Life On and Off an Acreage: Canada Geese

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June 1, 2017

Too Hot!

The Great Blue Herons are back. I had not seen any until today.

They sure look like a "Funkey chicken"

They are a really neat bird, though

Here is another Red Winged Blackbird, one of many.

You can hide, but I will find you!

So, you think that you have trouble with kids! There are two pair on Rotary Park with 8 kids each.

Last, but not least is this male Bufflehead. +29C today, and too hot in the sun!

April 19, 2017

Mixture of Birds

The snow storms seemed to concentrate the migrating birds in fields on the Athabasca River. This Kestrel? was watching all the birds, wondering what to have for lunch

There was a mixed bag of Sand Hill Cranes in amongst the geese ducks and Tundra Swans.

A few Blue Wing Teal were also in the field

Best of all were the Tundra Swans. They are a majestic bird.

Of course, what would be a field in spring without a load of Canada Geese?

And of course, more Swans I wanted to get some in-flight pictures, but did not want to disturb them.

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April 11, 2017

April 11 Spring Day

It's good to see the creeks and streams starting to open up. The birds are starting to settle down and pair up/

The geese are spreading out more and the large flocks are dissipating.

The Mallards are back in droves.

It's still very hard to get a good picture of a Magpie. The black and white doesn't photograph well, or at least, I haven't learned how to deal with it.