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Thanks to Shane for alerting me!https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/yellow-headed-blackbird-male-xanthocephalus-xanthocephalus-6.jpgYellow-headed Blackbird male (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus)Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/osprey-harassed-by-red-winged-blackbirds.jpgOsprey harassed by Red-winged Blackbirds2025-10-29T18:02:40+00:00weekly0.6https://birdsandmusings.ca/2021/02/05/its-not-a-hybrid-after-all/2025-02-24T00:06:12+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2021/04/25/sean-richardson-july-20-1968-april-18-2021/2024-10-15T16:15:38+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2022/01/04/highlights-from-covid-hell/2024-10-15T16:11:45+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2022/01/14/late-april-into-may-birding-and-travel/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/lil-paint-02-sm-1.jpegLi'l' Paint -02Pinto foal at Eagles Nest Ranch, Bridesville, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/lil-paint-and-mom-sm-1.jpegLi'l' Paint and MomPinto foal at Eagles Nest Ranch, Bridesville, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/washington-warning-1.jpegWashington- Warning!<i>He just might love you to death!</i> Bernese Mountain-St.Bernard lineage produced a gorgeous, super friendly and intelligent farm dog! Thanks for sharing him with us for a few minutes, Ed!https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ed-brouwer-in-his-fireman-days-2013-pk.jpegEd Brouwer in his fireman days 2013 PK2024-09-10T19:31:30+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/04/10/welcome-to-birds-musings/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/bm-make-a-comment.pngB&M Make a commenthttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/arrow-39278_640.pngarrow-39278_640https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/images.pngimageshttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/hand-icon-cursor.jpegHand icon cursor2024-09-10T19:06:21+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2018/02/18/hoodie-babies-explore-their-world/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/my-beat-north-labelled.pngMy Beat north labelledhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/home-chicks-making-bubbles1.jpgHOME chicks making bubbleshttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/home-chicks-making-bubbles.jpgHOME chicks making bubbleshttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/rush-hour-traffic.jpgIMG_1425https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hoodie-babies-7a.jpgHoodie babies - 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3https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sharp-shinned-hawk-with-quail-breakfast-1.jpgSharp-shinned Hawk with Quail breakfastSharp-shinned with Quail breakfast - 2https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sharp-shinned-hawk-with-quail-breakfast.jpgSharp-shinned Hawk with Quail breakfastSharp-shinned with Quail breakfast - 1https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/coopers-hawk-1.jpgCooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii) Belmont Park, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/coopers-hawk-ottawa.jpgCooper's Hawk, Ottawahttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/coopers-or-sharp-shinned1.jpgCooper's or Sharp-shinned?https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/coopers-hawk-juvenile.jpgCooper's Hawk - 3https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sharp-shinned-hawk-juvenile.jpegCooper's on the Rail - 42024-04-08T19:20:06+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2022/01/09/2021-april-part-2/2024-03-12T20:31:48+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2022/01/09/springineffable-sadness-buffered-by-m-nature/2024-03-12T20:27:03+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/about/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/up-arrow-e1522170236250.pngup arrow2024-03-12T18:22:19+00:00weekly0.6https://birdsandmusings.ca/2022/01/11/2021-april-part-4/2024-03-11T20:05:05+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2022/01/13/april-week-3-we-didnt-know-what-was-coming/2024-03-11T19:59:11+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2016/10/26/758/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/tim-hortons.jpegTim Hortons2024-03-11T19:50:37+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/02/06/highlights-of-2016-part-5-geese-swans/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/the-cang-and-the-mall.jpgThe CANG and the MALLPrying Mallard....https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/tundra-swan.jpgTundra SwanTundra Swan in Thomson Marsh.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/tundra-swan-family-3.jpgTundra Swan family - 3Tundra pair with cygnet in tow....https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/tundra-swan-1.jpgTundra Swan(S)he stayed for nearly a month....https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/three-eyes-1.jpgThree Eyes - 1I like to call this one "Three Eyes"https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/snow-goose.jpgSnow GooseSnow Goose in Spring, Thomson Farm.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/snow-goose-with-canadas.jpgSnow Goose with CanadasSnow Goose swims with but is not attached to these Canadas in Munson Pond.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/snow-goose-juvenile-record-only-1.jpgSnow Goose juvenile (record only)Snow Goose in autumnhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/snow-goose-in-flight.jpgSnow Goose in flight(Chen carerulescens) Munson Pond, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/snow-goose-and-tundra-swan-with-canadas.jpgSnow Goose and Tundra Swan with CanadasTundra Swan and Snow Goose share Thomson Farm field.2022-04-25T20:44:04+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2016/12/14/at-last-the-young-ospreys-of-2015/2022-01-22T07:57:54+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2022/01/10/2021-april-part-3/2022-01-12T20:52:50+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/03/02/raptors-on-my-beat-winter-2016-7/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/rtha-in-flight-being-harrassed-by-a-gull-2015.jpgrtha-in-flight-being-harrassed-by-a-gull-2015https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/baldy-2.jpgbaldy-2https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/baldy-1.jpgbaldy-1https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sunny-in-the-big-willow-11.jpgsunny-in-the-big-willow-1Sunny in the Big Willow - 2https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sunny-in-the-big-willow-21.jpgsunny-in-the-big-willow-2Sunny in the Big Willow - 1https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sunny-the-rtha-closeup1.jpgsunny-the-rtha-closeupSunny welcomes us to his new home!https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/an-interloper.jpgan-interloperhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/reddy-attacked-by-rwbl-2016-41.jpgreddy-attacked-by-rwbl-2016-4The RWBL has landed!https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/reddy-attacked-by-rwbl-2016-31.jpgreddy-attacked-by-rwbl-2016-3Contact imminent....https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/reddy-attacked-by-rwbl-2016-21.jpgreddy-attacked-by-rwbl-2016-2Closing in....2022-01-08T02:51:32+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2021/03/09/bill-and-koo-in-konversation/2021-04-25T17:33:54+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2018/10/11/patience-please-or-patience-pleases/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/patience-red-tailed-hawk-buteo-jamaicensis-36.jpgPatience, Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) -36Wednesday, October 10, 2018. Near the Community Garden, Kelowna Rec Field, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/patience-red-tailed-hawk-buteo-jamaicensis-18.jpegPatience, Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) -18Wednesday, October 10, 2018. Near the Community Garden, Kelowna Rec Field, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/patience-red-tailed-hawk-buteo-jamaicensis-13.jpegPatience, Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) -13Wednesday, October 10, 2018. Near the Community Garden, Kelowna Rec Field, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/patience-red-tailed-hawk-buteo-jamaicensis-26.jpegPatience, Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) -26Wednesday, October 10, 2018. Near the Community Garden, Kelowna Rec Field, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/patience-on-saturday-16.jpgPatience on Saturday... -16Southeast corner of Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/patience-on-saturday-13.jpgPatience on Saturday... -13Southeast corner of Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/patience-on-saturday-04.jpgPatience on Saturday... -04Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/patience-in-pine-06.jpgPatience in pine -06Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/patience-red-tailed-hawk-buteo-jamaicensis-05.jpgPatience (Red-tailed Hawk [Buteo jamaicensis]) -05Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/patience-rtha-tree-buteo-jamaicensis-03.jpgPatience RTHA tree (Buteo jamaicensis) -032021-04-25T17:22:58+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2015/07/20/idle-afternoon-idyl/2020-11-18T22:06:39+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2019/12/11/ducks-in-the-creek/2020-05-25T17:50:18+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2018/10/25/solomon-song-sparrow/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/song-sparrow-melospiza-melodia-07.jpegSong Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) -07Thomson Brook, Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/song-sparrow-melospiza-melodia-05.jpegSong Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) -05Thomson Brook, Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/song-sparrow-melospiza-melodia-03.jpegSong Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) -03Thomson Brook, Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/song-sparrow-melospiza-melodia-02.jpegSong Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) -02Thomson Brook, Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/song-sparrow-melospiza-melodia-04.jpegSong Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) -04Thomson Brook, Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.2020-05-25T17:43:51+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/05/01/how-much-wood-would-a-piwo-chuck/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/distribution-of-the-pileated-woodpecker-birdsna1.jpgDistribution of the Pileated Woodpecker birdsnahttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/distribution-of-the-pileated-woodpecker-birdsna.jpgDistribution of the Pileated Woodpecker birdsnahttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/pileated-woodpecker-drycopus-pileatus.jpgPileated Woodpecker (Drycopus pileatus)Back to work....https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/pileated-woodpecker-drycopus-pileatus-15.jpgPileated Woodpecker (Drycopus pileatus)Builder Bob!https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/pileated-woodpecker-drycopus-pileatus-14.jpgPileated Woodpecker (Drycopus pileatus)Listening for her call....https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/pileated-woodpecker-drycopus-pileatus-13.jpgPileated Woodpecker (Drycopus pileatus)Checking for his mate...https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/pileated-woodpecker-drycopus-pileatus-12.jpgPileated Woodpecker (Drycopus pileatus)Near Sidley Mountain Road, Anarchist Mtn., BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/pileated-woodpecker-drycopus-pileatus-11.jpgPileated Woodpecker (Drycopus pileatus)Near Sidley Mountain Road, Anarchist Mtn., BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/pileated-woodpecker-drycopus-pileatus-10.jpgPileated Woodpecker (Drycopus pileatus)Near Sidley Mountain Road, Anarchist Mtn., BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/pileated-woodpecker-drycopus-pileatus-9.jpgPileated Woodpecker (Drycopus pileatus)and a breather!2020-03-14T04:55:39+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2019/03/19/reflecting-on-an-unusual-winter-2018-19/2019-12-10T00:34:24+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2018/03/02/ospreys-fishing-part-1/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/poppa-ospr-fishing-9.jpgPoppa OSPR fishing - 9https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/poppa-ospr-fishing-8.jpgPoppa OSPR fishing - 8https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/poppa-ospr-fishing-7.jpgPoppa OSPR fishing - 7https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/poppa-ospr-fishing-5.jpgPoppa OSPR fishing - 5https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/poppa-ospr-fishing-4.jpgPoppa OSPR fishing - 4https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/poppa-ospr-fishing-3.jpgPoppa OSPR fishing - 3https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/poppa-ospr-fishing-2.jpgPoppa OSPR fishing - 2https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/poppa-ospr-fishing-1.jpgPoppa OSPR fishing - 1https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/poppa-ospr-preparing-1-4.jpgPoppa OSPR preparing - 1 - 4...he returned to the task at hand.