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Young Red Foxes (kits, puppies)

A tip from a fellow photog about a nearby fox den sent me flying down the road, and hopefully a chance photograph them. I saw three of the little kit red foxes this time, but here there are more, possible even seven of the little pups.

Fledgling Great Horned Owlet Drying Off

More of photos the great horned owl baby, this time I found the owlet drying off from a freak June snow, hail & rain storm that passed through last weekend.

Baby Great Horned Owl (Owlet - Fledgling)

t photographed this baby owl on May 24th, the owlet is the great horned variety and this little fledgling owl gave me quite a show hamming it up on an old log. What a treat it was getting full sensor/framed shots of this owlet at eye level.

Eastern Kingbird Out West

These in-flight photos of the eastern kingbird are from May 23rd, we watched and photographed the kingbird catching bugs over a local pond. It was great to see these birds back from their winter migration. A few photos from that photo session are below.

In Flight Drake Wood Ducks

I know what you are thinking, more wood ducks and again with the flying wood ducks! I can’t help myself, I did it again and have a bunch of wood duck photos, but still not quite enough!

Birds & Beasts

No, that beast on the left looking over the branches is not a samsquanch, a.k.a. bigfoot or sasquatch, it is the tree eating porcupine, in this case a very cute baby porcupine!

Alberta Sharp-Tailed Grouse Lek Dance

Watching and photographing the sharp-tailed grouse on Monday morning strut there stuff on the lek is something you have to see to appreciate and thats what I did for the second time today. I was invited by a good friend and fellow photographer Mark Williams to watch the sharp-tailed grouse do there thing on the prairie lek.

Swainson’s Hawk’s Return

The Swainson’s hawk’s are back from migration and can be seen not only in the prairies but also within the city limits of Calgary Alberta. The last few days have been exciting for me as I love to find and photograph raptors! Over the last few days I have photographed all kinds of birds of prey.

Solitary Sandpiper - Shorebirds

nteresting little shorebird, I photographed this Solitary Sandpiper while it was wading the banks of a pond in Calgary. These birds are small, about 7 inches including the long beak and can be seen cruising the shores of lakes, rivers and ponds looking for food.

Coyote Up Close Encounter

I noticed a shadow off the path right beside me, there looking at me was this adult male coyote no more than ten feet away. The coyote was on a lower elevation than I was so I kept walking, maybe another ten feet or so until I was out of site. I then stopped, turned and crouched waiting for him to return, and return he did!

American Avocet

From a quick outing today I photographed this American Avocet looking for lunch along the shoreline of a slough. Good to see the shore birds back from migration, but I am sure this American Avocet is looking at the ice wishing he/she waited another week or two.

Canada Goose Portrait

On the left, a close up portrait photo of a male Canadian Goose, the blue background is water in very low light. Right now his mate is on eggs trying to keep them warm, not an easy task after last nights dump of snow.

Hooded Merganser In-Flight

Another evening with crappy light, total cloud cover but I went out (again) anyway but this time I got lucky, was at the right location at the right time when a male hooded merganser decided to take flight!

Female Coyote Run

rprised female coyote ran out in front of me tonight on my way into one of my favorite haunts. The light was crap for fast moving beasties, total cloud cover = high ISO, but I did grab a few photos of this good looking urban Calgary coyote.

Western Meadowlark

I photographed this western meadowlark a few weeks ago on April 4/09 when we still had lots of snow on the ground. The meadowlarks bright yellow chest is a welcome sight this time of year when everything else is dressed in dulls winter browns.