A white world
Time to rest
Sculpture at Granary Road
A happy find
Wilson's Snipe
She can't see me
Standing at the edge of the storm
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Model Mamod Steam Tractor, Pioneer Acres
Wild Edible Mushrooms of British Columbia
Aging Echinacea
Modern barn
House Sparrow at the Saskatoon Farm
Old country church
Old tractor at Pioneer Acres
Part of an abandoned mining camp
Dazzling sunlight on distant peaks
Ruddy Turnstone, Tobago
The fun times are over
White-necked Jacobin, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Where countryside and civilization meet
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Once was wild
A patch of blue
White-tailed Ptarmigan camouflage
Behind the tangled branches
White-tailed Ptarmigan
Walking in a winter wonderland
Northern Shrike
A country scene
Pioneer Acres branding iron
Old-fashioned garden decoration
Purple Honeycreeper male
Autumn in Alberta
Black farm cat
Evening Grosbeaks, male and female
A peaceful winter scene
New "barn", Granary Road
It's the little guy/gal again
Down on the farm
Common Redpoll / Acanthis flammea
Another surprise on another gloomy day
The beauty of erosion
Old, see-through barn
The new "Famous Five" at Granary Road
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A change from a world of white


In Bluebirds, the blue colour is produced by the structure of the feather - there is no blue pigment. "Tiny air pockets in the barbs of feathers can scatter incoming light, resulting in a specific, non-iridescent color. Blue colors in feathers are almost always produced in this manner. Examples include the blue feathers of Bluebirds, Indigo Buntings, Blue Jay's and Steller's Jays."
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mountain_Bluebird/id
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In the afternoon of 12 June 2017, on the spur of the moment, I went for a short drive SW of the city. The sun was shining, but unfortunately it was windy most of the time. My main purpose was to check on a few of the Mountain Bluebirds, who are now busy as can be, collecting insects to feed to their hungry babies. I know this will soon be over and the young ones will have fledged, so I really must make myself visit them again, or it will be too late.
I had also hoped that maybe one of the Great Gray Owls in the area might just be out hunting. No luck this time. Makes me even more grateful to have seen one during our May Species Count on 28 May 2017.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mountain_Bluebird/id
www.jstor.org/discover/pgs/index?id=10.2307/4077277&i...
In the afternoon of 12 June 2017, on the spur of the moment, I went for a short drive SW of the city. The sun was shining, but unfortunately it was windy most of the time. My main purpose was to check on a few of the Mountain Bluebirds, who are now busy as can be, collecting insects to feed to their hungry babies. I know this will soon be over and the young ones will have fledged, so I really must make myself visit them again, or it will be too late.
I had also hoped that maybe one of the Great Gray Owls in the area might just be out hunting. No luck this time. Makes me even more grateful to have seen one during our May Species Count on 28 May 2017.
William Sutherland, neira-Dan, * ઇଓ *, Nicole Merdrignac and 4 other people have particularly liked this photo
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