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Photo of the Week - August 7, 2016 - "WHAT LIES BENEATH" - American Bald Eagle (Adult)

August 07, 2016 • 1 Comment

"WHAT LIES BENEATH" - American Bald Eagle (Bow River, Calgary, Alberta, Canada) Calgary may be one of the few cities in the world where you can take photos of American White Pelicans and then move a few metres down a bike path and then take photos of an American Bald Eagle, all along the Bow River. (Almost had to lie down to get this one into the f...

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"SO - WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THEY'RE TAKING YOUR PHOTO??"- American Pelican & Gull

August 06, 2016 • Leave a Comment

"SO - WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THEY'RE TAKING YOUR PHOTO??" - American White Pelican & Ring Billed Gull (Bow River, Calgary, Alberta, Canada) The abundance of fish makes for strange river bedfellows.

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"ALL IN THE FAMILY" - Ospreys (Male, Female, 3 chicks) & Fish

August 02, 2016 • 1 Comment

"ALL IN THE FAMILY" - Ospreys (Male, Female, 3 Chicks) & 1 Fish Having been harassed by a rogue pair of ospreys for the better part of the day, once things had settled down, Mrs. gave her "time to go fishing" chirp to Mr. Approximately 30 minutes later, he turned up with an early dinner (a Brook trout, I believe).

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"ONE MOMENT FROZEN IN TIME" - American White Pelican

July 31, 2016 • Leave a Comment

"ONE MOMENT FROZEN IN TIME" - American White Pelican (Bow River, Calgary, Alberta, Canada) Couldn't have asked for a better back-drop of the dark blue Bow River against an American White Pelican, the moment the pelican left the water.

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Photo of the Week - July 31, 2016 - "JACKPOT" - Great Blue Heron

July 30, 2016 • Leave a Comment

"JACKPOT" - Great Blue Heron With all the thundershowers in Calgary this past week, the storm water wet ponds are filling with large amounts of water and other "things" as well. In the space of just under an hour, this lucky heron "netted" itself five of these (some this size and the others just a little under). Certainly an "all you can eat" buffe...

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"SPRUCE IT UP" - Spruce Grouse

July 30, 2016 • Leave a Comment

"SPRUCE IT UP" - Spruce Grouse (Kananaskas, Alberta, Canada) To quote Birds of Alberta - "The Spruce Grouse trusts its camouflaged plumage even in open areas - they are often called 'fool hens' - and daring birds will casually cross logging roads in broad daylight." And yes, that was exactly what happened. It looked like a small size rock in the m...

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Photo of the Week - July 23, 2016 - "SPREAD YOUR WINGS" - Ospreys (Female & 1 Juvenile)

July 24, 2016 • Leave a Comment

"SPREAD YOUR WINGS" - Ospreys (Female & Juvenile) How quickly these youngsters progress. Most likely within another week or so, we will have worked out the dynamics of wind and lift and this young osprey will find itself airborne.

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"POLE POSITION" - Black Crowned Night Heron

July 23, 2016 • Leave a Comment

"POLE POSITION" - Black Crowned Night Heron They certainly do not live up to their name of "Night" Heron!

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"YOU KNOW YOU WANT IT!" - Columbian Ground Squirrel

July 19, 2016 • Leave a Comment

"YOU KNOW YOU WANT IT!" - Columbian Ground Squirrel (Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada) Sometimes the smallest things make you smile.

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