September is Wood Duck Month
September isn’t officially Wood Duck month, as far as I know. This September was the month when I finally got some clear images of both male and female Wood Ducks, … Continue readingSeptember is Wood Duck Month
My Photographs
September isn’t officially Wood Duck month, as far as I know. This September was the month when I finally got some clear images of both male and female Wood Ducks, … Continue readingSeptember is Wood Duck Month
I don’t usually add a post for just one photo but yesterday in Fish Creek Park we (meaning the group leaders) saw a Northern Parula. It was bopping around in … Continue readingRare Bird for Alberta: Northern Parula
I came away from each outing this summer with either a photo of a new type of bird or an interesting encounter with a critter, or both! The Osprey were … Continue readingBirds and Animals in the Summer
The birding in June turned up a few new birds for me but also several that are quite familiar now. The Goldfinch below had to have left its perch when this … Continue readingBirds in June
For the first time in a long time, we were able to look for birds overhead without worrying about ice under our feet. While the crows have been around all … Continue readingMay birds, new photos and old friends
Spring finally (more or less) arrived in concert with the spring birding course in April. Most of my best photos were of familiar birds, some of them doing more than … Continue readingApril Birding – Finally Spring!
Unlike last year, when winter birding was really over by March, February and March 2018 brought snow and cold almost every weekend. Not exactly pleasant weather for searching for birds, … Continue readingFebruary and March: Birds and Snow
January was short for birding. since the birding group started part way through the month. The first outing was to one of my favourite spots, Carburn Park and while there … Continue readingJanuary – Winter birding officially begins!
The birding group went to Carburn Park a couple of times this fall. On the November trip, the mammals were more co-operative with me than the birds but there were … Continue readingFall Birding November and December
October was not the most inviting month for birding, at least to me. It was often cold and there didn’t seem to be a lot of birds willing to come … Continue readingFall Birding October