At a pond near my #Calgary home tonight I spotted a male #Canvasback in breeding plumage. It was 8:00pm and the evening sun lit Buddy up nicely. The reflecting blue sky contrasts him, who I thanked for swimming over to check me out. 🙂 #photography #bird 🪶 #birds #nature #wild #Diving #Ducks

Here in #Calgary 🇨🇦 the last week in May always makes for a great #Tulip #Tuesday. I took this #photo in #Riley #Park, which is in the #Kensington district of the #city. This Tuesday however (June 2) is more of a #torrential #Tuesday, as we’ve had non-stop heavy rain for 3 days now. 😐 #photography

So, Rob’s #BirdofTheDay theme is #reflections, clear or rippled. This shot qualifies as both a breath mint & a candy mint, for today happens to be #MallardMonday. This #drake was enjoying the evening sun in a pond close to my home. #bird 🪶 #birds #photography #nature #wild #duck #mallard #wildlife

I doubt the #BirdOfTheDay theme will ever be your favourite #brood #parasites (#birds who don’t build their own nests, instead laying eggs in the nests of others) 🤣. Nevertheless, here is a juvenile male #Brown-headed #Cowbird I shot south of #Calgary 🇨🇦. #photography #nature #wild #bird 🪶

These photos were taken in the past hour. A follow up to yesterday’s post of a #Northern #Flicker nesting in a tree in a neighbour’s backyard here in #Calgary 🇨🇦, here are 3 more of the same female in direct sunlight. What a #diva, no? 😉 #photography #bird 🪶 #birds #nature #yyc #wild #FlickerFriday

I took this #photo 30 minutes ago. A neighbour of mine here in #Calgary 🇨🇦 has a #Northern #Flicker nesting in a tree in their yard. I caught mom looking out while guarding the homestead. #photography #bird 🪶 #birds #nature #spring #yyc #wild #woodpecker

For my #bird 🪶 #photography today I’m calling this #Wingspan #Wednesday. I took these #American #Pelican shots at #Frank #Lake, #Alberta 🇨🇦. #Nerd stuff: at 8-9.5 feet these #birds have the 2nd-largest average wingspan of any North American bird (No. 1: California Condor). 🙂 #nature #wild #wildlife

Time for a #monochrome #Monday photo. This shot is looking west from the north shore of the #Bow #River towards #downtown #Calgary. It was just #smoky enough that you could only make out the outlines (but no details) of the city’s high rises. #Black & #White beckoned. #Urban #photography #B&W #yyc

Yesterday it was a beautiful sunny spring day in #Calgary, #Alberta 🇨🇦. At #Frank #Lake (east of High River) the cloudless blue sky contrasted nicely with this #American #Avocet couple, relaxing in the shallow water. Have a great Sunday everyone! 🙂 #Photography #bird 🪶 #birds #nature #wildlife #wild

Saturday’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SingForYourSupper any #bird singing. The alt is #EFGH any bird name with any of these letters at the beginning of their names. Taken this month, here’s a #yellow-headed #Blackbird crooning & a Bald #Eagle looking stud. #Photography #Nature 🪶 #Birds #Wild #Calgary 🇨🇦

Alan & Rob’s #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #Grassland, any bird pictured with grass. With my 3 offerings today I have combined it with a #couples #theme, specifically #Canada #Geese, who mate for life. Have a great Thursday, all. 🙂 #photography #Bird 🪶 #Birds #Nature #Wildlife #Alberta 🇨🇦 #Calgary

In accordance with today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme - #ScrollBack - going through my most recent bird photos, I selected these two #blackbirds, taken last Thursday near #sunset at a pond near my #Calgary 🇨🇦 home. Say hi to a male #yellowhead & a female #redwing. #photography #nature #bird 🪶 #birds #wild

Hey all, Sunday here still has 2 hours left, but for most people on Earth it’s #MallardMonday. Here’s a pair of #drakes I took a #photo of last month at a pond near my #Calgary 🇨🇦 home. The setting sun made those green #iridescent heads shine, no? 🙂 #photography #wildlife #nature #duck #bird 🪶 #birds

