Boreal Chickadee
A picture of cuteness
Out in the open
Listening
Sensuous curves of snow
Watching us closely
Fully focused
A quick stop on the railings
Visiting the city
Admit it - you think I'm cute
Colours of fall
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Rare (in Alberta) American Three-toed Woodpecker
American Three-toed Woodpecker male
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Partial Leucistic Red-breasted Nuthatch
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Highly invasive Caragana
Bebo Grove, Fish Creek Park
For Chiara
Down in the forest
Partially Leucistic Red-breasted Nuthatch
The challenge of bird photography
Resting in the meadow
Leucistic Red-breasted Nuthatch
Mule Deer buck
Time to rest awhile
Resting near the Cattails
Uncommon American Three-toed Woodpecker
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Three-toed Woodpecker
A local Great Horned Owl
Cream and wine-coloured
Little cutie in pink
You can always count on a Chickadee
Bathed in sunlight
Narrowleaf Stoneseed
Manitoba Maple
Wavy shadows
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Three-toed Woodpecker - from the archives
Hoping for a Brown Creeper
Wildflowers of spring
Townsend's Solitaire
Enjoying the park
One of the few
Star-flowered Solomon's Seal berries
An old sighting
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Northern Pygmy-owl
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Transformation : )
American Three-toed Woodpecker / Picoides dorsalis
Distracted
The little guy again
Touched by the light
Winter stripes
American Dipper / Cinclus mexicanus
"Eyes" in the back of my head
It's me again
Northern Pygmy-owl
Northern Pygmy-owl / Glaucidium californicum
Little Red Squirrel
Northern Pygmy-owl
Northern Pygmy-owl
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Close encounter of the owl kind
Yesterday, 17 February 2014, was my lucky day for seeing this beautiful Great Gray Owl. Though I have seen many before, the special thing about this particular owl is that it was seen in Fish Creek Park, in the city. I believe a Great Gray Owl has only ever been seen in this local park on two occasions over the years, so this was a really special treat. Normally, we never even get this species of owl within the city at all, but 2014 has been different, with the sighting of this individual plus another Great Gray Owl seen at Griffith Woods, which I was also lucky enough to see and photograph. They are such amazing owls to watch, especially when they are hunting. Their focus and concentration is superb and we got to see this yesterday when we were there. Other than an occasional glance in our direction, the owl completely ignored us - you see this with GHOs everywhere, as they are quite tolerant, for the most part, of people. This owl was high in a tree, though it looks like it was very close and more or less at eye level.
Today is THE day, when I have to take my computer to a store to have all the data transferred to a new machine that I bought a couple of months ago. See you in something like three days, when hopefully I will have figured out how to set everything up, once I get it back home.
Today is THE day, when I have to take my computer to a store to have all the data transferred to a new machine that I bought a couple of months ago. See you in something like three days, when hopefully I will have figured out how to set everything up, once I get it back home.
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