Category Archives: birds

  A few days ago, we saw several Clark’s Nutcrackers flitting around by a sunny west arm beach in below freezing temperatures. Intermixed with a flock of feeding robins, the nutcrackers were gleefully hunting pine cones and snacking on fatty … Continue reading →

  Great Grey Owl: This is the last posting on a planned sequence of five postings on this largest owl. The Great Grey Owl has scanned the field for a vole, has flown to catch it, has consumed it, and … Continue reading →

  Great Grey Owl: This is the fourth of five postings on this largest owl. The Great Grey Owl flies over the meadow to catch and eat voles. It was noted earlier that the Great Grey Owl flies very quietly. … Continue reading →

  Great Grey Owl: This is the third of five planned sequential postings on this largest owl. Having spotted a vole either by sight or hearing, the Great Grey Owl flies to catch it. The Great Grey takes off from … Continue reading →

  Great Grey Owl: This is the second posting on a planned sequence of five postings on this largest owl. The Great Grey Owl visits briefly beside the North Arm of the Lake during many a winter. It comes to … Continue reading →

  The Pygmy Owl is our smallest owl. In the warmer months, it lives high in the mountains, but sometimes it visits the valleys in the winter. This year, there are many Pygmy Owls here and I have treated them … Continue reading →

  Some winters, I hardly see even one Pygmy Owl. This year, I cannot stop seeing them. We saw three different ones in a short time yesterday. It gave me the opportunity to try photographing one in flight. As daytime … Continue reading →

  After showing a male Pileated Woodpecker foraging on a piling a couple of weeks ago <http://blog.kootenay-lake.ca/?p=33997>, Cynthia found another foraging pileated. This new one was a female. So, I am showing both. First, I will reproduce the male from … Continue reading →

  Some winters, I have been able to photograph a Pygmy Owl.  This small owl spends most of its year at high elevations, but sometimes seeks the valleys in the winter. Unusually, it hunts by day and will sit quietly … Continue reading →