#Photos taken 3 minutes and 30 metres apart on the north bank of the #Bow #River. A #Canada #Goose couple keep their young brood close as they paddle away from a #Bald #Eagle, whose talons are capable of easily grabbing and carrying off a small #gosling chick. #Photography #nature #bird 🪶 #Calgary 🇨🇦

I see @alan678.bsky.social says that today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #FeatheredFemmes, showing the beauty of any #female #bird. Here is a #Red #Winged #Blackbird. I spotted her on a #bullrush near sunset on Thursday, in a swamp near my home. #photography #birds 🪶 #nature #Calgary 🇨🇦 #wildlife #wild

Recently I posted some #photos of just-hatched goslings & their #Canada 🇨🇦 #Geese parents. I mentioned I would post a #photo of the whole family, so here you go, taken last night just by a drainage #pond near my #Calgary home. More to follow. #photography #bird 🪶 #birds #goose #nature #wild

Good #Friday, all! (Well, not THAT Good Friday!) Today’s #BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #CormorantOrHeron. I do have a capture of one of the #green-eyed monsters resting on a rock in the #Bow #River in #Calgary 🇨🇦, taken in February at the #Inglewood #Bird #Sanctuary. #photography 🪶 #birds #nature #wild

Ever since May 2, when I took this #photo of a very striking #American #Avocet walking an equally striking portion of the shore of #Frank #Lake #Alberta 🇨🇦, I was waiting for #Rob and/or #Alan’s #BirdOfTheDay theme to be #WadersOuttaWater. Yesss! #photography #bird 🪶 #birds #wild #nature #waterfowl

Taken Sunday at the #Bow #River in #Calgary. Not long hatched from the egg 🐣, #Canada #Geese #Goslings ( #goose #chicks) can learn to swim within one day of being born. My previous posted #photo was of this brood’s parents. Canada 🇨🇦 Geese mate for life. #photography #nature #wildlife #bird #cute

My #BirdOfTheDay photo was taken on Sunday. These two #Canada #Geese were on alert for a very good reason - some chicks had recently hatched. Between these two #sentries nothing was getting close to their #brood. Family #photos tomorrow. #photography #nature #wild #bird 🪶 #birds #Alberta 🇨🇦 #spring

I see Rob & Alan’s Tuesday #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LinedUp, 3 or more #birds in a line. Mais bien sûr! Allow me to present these #Canada #Geese performing an impressive precision nautical drill last summer in a #pond near my #Calgary 🇨🇦 home. 🙂 #photography #wildlife #nature #bird #wild #goose

Yesterday evening I was walking along the north bank of the #Bow #River in #Calgary (near Parkdale) when I came upon a home improvement project, possibly by this fellow, despite his feigned look of innocence. Have a good week, everyone! 🙂 #photography #wildlife #nature #beaver #wild #timber!

Okay, I’ll play ball. The “official,” #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Raptors, but I am including an #Osprey #mother, cause it’s #MothersDay. That’s her on the right, along with her mate (top), watching their sole offspring learning to fly. Taken in August, 2024 in #Calgary 🇨🇦. #bird 🪶 #birds #photography

For my #BirdOfTheDay theme I want to wish everyone a happy #MothersDay and offer 4 #photos I took of female #Canada #Geese with their broods. Remember, we all had mothers. Be nice to yours & if she’s not around do think of her. You exist thanks to her. 🙂 #photography #nature #bird 🪶 #birds #wildlife

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #EFGH, #birds who have any of these letters at the beginning of any part of their name. Say hello to a hovering #Forster’s #Tern. The alt is #UrbanLegends, birds captured in urban environments. This #Canada #Goose owning a #downtown #Calgary 🇨🇦 plaza gets a ✔️ for both.

