Ruddy Duck from the archives
Rose-breasted Grosbeak from the archives
A scene in the Whaleback area
Brewer's Blackbird
Nibbling on a tasty leaf
Plant from the Whaleback
Tent Caterpillar
Rolling hills from the Whaleback
Caught in a mesocyclone
Burrowing Owl in the wild
Yellow-bellied Marmot
Green honeycreeper and Purple honeycreeper
Agouti, Trinidad
Yellow Oriole, Trinidad
Warm enough to start the melting
Patience required
Finally!
Crested Oropendola, Trinidad
Great Gray Owl #1
Great Gray Owl #2
Yellow Oriole, Trinidad
Banana plant, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Purple Honeycreeper female, Trinidad
Common Redpoll female
With more big storms to come
Coyote crossing the frozen Elbow River
White-necked Jacobin, Trinidad
Pallas's Long-tongued Bat, Trinidad
A rainbow and a Hummingbird wave
A garden in Trinidad
Bird activity?, Trinidad
Unidentified tree, Trinidad
Bird activity?, Trinidad
Bat Falcon, Trinidad
Black Vulture / Coragyps atratus, Trinidad
Plumbeous Kite / Ictinia plumbea, Trinidad
Plumbeous Kite, Trinidad
Plumbeous Kite, Trinidad
Plumbeous Kite, Trinidad
Plumbeous Kite, Trinidad
Southern Lapwing, Trinidad
Flame tree, Trinidad
Savannah Hawk, Trinidad
Great Kiskadee, Trinidad
Green Honeycreeper male, Asa Wright, Trinidad
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A beautiful day in Weaselhead
Two days ago, on 4 March 2018, it was such a beautiful day, and I decided to join seven friends for a walk down into Weaselhead in the afternoon. The previous day, a birding walk had been cancelled because the weather was so bad and the long, steep hill down to river level was very icy. It is almost unheard of for a birding walk to be cancelled! The roads were not in good condition especially the residential streets. I have a bad feeling that my car is now stuck in the ruts outside my place - when I got home after the walk, it was almost impossible to drive over the mounds of snow that have built up over the last few months. Not sure how I am going to be able to reverse out of this spot. Guess I will find out. I have lived in this city for 40 years and I don't remember ever seeing this much snow on the ground. Just crazy.
There were not a whole lot of birds to be seen on yesterday's walk, but it is always a delight to see the dainty little Common Redpolls. I seem to remember that last winter, there were no Redpolls to be seen. Nice to see a beautiful lone Coyote travelling across the frozen, snow-covered Elbow River. I will add the leaders' list of species seen in a comment box below. Coffee at Tim Horton's afterwards was enjoyable, as always. Thanks for a great walk, Janet, Bernie and Stephen! I always appreciate your giving up your Sunday afternoon for the rest of us.
I made the mistake of checking the weather forecast for Alberta for the coming spring and summer, though of course we all know that the forecast is often incorrect. For us, it will be a cold spring followed by an above normal summer. More big storms to come - actually, March is said to be our snowiest month, anyway. Looks like it could be another year without mushrooms growing, just like last year. The temperature this morning, 6 March 2018, is -17C (windchill -17C).
There were not a whole lot of birds to be seen on yesterday's walk, but it is always a delight to see the dainty little Common Redpolls. I seem to remember that last winter, there were no Redpolls to be seen. Nice to see a beautiful lone Coyote travelling across the frozen, snow-covered Elbow River. I will add the leaders' list of species seen in a comment box below. Coffee at Tim Horton's afterwards was enjoyable, as always. Thanks for a great walk, Janet, Bernie and Stephen! I always appreciate your giving up your Sunday afternoon for the rest of us.
I made the mistake of checking the weather forecast for Alberta for the coming spring and summer, though of course we all know that the forecast is often incorrect. For us, it will be a cold spring followed by an above normal summer. More big storms to come - actually, March is said to be our snowiest month, anyway. Looks like it could be another year without mushrooms growing, just like last year. The temperature this morning, 6 March 2018, is -17C (windchill -17C).
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