A favourite, well-kept barn
Gray-fronted Dove, Pale-vented Pigeon, Scaled Pige…
Savannah Hawk, Trinidad
Green Honeycreeper male, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Great Kiskadee, Trinidad
Savannah Hawk, Trinidad
Flame tree, Trinidad
Southern Lapwing, Trinidad
Plumbeous Kite, Trinidad
Plumbeous Kite, Trinidad
Plumbeous Kite, Trinidad
Plumbeous Kite, Trinidad
Plumbeous Kite / Ictinia plumbea, Trinidad
Black Vulture / Coragyps atratus, Trinidad
Bat Falcon, Trinidad
Bird activity?, Trinidad
Unidentified tree, Trinidad
Bird activity?, Trinidad
A garden in Trinidad
A rainbow and a Hummingbird wave
Pallas's Long-tongued Bat, Trinidad
White-necked Jacobin, Trinidad
Coyote crossing the frozen Elbow River
Crested Oropendola, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Masked Cardinal, Caroni Swamp
Ruddy Ground-dove / Columbina talpacoti, Trinidad
Tropical flower, Trinidad
Bananaquit / Coereba flaveola, Trinidad
Bran-colored Flycatcher / Myiophobus fasciatus, Tr…
Splash of colour
Masked Yellowthroat / Geothlypis aequinoctialis, T…
Our last morning on island of Trinidad
Early morning Orange-winged Parrots, Trinidad
Final photo from Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
Scarlet Ibis, Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
Little Blue Heron, Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
A friendly moment
A view from yesterday
Plain, but welcome
A mix of colours, Trinidad
Scarlet Ibis and Egrets, Caroni Swamp
Winter's beauty
White-necked Jacobin, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Sunset at the Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
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On 17 February 2018, a small group of us headed way SW of the city - and into yet another snow storm. I kept checking to see if the trip was going to be cancelled, but fortunately, our leader had only read "few flurries" for the day. I had read further detail that said that a huge snow storm was moving into the area, bringing up to 25 cm of fresh snow, poor visibility, white-outs, treacherous roads! I knew taking photos was going to be a challenge, and seeing anything in the first place was going to be an even bigger challenge. So glad we went, though - even more so, that I wasn't driving, other than to our local meeting place in the city.
The main reason for the trip was to look for Golden Eagles, though of course we were happy to see anything else, too. Last year, we saw five, but this time we couldn't find any. With such poor visibility, they could still have been out there.
We did see Bald Eagles, though, and quite a few (mainly very distant) Sharp-tailed Grouse. At one location, they were on the road way ahead of us. I was able to get two or three closer shots of one of them, and managed to sharpen the 'best' one as much as I could, enough to make it just about fit to post. They are such beautiful birds. I thought we might see some small birds during the day, but we saw no Snow Buntings or Horned Larks. A very distant Great Horned Owl was seen in the yard at one of the places we always used to call in at when we were doing the annual Christmas Bird Count for the area. Also spotted a distant Merlin perched in a bare-branched tree.
Three Moose were seen - a lone one and two others together at a different location. This one on its own had been standing but took a few steps and lay down in the deep snow. The other two were spotted when we were almost at the top of a steep, snow-covered back road. Our leader slowed down and, though I normally don't ask someone if they would stop for something, I did so this time. Oops, sorry, Tony, lol! We were stuck, unable to continue our climb to the top of the steep hill. Luckily, Tony is really good at reversing (and trying again)! There were also many Mule Deer to be seen, especially along the coulee.
I love the landscape in this whole area and always enjoy photographing it. This day, the weather was so bad that most of the landscape was just a faint shape in the distance, or else had completely vanished. Sometimes, it was difficult to tell if the distant shapes were actually hills or clouds!
A great day, despite the weather. Thanks so much, Tony, for the ride and for another most enjoyable day!
Today, 2 March 2018, the temperature this morning is -10C (windchill -15C) and we are having another snowstorm Snow is in the forecast for the rest of the day. Definitely a day to stay off the roads, but unfortunately I have a doctor's appointment.
The main reason for the trip was to look for Golden Eagles, though of course we were happy to see anything else, too. Last year, we saw five, but this time we couldn't find any. With such poor visibility, they could still have been out there.
We did see Bald Eagles, though, and quite a few (mainly very distant) Sharp-tailed Grouse. At one location, they were on the road way ahead of us. I was able to get two or three closer shots of one of them, and managed to sharpen the 'best' one as much as I could, enough to make it just about fit to post. They are such beautiful birds. I thought we might see some small birds during the day, but we saw no Snow Buntings or Horned Larks. A very distant Great Horned Owl was seen in the yard at one of the places we always used to call in at when we were doing the annual Christmas Bird Count for the area. Also spotted a distant Merlin perched in a bare-branched tree.
Three Moose were seen - a lone one and two others together at a different location. This one on its own had been standing but took a few steps and lay down in the deep snow. The other two were spotted when we were almost at the top of a steep, snow-covered back road. Our leader slowed down and, though I normally don't ask someone if they would stop for something, I did so this time. Oops, sorry, Tony, lol! We were stuck, unable to continue our climb to the top of the steep hill. Luckily, Tony is really good at reversing (and trying again)! There were also many Mule Deer to be seen, especially along the coulee.
I love the landscape in this whole area and always enjoy photographing it. This day, the weather was so bad that most of the landscape was just a faint shape in the distance, or else had completely vanished. Sometimes, it was difficult to tell if the distant shapes were actually hills or clouds!
A great day, despite the weather. Thanks so much, Tony, for the ride and for another most enjoyable day!
Today, 2 March 2018, the temperature this morning is -10C (windchill -15C) and we are having another snowstorm Snow is in the forecast for the rest of the day. Definitely a day to stay off the roads, but unfortunately I have a doctor's appointment.
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