A view through the bushes
Wild Blue Columbine / Aquilegia brevistyla
A few little wrigglers
Springtime colour
Fort Macleod grain elevator, Alberta
Tall Lungwort / Mertensia paniculata
Well camouflaged, except for those eyes
Rough-Fruited Fairybells / Prosartes trachycarpa
Little church in the valley
McDougall Memorial United Church
A cluster of red barns
Sunlight on distant peaks
Pine Grosbeak enjoying the sun
Blink .... and spring will be here
And they call this winter (in Alberta)?
Great Gray Owl with its catch
A snack for his babies
McDougall Memorial United Church
Natural beauty
03 Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
02 Mountain Lady's Slipper / Cypripedium montanum
01 Varied Thrush / Ixoreus naevius
Ice carving at Lake Louise
Remembering a cold, frosty bird count
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Feasting on cone seeds
Watchful eye
Poppy art
Four more months to wait
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Little forest muncher
A fine old barn
Snowy Owl - just close enough
A most challenging bird
Davisburg Community Church, Alberta
Northern Pygmy-owl, one year ago
Moose cow looking for salt
Old barn with a different style
Focused, listening, watching
Barn-shaped mailbox
Snow Bunting / Plectrophenax nivalis
Clark's Nutcracker
Downy Woodpecker
Glenmore Dam, Calgary, Alberta
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Smiling in the snow


This photo was taken on 28 December 2015, during the annual Audubon Cochrane Wildlife Reserve Christmas Bird Count. The area that my small group of seven people, in two cars, covered was N of Cochrane and E of Highway 22, very roughly across from the Water Valley area. Though the word 'Reserve' is in the name, this count was like most others, driving all the country backroads and calling in at several farms. The weather was bad, with poor light and gently falling snow pretty well all day long. Thanks so much, Stephen, for driving the four of us safely!
I love Llamas! This is one of several seen at one of the farms we called in at. Each animal is so different and I can't help but smile at their faces.
"Llamas appear to have originated from the central plains of North America about 40 million years ago. They migrated to South America and Asia about 3 million years ago. By the end of the last ice age (10,000–12,000 years ago) camelids were extinct in North America. As of 2007, there were over 7 million llamas and alpacas in South America and, due to importation from South America in the late 20th century, there are now over 100,000 llamas and 6,500–7,000 alpacas in the US and Canada." From Wikipedia.
I will add our leader's report for this day's count below. Not a huge number of species, with a Pileated Woodpecker being the highlight plus so many Snow Buntings.
"The day was overcast, light snow most of day, calm, -09°C. 20 cm snow on ground. Most streams frozen over.
Total Party kms by Car - 84; Total Party kms by foot – 2km.
Total Party hours by Car – 3; Total Party hours by foot -2 hrs
Total Party hours feeder watching – 1:40 min.
Rough-legged Hawk-1
Rock Pigeon-4
Downy Woodpecker-10.
Hairy Woodpecker-3
PILEATED WOODPECKER-1
Black-billed Magpie- 19
Common Raven- 18
Black-capped Chickadee- 41
Red-breasted Nuthatch- 3
White-breasted Nuthatch-1
American Tree Sparrow-7
Dark-eyed Junco-1
Snow Bunting-3550
Pine Grosbeak-25
White-winged Crossbill-15
Common Redpoll-1811
House Sparrow-106
Red Squirrel-2"
I love Llamas! This is one of several seen at one of the farms we called in at. Each animal is so different and I can't help but smile at their faces.
"Llamas appear to have originated from the central plains of North America about 40 million years ago. They migrated to South America and Asia about 3 million years ago. By the end of the last ice age (10,000–12,000 years ago) camelids were extinct in North America. As of 2007, there were over 7 million llamas and alpacas in South America and, due to importation from South America in the late 20th century, there are now over 100,000 llamas and 6,500–7,000 alpacas in the US and Canada." From Wikipedia.
I will add our leader's report for this day's count below. Not a huge number of species, with a Pileated Woodpecker being the highlight plus so many Snow Buntings.
"The day was overcast, light snow most of day, calm, -09°C. 20 cm snow on ground. Most streams frozen over.
Total Party kms by Car - 84; Total Party kms by foot – 2km.
Total Party hours by Car – 3; Total Party hours by foot -2 hrs
Total Party hours feeder watching – 1:40 min.
Rough-legged Hawk-1
Rock Pigeon-4
Downy Woodpecker-10.
Hairy Woodpecker-3
PILEATED WOODPECKER-1
Black-billed Magpie- 19
Common Raven- 18
Black-capped Chickadee- 41
Red-breasted Nuthatch- 3
White-breasted Nuthatch-1
American Tree Sparrow-7
Dark-eyed Junco-1
Snow Bunting-3550
Pine Grosbeak-25
White-winged Crossbill-15
Common Redpoll-1811
House Sparrow-106
Red Squirrel-2"
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