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/poppa-ospr-preparing-1-3.jpgPoppa OSPR preparing - 1 - 3Now that I was in place...2019-08-30T18:12:27+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2018/09/10/violence-and-abuse-are-never-the-answer/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/180908_williamsracquet_epa.jpg180908_williamsracquet_epa2019-08-30T18:03:43+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2018/10/24/patience-update-1/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/patience-juvenile-red-tailed-hawk-buteo-jamaicensis-11.jpgPatience, juvenile Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) -11https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/patience-juvenile-red-tailed-hawk-buteo-jamaicensis-12.jpegPatience, juvenile Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) -12https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/patience-juvenile-red-tailed-hawk-buteo-jamaicensis-13.jpegPatience, juvenile Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) -13https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/patience-juvenile-red-tailed-hawk-buteo-jamaicensis-14.jpegPatience, juvenile Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) -14https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/patience-juvenile-red-tailed-hawk-buteo-jamaicensis-15.jpegPatience, juvenile Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) -15https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/patience-juvenile-red-tailed-hawk-buteo-jamaicensis-21.jpegPatience, juvenile Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) -21https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/patience-juvenile-red-tailed-hawk-buteo-jamaicensis-25.jpegPatience, juvenile Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) -252019-08-30T17:53:58+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/04/27/ruddy-ducks-showing-off/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ruddy-duck-range-nature-serve.gifRuddy Duck range Nature ServeNatureServe RUDU range maphttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ruddy-duck-range-audubon.pngRuddy Duck range - AudubonAudubon Field Guide's RUDU range maphttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ruddy-duck-drake-oxyura-jamaicensis-5.jpgRuddy Duck drake (Oxyura jamaicensis)What's wrong with that?!https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ruddy-duck-pair-oxyura-jamaicensis1.jpgRuddy Duck pair (Oxyura jamaicensis)You're so vain....https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ruddy-duck-pair-oxyura-jamaicensis-21.jpgRuddy Duck pair (Oxyura jamaicensis)Don't you? Don't you!https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ruddy-duck-pair-oxyura-jamaicensis-11.jpgRuddy Duck pair (Oxyura jamaicensis)...you prob'ly think this set is about you!https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ruddy-hen1.jpgRuddy henhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ruddy-drake-51.jpgRuddy Drake 5Hope she's impressed!https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ruddy-drake-41.jpgRuddy Drake 4Bubbles begin~https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ruddy-drake-31.jpgRuddy Drake 3More, more!2019-07-07T07:08:09+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2018/10/31/mall-ice-aforefoot/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/redheads-e28094special-appearance.jpgRedheads —special appearanceThomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/df-victor-01.jpgVictor -01Teal Pond, Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/duck-fight-20.jpgDuck fight!-20Teal Pond, Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/duck-fight-18.jpgDuck fight!-18Teal Pond, Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/duck-fight-17.jpgDuck fight!-17Teal Pond, Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/duck-fight-16.jpgDuck fight!-16Teal Pond, Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/duck-fight-15.jpgDuck fight!-15Teal Pond, Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/duck-fight-14.jpgDuck fight!-14Teal Pond, Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/duck-fight-13.jpgDuck fight!-13Teal Pond, Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/duck-fight-12.jpgDuck fight!-12Teal Pond, Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.2019-05-23T19:50:08+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2018/11/01/reflections-on-quality/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/gadwall-pair-anas-strepera.jpgGadwall pair (Anas strepera)Rotary Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/gadwall-drake-anas-strepera-06.jpgGadwall drake (Anas strepera) -06https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/gadwall-drake-anas-strepera-05.jpegGadwall drake (Anas strepera) -05https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/gadwall-drake-anas-strepera-04.jpgGadwall drake (Anas strepera) -04https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/gadwall-drake-anas-strepera-03.jpegGadwall drake (Anas strepera) -03https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/gadwall-drake-anas-strepera-02.jpegGadwall drake (Anas strepera) -02https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/gadwall-drake-anas-strepera-01.jpegGadwall drake (Anas strepera) -01https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/why-i-seldom-visit-rotary-marsh.pngWhy I seldom visit Rotary Marsh2019-03-19T22:33:58+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/rakki-orient-ation/2018-11-09T19:19:59+00:00weekly0.6https://birdsandmusings.ca/2018/04/01/breeding-season-and-the-challenges-of-understanding-nature/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/stinker-250.gifstinker-2502018-11-09T17:53:00+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/10/21/2017-prairies-trip-part-5a-grassland-owls/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/great-horned-owlet-11.jpgGreat Horned Owlet (11)https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/great-horned-owlet-bubo-virginianus-10.jpgGreat Horned Owlet (Bubo virginianus)Grasslands National Park, SK.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/great-horned-owlet-bubo-virginianus-9.jpgGreat Horned Owlet (Bubo virginianus)Grasslands National Park, SK.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/great-horned-owlet-bubo-virginianus-5.jpgGreat Horned Owlet (Bubo virginianus)Grasslands National Park, SK.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/great-horned-owl-adult-bubo-virginianus-7.jpgGreat Horned Owl - adult (Bubo virginianus)Grasslands National Park, SK. Like the mother of the owlets, as we saw no other adult bird....https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/great-horned-owlet-bubo-virginianus-11.jpgGreat Horned Owlet (Bubo virginianus)Grasslands National Park, SK.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/great-horned-owlet-bubo-virginianus-1.jpgGreat Horned Owlet (Bubo virginianus)Grasslands National Park, SK.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/great-horned-owlet-bubo-virginianus.jpgGreat Horned Owlet (Bubo virginianus)Grasslands National Park, SK.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/great-horned-owlet-bubo-virginianus-first-look.jpgGreat Horned Owlet (Bubo virginianus) - first lookLittle did we know at this point, he would become the star of the day!https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/shooting-the-owlet.jpgShooting the owlet2018-11-06T18:57:47+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2016/11/15/time-to-observe-and-wait/2018-11-06T18:30:27+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2018/07/08/spring-wood-ducks-of-belmont-ponds-20148/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/wood-duck-drake-aix-sponsa-03.jpgWood Duck drake (Aix sponsa) -03Large Belmont Pond, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/turtle-minding-wodu-08.jpgTurtle-minding WODU -08"Okay, guys, look this way, and I'll show you a trick y'all might wanna try some time (hee-hee; that'd be the day!).... Guys, guys??https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/turtle-minding-wodu-06.jpgTurtle-minding WODU -06M-M:"Geez, Mom, do I hafta?" WW: "Well! If that's how you feel about it, entertain yerself, ya little grorange pancake!"https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/turtle-minding-wodu-04.jpgTurtle-minding WODU -04"You know, Melbert, we could at least take a look, humour him a little, doncha think? I mean, he is trying his best!" https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/turtle-minding-wodu-03.jpgTurtle-minding WODU -03"Bluddy little pancake! I'm doing m'best and he's still all curled up like I'm gonna try to eat 'im or sumthin'!"https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/turtle-minding-wodu-02-1.jpgTurtle-minding WODU -02"I'll be with ya in a moment, better self, but bear with me for a few minutes; got stuck with Turtle-minding duty again!"https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/turtle-minding-wodu-01.jpgTurtle-minding WODU -01"Okay, guys, look this way, and I'll show you a trick you guys might wanna try some time (hee-hee; that'd be the day!).... Guys, guys??https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/wood-duck-drake-aix-sponsa-08.jpgWood Duck drake (Aix sponsa) -08Large Belmont Pond, Kelowna, BC. Natural vignetting....https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/wood-duck-drake-aix-sponsa-special.jpgWood Duck drake (Aix sponsa) - specialBelmont Ponds, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/unloved-wood-duck-hen-aix-sponsa-02.jpgWood Duck mated hen (Aix sponsa)Belmont Ponds, Kelowna, BC.2018-11-06T01:53:34+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/04/05/things-spring-brings/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/western-bluebird-on-post1.jpgWestern Bluebird on post2018-11-06T01:45:03+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2016/11/11/on-the-urban-rural-divide-in-north-america/2018-11-06T01:40:16+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2018/03/19/rebel-the-rwbl/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/rebel-the-rwbl-11.jpgRebel the RWBL-11Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoneceus). Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/rebel-the-rwbl-10.jpgRebel the RWBL-10Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoneceus). Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/rebel-the-rwbl-09.jpgRebel the RWBL-09Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoneceus). Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/rebel-the-rwbl-08.jpgRebel the RWBL-08Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoneceus). Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/rebel-the-rwbl-07.jpgRebel the RWBL-07Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoneceus). Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/rebel-the-rwbl-06.jpgRebel the RWBL-06Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoneceus). Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/rebel-the-rwbl-05.jpgRebel the RWBL-05Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoneceus). Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/rebel-the-rwbl-04.jpgRebel the RWBL-04Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoneceus). Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/rebel-the-rwbl-03.jpgRebel the RWBL-03Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoneceus). Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/rebel-the-rwbl-02.jpgRebel the RWBL-02Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoneceus). Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.2018-10-25T19:48:18+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/12/20/if-i-had-a-heron/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/sir-ralph-surveys-surfaces-07.jpgSir Ralph surveys surfaces -07West Pond, Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/great-blue-heron1.jpgGreat Blue HeronBelmont Pond eveninghttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/great-blue-heron-5.jpgGreat Blue Heron(Ardea herodias) Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/great-blue-heron-2.jpgGreat Blue Heron(Ardea herodias) Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/great-blue-heron-1.jpgGreat Blue Heron(Ardea herodias) Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/great-blue-heron.jpgGreat Blue Heron(Ardea herodias) Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/great-blue-heron-belmont.jpgGreat Blue Heron - Belmonthttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/yearling-great-blue-1509212.jpgGreat Blue Heron - 06ahttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/gb-heron-juvie-2.jpgGB Heron juvie - 2https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/young-gb-heron-13-bby-lk-1408291.jpgYoung GB Heron - 13 Bby Lk 1408292018-10-15T07:15:54+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2018/07/06/summer-brings-me-back-to-blogging/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/flood-and-fire.jpgFlood-and-Firehttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/my-three-girls.jpgMy three girlshttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/texas-birding-trip-2018-22galveston-to-south-padre-island22.pngTexas Birding Trip 2018 Galveston to South Padre Islandhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/calvin-and-hobbes-writers-block.jpgcalvin-and-hobbes-writers-block2018-07-16T01:38:33+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2018/07/06/early-spring-highlites-2018/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ring-necked-duck-pair-aythya-collaris-with-bufflehead-hen-bucephala-albeola.jpgRing-necked Duck pair (Aythya collaris) with Bufflehead hen (Bucephala albeola)Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/northern-pintail-drake-anas-acuta-08.jpgNorthern Pintail drake (Anas acuta) -08Munson Pond Field, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/noogye-05b.jpegNoogye -05Large Belmont Pond, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/common-merganser-drake-mergus-merganser.jpgCommon Merganser drake (Mergus merganser)Large Belmont Pond, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/hooded-merganser-lophodytes-cucullatus-01.jpgHooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) -01Belmont Pond, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/hooded-merganser-lophodytes-cucullatus-02.jpgHooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) -02Belmont Pond, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/hooded-merganser-hen-logged-on-lophodytes-cucullatus.jpgCommon Merganser hen logged on (Mergus merganser)Large Belmont Pond, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/hooded-merganser-hen-bathing-lophodytes-cucullatus-05.jpgHooded Merganser hen bathing (Lophodytes cucullatus) -05she's finally happy with her "look":https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/hooded-merganser-hen-bathing-lophodytes-cucullatus-04.jpgHooded Merganser hen bathing (Lophodytes cucullatus) -04and preening some more until...https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/hooded-merganser-hen-bathing-lophodytes-cucullatus-03.jpgHooded Merganser hen bathing (Lophodytes cucullatus) -03and preening...2018-07-09T15:40:43+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/03/28/early-spring-ducks/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/wood-duck-male-2.jpgWood Duck male - 2(Aix sponsa) FOY. Belmont Pond (main), Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/common-merganser-female-swimming.jpgCommon Merganser female swimmingIn the frigid water....https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/common-merganser-female-3.jpgCommon Merganser femaleWhen is spring going to get here??!https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/common-merganser-female-2.jpgCommon Merganser femaleIt's actually warmer in the water!https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/common-merganser-female-1.jpgCommon Merganser femaleMaking like a penguin....https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/common-merganser-drake-5.jpgCommon Merganser drake -(Mergus merganser) Hall Road fish pond, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/common-merganser-drake-11.jpgCommon Merganser drake(Mergus merganser) Munson Pond, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/common-merganser-drake-3.jpgCommon Merganser drake -In this light, black and white...not really....https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/common-merganser-drake-buddies-1-1.jpgMergus merganser, Hall Road Fish Pond, Kelowna, BC.Common Merganser drake buddieshttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/common-merganser-drake-1.jpgCommon Merganser drake -Green, black, white, and, oh yeah, ORANGE!2018-07-09T06:36:26+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2018/03/10/what-a-glorious-day-for-piwos/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/fearless-fosdick-wildroot-cream-oil.pngFearless Fosdick & Wildroot Cream-oilhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/fearless-fosdick.jpgFearless Fosdickhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/fearless-fosdick-11.jpgFearless Fosdick - 1https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/fearless-fosdick-2.jpgFearless Fosdick - 2https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/pileated-woodpecker-male-drycopus-pileatus-21.jpgPileated Woodpecker male (Drycopus pileatus) -21Click the image to enlarge it in a new tab.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/pileated-woodpecker-male-drycopus-pileatus-20.jpgPileated Woodpecker male (Drycopus pileatus) -20Mission Creek, Kelowna, BC. near Gordon Bridge. <i>Fealess Foz</i>https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/pileated-woodpecker-male-drycopus-pileatus-19.jpgPileated Woodpecker male (Drycopus pileatus) -19Mission Creek, Kelowna, BC. near Gordon Bridge. <i>Fealess Foz</i>https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/pileated-woodpecker-male-drycopus-pileatus-18.jpgPileated Woodpecker male (Drycopus pileatus) -18Mission Creek, Kelowna, BC. near Gordon Bridge. <i>Fealess Foz</i>https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/pileated-woodpecker-male-drycopus-pileatus-17.jpgPileated Woodpecker male (Drycopus pileatus) -17Mission Creek, Kelowna, BC. near Gordon Bridge. <i>Fealess Foz</i>https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/pileated-woodpecker-male-drycopus-pileatus-16.jpgPileated Woodpecker male (Drycopus pileatus) -16Mission Creek, Kelowna, BC. near Gordon Bridge. <i>Fealess Foz</i>2018-06-16T21:12:48+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/04/15/blrd-bonanza-in-mid-april/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/says-phoebe-range-map-cornell.gifSay's Phoebe range map - CornellSay's Phoebe's range is...https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/says-phoebe-sayornis-saya-1.jpgSay's Phoebe (Sayornis saya) - 1Beaver Lake Road near Winfield, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/says-phoebe-sayornis-saya-2.jpgSay's Phoebe (Sayornis saya) - 2Beaver Lake Road near Winfield, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/says-phoebe-sayornis-saya-3.jpgSay's Phoebe (Sayornis saya) - 3Beaver Lake Road near Winfield, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/says-phoebe-sayornis-saya-4.jpgSay's Phoebe (Sayornis saya) - 4Beaver Lake Road near Winfield, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/columbian-ground-squirrel-urocitellus-columbianus.jpgColumbian Ground Squirrel (Urocitellus columbianus)Beaver Lake Road near Winfield, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/the-feather-ball-sequence-1.jpgThe Feather-ball sequence - 1A very poor image of a distressing event!https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/the-feather-ball-sequence-2.jpgThe Feather-ball sequence - 2"Maybe I can shake it out!"https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/the-feather-ball-sequence-3.jpgThe Feather-ball sequence - 3"Finally!! That was horrible!"https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/the-feather-ball-sequence-4.jpgThe Feather-ball sequence - 4"Whew! Feel better now! Gotta stay away from those sow-bugs!"2018-03-31T05:43:14+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/08/30/what-a-summer-part-2/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/southwestern-alberta-5.jpgSouthwestern AlbertaHeading south from Pincher Creek to Waterton Lakes, AB.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/waterton-lakes-ab.jpgWaterton Lakes, AB.Waterton Lakes National Park 1https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/waterton-lakes-ab-2.jpgWaterton Lakes, AB.Waterton Lakes National Park Lodgehttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/waterton-lakes-ab-1.jpgWaterton Lakes, AB.Waterton Lakes National Park 2https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/southwestern-alberta.jpgSouthwestern AlbertaHeading south from Pincher Creek to Waterton Lakes, AB.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/southwestern-alberta-3.jpgSouthwestern AlbertaHeading south from Pincher Creek to Waterton Lakes, AB.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/southwestern-alberta-4.jpgSouthwestern AlbertaHeading south from Pincher Creek to Waterton Lakes, AB.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/southwestern-alberta-2.jpgSouthwestern AlbertaHeading south from Pincher Creek to Waterton Lakes, AB.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/southwestern-alberta-1.jpgSouthwestern AlbertaHeading south from Pincher Creek to Waterton Lakes, AB.