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Remembering the snow
Wild Blue Columbine / Aquilegia brevistyla
Hunting for Meadow Voles
Just a splash of colour
Datura flower?
The Famous Five from a distance
Stavely, Alberta, grain elevator
Farmyard scene on the prairie
A quick glance
Davisburg Community Church, Alberta
Mountain view on an owl-less day
One of my favourite barns
A little corner of Reader Rock Garden
Siberian Squill
One of a pair
Himalayan Blue Poppy
'Hiding' in the grass
Got my eyes on you
Dainty little Common Redpoll
Tropical - cultivar of Tillandsia ionantha?
Remembering a winter day
A sky filled with clouds
Ice carving at Lake Louise
01 Varied Thrush / Ixoreus naevius
02 Mountain Lady's Slipper / Cypripedium montanum
03 Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
Natural beauty
McDougall Memorial United Church
A snack for his babies
Great Gray Owl with its catch
And they call this winter (in Alberta)?
Blink .... and spring will be here
Pine Grosbeak enjoying the sun
Sunlight on distant peaks
A cluster of red barns
McDougall Memorial United Church
Little church in the valley
Rough-Fruited Fairybells / Prosartes trachycarpa
Well camouflaged, except for those eyes
Tall Lungwort / Mertensia paniculata
Fort Macleod grain elevator, Alberta
Springtime colour
A few little wrigglers
Wild Blue Columbine / Aquilegia brevistyla
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A local Great Horned Owl


Not the best quality, so I didn't want to use it as my main photo this morning. Seems ages since I last posted a photo of a Great Horned Owl. Also, Short-eared Owls, Northern Hawk Owl and Great Gray Owl have been my focus more recently.
On 1 January 2016, I took part in the annual Fish Creek Provincial Park New Year's Day Bird Count. Unlike all the other recent Counts, this one was just half a day. It was SO cold when we all arrived at the parking lot, despite "only" being -12C (the rest of the cold must have been the windchill). The sun was shining and we had a very enjoyable walk from Bebo Grove to Bridge #6. Other participants covered other areas of the park.. It was so nice to see this rather sleepy Great Horned Owl down in our count area.
After the Count, quite a few of the participants, me included, gathered at a Tim Horton's to hand in their lists and to chat over coffee and lunch about what had been seen. Always makes for an enjoyable time.
This is our leader's final list of bird species seen in Fish Creek Provincial Park on the New Year's Day Bird Count, 2016. We had divided up into three groups, so each group may not have seen every species listed.
"Fish Creek Prov. Park New Years Day Bird Count, Bebo Grove to Raven Rocks, Bridge #6. 0900-1215, 01Jan2016. Sunny, W. wind 15kph, -12 to -3°c. Fish Creek 98% frozen. 30 cm snow on ground.
Best birds on our territory were the two Mountain Chickadees that Josias Grest has been seeing and feeding since 23Dec. Best Count area bird was a Hermit Thrush, first ever. It was at the Stormwater outlet, about ¼ km W of Macleod Trail, on the S side of Fish Creek, where we have seen American Dipper, Song Sparrow, Wilsons Snipe and Killdeer in past winters.
Below is the list and numbers seen on our area today.
1. Canada Goose-16
2. Sharp-shinned Hawk-1
3. Merlin-1
4. Great Horned Owl-1
5. Downy Woodpecker-15
6. Hairy Woodpecker-1
7. Northern Flicker-1
8. Pileated Woodpecker-1
9. Northern Shrike-1
10. Black-billed Magpie-20
11. Common Raven-23
12. Black-capped Chickadee-130
13. MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE-2
14. Boreal Chickadee-13
15. Red-breasted Nuthatch-27, including Bob the white-headed leucistic individual.
16. White-breasted Nuthatch-1
17. Brown Creeper-2
18. Townsends Solitaire-2
19. Bohemian Waxwing-2500+
20.Pine Grosbeak-20
21. White-winged Crossbill-80
22.PINE SISKIN-1
Red Squirrel-7+
Eastern Gray Squirrel-1
White-tailed Deer-5"
On 1 January 2016, I took part in the annual Fish Creek Provincial Park New Year's Day Bird Count. Unlike all the other recent Counts, this one was just half a day. It was SO cold when we all arrived at the parking lot, despite "only" being -12C (the rest of the cold must have been the windchill). The sun was shining and we had a very enjoyable walk from Bebo Grove to Bridge #6. Other participants covered other areas of the park.. It was so nice to see this rather sleepy Great Horned Owl down in our count area.
After the Count, quite a few of the participants, me included, gathered at a Tim Horton's to hand in their lists and to chat over coffee and lunch about what had been seen. Always makes for an enjoyable time.
This is our leader's final list of bird species seen in Fish Creek Provincial Park on the New Year's Day Bird Count, 2016. We had divided up into three groups, so each group may not have seen every species listed.
"Fish Creek Prov. Park New Years Day Bird Count, Bebo Grove to Raven Rocks, Bridge #6. 0900-1215, 01Jan2016. Sunny, W. wind 15kph, -12 to -3°c. Fish Creek 98% frozen. 30 cm snow on ground.
Best birds on our territory were the two Mountain Chickadees that Josias Grest has been seeing and feeding since 23Dec. Best Count area bird was a Hermit Thrush, first ever. It was at the Stormwater outlet, about ¼ km W of Macleod Trail, on the S side of Fish Creek, where we have seen American Dipper, Song Sparrow, Wilsons Snipe and Killdeer in past winters.
Below is the list and numbers seen on our area today.
1. Canada Goose-16
2. Sharp-shinned Hawk-1
3. Merlin-1
4. Great Horned Owl-1
5. Downy Woodpecker-15
6. Hairy Woodpecker-1
7. Northern Flicker-1
8. Pileated Woodpecker-1
9. Northern Shrike-1
10. Black-billed Magpie-20
11. Common Raven-23
12. Black-capped Chickadee-130
13. MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE-2
14. Boreal Chickadee-13
15. Red-breasted Nuthatch-27, including Bob the white-headed leucistic individual.
16. White-breasted Nuthatch-1
17. Brown Creeper-2
18. Townsends Solitaire-2
19. Bohemian Waxwing-2500+
20.Pine Grosbeak-20
21. White-winged Crossbill-80
22.PINE SISKIN-1
Red Squirrel-7+
Eastern Gray Squirrel-1
White-tailed Deer-5"
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