Black-throated Mango on nest, Tobago, Day 2
Green Honeycreeper female, Asa Wright Nature Centr…
White-necked Jacobin female, Trinidad
White-necked Jacobin female, Asa Wright Nature Cen…
Green Hermit Hummingbird female, Asa Wright Nature…
Purple Honeycreeper female, Trinidad
Green Honeycreeper female, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Green Honeycreeper female, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Mallard female
Purple Honeycreeper female preening, Asa Wright Na…
Mallard female
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Great Horned Owl and owlet
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Mom and her babies
A slight touch of blue
Common Merganser family
Mountain Bluebird with food for her babies
Tree Swallows - time to change places
Tree Swallow female
Brewer's Blackbird female
A touch of blue
Beautiful Mule Deer family
White-tailed Deer family
Mountain Bluebird female
White-tailed Deer
Ruddy Duck female
Mule Deer doe
Licking salt off the road
Remember to stop and smell the .... wildflowers
Green Honeycreeper female, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Purple Honeycreeper female, Asa Wright
Friendly visitor
Bighorn Sheep, mom and youngster
Bighorn Sheep on the slope
Evening Grosbeak female
Learning from Mom
Sweet White-tailed doe
Licking salt from the road
Common Redpoll / Acanthis flammea
Evening Grosbeaks, male and female
"Just" a little House Sparrow
Unexpected, and very welcome, Moose
Common Redpoll
Hungry Moose
Pine Grosbeaks
Pine Grosbeak female
Common Redpoll
Silver-beaked Tanager female, Trinidad
White-necked Jacobin female, Trinidad
White-tailed Deer through the snow
Black-throated Mango / Anthracothorax nigricollis,…
White-lined Tanager female, Trinidad
Why names just don't suit the bird
Purple Honeycreeper female, Trinidad
A lucky Moose day
A friendly moment
Common Redpoll female
Purple Honeycreeper female, Trinidad
Green Honeycreeper female, Trinidad
White-lined Tanager female, Trinidad
Bighorn Sheep mom and youngster
Common Redpoll
Moose in the mountains
Female Mountain Bluebird with lunch for her babies
Great Horned Owl
Moose from the archives
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Downy Woodpecker and bokeh
Posing nicely
Time for an afternoon nap
Feather finery of a female Mallard
Lapland Longspur? No, a female Red-winged Blackbi…
Larch in fall colour
Spruce Sawyer
Spruce Grouse, adult female
Quite a typical view
Mom and her spotted twins
Swainson's Hawk female, dark-phase
Looking beautiful
A gathering of female Bighorn Sheep
Bighorn Sheep - she's a beauty
Female Spruce Grouse with one of her young
Unexpected closeness
Collecting food for her babies
Time to feed the kids
A second's rest, together
Beautiful wings of a female Mountain Bluebird
Red-winged Blackbird female with bokeh
Female Bobolink / Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Such good parents
Northern Shoveler pair
Mom and her new baby
Female Mountain Bluebird / Sialia currucoides
Male and female Purple Martins / Progne subis
Purple Martins / Progne subis
Tree Swallow female
No wonder there are so many Savannah Sparrows : )
Busy parent
Brown-headed Cowbirds
Mountain Bluebird protecting her nest box
Always a good mother
American Wigeon pair
Trying to impress the females
Sharp-tailed Grouse female
Pileated Woodpecker female
Cinnamon Teal pair
Rare Leucistic Merlin in different light
Rare LEUCISTIC Merlin enjoying a snack
Fine feathers of a female Mallard
Downy Woodpecker at a park feeder
Memories
A bird in the hand is worth many in the bush
Delicate Damselfly
Dainty little Common Redpoll
Moose cow looking for salt
Downy Woodpecker
Common Redpoll on the wire
Common Redpoll / Carduelis flammea
Dainty little Common Redpoll
Common Redpoll in the forest
Common Redpoll
Hoping for food
Pine Grosbeak female
Pine Grosbeaks adding colour to our winter
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Female Kestrel
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For some reason, I find these two species difficult to identify sometimes, and I can't for the life of me remember which species was indoors as I was leaving the Centre. A female, though, right?
"Merlins have a white stripe above the eyes which kestrels don't. Also a merlin is a darker brown than the orangier kestrel." (Thanks, Doug, from a previous posting).
