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Blue Jay
The Blue Jay is an uncommon resident around the Lake. Indeed, while others have seen one occasionally, today’s visitor to my home was the first one I have ever seen. A Blue Jay stops by to help itself to … Continue reading
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Still here
This is the fourth day that the wayward Snow Goose has been hanging around, always in the company of a few Canada Geese. Maybe when the weather improves, it will head out to find others of its own species. The Snow … Continue reading
Snow Goose
At places along the Pacific Coast of British Columbia, the semi-annual migration of Snow Geese brings them in vast numbers. However, Kootenay Lake is far off their normal migratory route. Here, maybe a total of a half-dozen Snow Geese … Continue reading
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March goulash
It has been a half-year since I offered a month’s-end goulash: a collection of images, none of which had had a posting of its own. Starlings, an invasive and aggressive species, are not my favourite birds. Yet, when they … Continue reading
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Grouse display
Two female Ruffed Grouse in my yard were standing nearby while watching another: a male in display. He had erected his eponymous ruff, the long black feathers on his neck, and had spread his tail feathers to form a … Continue reading
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Heron anisocoria
A half-dozen years ago, I posted an eagle portrait. It was taken just as the light from the rising sun touched one side of the eagle’s face. A striking feature of the portrait is the eyes: The pupil on … Continue reading
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Wondrous wander
There are worse ways to spend the better part of a day than wandering through nature. Here are highlights of things seen two days ago. Turkey Vulture Vultures return to this area mid-March, but I would not have expected … Continue reading
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Grouse hoping
Ruffed Grouse have been hanging out in my yard. Two are below. Might we hope for chicks?
Dabbling pits
The low water of March is the time to see freshly exposed mud spotted with dabbling pits. Why mud? Why dabbling pits? Turn back the calendar to the normal water level of the previous summer. Waves wash the sandy … Continue reading →