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House Sparrowby jbstruthers on June 18, 2013
Common Grackleby jbstruthers on June 18, 2013
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Red-necked Grebeby jbstruthers on June 18, 2013
Red-necked Grebeby jbstruthers on June 18, 2013
Red-necked Grebeby jbstruthers on June 18, 2013
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Yesterday
- jim macgregor commented on jbstruthers's Common Grackle sighting
I had read this before of their food preferences: ( http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Quiscalus_quiscula/ ) and ... - jbstruthers posted House Sparrow, Common Grackle, Red-necked Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, and Red-necked Grebe sightings
- AnatG commented on a personal Wood Duck sighting
Haha! I actually wanted to send you a message apologizing. But it's hard to feel bad when seeing something as aweso... - AnatG commented on a personal Common Goldeneye sighting
"What ya looking at??" - jbstruthers commented on AnatG's Wood Duck sighting
Quit rubbin' this in! ;^] (Jealousy makes me suggest this is a mounted specimen.) - jbstruthers commented on a personal Red-winged Blackbird sighting
A couple of days ago I observed a male r-w bb harassing a pelican. The pelican snapped its big beak at the bb but missed... - jbstruthers updated Beaumaris Lake
June 17, 2013
- naturephotos added Beaumaris Lake as a favourite
- AnatG commented on jbstruthers's Red-necked Grebe sighting
You just captured an intimate, family moment. Good job :) - AnatG commented on jbstruthers's Red-necked Grebe sighting
This is probably one of the most adorable shots I've seen. I've been dying to see one of those. Very good shot - AnatG commented on a personal Townsend's Solitaire sighting
They were neat to watch; I had no idea what I was looking at and had to look it up later. But I had the good sense of ta... - AnatG commented on a personal Northern Goshawk sighting
I had NO idea it was considered to be the "Cheetah of the Sky" and I, unknowingly, got way too close. But I was lucky an... - AnatG commented on a personal Red-breasted Nuthatch sighting
I wasn't sure how to tell the genders apart, thank you for that. It as, again, the first time a nuthatch and I met. - AnatG commented on a personal Belted Kingfisher sighting
You're hanging out at all the wrong places - AnatG commented on a personal Ruddy Duck sighting
Frank Lake is FULL of 'em. Ruddy Ducks and Coots - AnatG commented on a personal Yellow-headed Blackbird sighting
I appreciate it :-) - AnatG commented on a personal Blue-winged Teal sighting
Thank you kindly. It was the first time I ever saw a Blue-winged Teal - AnatG commented on a personal Yellow-headed Blackbird sighting
They are misleading... they tease you and let you think you'll get it and then JUST before you press the shutter - ... - AnatG commented on a personal Wood Duck sighting
You should go the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary in Calgary. I go early mornings and I have been very lucky; every time I go! - AnatG commented on a personal Spotted Sandpiper sighting
And I was indeed kind... It knew I was there, yet it allowed me to get extremely close, how great is that? Thank you for... - AnatG commented on a personal American Wigeon sighting
The Wigeons haven't been showing any younglings yet. Mergansers have though. It seems as if they were missing the s... - jbstruthers posted Red-winged Blackbird and Bufflehead sightings
- AnatG posted Wood Duck, Common Goldeneye, Common Goldeneye, and Mourning Dove sightings
June 16, 2013
- naturephotos posted a Common Grackle sighting
- jim macgregor commented on jbstruthers's Red-necked Grebe sighting
Super shot! Very well done composition. - jim macgregor posted Mallard and Mallard sightings
- jbstruthers posted a Red-necked Grebe sighting
June 15, 2013
- AnatG posted Eared Grebe, White-faced Ibis, Ruddy Duck, Ruddy Duck, and Great Horned Owl sightings
June 14, 2013
- jim macgregor commented on jbstruthers's Red-winged Blackbird sighting
-cool shot! - jbstruthers posted Red-winged Blackbird, Red-necked Grebe, Mallard, and Black Tern sightings
- jbstruthers commented on a personal Ruddy Duck sighting
Many years ago I read up on this bird in a publication called Ducks, Geese and Swans of North America. It claimed this ... - jim macgregor commented on AnatG's Gray Catbird sighting
-these birds are sooo good at hiding deep behind cover, that shots are a challenge! By the time ya get a bead- focus on ... - AnatG posted Brown-headed Cowbird and Gray Catbird sightings
- jbstruthers posted Canada Goose, House Wren, Ruddy Duck, and Mallard sightings
- jim macgregor commented on jbstruthers's House Finch sighting
-when they first arrived into the Edmonton area around 2003, all the neighborhoods benefited, as we are now serenaded ev... - jim macgregor commented on jbstruthers's Red-winged Blackbird sighting
Super habitat shot! Females really have a sense of secrecy when they are in the breeding season, and because of that, th...
