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American Avocets at the Marsh
It's great to see American Avocets again. Although the American Avocet is the only avocet with an annual colour change, the breeding colours are what we see when they come here. They lose the...
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Yellow-headed Blackbirds
I photographed these Yellow-headed Blackbirds at the Schlechte Ducks Unlimited Wildlife Habitat marsh in the middle of May. I didn't see any of the more plain looking females at the time. According to...
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A Least Flycatcher?
I believe that this is a Least Flycatcher. It looks very similar to the Alder Flycatcher. I didn't get to hear it sing, so I can't go on its song for an ID. It would be great to have a confirmation or...
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Mallard In The Park
I took this photo in Beacon Hill Park in Victoria. The Mallards are wild, but they're used to being fed, so they're very tolerant of people, and make great photographic subjects. If this was a duck in...
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A Clay-colored Sparrow
While spending a few minutes in the evening at the reservoir to see if I could spot a resident mink, I found this Clay-colored Sparrow....
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Eastern Kingbirds
This pair of Eastern Kingbirds were perching by the side of the creek. According to Cornell Birds of N.A., the plumage of the male and female are the same, but "males tend to perch very upright and to...
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Red-eyed Vireo Up Close
While I was enjoying a three and a half hour layover in Winnipeg during the forty-eight hour Via Rail trip from Toronto to Saskatoon, I took the opportunity to walk along the Assiniboine River at The...
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Some Weekend Birds
On the weekend, I went out to the reservoir to water some spruce seedlings and to see what I could see. The sounds of thousands of snow geese wasn't far away. I heard a squawk over my shoulder and...
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Birds to Beavers
It's nice to see the migratory birds passing through right now. The Harris's Sparrows have been around lately. __________________________________________________________________________________ The...
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A Fall Hike
The last few days of September were outstanding for fall camping and hiking, and we took advantage of the weather by camping in Prince Albert National Park at one of our favorite sites, and doing a...
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Eagles Against Snow Geese
We're still getting some nice fall weather and I had a chance to get out for an afternoon on the weekend to see some country. A coyote bounded across the stubble and across the road as we headed...
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Ring-billed Gulls - Adult, 1st and 2nd Winter
Ring-billed Gulls are common here, but not for long as winter approaches. On October 20th I spotted these birds of various ages. I think what I found here was an adult, and in the 2nd photo, a 2nd...
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An Encounter With A Fisher
Today I was hoping to maybe see a mink when I went for a walk near the creek. I was shooting some plants with my macro lens, and then stepped over to survey the creek bed. I saw something move on the...
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Pine Grosbeaks In The Lilacs
A flock of Pine Grosbeaks has been showing up in the tops of the spruce trees lately. Occasionally, a few of them will come down to the lilacs to feed. This female stayed long enough for me to get a...
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A Male Pine Grosbeak
After finding some female Pine Grosbeaks feeding in the back yard (my last post), I was hoping to see and photograph some of the male birds too. I haven't found them in the yard yet, but on a short...
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The Snowy Owls Return
Snowy Owls have been back in Saskatchewan for a while now, (there was a sighting reported south of Regina by October 27), but this owl is the first that I have seen this winter. The owls like to perch...
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Snowy Owls and Roads
We're getting more snow earlier this year than last. Sometimes it's hard to tell if an unfamiliar backroad is going to be deeper than you thought. I carry a shovel....
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Bohemian Waxwings and Common Redpolls
At one time, we had a neighbor with a mountain ash tree to the left of us, to the right of us, and across the street. Over time, those people for one reason or another decided they didn't want one of...
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A Brown Creeper
Our elms on the boulevard often have Red-breasted Nuthatches and Downy Woodpeckers visitng the suet. A less common visitor showed up the other day. A Brown Creeper was visiting, going up the tree,...
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