breeder in northeast Africa, from southern Ethiopia through Kenya and just into northern Tanzania.
The Vulturine Guineafowl is a gregarious species, forming flocks outside the breeding season typically of about 25 birds. This species' food is seeds and small invertebrates. This guineafowl is terrestrial, and will run rather than fly when alarmed. Despite the open habitat, it tends to keep to cover, and roosts in trees."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulturine_Guineafowl
www.arkive.org/vulturine-guineafowl/acryllium-vulturinum
"The Vulturine Guineafowl (Acryllium vulturinum) is the largest extant species of guineafowl. Systematically, it is only distantly related to other guineafowl genera. Its closest living relative, the White Breasted Guineafowl, Agelastes meleagrides inhabit primary forests in Central Africa. It is a member of the bird family Numididae, and is the only member of the genus Acryllium. It is a resident breeder in northeast Africa, from southern Ethiopia through Kenya and just into northern Tanzania.
The Vulturine Guineafowl is a gregarious species, forming flocks outside the breeding season typically of about 25 birds. This species' food is seeds and small invertebrates. This guineafowl is terrestrial, and will run rather than fly when alarmed. Despite the open habitat, it tends to keep to cover, and roosts in trees."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulturine_Guineafowl
www.arkive.org/vulturine-guineafowl/acryllium-vulturinum
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