Baltimore Oriole / Icterus galbula
Mountain Bluebird male / Sialia currucoides
Mountain Bluebird female / Sialia currucoides
Red-winged Blackbird male / Agelaius phoeniceus
Cedar Waxwing / Bombycilla cedrorum
Rare Thirteen-lined Groundsquirrel / Ictidomys tri…
Cedar Waxwing
Mountain Bluebird with Red-winged Grasshopper
Wilson's Snipe
Osprey with fish
Osprey with fish
Osprey with fish
Osprey with fish
Columbian Ground Squirrel / Urocitellus columbianu…
Eared Grebe / Podiceps nigricollis
Barn Swallow / Hirundo rustica
Coot juvenile
Coot baby following in Mom's footsteps
Eared Grebe & baby
Osprey
Osprey
American Goldfinch collecting Thistle seeds
American Goldfinch collecting Thistle seeds
Domesticated Helmeted Guineafowl / "Numida meleagr…
Bighorn Sheep female
Mountain Bluebird female
Lesser Scaup male / Aythya affinis
Common Grackle after a bath
Yellow-headed Blackbird / Xanthocephalus xanthocep…
Yellow-headed Blackbird / Xanthocephalus xanthocep…
Eared Grebe / Podiceps nigricollis
Day 7, Northern Cardinal male
Day 6, Great-tailed Grackle male / Quiscalus mexic…
Day 6, Plain Chachalaca / Ortalis vetula
Day 6, White-tipped Dove / Leptotila verreauxi
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Day 5, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, King Ranch
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Day 4, Royal Terns, Mustang Island, Texas
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Great Gray Owl - from my archives
Burrowing Owl, ENDANGERED - from the archives
Wilson's Snipe - from the archives
Great Gray Owl - from the archives
Juvenile Swainson's Hawk / Buteo swainsoni
Long-eared Owl / Asio otus
Long-eared Owl / Asio otus
Snowy Owl 1st year male, Snowy Owl Prowl 2019
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Evening Grosbeak male, Priddis Count
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Day 6, White-crowned Sparrow, Tadoussac
Day 10, American Goldfinch female, Tadoussac
Day 10, American Goldfinch male, Tadoussac
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Baltimore Oriole / Icterus galbula
What a sweet little bird this was! I know some people refuse to post or even take feeder photos, but I am just happy to get any photo I can.
Oh, my goodness, the smoke from the wildfire in northern Alberta reached us yesterday evening. I was out at a meeting and all was as usual on my drive there. When I came out later, the air reeked of smoke and visibility was poor. The Weather Network had warned that this summer would be a smoky one - again. Last summer was dreadful and not good health-wise to go out in, so I stayed home on so many days. When I woke up this morning, my whole house smelled strongly of smoke. It always makes me think of the poor people close to any forest fire - how on earth do they breath?!
"The Air Quality Health Index in Calgary has reached 10+, or high risk, with most of the province under a special air quality alert due to smoke blowing in from wildfires in northern Alberta.
Dr. Raj Bhardwaj, a Calgary physician, says the particulate in the air on Friday has the same health effects as smoking 10-15 cigarettes a day." From CBC News.
What a performance to get images posted just now! The main problem was that Shaw Internet was not available. There have been problems with certain TV channels for the last week, too.
Flickr staff seem to have solved several issues, especially in connection with views statistics. The number of views has never been accurate, we all know that, but very recently, the number of views has been out of control. Now things seem to be back to a more realistic number, thank goodness, I haven't yet tested out the issue of comments and faves, to see if all comments and all faves are acknowledged. That would be great to know that when someone comments on an image, their comment/fave can be seen, especially after going to the trouble of writing a comment.
