I see a lot of Short-eared Owls in the fields around Prince George, but it is rare I get to see them in direct sunlight!

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One of the migrating spring gulls hanging out at Cottonwood Island Nature Park in Prince George, BC.

Every spring we get a mix of gulls that seem to like the gravel bars at the confluence area of the Fraser and Nechacko Rivers (mostly Ring-billed and Herring Gulls, but there are usually some California, Short-billed and Bonaparte's Gulls in the mix, with the occasional rare appearance by an Iceland / Franklin's / Glaucous / Glaucous-winged Gull)

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A mixed white-balance shot of a hunting Great Grey Owl (i.e. the owl is in the shade, while the background is in the direct light of the setting sun).

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An unlucky songbird (Junco maybe?) became lunch for this handsome Merlin. A roadside image taken from the "rolling blind"...

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A female Northern Harrier flies by in Newlands Marsh near Prince George, BC

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