This particular bird resides at the Alberta Birds of Prey Centre in Coaldale, southern Alberta, a wonderful place that rehabilitates and releases (whenever possible) various birds of prey - hawks, falcons, owls, Bald Eagles, Turkey Vultures, and Golden Eagles. Some of these birds act as Wildlife Ambassadors, too, educating the public away from the Centre.
It had been a few years since my last visit there - I've been maybe three or four times - and I had been longing to go back. Much too far and all new driving territory for me to even think about driving there myself. However, about six weeks ago, on 9 September 2016, that is exactly what I did. A friend had said she would come along, too, but she emailed me at 1:00 am to say that she assumed the trip had been cancelled, as she hadn't heard back about the time to meet. In fact, I had sent two emails giving the time, so I don't know what happened there. Very unfortunate, as it would have been great to have had company on such a long drive and I know she would have had lots of fun with her camera.
I knew it would be a long day and further than I would normally drive - and in a brand new car that I was still learning to drive! It didn't look or feel quite as new after travelling 481 km! Only got lost twice, one minor and the other major. Must have taken a wrong turn somewhere down south and I ended up in the city of Lethbridge, that I had very carefully planned to avoid. After three and three-quarter hours, I finally arrived, to my huge relief.
Despite getting there later than I had hoped, I still had plenty of time to wander round the grounds and photograph the various raptors. Some were tethered out in a couple of grassy areas and others were in outdoor cages. Wonderful to get such a close look at the various majestic birds.
I took a slightly different way home via #845 (?) making absolutely sure that I didn't accidentally find myself in Lethbridge again and it wasn't too long before I found myself in the area that I had driven a few weeks before, when I went SW of Vulcan to look for Common Nighthawks (without any luck). Just so happy that I finally made myself do this drive. When I Googled the Centre's website, I had discovered that they were closing two days later for the winter. So, it was either a case of going when I did or not at all till next May onward.
The very next day, 10 September 2016, I took my daughter on a long drive in Kananaskis. This was yet another place that I had longed to be able to drive for many years - and finally I did it! I had been lots of times with various friends, but this was the very first time I had ever driven myself.
"Merlins have a white stripe above the eyes which kestrels don't. Also a merlin is a darker brown than the orangier kestrel." (Thanks, Doug, from a previous posting).
This particular bird resides at the Alberta Birds of Prey Centre in Coaldale, southern Alberta, a wonderful place that rehabilitates and releases (whenever possible) various birds of prey - hawks, falcons, owls, Bald Eagles, Turkey Vultures, and Golden Eagles. Some of these birds act as Wildlife Ambassadors, too, educating the public away from the Centre.
It had been a few years since my last visit there - I've been maybe three or four times - and I had been longing to go back. Much too far and all new driving territory for me to even think about driving there myself. However, about six weeks ago, on 9 September 2016, that is exactly what I did. A friend had said she would come along, too, but she emailed me at 1:00 am to say that she assumed the trip had been cancelled, as she hadn't heard back about the time to meet. In fact, I had sent two emails giving the time, so I don't know what happened there. Very unfortunate, as it would have been great to have had company on such a long drive and I know she would have had lots of fun with her camera.
I knew it would be a long day and further than I would normally drive - and in a brand new car that I was still learning to drive! It didn't look or feel quite as new after travelling 481 km! Only got lost twice, one minor and the other major. Must have taken a wrong turn somewhere down south and I ended up in the city of Lethbridge, that I had very carefully planned to avoid. After three and three-quarter hours, I finally arrived, to my huge relief.
Despite getting there later than I had hoped, I still had plenty of time to wander round the grounds and photograph the various raptors. Some were tethered out in a couple of grassy areas and others were in outdoor cages. Wonderful to get such a close look at the various majestic birds.
I took a slightly different way home via #845 (?) making absolutely sure that I didn't accidentally find myself in Lethbridge again and it wasn't too long before I found myself in the area that I had driven a few weeks before, when I went SW of Vulcan to look for Common Nighthawks (without any luck). Just so happy that I finally made myself do this drive. When I Googled the Centre's website, I had discovered that they were closing two days later for the winter. So, it was either a case of going when I did or not at all till next May onward.
The very next day, 10 September 2016, I took my daughter on a long drive in Kananaskis. This was yet another place that I had longed to be able to drive for many years - and finally I did it! I had been lots of times with various friends, but this was the very first time I had ever driven myself.
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