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/ma-butte-and-seven-sisters-mtn-ab.jpgMa Butte and Seven Sisters Mtn., ABNear Crowsnest Pass, BC/AB2018-03-31T04:57:53+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2018/03/16/more-otters/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sunday-north-american-river-otter-lontra-canadensis-05.jpgSunday North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis) -05Allemand right!https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sunday-north-american-river-otter-lontra-canadensis-04.jpgSunday North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis) -04Allemand left!https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sunday-north-american-river-otter-lontra-canadensis-02.jpgSunday North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis) -02https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sunday-north-american-river-otter-lontra-canadensis-09.jpgSunday North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis) -09https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sunday-north-american-river-otter-lontra-canadensis-07.jpgSunday North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis) -07https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/north-american-river-otter-lontra-canadensis-011.jpgNorth American River Otter (Lontra canadensis) -01https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/north-american-river-otterslontra-canadensis-12.jpgNorth American River Otters(Lontra canadensis) -12https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/north-american-river-otter-lontra-canadensis-12.jpgNorth American River Otter (Lontra canadensis) -12West Pond, Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/north-american-river-otter-lontra-canadensis-11.jpgNorth American River Otter (Lontra canadensis) -11West Pond, Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/north-american-river-otter-lontra-canadensis-10.jpgNorth American River Otter (Lontra canadensis) -10West Pond, Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.2018-03-27T17:12:33+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/01/01/2016-faves-part-2-c-and-d/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/downy-vs-hairy-woodpecker-bill-to-head-ratio.jpgdowny-vs-hairy-woodpecker-bill-to-head-ratioBill length to head width ratio, Downy vs Hairyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/downy-vs-hairy-woodpecker.jpgdowny-vs-hairy-woodpeckerDowny and Hairy Woodpeckers2018-03-20T15:27:56+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2016/12/10/more-blue-birds/2018-03-01T23:27:17+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/04/07/belmont-pond-wings-back-to-life/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/wood-duck-drake-aix-sponsa.jpegWood Duck drake (Aix sponsa)Handsome Wilbur....https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/wood-duck-drake-aix-sponsa-1.jpgWood Duck drake (Aix sponsa)Belmont Pond, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/wood-ducks-aix-sponsa-2.jpgWood Ducks (Aix sponsa)Wilbur and Wilma, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/wood-ducks-aix-sponsa-1.jpgWood Ducks (Aix sponsa)Photo bombed in Belmont Pondhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/wood-duck-drake-aix-sponsa-5.jpgWood Duck drake (Aix sponsa)Wilbur blue....https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/wood-duck-drake-aix-sponsa-4.jpgWood Duck drake (Aix sponsa)Wilbur in Golden Pond - 1https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/wood-duck-drake-aix-sponsa-3.jpegWood Duck drake (Aix sponsa)Wilbur in Golden Pond - 2https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/wood-duck-drake-aix-sponsa-2.jpgWood Duck drake (Aix sponsa)Wilbur in Golden Pond - 3https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/common-goldeneye-drake-bucephala-clangula-1.jpgCommon Goldeneye drake (Bucephala clangula)Belmont Pond, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/hooded-merganser-lophodytes-cucullatus-6.jpgHooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)Belmont Pond, Kelowna, BC.2018-02-21T01:49:27+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/be-careful-with-hand-gestures/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/v-fingers-3.jpegv-fingers-3https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/v-fingers-2.jpegv-fingers-2https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/tongue-out.jpegtongue-outhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/wave-4.jpgwave-4https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/wave-3.jpegwave-3https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/wave-2.jpegwave-2https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/wave-1.jpegwave-1https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/beckoning.pngbeckoninghttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/come-here.pngcome-herehttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/pointing-angry.jpegpointing-angry2018-02-21T01:06:29+00:00weekly0.6https://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/04/30/woodpeckers-galore/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/red-naped-sapsucker-from-2013.jpgRed-naped Sapsucker from 2013https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/pileated-woodpecker-drycopus-pileatus-5.jpgPileated Woodpecker (Drycopus pileatus)Near Sidley Mountain Road, Anarchist Mtn., BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/hairy-woodpecker-male-picoides-vilosus.jpgHairy Woodpecker male (Picoides vilosus)First encounter with Hairy at the hole.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/hairy-woodpecker-male-picoides-vilosus-11-55-242.jpgHairy Woodpecker male (Picoides vilosus) 11:55:24Best shot!https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/hairy-woodpecker-male-picoides-vilosus-11-51-35.jpgHairy Woodpecker male (Picoides vilosus) 11:51:35Proud of his work!https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/hairy-woodpecker-male-picoides-vilosus-11-50-48.jpgHairy Woodpecker male (Picoides vilosus) 11:50:48Close up; no fear of fotog!https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/hairy-woodpecker-male-picoides-vilosus-1.jpgHairy Woodpecker male (Picoides vilosus)"Really into it," you might say!https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/where-williamsons-sapsucker-feed1.jpgWhere Williamson's Sapsucker feedSapsuckers feed here.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/where-williamsons-sapsucker-feed-41.jpgWhere Williamson's Sapsucker feedCloseup of the sap wells.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/where-williamsons-sapsucker-feed-31.jpgWhere Williamson's Sapsucker feedA diminutive Balsam fir, near Sidley Mtn. Rd., Anarchist Mountain, BC.2018-02-20T23:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/04/20/wood-ducks-sheer-beauty/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/bateman-wood-ducks-on-the-pond.jpgbateman-wood ducks on-the-pond-Robert Bateman "On the Pond —Wood Ducks"https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/bateman-old-willow-mandarin-pair.pngBateman Old Willow - Mandarin PairRobert Bateman "Old Willow — Mandarin Pair"https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/wood-duck-migration-range-audubon.pngWood Duck migration range Audubonhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/wood-duck-aix-sponsa-a-courtin-4.jpgWood Duck (Aix sponsa) a-courtin'"Okay! Great idea! But let's go back under the bridge where it's more private...."https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/wood-duck-aix-sponsa-a-courtin-3.jpgWood Duck (Aix sponsa) a-courtin'"I'm thinking; I'm thinking...."https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/wood-duck-aix-sponsa-a-courtin-2.jpgWood Duck (Aix sponsa) a-courtin'"You want to what?? Here? Now?"https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/wood-duck-aix-sponsa-a-courtin-1.jpgWood Duck (Aix sponsa) a-courtin'"Can you speak up a bit? I can hardly hear you!"2018-02-20T23:22:41+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/04/25/some-goofy-stuff-for-a-change/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/now-where-did-that-dang-kilroy-get-to.jpgCommon Merganser female (Mergus merganser)Belmont Pond, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/common-merganser-female-mergus-merganser.jpgCommon Merganser female (Mergus merganser)Belmont Pond, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/wilbur-and-wilma-with-their-turtle-charges-160415.jpgWilbur and Wilma with their turtle charges 160415Wilbur and Wilma Wodu with their turtle chargeshttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/kilroy-get-back-over-here.jpgKilroy, get back over here!"Kilroy! You get back here on this log right now, you hear! I'm comin' t' getcha! Stay right there!"https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/i-see-im-ill-go-get-im.jpgI see 'im; I'll go get 'im"Oh, never mind! I see 'im!"https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/how-did-i-end-up-with-this-responsibility.jpgHow did I end up with this responsibility?"Now that the Wodus have gone, are you our new sitter?" "Sheesh! What have I got myself into?!"https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/have-you-seen-kilroy.jpgHave you seen Kilroy?"Have you seen Kilroy?" "I thought you were watchin' I'im!"https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/goose-in-the-forest-1.jpgGoose in the forest!"Itth me, Forreth Gooth, and I have a few thingth to thay! Heronth and Othpreyth are not the only oneth who can thit up in treeth!"https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/goose-in-the-forest.jpgGoose in the forest!"Lithen up fellow creathures of the foresth!"https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/goose-in-the-forest-3.jpgGoose in the forest!"OK, Cango, I'll get down thith time, but one o' thethe dayth....2018-02-18T02:12:46+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2018/02/04/sir-ralph-the-gbheron-stars-in-thomson-marsh/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/sir-ralph-checks-out-belmont-pond-47.jpgSir Ralph checks out Belmont Pond -47Belmont Ponds, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/sir-ralph-checks-out-belmont-pond-45.jpgSir Ralph checks out Belmont Pond -45Belmont Ponds, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/sir-ralph-checks-out-belmont-pond-35.jpgSir Ralph checks out Belmont Pond -35Belmont Ponds, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/sir-ralph-checks-out-belmont-pond-25.jpgSir Ralph checks out Belmont Pond -25Belmont Ponds, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/sir-ralph-checks-out-belmont-pond-15.jpgSir Ralph checks out Belmont Pond -15Belmont Ponds, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/sir-ralph-checks-out-belmont-pond-07.jpgSir Ralph checks out Belmont Pond -07Belmont Ponds, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/sir-ralph-likes-this-weather-05.jpgSir Ralph likes this weather! -05West Pond, Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/sir-ralph-surveys-surfaces-07.jpgSir Ralph surveys surfaces -07West Pond, Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/kelowna-weather-1801-vs-1701-simple.pngKelowna weather 1801 vs 1701 simplehttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/kelowna-weather-1801-vs-1701.pngKelowna weather 1801 vs 17012018-02-04T21:24:17+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2018/02/04/sir-ralph-plays-scenes-from-richard-iii/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/sir-ralph-as-richard-iii-04.jpgSir Ralph as Richard III -04Belmont Park, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/sir-ralph-as-richard-iii-08.jpgSir Ralph as Richard III -08Belmont Park, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/sir-ralph-as-richard-iii-11.jpgSir Ralph as Richard III -11Belmont Park, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/sir-ralph-as-richard-iii-12.jpgSir Ralph as Richard III -12Belmont Park, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/sir-ralph-as-richard-iii-14.jpgSir Ralph as Richard III -14Belmont Park, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/sir-ralph-as-richard-iii-15.jpgSir Ralph as Richard III -15Belmont Park, Kelowna, BC.2018-02-11T00:35:27+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/04/10/kessie-the-american-kestrel-update/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/american-kestrels-breeding-falco-sparverius.jpgAmerican Kestrels breeding (Falco sparverius)above Kelowna Rec Field, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/american-kestrel-pair.jpgAmerican Kestrel pair(Falco sparverius) Kessie has found a mate! Michaelbrook Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/kessie-1.jpgKessieKessie on the nesting tree...https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/american-kestrel-make-falco-sparverius-3.jpgAmerican Kestrel male (Falco sparverius)...with Amke on a nearby branch.