Post by kastern on Jun 24, 2008 14:49:11 GMT -8
Here are some more photos from our trip to Northern Alberta....
Red Neck Grebes were found everywhere. This was one of a pair at Carson-Pegasus Provincial Park just south of Swan Hills.
Chipping Sparrows are everywhere too...this one was at Lac la Biche
This is a scenery shot of Lesser Slave Lake. There is this wonderful sandy beach that goes for miles along the shoreline. When we were there, there was a section of water between the sandy beach at the edge of the water and more at the edge of forest....this marshy area was alive with tiny frogs and had Blue Wing Teal and Northern Shovelers making use of it.
This is another view of Lesser Slave Lake from their 'mountain' viewpoint. This would be looking west. It gives you an idea of what the country is like up there if you have never been.
This is about as much as you can normally see of a White Throated Sparrow. Although you can hear them everywhere (once you figure out who is making that call!)...they are hard to see out in the open.
I did, finally, manage some decent shots at the Boreal Bird Banding station.
This is at Winston Churchill Provincial Park at Lac la Biche and all those black things are Double Crested Cormorant. There are a few Pelican in the middle (also a Great Blue Heron which I understand are something of a rariety in that area, although we saw several), there are also gulls nesting on those rocks.
Here is another view of the 'rock'
Not a bird picture but thought I'd throw this in....this was at Lac la Biche....my dog and a suicidal Squirrel (look carefully, it's in the middle)....this went on for over half an hour....my dog staring and the squirrel nonchalantly eating.
Lac la Biche is where we found the Owl family. This is one of the youngsters
This is the other one
One of the parents....
and the other parent.
We are now at Cold Lake. There was a pair of Eastern Phoebe hanging around one of the washrooms. Couldn't spot a nest but it must have been there.
and this is a female Yellow Bellied Sapsucker that came right into our campsite. We saw her a number of times, so suspect there was a nest close by.
And that is it for this session.
Kathy
Red Neck Grebes were found everywhere. This was one of a pair at Carson-Pegasus Provincial Park just south of Swan Hills.
Chipping Sparrows are everywhere too...this one was at Lac la Biche
This is a scenery shot of Lesser Slave Lake. There is this wonderful sandy beach that goes for miles along the shoreline. When we were there, there was a section of water between the sandy beach at the edge of the water and more at the edge of forest....this marshy area was alive with tiny frogs and had Blue Wing Teal and Northern Shovelers making use of it.
This is another view of Lesser Slave Lake from their 'mountain' viewpoint. This would be looking west. It gives you an idea of what the country is like up there if you have never been.
This is about as much as you can normally see of a White Throated Sparrow. Although you can hear them everywhere (once you figure out who is making that call!)...they are hard to see out in the open.
I did, finally, manage some decent shots at the Boreal Bird Banding station.
This is at Winston Churchill Provincial Park at Lac la Biche and all those black things are Double Crested Cormorant. There are a few Pelican in the middle (also a Great Blue Heron which I understand are something of a rariety in that area, although we saw several), there are also gulls nesting on those rocks.
Here is another view of the 'rock'
Not a bird picture but thought I'd throw this in....this was at Lac la Biche....my dog and a suicidal Squirrel (look carefully, it's in the middle)....this went on for over half an hour....my dog staring and the squirrel nonchalantly eating.
Lac la Biche is where we found the Owl family. This is one of the youngsters
This is the other one
One of the parents....
and the other parent.
We are now at Cold Lake. There was a pair of Eastern Phoebe hanging around one of the washrooms. Couldn't spot a nest but it must have been there.
and this is a female Yellow Bellied Sapsucker that came right into our campsite. We saw her a number of times, so suspect there was a nest close by.
And that is it for this session.
Kathy
