Floating on aquamarine waves
Blue-gray Tanager, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trini…
Crested Oropendola / Psarocolius decumanus, Asa Wr…
White-necked Jacobin female, Asa Wright Nature Cen…
American Goldfinch
Back view of an orange Sunflower
The charred remains of McDougall Memorial United C…
And down(y) he flew
Couple of Coots / Fulica americana
Where countryside and civilization meet
I spy with my little eye
Pine Grosbeak male feeding on berries
Silky Anteater, Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
The ever-present Black-capped Chickadee
Yellow Oriole, Trinidad
A better sense of size
Blue-gray Tanager, Trinidad
Green Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
Blue-gray Tanager, Trinidad
They're back : )
Gathering food for his babies
White-crowned Sparrow, Tadoussac, Quebec
Pine Siskin
Day 3, Purple Martins, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Day 6, Horned Lark, Tadoussac Golf Course
Mountain Chickadee feeding on suet
Male Snowy Owl
Day 9, White-crowned Sparrow
Barred Owl in FCPP - from the archives
Mountain Bluebird male / Sialia currucoides
Cedar Waxwing
Mountain Bluebird
Red-winged Blackbird displaying
Backlit Sunflower
Terrible photos - but it was a GRIZZLY : )
Grizzly & one of her two cubs
Grizzly female (#152) and cubs
Backside beauty
Standing in sunshine
Merlin on the hunt
Quite a typical view
Swainson's Hawk on an early morning hunt
Upland Sandpiper / Bartramia longicauda
My first Bald Eagle on a fence post
Brown-headed Cowbird / Molothrus ater
Beautiful wings of a female Mountain Bluebird
Grasshopper Sparrow / Ammodramus savannarum - OR i…
Tree Swallow female
A Tree Swallow's iridescence
Eurasian Collared-Dove / Streptopelia decaocto
Black-capped Chickadee on Judy's hand
A quick shot just in time
Tree Swallow from the archives
Just a splash of colour
Pine Grosbeak enjoying the sun
On the hunt
Why birds are sometimes hard to find
Great Gray Owl in early morning light
Resting near the Cattails
Time to rest awhile
"Just" a little House Sparrow
All decked out
Golden Eagle juvenile
Harebell
Spread those wings
The art of building a nest
Black-capped Chickadee at a cavity
A backwards glance
Love those big ears and big feet
Red-winged Blackbird displaying
Two of a kind
It's mine!
Northern Pygmy-owl with Meadow Vole
So beautiful
Merlin male, back view
A beautiful country barn
Great Horned Owl with fall colours
House Sparrow in the fall
The fancy web work of a spider
Building her nest
Beautiful catch
Juicy snack for his babies
A different angle.jpg
How much is that owl in the window?
Yesterday's natural high
Juvenile White-crowned Sparrow
Dark Phase Gyrfalcon
Those fancy pantaloons are all the fashion
Pine Grosbeak
Mooned
Spider on the menu
Great Gray Owl in a snowy setting
Before "winter" returned
Visitor to the city
The cutest little House Sparrow
White, blues and browns of winter
Mountain Bluebird
Some good luck on yesterday's Bird Count
The joys of winter birding
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Female Mountain Bluebird with lunch for her babies
In Bluebirds, the blue colour is produced by the structure of the feather - there is no blue pigment. "Tiny air pockets in the barbs of feathers can scatter incoming light, resulting in a specific, non-iridescent color. Blue colors in feathers are almost always produced in this manner. Examples include the blue feathers of Bluebirds, Indigo Buntings, Blue Jay's and Steller's Jays."
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mountain_Bluebird/id
www.jstor.org/discover/pgs/index?id=10.2307/4077277&i...
On 18 June 2016, I went for a drive SW of the city, checking out a few of my usual roads. Almost straight away, I spotted a beautiful Wilson's Snipe perched on a fence rail in a different area than I usually photograph Snipe.
I had pulled over on the other side of the road and managed to get just three shots when a car came along in the opposite direction. The lady slowed down and asked if I was a birdwatcher. She told me that she had just passed an enormous Bald Eagle - bigger than any she had ever seen - perched on a fence post. Well, of course the Snipe flew off and I definitely wasn't expecting a Bald Eagle to still be sitting where it had been seen. I thanked the thoughtful lady and continued my drive, eventually spotting 'something' big in the distance. I couldn't believe it when I saw it was the Eagle. Expecting it to take off as soon as it saw my car, it surprised me by remaining right where it was. Wrong side of the road and with its back to me, but I was in awe! I think this was the first time I had ever seen a Bald Eagle perched on a fence post.
I was even more grateful to have seen this majestic bird of prey when I went to check on a nearby Mountain Bluebird pair and there was nothing to be seen. I then stopped at a different pair and, though I did see the female high up on the wire, there was no activity at all. When I eventually reached a third box - where I had recently photographed the male with a beautiful moth in its beak - I saw a Tree Swallow's face peeping out of the hole. When I was there two days earlier, I just knew that the babies were going to fledge any moment and I was so disappointed that I wasn't able to visit them in their last two days.
After driving further to see if I could see either of the Great Gray Owls or the Bobolinks, I was out of luck with both. This made the Bald Eagle sighting more special than ever! Then, driving down a road that I don't normally drive, I spotted a 'new' pair of Mountain Bluebirds. Both Mom and Dad were kept so busy, collecting caterpillars, moths and other insects to feed to their babies. These were definitely 'Bluebirds of Happiness' that evening. Soon, the grey sky and low light finally took a toll on my camera or, should I say, my knowledge of how to use it? It was time to call it quits and head for home.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mountain_Bluebird/id
www.jstor.org/discover/pgs/index?id=10.2307/4077277&i...
On 18 June 2016, I went for a drive SW of the city, checking out a few of my usual roads. Almost straight away, I spotted a beautiful Wilson's Snipe perched on a fence rail in a different area than I usually photograph Snipe.
I had pulled over on the other side of the road and managed to get just three shots when a car came along in the opposite direction. The lady slowed down and asked if I was a birdwatcher. She told me that she had just passed an enormous Bald Eagle - bigger than any she had ever seen - perched on a fence post. Well, of course the Snipe flew off and I definitely wasn't expecting a Bald Eagle to still be sitting where it had been seen. I thanked the thoughtful lady and continued my drive, eventually spotting 'something' big in the distance. I couldn't believe it when I saw it was the Eagle. Expecting it to take off as soon as it saw my car, it surprised me by remaining right where it was. Wrong side of the road and with its back to me, but I was in awe! I think this was the first time I had ever seen a Bald Eagle perched on a fence post.
I was even more grateful to have seen this majestic bird of prey when I went to check on a nearby Mountain Bluebird pair and there was nothing to be seen. I then stopped at a different pair and, though I did see the female high up on the wire, there was no activity at all. When I eventually reached a third box - where I had recently photographed the male with a beautiful moth in its beak - I saw a Tree Swallow's face peeping out of the hole. When I was there two days earlier, I just knew that the babies were going to fledge any moment and I was so disappointed that I wasn't able to visit them in their last two days.
After driving further to see if I could see either of the Great Gray Owls or the Bobolinks, I was out of luck with both. This made the Bald Eagle sighting more special than ever! Then, driving down a road that I don't normally drive, I spotted a 'new' pair of Mountain Bluebirds. Both Mom and Dad were kept so busy, collecting caterpillars, moths and other insects to feed to their babies. These were definitely 'Bluebirds of Happiness' that evening. Soon, the grey sky and low light finally took a toll on my camera or, should I say, my knowledge of how to use it? It was time to call it quits and head for home.
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