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POD 2019

Picture of the Day for 2019

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  • Predators

    Predators

    An unintended consequence of logging is the addition of nice perches for eagles to wait for spawning fish.

  • House Finch

    House Finch

    Cold winter mornings always bring out the best in small birds. This female house finch is not the most colorful bird but fluffed up in the early morning light she is striking.

  • Steller's Jay

    Steller's Jay

    Sometimes birds are nervous and disappear or hide in the bushes when sighted. Not with this Steller's Jay. He was completely oblivious to my presence hopping around the beach looking for food. At one point as I sat on a rock he passed within a foot.

  • Merlin

    Merlin

    While their normal winter range is way south, on the prairies, Merlins come into the cities to feast on an abundance of sparrows and chickadees. This Merlin was checking things out in a coulee down by the river.

  • Merry Christmas

    Merry Christmas

    May your holidays be a time of joy and laughter.

  • Grumpy Old Man

    Grumpy Old Man

    Every evening this Great Blue Heron would show up on the dock for a evening fishing expedition and sulk. If I showed myself at all he would leap from the dock and fly off complaining only to show up again a few minutes later. Then he would grumpily stand like this until it got too dark for me to see him. I think he sulked like this all night as he was always there in the morning.

  • Tundra Swans

    Tundra Swans

    Tundra Swans by the hundreds feed in the fields and rest on the river at Harrison Mills. BC

  • Northern Hawk Owl

    Northern Hawk Owl

    When, from a distance, I first saw this bird sitting on the top of the tree I assumed it must be a raven. As I approached it became apparent that this was no raven. He was not particularly interested in me as he was hunting for dinner. While I watched he spotted a mouse in the grass, swooped down and grabbed dinner to go. He even was kind enough to take it back up into the tree so I could get a picture.

  • Bohemian Waxwing

    Bohemian Waxwing

    Almost magically the Cedar Waxwings of summer have been replaced by the Bohemian Waxwings of winter.

  • Magpie

    Magpie

    A magpie fluffs up and takes a few minutes rest on a cold day.in November.

  • Boreal Chickadee

    Boreal Chickadee

    This Boreal Chickadee was the only one in a flock of Black-capped Chickadees. We don't often see them here as we are on the southern edge of their range.

  • Landing Gear Down

    Landing Gear Down

    These geese circled a fe times and then decided to land directly in front of me. This is a view that is rarely captured. Probably for good reason.

  • Northern Flicker

    Northern Flicker

    With Northern Flickers the males have a black or red mustache. This male partakes of a tasty apple for a frosty early morning breakfast.

  • Canada Geese

    Canada Geese

    Every afternoon around four the geese take off from the rivers and ponds and head to the fields for the evening feed. It is quite a sight seeing hundreds of geese take off down the river slowing gaining altitude before turning and heading out.

  • Northern Flicker

    Northern Flicker

    On a frosty day this flicker warms itself in the morning sun.

  • Coyote

    Coyote

    Being the first really cold day of the season all of the animals were active early. First there was a herd of skittish deer that disappeared into the bush. Then this coyote crossed our path. He was a little more curious so I was able to get a couple of shots in before he disappeared. Finally, there was a moose and her calf. They were bedded down in the bush so all I could get was a picture of an eye looking out of the grass.

  • Great Horned Owl

    Great Horned Owl

    It was snowy and cold when I heard this owl squelching. It wasn't hooting and at first I thought it was only the sound of my boots on the snow. Once I realized it was coming from the woods I followed it off trail. A few hundred yards into the woods I got the feeling I was being watched, looked up and was face to face with this owl. He was interested but not worried so he posed patiently as I shot off a bunch of pictures.

  • Black-capped Chickadee

    Black-capped Chickadee

    Whether eating sunflower seeds from you hand or flitting from bush to bush Chickadees are great fun to have around.

  • Dinner's On

    Dinner's On

    The flocks of robins have dwindled but there are still a few that will probably decide to stay the winter.

  • Seagull Ballet

    Seagull Ballet

    These Ring-billed Gulls were acrobatically dabbling on the river finding something to eat off the surface. Ring-billed Gulls are interesting in that this time of year there are only adults. The juveniles left for the wintering ground in August.

  • It's Hard to Be Drab in the Fall

    It's Hard to Be Drab in the Fall

    Autumn creates a riot of color around this House Sparrow.

  • Robin

    Robin

    Each fall the robins descend for a few weeks to feed on berries and fruit before heading further south for the winter.. You can tell that this is a western bird because there is no white at the end of the tail.

  • A Chinook Cometh

    A Chinook Cometh

    A windy day in the mountains as a Chinook races over the front range.

  • Greater Yellowbrows

    Greater Yellowbrows

    As can be seen this is a White-throated sparrow but, to me, that's not the discerning criteria. It's the black eyestripe, white crown, yellow lores and the white throat with a malar stripe. They breed across Canada and winter in the Southern States. Sound familiar?

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