Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: explore2008January4

These little Common Redpolls are common in Alberta from October to April, but are predictably unpredictable as far as numbers are concerned. This bird was one of a flock that was flying around a farm area south of Calgary. It happened to land on this piece of farm equipment. I would guess that this is a female, as the males tend to have pinkish breasts. Yesterday, I was out from 6:10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., taking part in a Christmas Bird Count on the Cochrane Reserve, north-west of Calgary. Not sure of the exact number of bird species we saw, but it was around 23.

I posted a couple of other photos in this "series" quite a while ago, but came across this one when looking though my less recent photos. These baby Gophers are so beautiful and I just hope that none of them became dinner for the family of Great Horned Owls that live just a few feet away!