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/kessie-after-lunch-near-her-nest.jpgKessie after lunch near her nestKessie after lunch....https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/kessie-with-lunch-near-her-nest-1.jpegKessie with lunch near her nestKessie dining on a vole...https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/kessie-with-lunch-near-her-nest-2.jpegKessie with lunch near her nestSome must die that others may live....https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/kessie-in-the-evening-near-nest-1-e1513378797840.jpgKessie in the evening near nestAmerican Kestrel (Falco sparverius) Michaelbrook Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/kessie-in-the-evening-near-nest.jpgKessie in the evening near nestAmerican Kestrel (Falco sparverius) Michaelbrook Marsh, Kelowna, BC.2017-12-15T23:06:35+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/11/09/part-7-se-saskatchewan-into-sw-manitoba/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/white-pelican-pelecanus-erythrorhynchos-72.jpgWhite Pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)Killarney Lake, Killarney, Manitobahttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/white-pelican-pelecanus-erythrorhynchos-19.jpgWhite Pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)Pelecanus erythrorhynchos in flight - one!https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/white-pelican-pelecanus-erythrorhynchos-18.jpgWhite Pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)Two!https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/white-pelican-pelecanus-erythrorhynchos-17.jpgWhite Pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)Three!https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/white-pelican-pelecanus-erythrorhynchos-16.jpgWhite Pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)Four!https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/white-pelican-pelecanus-erythrorhynchos-14.jpgWhite Pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)Five! Enough already!https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/white-pelican-pelecanus-erythrorhynchos-7.jpgWhite Pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)Killarney Lake, Killarney, Manitobahttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/white-pelican-pelecanus-erythrorhynchos-10.jpgWhite Pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)Killarney Lake, Killarney, Manitobahttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/white-pelican-pelecanus-erythrorhynchos-11.jpgWhite Pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)Killarney Lake, Killarney, Manitobahttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/white-pelican-pelecanus-erythrorhynchos-13.jpgWhite Pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)Killarney Lake, Killarney, Manitoba2017-11-10T16:53:04+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/11/05/2017-prairies-trip-part-6-dealing-with-the-unexpected/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/lafleche-sk-jasons-agri-motive-parts-supply1.pngLafleche, SK - Jason's Agri-motive Parts Supplyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/western-tent-caterpillars1.jpegWestern Tent Caterpillarshttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/western-tent-caterpillars.jpegWestern Tent Caterpillarshttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/tent-caterpillar-invasion-kenosee-lk.jpgTent Caterpillar invasion Kenosee Lkhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/from-google-maps-carlyle-and-moose-mountain.pngfrom Google Maps - Carlyle and Moose Mountainhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/from-weyburns-city-website.pngfrom Weyburn's City Websitehttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/google-maps-assiniboia-sk-main-drag.pngGoogle maps - Assiniboia, SK main draghttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/lafleche-sk-jasons-agri-motive-parts-supply.pngLafleche, SK - Jason's Agri-motive Parts Supplyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/prairies-trip-google-day-7-to-moosomin.pngPrairies trip Google day 7 to Moosomin2017-11-07T07:18:11+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/10/19/2017-prairies-trip-part-2-into-saskatchewan/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/aerial_view_farm_land6_thin.jpgaerial_view_farm_land6_Thinhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/oil-pumpjacks-near-weyburn1.jpgOIl pumpjacks near Weyburnhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/gensource-small-potash-mine-in-saskatchewan.jpggensource small-potash-mine-in-Saskatchewanhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/oil-pumpjacks-near-weyburn.jpgOIl pumpjacks near Weyburnhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/uncle-alec-iris-and-me.jpgUncle Alec, Iris, and mehttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/uncle-alec-aunt-iris-nana-1.jpgUncle Alec, Aunt Iris, NanaMoosomin Lake, SKhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/mike-iris-alec-me-dwain1.jpgMike, Iris, Alec, me, Dwainhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/mike-iris-alec-me-dwain.jpgMike, Iris, Alec, me, Dwainhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/aunt-iris-and-nana-and-the-second-tractor1.jpgAunt Iris and Nana and the second tractorhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/nana-in-the-drivers-seat1.jpgNana in the driver's seat2017-11-06T16:24:15+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/10/21/2017-prairies-trip-part-5-grassland-birds/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/swainsons-hawk.jpgSwainson's HawkOld Man on His Back Rd., SK.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/swainsons-hawk-1.jpgSwainson's HawkOld Man on His Back Rd., SK.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/western-meadowlark-sturnella-neglecta.jpgWestern Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/warbling-vireo-vireo-gilvus.jpgWarbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus)https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/upland-sandpiper-bartramia-longicauda.jpgUpland sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)Another lifer! Almost didn't see it during all the action involving the Bison!https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/unidentified-warbler-1.jpgUnidentified Warblerhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/savannah-sparrow.jpgsavsphttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/northern-pintail-ducks.jpgNorthern Pintail DucksMuch more common here than at home....https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/lark-sparrow.jpgLark SparrowOften available, but really into posing as birds.... Seemed to prefer checking out the photog....https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/lark-bunting-calamospiza-melanocorys.jpgLark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys)A lifer! Not easy to get close to, so we shot it through the open window of the SUV.2017-11-04T23:02:06+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/07/11/what-a-summer-part-1/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/song-sparrow-melospiza-melodia.jpgSong Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)Called to The Bar.... Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/muskrat.jpgMuskratMuskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) propelled by tail power. "The only species in genus Ondatra and tribe Ondatrini, is a medium-sized semiaquatic rodent native to North America and is an introduced species in parts of Europe, Asia, and South America. The muskrat is found in wetlands over a wide range of climates and habitats." (Wikipedia)https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/columbia-ground-squirrel-urocitellus-columbianus.jpgColumbia Ground Squirrel (Urocitellus columbianus)"I Am Curious Motley!" Columbia Ground Squirrel (Urocitellus columbianus)https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/lesser-scaups-pair.jpgLesser Scaups pair"OMG! What have I got myself into?"https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/lesser-scaup-5083.jpgLesser Scaup 5083"I'm such a handsome dude!"https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/eared-grebe-podiceps-nigricollis.jpgEared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) - 2https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/eared-grebe-4897.jpegEared Grebe - 4897Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) - 1https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_4950-canada-geese.jpgIMG_4950 Canada Geese"Okay, babies, stay together now!"https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_4925-moms-the-best.jpgIMG_4925 Mom's the best!"I luv my mum!"https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_4923-22bigfoot22.jpgIMG_4923 Bigfoot"Mom, wait for me! It's not easy with these big feet"2017-10-22T01:44:42+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/10/19/2017-prairies-trip-part-3-grasslands-animals/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/white-tailed-deer-fawn.jpgWhite-tailed Deer fawnActually, I'm not 100% sure here; the mother disappeared so quickly and I was focused on the little one, which, at first I didn't even recognize as a fawn. Took the shot through the SUV window across a ditch....https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/richardsons-ground-squirrels-3.jpgRichardson's Ground Squirrels - 3Click any photo to enlarge it.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/richardsons-ground-squirrels-2.jpgRichardson's Ground Squirrels - 2Click any photo to enlarge it.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/richardsons-ground-squirrel.jpgRichardson's Ground SquirrelClick any photo to enlarge it.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/grasslands-national-park-map.jpgGrasslands National Park maphttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/fortwhytealive-bison-2.jpgFortWhyteAlive bisonFortWhyteAlive, Winnipeg, MB.