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"DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME BEGINS" - Swans (Trumpeter & Tundra)

March 15, 2022 • 1 Comment

"DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME BEGINS" Swans (Trumpeter & Tundra) - 10 Photos Managed to get out early enough (with the time change) to catch a few Trumpeter Swans before they moved to a different location for the day. The threesome wasn't there long & caught one photo in the departure (Photo #1). Photo # 2 to Photo #4 are of the Trumpeters as they f...

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"IT'S ALMOST TIME TO HEAD NORTH" - Trumpeter Swans

March 12, 2022 • 1 Comment

"IT'S ALMOST TIME TO HEAD NORTH" Trumpeter Swans - 9 Photos The swans that have over wintered in Calgary, Alberta this year will very soon be heading north to nest and start families. Hopefully, they will have a head start of the swans that flew further south. So thank you so much for brightening up those cold winter days with your angelic wing...

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"BIRDS IN FLIGHT (OR ALMOST)" - Bald Eagle & Trumpeter Swans

March 09, 2022 • 1 Comment

"BIRDS IN FLIGHT (OR ALMOST)" Bald Eagle & Trumpeter Swans - 7 Photos Here is a combination of "bird of prey" and waterfowl take-offs & almost take-offs. On one side you have the quick dynamics of the Bald Eagle with its acrobatic abilities. On the other, you have the 100 metre dash of the Trumpeter Swan with its 25 pound plus weight to achieve...

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"FIR BABY" - Porcupine (North American)

March 04, 2022 • 1 Comment

"FIR BABY" Porcupine (North American) - 9 Photos This sequence of photos was taken on a rather dismal snowy cold day between Christmas & New Year's Eve 2021. Was just completing a walk in the frigid temperatures, when I looked up into a tall fir tree and saw something definitely moving across the branches. Yes, it was a large porcupine in its f...

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"WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT" - American Bald Eagle

March 02, 2022 • 2 Comments

"WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT" American Bald Eagle (Male & Female) - 9 Photos Further to the blog, "Feathered Royalty" of February 18, 2022, I decided to combine the two remaining blogs into this one. (The sun was slowly coming round the tree where the eagles were perching, hence the combination of back light & side light.) As mentioned previo...

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"MORNING HAS BROKEN" - Swans (Trumpeter)

February 26, 2022 • 1 Comment

"MORNING HAS BROKEN" Trumpeter Swans - 12 Photos To come across and approach Trumpeter Swans and not have the immediate take-off, is almost a surreal experience. Add in some soft early morning light and it can be magical. Photos #1 through #7 are of the swans grooming and stretching their wings after a period of resting along the icy shore, tak...

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"AS THE SUN SLOWLY SETS" - Porcupine (North American)

February 23, 2022 • 1 Comment

"AS THE SUN SLOWLY SETS" Porcupine (North American) - 8 Photos One porcupine, one clear branch & a late afternoon. From late afternoon until almost dusk, you can see the change of light as the sun slowly moved around to the West. And yes, it was seriously blowing that afternoon, so you can see on some of the photos, the quills being parted by t...

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"NO, IT'S NOT THE ARCTIC" - Swan (Tundra)

February 20, 2022 • 1 Comment

"NO, IT'S NOT THE ARCTIC" Swan (Tundra) - 11 Photos It may look like the bleak Arctic but it's not. It's an iced shoal in a river in Calgary, Alberta, CA after a dump of snow and - 16 degree C temperatures. And yes, it did stop snowing at the time the photos were taken and the sun every so often peaked out from behind the clouds. This adult Tun...

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"FEATHERED ROYALTY" - American Bald Eagle

February 18, 2022 • 2 Comments

"FEATHERED ROYALTY" American Bald Eagle - 11 Photos This will be the first of three blogs, featuring this particular pair of American Bald Eagles. This blog includes photos of the male of the pair. The second blog will have photos of the female and the third & final blog will be of this magnificent pair together, side by side. The pair have a n...

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