For my #BirdOfTheDay I’m tracing back to a 36-year old cultural reference with an #American #Avocet and 3 #Coots reenactment of the demons in Ghost (1990) coming to drag the soul of a reprobate into the depths of Hell. The avocet is actually nice, but those preening coots just stirred a memory. 😂

Happy Thursday all! Today’s #BirdOfTheDay #alt #theme is #yellow, so may I offer two photos of a #Yellow-#headed #Blackbird I took at #Frank #Lake, #Alberta 🇨🇦 last Saturday. Here he is, looking stud and in mid-mating call. #photography #bird 🪶 #birds #nature #wild #Canada #spring

Today’s #birdoftheday is #SeaBirds. Perhaps if it had been just #SeaBird I wouldn’t have gone for the #numbers of #Gulls and #American #Pelicans you see here relaxing at #Frank #Lake, #Alberta 🇨🇦 😉 #photography #bird 🪶 #birds #wildlife #nature #Canada

Monday’s #BirdOfTheDay suggestion by @robcrank68.bsky.social is #Pairs - any bird pairs whether it be same or mixed pairs. Yesterday at #Frank #Lake, #Alberta 🇨🇦 I found this lovely #American #Avocet couple #wading near the shore. (Lucky me, no? 😉) #photography #bird 🪶 #birds #nature #wild #Canada

I was so impatient to put up this photo I took yesterday. How was I to know the seagull in it (look closer) qualifies for today’s @alan678.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay theme? (RockSolid any bird captured, perched on or standing by rocks or on a rocky surface) #photography #nature #wild #bird 🪶 #birds

Taken today (May 2) at #Frank #Lake (just east of High River) #Alberta 🇨🇦. This is my own #BirdOfTheDay theme, which I’m labelling, #NotAllTheSame. Here are 4 #American #Pelicans and a lone & very comfortable #Seagull. (More to follow) 🙂 #Photography #Bird 🪶 #Birds #Wild #Nature #Canada

I see we’re kicking off May’s 1st #BirdOfTheDay theme with #Parenthood, any capture of parents & young. Here’s my offering - a mother #coot with 3 young #chicks that only a #mother could love, all safe from predators in the reeds of #Frank #Lake, #Alberta 🇨🇦. #photography #bird 🪶 #birds #nature #wild

Rob has an interesting #BirdOfTheDay Thursday theme: #3sDay (shots of anything as long as there are 3 of them). Here are 3 American #Pelicans on #Frank #Lake (just east of #High #River, #Alberta). Unfortunately the photobombing #coots didn’t get the message. 😁 #photography #bird 🪶 #birds #nature

Taken yesterday. In a #swampy #pond near my home in #Calgary a male #red-winged #blackbird stares down a male #yellow-headed #blackbird. The females won’t arrive for another week & the boys are vying for the best nesting spots (There’s enough room for all). #photography #burd #birds 🪶 #nature #wild

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BeautyInBrown where we get to show off the beauty of #birds that have mainly brown #plumage. This closeup of a #mallard #hen gets you #multiple shades of #brown, including a very captivating brown eye. 😉 #photography #bird 🪶 #nature #wild #Alberta 🇨🇦 #wildlife #duck

After having been born and lived for decades on the west coast I moved to #Calgary. I was surprised to see no shortage of #Ring-billed #Gulls, like this group facing the sun near the bank of the #Bow #River. Not a #birdoftheday theme today, but it’s #spring here… finally! #photography #bird 🪶 #wild

The #BirdOfTheDay theme this Monday is #PassportPhoto - a photograph of a bird that could be its passport picture. What other purpose could this #portrait of a #Canada #Goose be used for? 🤔 Well… perhaps a #mugshot, no? #photography #bird 🪶 #birds #nature #wildlife #wild #Alberta 🇨🇦

Here in #Calgary 🇨🇦 it is still Sunday for another 80 minutes but it’s #MallardMonday 🦆 for most of our planet. I’d like to offer this close up of a gorgeous #Mallard #Drake. I can stare at his #green #iridescent head for a long time. #photography #bird 🪶 #birds #nature #wildlife #wild #Canada

