Better late than never
Togetherness
Common Merganser male
Another Pelican treat
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Wood Duck male / Aix sponsa
Wood Duck male / Aix sponsa
A Ferret in the park
Great Horned Owl
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Great Horned Owl
Pet 'rescue' Ferret
Licorice Allsorts (candy) eyes
Harlequin Duck male
Yellow Warbler / Setophaga petechia
Wild Licorice?
Sainfoin / Onobrychis
American White Pelicans on the Bow River
Sainfoin / Onobrychis
American White Pelicans on the Bow River
Townsend's Solitaire / Myadestes townsendi
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Winter walk in the park
Hooded Merganser male
The Bow River at Carburn Park
Sweet White-tailed doe
Snow-capped berries
The ever-friendly Black-capped Chickadee
Hello, winter
The return of the ice pillars
Double-crested Cormorants / Phalacrocorax auritus
An early morning, smoky sun
American Robin male
American Robin down by the river
American Robin's egg on the ground
American Robin / Turdus migratorius, Carburn Park
Sainfoin / Onobrychis viciifolia
Yellow-rumped Warbler
The Heritage tree at Carburn Park
Black-capped Chickadee on Judy's hand
Raindrops on the back of a Canada Goose
Camouflaged House Sparrow at cavity
A danger to wildlife
Winter chill
Hoping for food
Heritage tree from 1907, at Carburn Park
With thoughts of nesting
Yesterday's walk along the Bow River
Fall reflections at Carburn Park
Crested Wheatgrass / Agropyron cristatum
Hungry little Muskrat
A joy to see
Common Tansy / Tanacetum vulgare
Busy little Muskrat
Doing their best
Sainfoin / Onobrychis viciifolia Scop.
A different Great Horned Owl
Love those legs
"Just" a Mallard
Butter-&-eggs
Juvenile Pied-billed Grebe
Sainfoin / Onobrychis viciifolia
Female Harlequin Duck
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Broad-headed bug
Common Branded Skipper on Alfalfa
The twins' Mom
Cabbage White butterfly
Black Henbane seedpods
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Iridescence
Mallard with reflections
Common Merganser
Building her nest
Growing older by the minute
Wood Duck pair
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Red-necked Grebe
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A sunny fall day
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Janet and a tiny friend
This photo was taken yesterday morning, 20 January 2018, when I went on a walk in Carburn Park with birding friends. I always find that a walk along the Bow River gives very few photo opportunities, as the birds are too far away for photos, but it is a lovely park in which to spend time. They are also too far away for me to ID them, as I don't use binoculars.
The always loyal Black-capped Chickadees flew in to see if anyone had any food. They were in luck, as this park, unlike Fish Creek Park, does not forbid the feeding of birds. Friend, Janet, was ready waiting, with a few seeds and nuts in her hand.
As you can see, the sun was shining and actually it wasn't cold. Always good to spend time in great company, including going for coffee/lunch afterwards at the local Tim Horton's. Many thanks, Howard, for leading the group!
"The Black-capped Chickadee is notable for its capacity to lower its body temperature during cold winter nights, its good spatial memory to relocate the caches where it stores food, and its boldness near humans (they can feed from the hand)." From Wikipedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-capped_Chickadee
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/black-capped_chickadee/id
"The chickadee's unerring spatial memory is remarkable enough, says Colin Saldanha, assistant professor of biological sciences at Lehigh University and an anatomist who has studied songbirds for six years.
But it is what happens inside the tiny songbird's brain that Saldanha finds amazing. In the fall, as the chickadee is gathering and storing seeds, Saldanha says, its hippocampus, the part of the brain responsible for spatial organization and memory in many vertebrates, expands in volume by approximately 30 percent by adding new nerve cells. In songbirds, the hippocampus is located on the dorsal surface of the forebrain right beneath the skull. In mammals, the hippocampus is located beneath the cortex.
In the spring, when its feats of memory are needed less, the chickadee's hippocampus shrinks back to its normal size, Saldanha says." From article on ScienceDaily.
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/09/030912072156.htm
The always loyal Black-capped Chickadees flew in to see if anyone had any food. They were in luck, as this park, unlike Fish Creek Park, does not forbid the feeding of birds. Friend, Janet, was ready waiting, with a few seeds and nuts in her hand.
As you can see, the sun was shining and actually it wasn't cold. Always good to spend time in great company, including going for coffee/lunch afterwards at the local Tim Horton's. Many thanks, Howard, for leading the group!
"The Black-capped Chickadee is notable for its capacity to lower its body temperature during cold winter nights, its good spatial memory to relocate the caches where it stores food, and its boldness near humans (they can feed from the hand)." From Wikipedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-capped_Chickadee
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/black-capped_chickadee/id
"The chickadee's unerring spatial memory is remarkable enough, says Colin Saldanha, assistant professor of biological sciences at Lehigh University and an anatomist who has studied songbirds for six years.
But it is what happens inside the tiny songbird's brain that Saldanha finds amazing. In the fall, as the chickadee is gathering and storing seeds, Saldanha says, its hippocampus, the part of the brain responsible for spatial organization and memory in many vertebrates, expands in volume by approximately 30 percent by adding new nerve cells. In songbirds, the hippocampus is located on the dorsal surface of the forebrain right beneath the skull. In mammals, the hippocampus is located beneath the cortex.
In the spring, when its feats of memory are needed less, the chickadee's hippocampus shrinks back to its normal size, Saldanha says." From article on ScienceDaily.
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/09/030912072156.htm
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