Near Water Valley, Alberta.
I spent the day driving around with 2 friends, seeing what we could see. I picked up 3 new species to my year list on eBird... Northern Shrike, Canada Jay, and Blue Jay.
Here are a few of my favorite images from the day. The rest can be seen on Flickr here.
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| Northern Shrike |
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| Canada Jay |
In Calgary, Alberta.
I decided to go back to Carburn Park, one of my favorite parks. I did 3.49 kilometers / 2.16 miles. I saw 19 species, and a 20th just outside the park. I was happy to add 4 new species to my year list on eBird.
Here are a few of my favorite images from the day. The rest can be seen on Flickr here.
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| House Finch, male - just outside the park. |
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| Downy Woodpecker, male. |
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| Common Goldeneye, male. |
In Calgary, Alberta.
It warmed up quite a bit, and so I decided to visit 2 of my favorite parks... -1 Celsius / 39 Fahrenheit with the wind chill. I hiked 13.6 kilometers / 8.45 miles. 16 floors of elevation. I saw 28 between the 2 parks. I was happy to add 19 new species to my year list on eBird.
Here are a few of my favorite images from the day. The rest can be seen on Flickr here.
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| Bald Eagle - Immature |
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| Bald Eagle - Adult |
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| Bald Eagle - Adult |
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| Brown Creeper |
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| Bald Eagle - Adult |
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| Barrow's Goldeneye - female & male With Common Goldeneye & Buffleheads behind. |
In Calgary, Alberta.
This was a cold day to go birding... -20 Celsius / -4 Fahrenheit with the wind chill. And icy and snowy... constant steady snow the whole hike. 3 of us spent 3 hr, 47 min... and hiked 7.2 kilometers / 4.47 miles. 11 floors of elevation, lots of up and down and quite exhausting in the thick snow in places. We only had 13 species, but the species we did have, most were really good to add to my 2025 bird list the first day! I was happy to see the white-winged crossbills, which were my last bird of 2024 on the first day of the year.
Here are a few of my favorite images from the day. The rest can be seen on Flickr here.
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| Downy Woodpecker - female |
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| Sharp-shinned Hawk |
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| Boreal Chickadee |
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| Bald Eagle - Adult |
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| Townsend's Solitaire |