Finally managed to start posting a few photos today taken during our May Species Count on 26 May 2019. All the photos posted this afternoon were taken at our first stop on the Count, which was at the Castell Ranch, SW of Calgary. This is such a rewarding and enjoyable place to be, with so many species flocking to the feeders, grounds and pond. Unfortunately, most of my shots were taken through a glass window that had netting on the outside, to prevent birds from flying into the window. We had to look from this room, in order for the birds to come down - standing outside tends to keep the birds away. On the Count last year, the same thing happened and almost all my photos were blurry. This year, I think I can manage to rescue a few of the less blurry images, sharpening them as much as I dare.
After this early morning treat, we drove a few of the back roads in the area, calling in at several acreages. Brown-Lowery Provincial Park was also one of our stops - has an outhouse (yay!) and a picnic table where we sat for our lunch. The park is not part of our Count area, but each year, we stop there for the outhouse and table and also to take a short walk into the forest to check and see if there are any Calypso Orchids in bloom. We managed to find one tiny flower in full bloom, so we were content.
Afterwards, we made one last drive to see if there was any sign of a Bobolink. One or two people have been seeing them already this spring. A couple of cyclists came by and one of them asked if we were looking for a Bobolink - he told us he had seen one just a few hours earlier in a particular place. Sure enough, with a bit of patience, we suddenly realized that there was one behind us on the far side of the road. Will post a dreadful photo of it soon, just for the record.
Oh, my goodness, the smoke from the wildfire in northern Alberta reached us yesterday evening. I was out at a meeting and all was as usual on my drive there. When I came out later, the air reeked of smoke and visibility was poor. The Weather Network had warned that this summer would be a smoky one - again. Last summer was dreadful and not good health-wise to go out in, so I stayed home on so many days. When I woke up this morning, my whole house smelled strongly of smoke. It always makes me think of the poor people close to any forest fire - how on earth do they breath?!
"The Air Quality Health Index in Calgary has reached 10+, or high risk, with most of the province under a special air quality alert due to smoke blowing in from wildfires in northern Alberta.
Dr. Raj Bhardwaj, a Calgary physician, says the particulate in the air on Friday has the same health effects as smoking 10-15 cigarettes a day." From CBC News.
What a performance to get images posted just now! The main problem was that Shaw Internet was not available. There have been problems with certain TV channels for the last week, too.
Flickr staff seem to have solved several issues, especially in connection with views statistics. The number of views has never been accurate, we all know that, but very recently, the number of views has been out of control. Now things seem to be back to a more realistic number, thank goodness, I haven't yet tested out the issue of comments and faves, to see if all comments and all faves are acknowledged. That would be great to know that when someone comments on an image, their comment/fave can be seen, especially after going to the trouble of writing a comment.
Finally managed to start posting a few photos today taken during our May Species Count on 26 May 2019. All the photos posted this afternoon were taken at our first stop on the Count, which was at the Castell Ranch, SW of Calgary. This is such a rewarding and enjoyable place to be, with so many species flocking to the feeders, grounds and pond. Unfortunately, most of my shots were taken through a glass window that had netting on the outside, to prevent birds from flying into the window. We had to look from this room, in order for the birds to come down - standing outside tends to keep the birds away. On the Count last year, the same thing happened and almost all my photos were blurry. This year, I think I can manage to rescue a few of the less blurry images, sharpening them as much as I dare.
After this early morning treat, we drove a few of the back roads in the area, calling in at several acreages. Brown-Lowery Provincial Park was also one of our stops - has an outhouse (yay!) and a picnic table where we sat for our lunch. The park is not part of our Count area, but each year, we stop there for the outhouse and table and also to take a short walk into the forest to check and see if there are any Calypso Orchids in bloom. We managed to find one tiny flower in full bloom, so we were content.
Afterwards, we made one last drive to see if there was any sign of a Bobolink. One or two people have been seeing them already this spring. A couple of cyclists came by and one of them asked if we were looking for a Bobolink - he told us he had seen one just a few hours earlier in a particular place. Sure enough, with a bit of patience, we suddenly realized that there was one behind us on the far side of the road. Will post a dreadful photo of it soon, just for the record.
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