Today, Tuesday, 28 September 2021, I joined a few birding friends for a walk at Mallard Pt., Fish Creek Park. We broke up into four groups. Quite a long walk, around 8,000 steps.

It was another beautiful fall morning with blue sky, sunshine and glorious fall colour. Unfortunately, a lot of leaves have already fallen in places, and I suspect that we won't have much longer to enjoy the short-lived, golden leaves. A shame that such a beautiful season doesn't last for a much longer time. On this day last year, 28 September 2020, Calgary had a most unwelcome snow storm!

An American Kestrel was a really nice sighting, though it was so far away, tucked among branches and leaves. How the person who spotted it did so, just amazed us all. Hopefully, I can rescue one of my very distant shots to post later.

Several Double-crested Cormorants perched very high up in a tree were good to see. They looked like black silhouettes in my photos and not the best quality, but they are quite impressive birds, especially when they spread their huge wings to dry and fan their tails.

A European Starling posed nicely for us, too, right out in the open. They look pretty much black from a distance, but when seen up close, they reveal their attractive feather patterns and iridescence.

One of the groups came across a Black-billed Magpie caught up in fishing line. They managed to free it and away if flew.

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Today, Tuesday, 28 September 2021, I joined a few birding friends for a walk at Mallard Pt., Fish Creek Park. We broke up into four groups. Quite a long walk, around 8,000 steps.

It was another beautiful fall morning with blue sky, sunshine and glorious fall colour. Unfortunately, a lot of leaves have already fallen in places, and I suspect that we won't have much longer to enjoy the short-lived, golden leaves. A shame that such a beautiful season doesn't last for a much longer time. On this day last year, 28 September 2020, Calgary had a most unwelcome snow storm!

An American Kestrel was a really nice sighting, though it was so far away, tucked among branches and leaves. How the person who spotted it did so, just amazed us all. Hopefully, I can rescue one of my very distant shots to post later.

Several Double-crested Cormorants perched very high up in a tree were good to see. They looked like black silhouettes in my photos and not the best quality, but they are quite impressive birds, especially when they spread their huge wings to dry and fan their tails.

A European Starling posed nicely for us, too, right out in the open. They look pretty much black from a distance, but when seen up close, they reveal their attractive feather patterns and iridescence.

One of the groups came across a Black-billed Magpie caught up in fishing line. They managed to free it and away if flew.

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Today, Tuesday, 28 September 2021, I joined a few birding friends for a walk at Mallard Pt., Fish Creek Park. We broke up into four groups. Quite a long walk, around 8,000 steps.

It was another beautiful fall morning with blue sky, sunshine and glorious fall colour. Unfortunately, a lot of leaves have already fallen in places, and I suspect that we won't have much longer to enjoy the short-lived, golden leaves. A shame that such a beautiful season doesn't last for a much longer time. On this day last year, 28 September 2020, Calgary had a most unwelcome snow storm!

An American Kestrel was a really nice sighting, though it was so far away, tucked among branches and leaves. How the person who spotted it did so, just amazed us all. Hopefully, I can rescue one of my very distant shots to post later.

Several Double-crested Cormorants perched very high up in a tree were good to see. They looked like black silhouettes in my photos and not the best quality, but they are quite impressive birds, especially when they spread their huge wings to dry and fan their tails.

A European Starling posed nicely for us, too, right out in the open. They look pretty much black from a distance, but when seen up close, they reveal their attractive feather patterns and iridescence.

One of the groups came across a Black-billed Magpie caught up in fishing line. They managed to free it and away if flew.

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Today, Tuesday, 28 September 2021, I joined a few birding friends for a walk at Mallard Pt., Fish Creek Park. We broke up into four groups. Quite a long walk, around 8,000 steps.

It was another beautiful fall morning with blue sky, sunshine and glorious fall colour. Unfortunately, a lot of leaves have already fallen in places, and I suspect that we won't have much longer to enjoy the short-lived, golden leaves. A shame that such a beautiful season doesn't last for a much longer time. On this day last year, 28 September 2020, Calgary had a most unwelcome snow storm!

An American Kestrel was a really nice sighting, though it was so far away, tucked among branches and leaves. How the person who spotted it did so, just amazed us all. Hopefully, I can rescue one of my very distant shots to post later.

Several Double-crested Cormorants perched very high up in a tree were good to see. They looked like black silhouettes in my photos and not the best quality, but they are quite impressive birds, especially when they spread their huge wings to dry and fan their tails.

A European Starling posed nicely for us, too, right out in the open. They look pretty much black from a distance, but when seen up close, they reveal their attractive feather patterns and iridescence.

One of the groups came across a Black-billed Magpie caught up in fishing line. They managed to free it and away if flew.

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Today, Tuesday, 28 September 2021, I joined a few birding friends for a walk at Mallard Pt., Fish Creek Park. We broke up into four groups. Quite a long walk, around 8,000 steps.

It was another beautiful fall morning with blue sky, sunshine and glorious fall colour. Unfortunately, a lot of leaves have already fallen in places, and I suspect that we won't have much longer to enjoy the short-lived, golden leaves. A shame that such a beautiful season doesn't last for a much longer time. On this day last year, 28 September 2020, Calgary had a most unwelcome snow storm!

An American Kestrel was a really nice sighting, though it was so far away, tucked among branches and leaves. How the person who spotted it did so, just amazed us all. Hopefully, I can rescue one of my very distant shots to post later.

Several Double-crested Cormorants perched very high up in a tree were good to see. They looked like black silhouettes in my photos and not the best quality, but they are quite impressive birds, especially when they spread their huge wings to dry and fan their tails.

A European Starling posed nicely for us, too, right out in the open. They look pretty much black from a distance, but when seen up close, they reveal their attractive feather patterns and iridescence.

One of the groups came across a Black-billed Magpie caught up in fishing line. They managed to free it and away if flew.

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