Hard to believe 6 months have passed since my last post. Guess I’ll put that down to a combination of the general craziness of 2020, plus the expected laziness of the summer! I thought it might be nice to publish a few photo albums from April to now, so this …
Having found some spare time over the past week or so, I’ve managed to go back through this winter’s image files and process my highlights from the last few months. First and foremost among the highlights, and a recent encounter, was this drop-dead gorgeous male Varied Thrush: He was as …
As brief as Calgary’s autumn is, the gorgeous leaf colours that this season brings help make up for its brevity. However, as I work during the week, I can only get some shooting in on the weekends and I just have to hope that the colours are peaking on those …
My 2019 fall shorebird photography season was a pretty decent one for me, by which I mean that I had a couple of good occasions when the necessary elements came together. Namely, decent lighting conditions (bright morning sun or bright overcast), available time (i.e. a free weekend or vacation) and …
Another busy summer, and a big burst of southward songbird migration action at the end. Here are a few of my pics from the past few weeks as I attempted to capture some of the songbirds coming through southern Alberta…and my favourite would have to be this young Chestnut-sided Warbler …
As usual, late spring and summer have been pretty busy family-wise, but I’ve still managed to get out for some early morning/after-work birding trips and walks and with migration having hit its peak these trips have been quite fruitful. An overnight trip down to Waterton in early May yielded quite …
By late April and early May, spring migration was clearly on in earnest here in Calgary as each new week heralded newly arrived species in the urban parks around the city, notably song birds such as the aptly-named Song Sparrow: As well as the tiny and energetic Ruby-crowned Kinglet: And …
Spring is finally here again in Calgary and the waterfowl have wasted no time in making their way to the now largely ice-free ponds and waterways of the city… Living up to their name, one of the most abundant ducks is the Common Goldeneye and this time of year I …
After a very mild start to winter, Calgary paid for it in spades during February and early March with temps consistently in the -20C range. With that and general family activities, I haven’t got up to much birding locally, but nonetheless got to enjoy some birds that seem to be …
It’s been a busy winter and I haven’t got out birding much since Christmas, but I hope to return in a month with lots more pics! In the meantime, here’s a shot of a beautiful male White-winged Crossbill that I came across in January in Calgary. Normally I see these …