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
A cute little cluster
A fun find
Gathering in the forest
Yesterday's find
Merlin
Chinook arch over Calgary
Rusty Gilled Polypore / Gloeophyllum sepiarium
Merlin on the hunt
Merlin eating a dragonfly
Merlin removing dragonfly's wings
Guardian of the path
Before the snow arrived
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Fall colours in Fish Creek Park
Posting just for the record
Young and innocent
Who made these holes?
Fish Creek Park on New Year's Day
Little cutie in pink
You can always count on a Chickadee
Bathed in sunlight
Narrowleaf Stoneseed
Slime Mold, Fuligo septica
Life is all about conquering hurdles
In the spotlight
Nectria cinnabarina, 'Coral Spot'
Mule Deer
Red Squirrel
A tasty meal of fresh, green grass
Focussed on feeding
Eye-catcher
Red Squirrel
Little owl - way, way up
Little owl - in the Spruce tree
The demise of a Meadow Vole
Looking for lunch
Partial compression
Hey, remember me?
Hanging on
Red-breasted Nuthatch
I'm outta here
Hoary Plantain
Face to the sun
Bishop's-cap
Mourning Cloak
Return of winter
Fallen
Northern Pygmy-owl
King of the Spruce tree
Winter's playground
Consolation prize
Uncommon Northern Pygmy-owl
Well, hello there
Manitoba Maple
Wavy shadows
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Hoping for a Brown Creeper
Three-toed Woodpecker - from the archives
Wildflowers of spring
Enjoying the park
Townsend's Solitaire
Star-flowered Solomon's Seal berries
One of the few
Distracted
American Three-toed Woodpecker / Picoides dorsalis
Transformation : )
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Northern Pygmy-owl
American Three-toed Woodpecker
An old sighting
Little Red Squirrel
Northern Pygmy-owl / Glaucidium californicum
Northern Pygmy-owl
It's me again
"Eyes" in the back of my head
American Dipper / Cinclus mexicanus
Winter stripes
Touched by the light
The little guy again
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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