Okay, so I see Sunday’s #BirdOfTheDay alt #theme is #SpeciesParidae. Yesterday I posted a #photo of this #Black #Capped #Chickadee at the #Inglewood #Bird #Sanctuary in #Calgary 🇨🇦 #Canada. I hope you agree he’s #cute enough to warrant this 2nd (profile) shot. 😊 🪶 #photography #nature #wild #wildlife

Alan’s #BirdOfTheDay alt #theme today is #monochrome, b&w shots of any bird. One year ago tomorrow I was outside #Cochrane, #Alberta 🇨🇦, where this #Common #Raven was low enough so I could get this but high enough that he didn’t fear me. #photography #bird 🪶 #birds #nature #wildlife #wild #Canada

So, as I await to see what Saturday’s #BirdOfTheDay theme will be I see there is one for #SmallBirdSaturday. Well then! How can I not offer this #chickadee I met during an April walk at the #Inglewood #Bird #Sanctuary in #Calgary 🇨🇦 #Canada? #birds 🪶 #photography #nature #wild #wildlife #cute

I’m not sure what theme this would fall under in the daily #BirdOfTheDay suggestion, but a #Canada 🇨🇦 #Goose looking at my camera lens with both eyes (!) while its back serves as a (literal) background deserves a posting, imo. #photography #bird 🪶 #birds #wild #nature Hoping your Thursday is good!

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Petals&Perches, any bird with flowers in capture. Well, the flowers are nowhere near open, but if this #bird doesn’t mind then neither should any of us. #photography #birds 🪶 #nature #wild #Alberta #Canada 🇨🇦

I usually wait until the #BirdOfTheDay theme is announced to see if I have taken any qualifying photos. Well, not today, for it’s #MallardMonday so I thought I’d offer a long shot of a couple of #hens approaching me. have a good week all! #photography #nature #bird 🪶 #birds #duck #mallard

A challenge! #The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ABCD, let’s do this, any #bird beginning any part of their name with these letters. Extra points for a set using all." So… here we go. An #Avocet, a Yellow-Headed #Blackbird, a #Coot & a #Downy #Woodpecker. 🙂 #photography 🪶 #birds #nature #wild #Alberta 🇨🇦

Saturday’s #BirdOfTheDay #Theme is #DucksOutOfWater. Okay then, it’s #Drake #Mallard time! 😊 Here’s one strutting on land, two resting on the grass & one so close to being IN the water, but for a thin sheet of ice qualifying him for today’s theme. 😉 #photography #nature #Duck #bird 🪶 #birds #wild

Thursday’s #BirdOfTheDay #theme is #HeadShots (any head shot will do). Here is a #Golden #Eagle I saw on an acreage in the #Alberta 🇨🇦 #Foothills. His gorgeous brown #eye was always aware of me but I approached slowly and was able to get this one. #photography #bird 🪶 #birds #nature #wild #raptor

Apropos of nothing, certainly not of any recent #BirdOfTheDay #theme, because #Calgary may get 30cm of wet snow in the next 24 hours, I thought I’d share this #photo of a #raven. Taken January 4, he’s resting in an evergreen tree covered in a #hoar #frost #photography #bird 🪶 #birds #nature #winter

I see Rob has chosen #reflections as Tuesday’s #BirdOfTheDay #Theme. So I’m humbly elevating this #Western #Grebe to back to back offerings (same #bird, different lens), for it was also my #LongNecks model from a couple of days ago. 🙂 #birds 🪶 #photography #nature #wild #Alberta 🇨🇦 #Frank #Lake

Even without its reflection this #Western #Grebe facing the setting summer sun from #Frank #Lake (an hour’ drive south of #Calgary) ticks the #BirdOfTheDay #theme box of #LongNecks. Here’s hoping everyone is having a really great Sunday 🙂 #photography #nature #wild #bird 🪶 #birds