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Life in the Beaver Hills: Golden Eagle over Elk Island National Park
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Wednesday, January 15, 2014. Golden Eagle over Elk Island National Park. Martha and I took the dog out for some exercise on January 13th in Elk Island National Park and were thrilled to come upon a well-scavenged bison carcass attended by three Coyotes, five Common Ravens. And a dozen or so Black-billed Magpies. Perched about one hundred yards away was this juvenile Golden Eagle. Our first sighting of this species in the park where it's considered to be a rare spring-fall migrant. Ontario Birds and Herps.
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Life in the Beaver Hills: Nesting Broad-winged Hawks at Elk Island National Park
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Friday, July 25, 2014. Nesting Broad-winged Hawks at Elk Island National Park. Tucked away in a Trembling Aspen along the Elk Island Parkway is this Broad-winged Hawk. Nest, which we first noticed in early June. Today, July 25th, the young are perched on branches adjacent to their nest and appear poised to fledge. Elk Island National Park Canada Alberta. Buteo platypterus Parks Canada Birds. June 28, 2015 at 7:46 PM. This comment has been removed by the author. July 3, 2015 at 12:12 PM. See previous post...
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Life in the Beaver Hills: August 2013
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Friday, August 30, 2013. A brief taste of Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan. Certainly one of the highlights of the summer was my August 11th overnight stopover in Grasslands National Park. In southernmost Saskatchewan. It was my first stop on an Edmonton-to-Kingston (and back) road adventure. And re-introduced populations of Swift Fox. Were hawking for insects at eye level along the main street. In the late afternoon I drove from Val Marie along the Ecotour Route. A dark phased Swainson's Hawk.
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Life in the Beaver Hills: Marmot Day?
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Sunday, February 2, 2014. Mount Edith Cavell. Jasper N.P. 13.09.2013. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Bruce Mactavish Newfoundland Birding Blog. The Frosty Tern - An Appreciation of a Good Looker. I was birding in Cape May County, New Jersey for the last week of October 2016. One of the species I enjoyed coming from a Newfoundland point of view was w. Ontario Birds and Herps. 2016-2017 Ontario winter bird list. PeregrinePrints.com . Blog. The POS list returns! Recent Sightings of Late November.
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Life in the Beaver Hills: February 2013
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013. Notes on the charismatic falcons visiting an Alberta grain terminal. I've recently become acquainted with a remarkable drama that plays out, perhaps daily, at the Alberta Grain Terminal (Alberta Terminals Ltd.) in Edmonton, against the backdrop of the harsh prairie winter. Feb 8, 2013, Courtesy of Charles McDonald. The Alberta Grain Terminal ( 53.584336, -113.547914. Renowned Alberta naturalist Jim Lange, then an employee of the Canadian Nation Railroad, was the first to note ...
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Life in the Beaver Hills: November 2013
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Thursday, November 28, 2013. Northern Goshawk drops in. A juvenile Northern Goshawk. Has been a fairly irregular visitor to our yard in recent weeks. Today it perched and preened for more than an hour as the usual throng of HAWOs. Attended our feeders below. There was no drama. A few days ago this accipter took a shot at a Pileated Woodpecker, and missed. The week before we found a scattering of Mallard. Feathers just beyond our yard. C'est la guerre. Labels: Elk Island National Park Canada Alberta.
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Life in the Beaver Hills: July 2013
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Thursday, July 4, 2013. What's flying at Elk Island? July 4, 2013 Edition. This week the evening skies are swarming with Variable Darners ( Aeshna interrupta. Large dragonflies whose mass emergence was triggered by the recent hot spell.
What's to like about them? Not only is this one of the largest and most charismatic insects in the park, it also puts in long hours gobbling up many of the flies (mosquitoes, horse flies and deer flies) that bother some human visitors to the park. Ontario Birds and Herps.
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Life in the Beaver Hills: November 2014
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Friday, November 28, 2014. Heated bird bath from Wild Birds Unlimited. Just over a year ago we bought a heated (150 watt) bird bath and stand. It performed well enough and while some have complained. Alas, the heating element in our unit failed after a few weeks of sub-zero weather this fall. I took it back to the WBU franchise. In Edmonton last week and they gave me a replacement with no hassles. Thanks WBU! I've since learned that the product's warranty lasts four years.]. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