June 13, 2013
- jbstruthers commented on a personal Red-necked Grebe sighting
This nest was empty when I passed it today. - jbstruthers commented on jim macgregor's Black-capped Chickadee sighting
Busy times for birds in June. Nice shot. - jbstruthers commented on JoyceSollway's House Wren sighting
Wrens are lousy neighbours, if you are a bird. - jbstruthers posted House Finch, Red-winged Blackbird, Red-winged Blackbird, and American White Pelican sightings
- jim macgregor posted Black-capped Chickadee and Black-capped Chickadee sightings
- Bird Lady of Aquitaine commented on jim macgregor's Bald Eagle sighting
Gorgeous photo! :) - Bird Lady of Aquitaine commented on jbstruthers's Red-necked Grebe sighting
Synchronized heads! So cute. :D - JoyceSollway posted a House Wren sighting
June 12, 2013
- jbstruthers posted Mallard and Red-necked Grebe sightings
- JoyceSollway posted a House Wren sighting
- jim macgregor commented on jbstruthers's American Crow sighting
-have seen this behavior when after young ones, but like you, not with mature healthy House Sparrows; possibly, this par...
June 11, 2013
- jim macgregor commented on jbstruthers's Red-necked Grebe sighting
Who wants it?? Great shot! - jim macgregor commented on jbstruthers's House Sparrow sighting
Handsome fellow, the lowly sparrow! - jim macgregor commented on jbstruthers's Red-necked Grebe sighting
CUTE! Both looking in the same direction. Super shot! - jbstruthers posted Red-necked Grebe, House Sparrow, Red-necked Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, and Red-necked Grebe sightings
- jbstruthers commented on AnatG's Spotted Sandpiper sighting
Maybe it thought you would be kind to it, since it only has one leg.;^] - jbstruthers commented on jim macgregor's Bald Eagle sighting
Fer a minute I thought this might have been over your yard...blue sky looks about the same wherever you find it. - jim macgregor posted a Bald Eagle sighting
- jbstruthers posted a American Crow sighting
- jim macgregor commented on AnatG's Eastern Kingbird sighting
Getting to know your subject allows you to be ahead for the shot. - jim macgregor commented on AnatG's Townsend's Solitaire sighting
-I remember my first sighting on an Xmas Bird Count (Dec 19, 1993); my partner and I watched for probably 5 minutes, as ... - jim macgregor commented on AnatG's Spotted Sandpiper sighting
Sooo Good shot! Yup, sometimes it takes a little patience, but the results are worth it; seems like a nice specimen, who... - jim macgregor commented on AnatG's American Wigeon sighting
Geeez, I miss the sun! OOPS, it just came out! :o)) Usual species around here are heavy into feeding their young ones.
June 10, 2013
- jbstruthers posted a Gray Partridge sighting
- jim macgregor commented on AnatG's Red-breasted Nuthatch sighting
-the black on the crown assures us that this is a male and the rest of the plumage is shown off nicely against the sandy... - AnatG posted Eastern Kingbird and Yellow Warbler sightings
- jbstruthers commented on AnatG's Northern Goshawk sighting
I can attest to their ability to maneuver in the bush, having been pursued on an occasion or two... (I believe this to b... - AnatG posted a Townsend's Solitaire sighting
- jbstruthers commented on AnatG's Red-breasted Nuthatch sighting
Nice! - jbstruthers commented on AnatG's Belted Kingfisher sighting
Have yet to spot a kingfisher on Beaumaris this year. - jbstruthers commented on AnatG's Ruddy Duck sighting
Ruddy ducks and coots regularly nested on Beaumaris but not last year or this one...perhaps there is more water about an... - jbstruthers commented on AnatG's Yellow-headed Blackbird sighting
Nice shot! - AnatG posted a Spotted Sandpiper sighting
- jbstruthers commented on AnatG's Wood Duck sighting
Some day I will see a wood duck, maybe. - AnatG posted Canada Goose, Cedar Waxwing, Cedar Waxwing, American Wigeon, and American Wigeon sightings
June 9, 2013
- jbstruthers posted Ruddy Duck, Black-capped Chickadee, Black-capped Chickadee, Black-capped Chickadee, and Canada Goose sightings
June 8, 2013
- jim macgregor commented on jbstruthers's American White Pelican sighting
-Yup, very nice shots! Just discovered, on our shots as well, that there is a small downward curving hook on the upper m... - jim macgregor commented on jbstruthers's Black-capped Chickadee sighting
-neighbors to west have a pair nesting in a rotted trunk cavity; I think we are supplying the food! HA! Both parents mak... - jbstruthers commented on a personal American White Pelican sighting
Some great pelican shots here: http://www.pbase.com/nicolebouglouan/pelicans - jbstruthers commented on a personal Black-capped Chickadee sighting
Returned to the area and watched the pair coming and going with food for youngsters. - jbstruthers commented on a personal Black-capped Chickadee sighting
This link connects to a video showing cavity excavation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3Z2V41JNBk This tree, on Beauma... - jbstruthers posted American White Pelican and Black-capped Chickadee sightings
- jbstruthers commented on a personal Black-capped Chickadee sighting
This cavity appears to be newly excavated and I note a couple of false starts.
