One of three Snowy Owls today
Great Horned Owl, High River Christmas Bird Count
Snowy Owl, High River Christmas Bird Count
Licorice Allsorts (candy) eyes
Great Horned Owl
Great Horned Owl
Just for the record
Snowy Owl #2
Snowy Owl #2
Male Snowy Owl
Male Snowy Owl
Snowy Owl male, #1 of three
Snowy Owl back view
Snowy Owl male
Snowy Owl front view ... finally
Snowy Owl backward glance
Snowy Owl #1 of three
Distant Short-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl, accidental shot
Short-eared Owl - the 'best' I could get
Snowy Owl #2 of three, from far away
Watchful eye, Snowy Owl #2
Short-eared Owl
Snowy Owl female
Short-eared Owl
Down on the ground
Short-eared Owl catching a snack
Short-eared Owl
Snowy Owl female
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This morning, 11 January 2019, I met up with nine friends for a walk at Shannon Terrace, Fish Creek Park. It was a very slow morning for birds, but after about two and a half hours, we had found 11 species of bird.
The other six photos I posted tonight were taken yesterday, 10 January 2019. Unfortunately, the Snowy Owl - the second of three that I found - decided to perch on top of such an ugly insulator atop a utility pole.
The first time I drove east to look for Snowy Owls was on 5 January, which turned out to be a day of dreadul, dense fog. I quickly gave up on the idea of searching for these beautiful Snowies that day. Today, the sun was shining, so I reckoned I would try again. Not much snow to be seen in the fields - sort of a patchwork of stubble and snow, which would make finding distant owls rather difficult. I like my Snowies close, ha, so I tend not to search the fields, keeping my eyes on the road instead.
The first two owls were on the same road, quite a distance apart. Couldn't believe my luck! Once I was back on a main road, I suddenly decided to take one of the back roads and was amazed to come across a third Snowy Owl. This one was skittish and took flight when I was stopped way, way down the road. The first owl simply stayed put on its insulator. The second owl stayed for a while, but then suddenly spotted movement way across the field. Off it flew and I could see it swoop down and then land on a distant fence post. From several highly zoomed-in photos, I could see strands of dried grass in its talons and it started preening, presumably after catching and eating some poor little Meadow Vole.
I am not on my computer very much at the moment, because I am just so fed up of it freezing constantly and I have to keep starting over again. If I am able, I really have to get back to editing and posting more photos from our Ontario and Quebec trip back in May 2018. Not sure I am going to be able to finish them before my next trip, but at least I can get further ahead than I am now.
The other six photos I posted tonight were taken yesterday, 10 January 2019. Unfortunately, the Snowy Owl - the second of three that I found - decided to perch on top of such an ugly insulator atop a utility pole.
The first time I drove east to look for Snowy Owls was on 5 January, which turned out to be a day of dreadul, dense fog. I quickly gave up on the idea of searching for these beautiful Snowies that day. Today, the sun was shining, so I reckoned I would try again. Not much snow to be seen in the fields - sort of a patchwork of stubble and snow, which would make finding distant owls rather difficult. I like my Snowies close, ha, so I tend not to search the fields, keeping my eyes on the road instead.
The first two owls were on the same road, quite a distance apart. Couldn't believe my luck! Once I was back on a main road, I suddenly decided to take one of the back roads and was amazed to come across a third Snowy Owl. This one was skittish and took flight when I was stopped way, way down the road. The first owl simply stayed put on its insulator. The second owl stayed for a while, but then suddenly spotted movement way across the field. Off it flew and I could see it swoop down and then land on a distant fence post. From several highly zoomed-in photos, I could see strands of dried grass in its talons and it started preening, presumably after catching and eating some poor little Meadow Vole.
I am not on my computer very much at the moment, because I am just so fed up of it freezing constantly and I have to keep starting over again. If I am able, I really have to get back to editing and posting more photos from our Ontario and Quebec trip back in May 2018. Not sure I am going to be able to finish them before my next trip, but at least I can get further ahead than I am now.
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