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  • 05/04/2008: Alberta Yellow-Headed Blackbirds
    by: Rob McKay

    The Yellow-Headed Blackbirds are also back from there winter migration, and for me it was a first! You don’t see these guys in southern Ontario so I took full advantage!

    Alberta's Yellow-Headed Blackbirds

  • 04/19/2008: Pheasant Under Grass
    by: Rob McKay

    Calgary seems to have Pheasant hiding around every corner, If you cant see them you certainly can hear there calls. Most of the time though they take off before you see them, I was lucky to get a few photos of this male before he headed out!
    Pheasant in the Grass

  • 04/05/2008: Sunshine, Owls and a little one in flight.
    by: Joe Noordman

    Finally, a little sun looked good bathing our feathered friends today. After many days of overcast it was a joy to photograph birds without high ISOs or fill in flash. Halls Road was the place to be for all the regulars while Thicksons Woods saw Hawks and Owls. Last on the list was the one […]

  • 03/30/2008: Birding in Calgary
    by: Rob McKay

    With large amazing parks only 20 min. in any direction getting out to good birding locations is easy and fast in Calgary.

    Birding In Calgary's Fish Creek Park

  • 03/02/2008: Stoney Creek Northern Hawk Owl
    by: Rob McKay

    It was my first time there to see the Hawk Owl, the same Hawk Owl that Ann had photographed on February 18th. Of course by the time I had arrived it was overcast!

    Northern Hawk Owl

  • 03/01/2008: Peregrine Falcon Colonel Sam Smith Park Toronto
    by: Rob McKay

    Colonel Sam Smith Park in Toronto this afternoon and within 20 minutes a Peregrine Falcon made an appearance and I managed to get a few photographs of this gorgeous falcon!

    Colonel Sam Smith Park Peregrine Falcon

  • 02/24/2008: Leslie Street Spit Owls Toronto
    by: Rob McKay

    Leslie Street Spit Wintering Barred Owl & Saw-whet Owls and a bonus well lit Kestrel photos from today.

    Leslie Street Spit Saw-whet Owl

  • 02/23/2008: Bluffers Park Ducks
    by: Rob McKay

    Made a short trip out to Bluffers Park this afternoon to photograph some ducks and found a strange light phased/morph female mallard? Or? Something?

    light morph female mallard, or?

  • 02/18/2008: Northern Hawk Owl Photographed
    by: Ann Brokelman

    Northern Hawk Owl

    It was perfect conditions for a drive to Stoney Creek to see the Northern Hawk Owl.

  • 02/16/2008: Northern Harrier / Marsh Hawk
    by: Rob McKay

    Northern Harrier in Flight

    Each time I have visited this area (looking for owls) I have seen a resident Northern Harrier, but this time I saw two of these Marsh hawks quartering the fields low in search of dinner.