Early bird
Robins catch the worms but not in February - the earliest month in the year I have seen one in these parts.
Hacking away
The deep clunk of a Pileated woodpecker rings through the forest as it hacks into an Aspen tree.
Redpoll
Foraging in Sturgeon County.
Waxing feeding
A waxing feeding off Mountain Ash berries in a forest in Sturgeon County.
In the thicket
A Pileated Woodpecker hacking at a stump deep in a thicket in a forest in Sturgeon County.
Pileated Woodpecker on a snowy day
Male, taken in Sturgeon County.
Downy pause
This Downy woodpecker paused to take a look at my approach before continuing to chip away at the branch it was sitting on. Sturgeon County.
Pileated Portrait
A cool and grey morning in Sturgeon County finds this Pileated Woodpecker oblivious to me presence.
Hairy Woodpecker
In the woods of Big Lake
Black-backed Woodpecker
I have been chasing this bird around our neighbourhood for a couple pf weeks now, finally our paths crossed with reasonable light, a clear shot, and the right lens on my camera. Sturgeon County.
Pileated Woodpecker in the fall
In the woods of Sturgeon County.
High perch
Pileated Woodpecker in a dead tree high above the Sturgeon River in Sturgeon County.
On the edge
A pair of Rock Doves (Pigeons!) canoodle on top of a pre-installed bridge support for the Ray Gibbon drive twinning project over the Sturgeon River. St Albert.
Training day
An adult male and a juvenile Pileated Woodpecker dig out bugs from the opposite sides of the same tree. Sturgeon County.
