Miquelon Lake Provincial Park, AB, Canada
7D | 300/2.8L + 2x | 1/1250 sec., f/7.1, ISO 640

Just a quick upload. Hope to comment everyone's work in the next few days. Have a great week!

Tags:   Black-bellied Plover Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola Shorebirds Birds Wildlife Nature Fall Autumn Migration Avian Photography Photographer Miquelon Lake Provincial Park Camrose County Edmonton Alberta Canada

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Hermitage Park, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

Have a great long weekend!

Tags:   Feeding Snowshoe Hare Varying Hare Snowshe Rabbit Lepus americanus Animals Wildlife Nature Outdoor Spring Photography Photographer Canon EOS 7D Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM Hermitage Park YEG Edmonton Alberta Canada

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Grandin Pond, AB, Canada.
7D | 300/2.8L + 2x | 1/400 sec., f/7.1, ISO 1000, Flash @ -1; handheld.

One of those waterfowls I would like to get very close, and I managed to get some this season!

Enjoy! Have a great long weekend!

Tags:   Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Ducks Waterfowls Birds Wildlife Nature Fall Autumn Avian Photography Photographer Canon EOS 7D Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM Grandin Pond St. Albert Edmonton Alberta Canada

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I finally got some time to work on some photos tonight, and I decided to work on this white-silvery beauty, which was pretty much at a petting distance. You should have seen that it was right next to Don's foot as Don, Dale, and I were walking at the shoreline of the lake. Just too bad the number of shorebirds seen that day was less than 2 weekends ago.

I will post the rest of the Sanderling series tomorrow night. In the mean time, enjoy this lovely portrait!

Tags:   Portrait Closeup Juvenile Sanderling Shorebirds Birds Wildlife Nature Summer Avian Photography Miquelon Lake Provincial Park Camrose County Edmonton Alberta Canada AvianExcellence

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Gold Bar Park, Edmonton, AB, Canada
December 31, 2010

Check out the last half of the video about the flight of the Goshawk.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-_RHRAzUHM

The Goshawks are considered "master of maneuver." They are quite capable of flying through thick forest and bushes with great accuracy. I don't think I would even attempt to approach a Goshawk's nest like we did with the Swainson's Hawk this summer. Their aggressiveness, speed, and maneuverability could injure us severely even if trying to stand next to a post or a tree.

Please feel free to click on any of the photos below to enlarge.

Tags:   Flight BIF Flying Hunting Northern Goshawk Raptors Bird of Prey Birds Wildlife Nature Winter Gold Bar Park Edmonton Alberta Canada

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