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/black-tailed-prairie-dogs-cynomys-ludovicianus.jpgBlack-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus)"Praizzzze the Lord and pass the biscuits!" "He's soooo melodramatic!"https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/black-tailed-prairie-dog-mound-conference.jpgBlack-tailed Prairie Dog - mound conference....https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/black-tailed-prairie-dog-cynomys-ludovicianus.jpgBlack-tailed Prairie Doghttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/coyote-canis-latrans-1.jpgCoyote (Canis latrans)2017-10-22T01:32:39+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/05/16/wilsons-phalaropes-return-to-robert-lake-2017/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/least-sandpiper-calidris-minutilla.jpgLeast Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)Robert Lake, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ruddy-duck-oxyura-jamaicensis-wilsons-phalarope-phalaropus-tricolor.jpgRuddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) & Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)Robert Lake, Kelowna, BC. (Long shot, cropped)https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/wilsons-phalarope-female-phalaropus-tricolor-4.jpgWilson's Phalarope female (Phalaropus tricolor)Robert Lake, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/wilsons-phalarope-female-phalaropus-tricolor-5.jpgWilson's Phalarope female (Phalaropus tricolor)Make sure you capture...https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/wilsons-phalarope-female-phalaropus-tricolor-6.jpgWilson's Phalarope female (Phalaropus tricolor)...my best sides —both of them!https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/wilsons-phalarope-female-phalaropus-tricolor.jpgWilson's Phalarope female (Phalaropus tricolor)Robert Lake, Kelowna, BC.2017-10-21T20:19:19+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/07/19/friends/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/68a85-begun1773charleswillsonpeale1741-1827thepealefamilynyhistsoc.jpg68a85-begun1773charleswillsonpeale1741-1827thepealefamilynyhistsoc2017-07-19T22:32:16+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2016/12/02/nothing-ever-stays-the-same-part-1/2017-07-19T22:12:09+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/05/11/otters-for-angela-and-anyone-whos-interested/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/170323-otter-swimming-away.jpg170323 Otter swimming away2017-10-05T20:19:14+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/01/16/waders-and-waterfowl-highlights-of-2016/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/least-sandpipers-with-killdeer.jpegleast-sandpipers-with-killdeerhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/solitary-sandpiper1.jpgsolitary-sandpiperSolitary Sandpiper on a bed of algae.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/solitary-sandpiper-range-cornell1.gifsolitary-sandpiper-range-cornellWe live right on the southern edge of the SOSAs breeding grounds in BC/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/pectoral-sandpiper.jpgpectoral-sandpiperA rare visitor west of the Rockies....https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/pectoral-sandpiper-range-cornell.gifpectoral-sandpiper-range-cornellbut fairly common in the rest of North Americahttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/lesser-yellowlegs-range-cornell.giflesser-yellowlegs-range-cornellCommon throughout the Americas!https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/lesser-yellowlegs-2.jpglesser-yellowlegs-2LEWA foraging at Robert Lakehttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/least-sandpiper-range-cornell.gifleast-sandpiper-range-cornellFound coast to coast in Canada, and North America.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/least-sandpiper-making-tracks.jpgleast-sandpiper-making-tracksThe photo doesn't prove it, but LESAs are very tiny, yet quite trusting of people—at least at Robert Lake.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/wpharalope-range.jpgwpharalope-rangeA western bird for the most part, but WIPHs can be found near the Canadian-American border in Ontario, QC, and NB/NS.2017-05-16T21:18:09+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/04/19/says-phoebe/2017-05-11T18:49:30+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/01/03/2016-faves-passerines-part-4-skip-to-h/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/passerine-feet.jpgpasserine-feetFeet typical of passerineshttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/downy-woodpecker-foot.jpgdowny-woodpecker-footDowny Woodpecker's foothttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/house-wren-51.jpgHouse Wren - 5Same park, different day, a hot day! Our little wren has found an Oregon Grape sunbrella!https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/house-wren-41.jpghouse-wren-4A HOWR from Bertram Creek Parkhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/house-finch-range-cornell.jpghouse-finch-range-cornellhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/house-finch-pair1.jpgHouse Finch pairThis pair often posed together in different areas near Belmont Pond....https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/house-finch-on-mountain-ash1.jpghouse-finch-on-mountain-ashThis HOFI male shared this Mountain Ash with a Robin in the first post of this series....https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/house-finch-male1.jpeghouse-finch-maleHouse Finch male in Belmont Park.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/house-wren-5.jpgHouse Wren - 5(Troglodytes aedon) Bertram Creek Park, south of Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/house-wren-4.jpghouse-wren-42017-05-01T20:34:44+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/01/05/2016-faves-passerines-part-5-skip-to-l/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/lewiss-woodpecker-range-cornel.giflewiss-woodpecker-range-cornelhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/lewiss-woodpecker.jpglewiss-woodpeckerLEWO closeup....https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/lewiss-woodpecker-on-the-long-branch.jpgLewis's woodpecker on the long branchLewis's Woodpecker on the Long Branchhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/lazuli-bunting-3.jpglazuli-bunting-3Closeups are possible for a limited time both of the season and of the day.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/lazuli-bunting-2.jpglazuli-bunting-2Habitat shot. Getting closer than this often requires some careful stalking....https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/lazuli-bunting-1-possibly-a-second-year-bird.jpgLazuli Bunting"Similar to adult, but first-year male tends to have paler and duller blue feathers with brown or buff tips, especially on head, nape, and back, resulting in variable dull blue-brown, blotchy appearance." (Cornell LoO)https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/lazuli-bunting-range-cornel.giflazuli-bunting-range-cornelLazuli Bunting Range (Cornell LoO)2017-05-01T05:12:33+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/01/12/2016-faves-passerines-and-near-passerines/2017-04-20T00:44:27+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/04/12/nothin-here-but-osoyoos-ospreys/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/momma-osprey-pandion-haliaetus-on-nest.jpgMomma Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) on nest...and still anotherhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/momma-osprey-pandion-haliaetus-on-nest-1.jpgMomma Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) on nestAnother background...https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/momma-osprey-pandion-haliaetus-in-flight.jpgMomma Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) in flightMomma O gets some exercise.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/momma-osprey-pandion-haliaetus-in-flight-9.jpgMomma Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) in flightMomma - 1https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/momma-osprey-pandion-haliaetus-in-flight-7.jpgMomma Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) in flightMomma - 2https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/momma-osprey-pandion-haliaetus-in-flight-6.jpgMomma Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) in flightMomma - 3https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/momma-osprey-pandion-haliaetus-in-flight-5.jpgMomma Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) in flightMomma - 4https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/momma-osprey-pandion-haliaetus-in-flight-4.jpgMomma Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) in flightMomma - 5https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/momma-osprey-pandion-haliaetus-in-flight-3.jpgMomma Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) in flightThese shots show...https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/momma-osprey-pandion-haliaetus-in-flight-2.jpgMomma Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) in flightMomma - 62017-04-20T00:42:06+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/04/12/out-and-about-or-south-for-a-last-time/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/turkey-vulture-cathartes-aura.jpgTurkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)At the ranch above Vaseux Lake near Oliver, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/vaseux-lake-from-the-iba-blind.jpgVaseux Lake from the IBA blindEvening at Vaseux Lake near Oliver, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/vaseux-lake-bluff1.jpgVaseux Lake BluffVaseux Lake, near Oliver, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/california-bighorn-ewes-and-lambs-1.jpgCalifornia Bighorn ewes and lambsVaseux Lake herd, between Oliver and Okanagan Falls, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/california-bighorn-ewes-and-lambs.jpgCalifornia Bighorn ewes and lambsVaseux Lake herd, between Oliver and Okanagan Falls, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/vaseux-lake-bluff.jpgVaseux Lake BluffVaseux Lake, near Oliver, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/turkey-vulture-cathartes-aura-3.jpgTurkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)At the ranch above Vaseux Lake near Oliver, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/california-bighorn-ewe1.jpgCalifornia Bighorn eweWait, this is U2! One down, one up!https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/california-bighorn-ewe-1-1.jpgCalifornia Bighorn ewe - 1Ewe is here!https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/california-bighorn-ewe.jpgCalifornia Bighorn eweVaseux Lake herd, between Oliver and Okanagan Falls, BC. Photographed on the bluff below the ranch.2017-04-20T00:38:04+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2016/12/15/the-young-ospreys-of-2015-part-2/2017-04-13T08:05:36+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2016/02/17/favourites-part-one-of-a-series/2017-04-13T08:00:31+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/02/07/index-of-posts/2017-04-10T19:07:21+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/01/24/highlights-of-2016-part-3-ducks-geese-grebes-swans-and-coots/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/bufflehead-female-and-mallard-drake.jpgBufflehead female and Mallard drakeSize comparison....https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/bufflehead-female-practising-stol-mbrk.jpgBufflehead female STOL - 1Female BUFF practising STOL (short takeoff and landing)!https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/bufflehead-pair-160225-mbrk.jpgBufflehead pair 160225 MBrkBufflehead pair, Michaelbrook Marsh.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/female-cogo-and-bago.pngfemale-cogo-and-bagoComparison of female bills of Common Goldeneye and Barrow's Goldeneye. https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/common-goldeneye-drake-melvin.jpegcommon-goldeneye-drake-melvinhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/cogos-dora-and-melvin-of-belmont.jpgDora and Melvinhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/common-goldeneye-drake-1.jpgCommon Goldeneye drake(Bucephala clangula) Mission Creek, Kelowna, BC, just below Casorso Bridge.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/common-goldeneye-drake-with-purple.jpegcommon-goldeneye-drake-with-purpleMales sometimes have a purplish green cast in their head plumage.