Here are a few of the thousands of bird photos I have.
Again, these are all local birds, in the wild, not habituated to humans except for the birds that visit my feeders.
We are on the southern edge of the Sand Hill Crane nesting area. We have a few that hang out here all summer, like these. I found them less then a mile from my house on a hot August day, just before harvest began.
I believe they are hunting grasshoppers.
This was one of many Ceder Waxwings I discovered hunting insects as if they were Flycatchers. I had no idea they do that. Unfortunately I was not able to catch them in the act.
This was along secondary 692 at the community water supply pond.
This is a Warbling Vireo a bird that prefers dense forest cover and one that does not sit still for more then a second or two As a result they are seldom seen even when we are in their nesting areas.
This one had a nest nearby which I was unable to find. That may be a good thing.
Un-named thicket along highway 35
I used to love to sit out in the yard late in the evening and listen to the night hawks do their territorial dive. They nested up on the ridge west of the homestead.
I found this one at an old gravel stockpile location along highway 35. This is a typical roost location for them. They like flat sandy of rocky places to spend the daylight hours and for nesting.
Near Twin Lakes Alberta.
I had to use my 400 mm lens and x2 extender to get this photo. This is as close as one normally gets to a Le Conte's Sparrow.
West of Dixonville Alberta.
Our largest Blackbird. A Yellow Headed Blackbird.
How can such a beautiful bird have such an ugly song?
Winagami Lake Provincial Park.
One of the real interesting things about birds are their colors. Man will never match the depth or iridescent qualities of the colors that many birds display.
This Green Winged Teal is one example of how amazing a bird's colors can be.
Keep in mind, even a camera can not fully capture the true colors of many birds.
Weber's Sough, near Dixonville.
I never did discover why some of these Franklin's Gulls are pink. Someone told me it is from recently molting but I was unable to find anything to support that theory.
This was in the Mile Zero parking lot in Grimshaw.
Birds do some amazing flying when they are displaying for a mate.
I believe that is what these Ravens are doing in this photo.
Amazing to watch and I am sure, huge fun to experience.
Hawk Hills, spring of 2013
I love to watch ducks fly. They look like miniature jet plane but fly much better.
These Pintail Ducks are among the best formation flyers in the world in my opinion.
Hawk Hills, spring of 2014
Last but not least. A Canada Goose on her nest. Just south of Manning, spring of 2012. Beside range road 225. She nests here every year. If there is enough water.
You are being watched!
Stay safe out there people.