{"id":28425,"date":"2020-03-31T07:41:18","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T14:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=28425"},"modified":"2020-03-31T07:41:18","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T14:41:18","slug":"march-goulash-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=28425","title":{"rendered":"March goulash"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is a collection of images from March, each of which lacked a posting of its own.<\/p>\n

Such observations of nature serve as a balm to my own increasing social isolation. These are creatures oblivious to our present angst. After all, nature doesn’t need people; it is people who need nature.<\/p>\n

Yellow-bellied Marmots are impervious to issues of social distancing. Interactions just carry on.
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A Red-tailed Hawk couple is seen on distant trees. The female (lower left) is 11% longer and so about 35% heavier than the male (upper right). This sexual size difference is typical for red tails.
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Earlier, the female Red-tailed Hawk is seen with a small creature sticking out of the side of its bill.
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Around here, the Northern Shrike is an uncommon bird of the cold weather. Yet, I see one most often in March and April. These are the shrikes passing through here as they migrate from south to north. Although the shrike is a songbird, it is a wannabe raptor. It has the raptor’s hooked bill, but lacks its grasping claws.\u00a0
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On adjacent days, I saw a juvenile Bald Eagle. Seen first hunting from the air, and next hunting from a perch, it is likely the same bird.
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Is this the same bird as above? The colour here seems browner, but then the lighting is different.
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Just as with the shrike, we are experiencing an uptick in sightings of Ring-necked Ducks (male left, female right) as they migrate north past our region. The duck is named for the rather faint ring around the base of its neck.
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But, the Barrow’s Goldeneye Duck (female left, male right) will now be declining in number with the passing of the winter.
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Here is yet another swan. However, this is the less common Tundra Swan, and it is flapping.
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