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/common-goldeneye-range-cornelll.gifcommon-goldeneye-range-cornelllfor once, we get a handsomer bird that you easterners do!https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/barrows-goldeneye-range-cornelll.gifbarrows-goldeneye-range-cornelllThe Barrow's is northwestern duck...;2017-04-07T21:32:53+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2015/12/30/christmas-angels-and-happy-new-year/2017-04-07T20:40:35+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/02/03/highlights-of-2016-part-4-more-ducks-g-to-m/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/common-loon1.jpgCommon LoonCommon Loon offshore at Okanagan Lake South Provincial Park, 2016https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/common-loon-2015-1081.jpgCommon Loon - 2015, 108This Common Loon at 108 Lake, May 2015, put on a marvellous show at close range.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/mallard-drake1.jpgMallard Drake(Anas platyrhynchos) small Belmont Pond, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/female-mallard1.jpgfemale MallardPiper Spit, Burnaby Lake, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/mallard-ducklings1.jpgMallard DucklingsMallard Ducklings in formation, Okanagan Lake Park Southhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/common-merganser-drake-2.jpgCommon Merganser drake"Not again! What is it with this pond?"https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/common-merganser-drake-1.jpgCommon Merganser drake"Oh-oh!"https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/common-merganser-drake.jpgCommon Merganser drake"OK! Got this log all to m'self!"https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/common-merganser-vs-mallard-11.jpgCommon Merganser vs Mallard"Excuse me's the word!"https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/common-merganser-vs-m-victorious.jpgCommon Merganser"Sheesh! What was all that about?"2017-03-30T00:30:58+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/03/15/late-winter-ducks/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/common-goldeneye-2.jpgCommon GoldeneyeCOGOs make underwater art!https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/common-goldeneye-3.jpgCommon Goldeneyehandsome does... (whatever that means!).https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/common-goldeneye-4.jpgCommon GoldeneyeHandsome is as...https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/common-goldeneyes-raft.jpgCommon GoldeneyeThe COGO raft in Mission Creek, Februaryhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/bufflehead-range-cornell.gifBufflehead range CornellBufflehead range is widespread — well done, little ones!https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/bufflehead-drake-5.jpgBufflehead drakeDisplaying....https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/bufflehead-drake-9.jpgBufflehead drake(Bucephala albeola) Hall Road fish pond, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/bufflehead-pair-e28093-version-2.jpgBufflehead pair – Version 2Another Bufflehead pair, Hall Road Fish Pond.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/bufflehead-drake-dark.jpgBufflehead drake(Bucephala albeola) Fish Pond, Hall Rd., Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/canvasback-duck-4.jpgCanvasback DuckDisplaying....2017-03-28T17:50:37+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/03/11/owls-in-kelowna-and-elsewhere/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/barn-owl-deer-l-bby-120825.jpgBarn Owl Deer L Bby - 120825Barn Owl 120825https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/barred-owl-colony-farm-70602.jpgBarred Owl Colony Farm 70602Barred Owl 070602https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/keiths-n-hawk-owl-101228.jpgKeith's N Hawk Owl - 22Northern Hawk-owl 101228https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/nanas-snowy-owls-120211.jpgNana's Snowy Owls - 22Snowy Owl, by my wife, 120211https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/short-eared-owl-72-st-130110.jpgShort-eared owl 72 St. - 130110Short-eared Owl 130110https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/great-horned-owl-151004.jpgGHOW at Mission Creek - 10GHOW just below the Greenway, 151004https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/courthouse-owlet-160317-1.jpgCourthouse Owlet - 160317 - 1https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/great-horned-owl-141115-07.jpgGreat Horned Owl - 141115 - 07November 15, 2014 - 1https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/great-horned-owl-141119-mate.jpgGreat Horned Owl - 141119 - mateNovember 19, 2014: the matehttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/great-horned-owl-141119-1a.jpgGreat Horned Owl - 141119 - 1aNovember 19, 2014: the boss!2017-03-11T21:57:01+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/02/04/highlights-of-2016-part-5-more-ducks-g-to-end/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/wood-duck-drake-on-grass-2.jpgWood Duck drake on grass - 2https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/wood-ducks-with-wp-turtle2.jpgWood Ducks with WP TurtleWODU pair again...https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/wood-ducks-belmont-2.jpgWood Ducks Belmont small - 1https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/blue-winged-teal.jpgBlue-winged TealBlue-winged Teal surprise! Photographed through the cattails....https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/cinnamon-teal-in-flight.jpgCinnamon Teal in flight(Anas cyanoptera) Robert Lake, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/teals-youre-so-vain-probly-think-this-photos-about-ya.jpgteals-youre-so-vain-probly-think-this-photos-about-ya"You're so vain; you prob'ly think this shot is about you...."https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/teals-cinnamon-blue-winged-1.jpgTeals - Cinnamon, Blue-wingedCinnamon Teal pair in the background; Blue-Winged in front. Click to enlarge.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/teal-cinnamon.jpgteal-cinnamonSolo Cinnamon drake....https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/teal-blue-winged-and-northern-shoveller-11.jpgBlue-winged Teal and Northern Shoveller(Anas discors & Anas clypeata) Robert Lake, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/cinnamon-teal-range-cornell.gifcinnamon-teal-range-cornell2017-02-08T00:45:58+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2016/11/08/november-8-2016-day-of-reckoning/2017-02-08T00:06:17+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2016/11/09/i-was-wrong-and-confidence-in-my-ability-to-analyze-has-been-shattered/2017-02-07T23:58:59+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2016/12/31/best-birdshots-of-2016/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/guide-to-common-birds-count.jpgguide-to-common-birds-counthttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/winter-goldfinches-on-water-birch1.jpgWinter Goldfinches on Water BirchWinter American Goldfinches on Water Birch2017-02-07T20:35:11+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/01/21/trumps-inauguration-and-the-collapse-of-america/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/trump-snake-oil-salesman-toon-1.jpegtrump-snake-oil-salesman-toon-1https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/shan-durango-telegraph-inauguacide.jpgshan-durango-telegraph-inauguacidehttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/bankrupt-four-times.jpgbankrupt-four-timeshttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/trumps-inaugual-address-shan-durango-telegraph.jpgtrumps-inaugual-address-shan-durango-telegraph2017-02-07T20:11:03+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/01/17/waders-waterfowl-highlights-of-2016-part-2/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/green-heron-at-langley-bc.jpggreen-heron-at-langley-bchttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/great-blue-heron-rotary-marsh1.jpgGreat Blue Heron - Rotary Marsh(Ardea herodias) Rotary Marsh, Kelowna.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/hider-the-shy-heron1.jpghider-the-shy-heronHider hopes he's invisible....https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/hider-finds-a-new-spot-31.jpghider-finds-a-new-spot-3Comin' down....https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/hider-finds-a-new-spot-21.jpghider-finds-a-new-spot-2Spotted, Hider decides to move to a less visible spot.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ralph-the-great-blue-heron-5a1.jpgGB Heron Belmont Pond N. - 5aSir Ralph in his willow in winter.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ralph-in-his-willow.jpgRalph in his willow(Ardea herodias) Great Blue Heron above small Belmont Pond.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/hider-the-buzz-bomb-31.jpghider-the-buzz-bomb-3Hider the GBHE of Thomson Marsh West. Very different behaviour from Sir Ralph.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/herring-gull-juvenile.jpgherring-gull-juvenilehttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/great-blue-heron.jpgGreat Blue HeronBelmont Pond evening hunt...2017-02-07T20:07:59+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/01/12/2016-faves-passerines-part-11-y/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/yellow-headed-blackbird-e28093-3.jpgYellow-headed Blackbird – Version 2(Xanthoceaphalus xanthocephalus) Robert lake, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/yellow-warbler-male1.jpgyellow-warbler-maleEarly summer YEWAhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/yellow-warbler-male-21.jpgyellow-warbler-male-2Late spring Yellow Warblerhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/yellow-warbler-female1.jpgyellow-warbler-femaleAutumn YEWAhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/yellow-rumped-warbler-in-spring1.jpgyellow-rumped-warbler-in-springhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/yellow-rumped-warbler-in-autumn1.jpgyellow-rumped-warbler-in-autumnYRWA in autumn, foraging.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/yellow-rumped-warbler-in-autumn-light1.jpgYellow-rumped Warbler in Autumn lightAutumn Butterbutt offering a special photo opp along Mission Creek....https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/yellow-headed-blackbird1.jpgyellow-headed-blackbirdSwamp boss!https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/yellow-headed-blackbird-range-cornell1.gifyellow-headed-blackbird-range-cornellYellow-headed Blackbird Range (Cornell)https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/yellow-headed-blackbird-juvenile-male1.jpgyellow-headed-blackbird-juvenile-maleJuvenile fledgling, Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.2017-01-17T20:46:35+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/01/09/2016-faves-passerines-part-8-v-w/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/alder-flycatcher-range-cornell.gifalder-flycatcher-range-cornellAlder Flycatchers, more east and north.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/willow-flycatcher-range-cornell.gifwillow-flycatcher-range-cornellWillow Flycatchers—more west and south...https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/white-crowned-sparrow-adult1.jpgWhite-crowned Sparrow adultWCSP adult foraging on dandelions in Thomson Marsh.2017-01-17T20:42:09+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/01/06/2016-faves-passerines-part-7-skip-to-p/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/pygmy-nuthatch-1.jpgPygmy NuthatchHow tiny he is!https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/orange-crowned-warbler-e28093-version-2a1.jpgOrange-crowned Warbler – Version 2aMill Creek Park, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/pygmy-nuthatch.jpgPygmy NuthatchThe rarer Unicorn PYNU?! Sorry about that!https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/pygmy-nuthatch-2.jpgpygmy-nuthatch-2PYNU working on a Ponderosa....https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/pine-siskin.jpgPine Siskin - 3https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/pileated-woodpecker-male.jpgPileated WoodpeckerAnd here he is a week later, on a fallen trunk, posing like Usain Bolt.