Fluidr / annkelliott's "2004, my most interesting photos" set

Young Red

A OLYMPUS CORPORATION C750UZ — 1/800s ƒ/3.7 ISO 50 at 63 mm

N 14 B 4.5K C 25 E Sep 28, 2004 F Nov 9, 2006

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This Red Squirrel gave me a bit of amusement on one of my walks. He/she was only tiny, so must have been a fairly young one. This was #60 on 28th December 2006.

Tags: Calgary Alberta Canada wildlife animal Red Squirrel SpecAnimal SpecAnimal:PhotooftheDay AnimalKingdomElite Explore i500 interestingness#60 explore2006Dec28

That tasted so good

A OLYMPUS CORPORATION C750UZ — 1/320s ƒ/3.7 ISO 93 at 63 mm

N 36 B 5.3K C 61 E Dec 27, 2004 F Oct 29, 2006

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This is a cropped version of a previous photo, showing a beautiful Coyote immediately after it had eaten some kind of small rodent. The highest position for this photo was #27 on 30th October 2006.

Tags: Calgary Alberta Canada nature wildlife animal Coyote SpecAnimal Explore UltimateShot i500 interestingness#27 explore2006Oct27 SuperbMasterpiece BeyondExcellence WildCaninePhotography

White-breasted Nuthatch

A OLYMPUS CORPORATION C750UZ — 1/200s ƒ/3.2 ISO 95 at 36.4 mm

N 12 B 11.3K C 17 E Oct 8, 2004 F Sep 2, 2006

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This is a more typical pose of the White-breasted Nuthatch, facing towards the ground with head tilted upwards.

Tags: Calgary Alberta Canada wildlife bird White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis Animal Planet animalkingdomelite Explore i500 interestingness#434 explore2006Nov28 Fish Creek Park Hull's Wood annkelliott Olympus C750UZ Fauna & Flora of FCPP

White-breasted Nuthatch

A OLYMPUS CORPORATION C750UZ — 1/320s ƒ/3.7 ISO 65 at 63 mm

N 25 B 8.0K C 36 E Apr 13, 2004 F Aug 27, 2006

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This was my very first bird photo, when I was new to "birding". In fact, I had no idea what kind of bird it was until I got home and did a little research. This photo, taken almost two and a half years ago, got me totally "hooked" on nature photography. These small birds will fly to your hand to feed, though hand-feeding is rather frowned upon.

Tags: Calgary Alberta Canada Fish Creek Park bird nature wildlife White-breasted Nuthatch BigFave Sitta carolinensis Specanimal ABigFave EXPLORE Interestingness#338 Explore 2006 Dec 5 Olympus C750UZ annkelliott Fauna & Flora of FCPP Talkaboutwildlife.ca Glennfield Excellence AvianExcellence

This time, a wild Chickadee

A OLYMPUS CORPORATION C750UZ — 1/200s ƒ/3.2 ISO 103 at 32.9 mm

N 26 B 4.1K C 51 E Nov 1, 2004 F Sep 28, 2006

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The Black-capped Chickadee is the most common bird to fly down to one's hand (my daughter's in this photo) here in Calgary. I have only had these, plus Boreal Chickadees and Red-breasted Nuthatches on my hand but will hope for a White-breasted Nuthatch and maybe even a Downy Woodpecker this winter. Thanks everyone!

Tags: Calgary Alberta Canada wildlife birds Black-capped Chickadee Explore BestNature TNC06 ABigFave interestingness#86 Explore2006 Sept 30