June 7, 2013
- jim macgregor commented on jbstruthers's Tree Swallow sighting
-this is a pretty thorough article on Tree Swallows and covers some of our questions: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/nest... - jbstruthers posted a American White Pelican sighting
- jim macgregor commented on jbstruthers's American White Pelican sighting
-apparently this fibrous "horn" accompanies breeding adults and disappears after the eggs hatch; I have only seen them a... - jbstruthers commented on a personal Lesser Scaup sighting
...and there was 11 about 8:00 p.m. - JoyceSollway posted a American Goldfinch sighting
- JoyceSollway commented on jbstruthers's Tree Swallow sighting
I have a pair of Tree Swallows also and I think the female is sitting on the nest and he is guarding the front door ??? - jbstruthers commented on a personal Lesser Scaup sighting
Back to three scaups this afternoon and I didn't see any on my morning round. - AnatG posted a Sharp-tailed Grouse sighting
- jbstruthers commented on a personal Tree Swallow sighting
Walked by today and the head of a tree swallow was still/again visible but no head was to be seen in the hole of the nea... - jbstruthers posted a Blue-winged Teal sighting
- jbstruthers commented on a personal American White Pelican sighting
These birds were here late last evening and here again or still at 7:15 this morning.
June 6, 2013
- jbstruthers posted a Tree Swallow sighting
- jbstruthers commented on a personal Lesser Scaup sighting
Another pair showed up late this afternoon...we now have three males and two females. - jbstruthers posted a American White Pelican sighting
- jbstruthers commented on a personal Canada Goose sighting
Truth to tell I had not noted those marks...perhaps scrapes from negotiating the brush along the shore. - jim macgregor commented on jbstruthers's Canada Goose sighting
Yup! As the grass grows, so do the grazers;( interesting little (bite??) on the neck of the subject in the back, but see... - jbstruthers posted Canada Goose, Canada Goose, and Red-breasted Nuthatch sightings
- jbstruthers commented on a personal Lesser Scaup sighting
Saw these birds again today. - jbstruthers commented on a personal Canada Goose sighting
These geese are growing as fast as the grass.
June 5, 2013
- jbstruthers posted a Red-winged Blackbird sighting
- jim macgregor commented on jbstruthers's Lesser Scaup sighting
Who's the lucky guy, or is this still a competition, of who is the handsomest? :o)) - jbstruthers posted Lesser Scaup and Osprey sightings
June 4, 2013
- jbstruthers commented on naturephotos's Canada Goose sighting
Good link Jim...these are kidnapped kids...that's my story and I'm stickin' to it! - JoyceSollway commented on jbstruthers's Mallard sighting
Cutie. :)) - JoyceSollway commented on kittyhawk's Red-winged Blackbird sighting
There are 8 to 10 males sitting on the bulrushes on Villenuve Road in St Albert, I have not seen so many there before. T... - jim macgregor commented on kittyhawk's Red-winged Blackbird sighting
Die-off, -here's a link that addressed this issue: ( http://news.discovery.com/animals/bird-animal-die-offs-11010... - jbstruthers commented on a personal Canada Goose sighting
When these birds are ashore they are constantly harassed by gawkers and photographers. I suspect that's why they a... - jbstruthers commented on kittyhawk's Red-winged Blackbird sighting
We have both the guys and the gals at Beaumaris, but not in the usual numbers. Last fall, during migration, did we not ...
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