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/pileated-woodpecker-male-3.jpgpileated-woodpecker-male-3PIWOs are often found on the trunks of trees; in this case the trunk had been exceedingly shortened....2017-01-13T07:57:10+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/01/06/2016-faves-passerines-part-8-skip-to-r/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/rufous-hummingbird-male-and-wild.jpgrufous-hummingbird-male-and-wildRUHU near Harmon Lake, BC, looks like he's riding some kind of weird three legged device....https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/rufous-hummingbird-hovering.jpgrufous-hummingbird-hoveringRufous female at the Richmond Nature Park in July.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/rufous-hummingbird.jpgrufous-hummingbirdRufous male at Grey Canal in Vernon, BC. "Somehow, I feel like I belong here!"https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/red-winged-blackbird-contemplating-bug.jpgred-winged-blackbird-contemplating-bugLater in the season, Lord RWBL presiding....https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/red-winged-blackbird-22the-boss22-2.jpgRWBL "The Boss" - 2A dominant male Red-winged Blackbird claiming his territory.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/red-wing-in-the-hand.jpgred-wing-in-the-handSo contented. RWBL on Nana's hand.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/red-wing-in-the-hand-2.jpegred-wing-in-the-hand-2A tough shot, camera in one hand, RWBL on the other....https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/red-crossbill-male.jpgred-crossbill-maleRECR male. Both genders are very acrobatic!https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/red-crossbill-female.jpgred-crossbill-femaleRed Crossbill female.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/red-crossbill-range-cornell.gifred-crossbill-range-cornell2017-01-13T07:38:54+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/01/06/2016-faves-passerines-part-8-s-t/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/says-phoebe-range-cornell.gifsays-phoebe-range-cornellSay's Phoebe is a western bird!https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/savannah-sparrow-climber-4.jpgSavannah Sparrow climber 4Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/savannah-sparrow-climber-3.jpgSavannah Sparrow climber 3Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/savannah-sparrow-climber-2.jpgSavannah Sparrow climber 2Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/savannah-sparrow-range-cornell.gifsavannah-sparrow-range-cornellhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/tree-swallow1.jpgTree Swallow(Tachycineta bicolor) Beaver Lake Road, near Winfield, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/tree-swallow-1.jpgtree-swallow-1Tree Swallow in Kane Valley, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/townsends-solitaire.jpgtownsends-solitairehttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/stellers-jay-thief-nay-beggar.jpgstellers-jay-thief-nay-beggarhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/song-sparrow.jpgSong Sparrow(Melospiza melodia) Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC.2017-01-12T17:06:55+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/01/05/2016-faves-passerines-part-5-m-n/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/northern-flicker-on-the-make.jpgFlicker on the make - 1Northern Flicker on the make....https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/northern-flicker-intergrade-from-2015.jpgnorthern-flicker-intergrade-from-2015Intergrade NFIN with a red nape chevron.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/northern-flicker.jpgnorthern-flickerNorthern Flicker on a tree. That's NOT a black cap, just a shadow. Would be cool if were a cap!https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/northern-cardinal-male.jpgNorthern Cardinal malenear Mud Lake, Ottawa, ONhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/mourning-dove-on-the-ground.jpgmourning-dove-on-the-groundI see them in trees and on fences more often than on the ground. In this shot, you can see the pink plumage on his neck echoing his brightly coloured feet....https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/mourning-dove-chicks.jpgmourning-dove-chicksMomma in the background admiring her chicks who left the nest the next day. They were occupying the bottom of a shrub which was home to a family of Eastern Kingbirds.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/mourning-dove-3.jpgmourning-dove-3On a fence rail, enjoying a good stretch!https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/mountain-bluebird-male-2-12-57-pm.jpgMountain Bluebird male(Sialia currucoides) Kane Valley, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/mountain-bluebird-male-e28093-version-2.jpgMountain Bluebird male – Version 2(Sialia currucoides) Kane Valley, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/mountain-bluebird-female.jpgMountain Bluebird femaleBeaver Lake Road, near Winfield, BC/2017-01-12T16:40:37+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2017/01/01/2016-faves-passerines-part-3-e/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ecdoveexpansion-greene.jpgecdoveexpansion-greene2017-01-12T16:26:25+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2016/12/22/merry-christmas/2017-01-01T17:53:30+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2016/02/11/duck-springs-to-flight/2016-12-14T02:20:06+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2016/03/07/these-waxwings-bring-out-a-little-bohemian-in-most-of-us/2016-12-14T02:14:54+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2016/12/08/favourites-part-two-and-blue/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/mountain-bluebird-male.jpgMountain Bluebird male(Sialia currucoides) Kane Valley, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/mountain-bluebird-female-11.jpgMountain Bluebird femaleHarmon Lake / Kane Valley femalehttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/mountain-bluebird-female-21.jpgMountain Bluebird femaleFemale dropping in to forage near White Lakehttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/mountain-bluebird-female1.jpgMountain Bluebird femaleBeaver Lake Road femalehttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/mountain-bluebird-male-e28093-version-21.jpgMountain Bluebird male – Version 2Kane Valley Road has been very good to me!https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/mountain-bluebird2.jpgMountain BluebirdNear Mahoney Lake, northwest of Oliverhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/two-thrushes-robin-w-bluebird-11.jpgTwo thrushes - Robin & W. Bluebird - 1White Lake, west of Oliver, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/western-bluebird1.jpgWestern Bluebird(Sialia mexicana) Beaver Lake Road, Winfield, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/mountain-bluebird1.jpgMountain Bluebird(Sialia curricoides) White Lake Grasslands Park, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/western-bluebird-male-e28093-version-2.jpgWestern Bluebird male – Version 2WEBL on a post2016-12-14T02:11:38+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2016/12/07/some-things-are-always-changing/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/little-white-fire-from-beach-0.jpglittle-white-fire-from-beach-0https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/water-bombers-from-balcony-1.jpgwater-bombers-from-balcony-1https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/water-bombers-from-beach-01.jpgwater-bombers-from-beach-01https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/water-bombers-from-beach-02.jpgwater-bombers-from-beach-02https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/water-bombers-from-beach-04.jpgwater-bombers-from-beach-04https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/water-bombers-from-beach-05.jpgwater-bombers-from-beach-05https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/water-bombers-from-beach-08.jpgwater-bombers-from-beach-08https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/water-bombers-from-beach-09.jpgwater-bombers-from-beach-09https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/water-bombers-from-beach-12.jpgwater-bombers-from-beach-12https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/water-bombers-from-beach-13.jpgwater-bombers-from-beach-132016-12-13T01:37:26+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2016/12/04/nothing-ever-stays-the-same-part-2/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/belmont-beaver-damage.jpgBelmont Beaver damagehttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/neighbourhood-construction-on-lequime-1.jpgNeighbourhood construction on Lequimehttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/kelowna.jpgKelowna from K's Pk - 2https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/black-billed-magpie-with-wpturtle.jpgBlack-billed Magpie with WPTurtle(Pica hudsonia) still vacant lot near Belmont Pond, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/bufflehead-drake.jpgBufflehead drakeBelmont Pond, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/common-merganser-1.jpgCommon Merganser - 1Belmont Pond, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/female-osprey-hunting-1.jpgfemale Osprey hunting(Pandion haliaetus) Belmont Pond, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/female-osprey-hunting-2.jpgfemale Osprey hunting(Pandion haliaetus) Belmont Pond, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/female-osprey-hunting.jpgfemale Osprey hunting(Pandion haliaetus) Belmont Pond, Kelowna, BC.https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/great-blue-heron.jpgGreat Blue HeronBelmont Ralph in the evening2016-12-13T01:27:19+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2016/04/08/update-on-kelownas-celebration-tree/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/celebration-tree-mothers-day-2016.jpgCelebration Tree - Mothers Day 2016https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/celebration-tree-mothers-day-2016-2.jpgCelebration Tree - Mothers Day 2016https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/celebration-tree-mothers-day-2016-1.jpgCelebration Tree - Mothers Day 2016https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/new-celebration-tree-easter-2016-3.jpgNew Celebration Tree Easter 2016 - 3Easter decorations, 2016, NCT close up.....https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/new-celebration-tree-easter-2016-1.jpgNew Celebration Tree Easter 2016 - 1The New Celebration Tree, Easter 2016...2016-12-12T08:04:33+00:00monthlyhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/2015/12/07/3/https://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/whitetail-yearling.jpgWhitetail yearlinghttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/common-goldeneye-11.jpgCommon Goldeneye - 1Common Goldeneyehttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/belted-kingfisher-portrait-signed.jpgIMG_7990_edithttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/great-blue-of-fascieux-wetland-cup-0.jpgGreat-Blue of Fascieux Wetland - 11Great Blue Heronhttps://birdsandmusings.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/male-coopers-hawk-2.jpgmale Cooper's Hawk? 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