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St Albert and Area

The past year of nature and landscape photographs taken in St Albert and surrounding area.
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  • Let there be light!

    Let there be light!

    The Aurora made another appearance in the northern aspect from out house. It's clear to see how developments to our north are encroaching on the darkness of our night sky .

  • Closer look

    Closer look

    This Black backed Woodpecker wasn't too concerned about my presence but kept an eye out while I took my shot. Sturgeon County.

  • Another appearance

    Another appearance

    A stranger this winter season, a female Black-backed Woodpecker appears on the same fallen tree that I saw one (or maybe it?) in October. Sturgeon County.

  • Northern Moment

    Northern Moment

    A view at midnight from our deck , Coyotes from all around started howling as the sky lit up with the streaming Aurora. Quite a northern moment. Sturgeon County

  • Flight

    Flight

    This recently de-antlered male moose made a run for it when confronted by a neighbor blowing snow off his drive, traffic on the road, and me and the dog appearing on the scene. Sturgeon County.

  • Surrounded

    Surrounded

    Old building. Westlock County.

  • Still standing

    Still standing

    An old building left to stand in a large field in Sturgeon County.

  • Using up the cache

    Using up the cache

    Another cold day in the polar vortex and a squirrel stocks up on energy from its cache of deep frozen pine cones. Sturgeon County.

  • Surviving the polar vortex

    Surviving the polar vortex

    Unfortunately I disturbed this Coyote as it tried to recover some morsels from what is remaining of a deep frozen moose carcass embedded in the snow and ice of the Sturgeon River. Sturgeon County.

  • Cooler

    Cooler

    A warming trend during a cold snap (it was up to -27C with a -41C wind chill when I took this photo) and bright sunshine found this GHO back on one of its regular roosting places. Sturgeon County.

  • Finding space

    Finding space

    A gloomy day in the woods finds this squirrel perched in space amongst the tangled undergrowth enjoying a meal of pine cone.

  • Cool

    Cool

    A cool owl on a cool (-20C) day in Sturgeon County

  • Road Runners

    Road Runners

    White tailed Deer come bounding up the road in the gathering evening gloom. Sturgeon County.

  • Sublime light

    Sublime light

    The low winter sun in the hour before sunset gently illuminates the downtown Edmonton office towers. Taken from Sturgeon County.

  • Sunray

    Sunray

    A ray of sunlight breaks through the forest cover to illuminate a Pileated Woodpecker. Sturgeon County.

  • Winter light at sunset

    Winter light at sunset

    A colourful sky during sunset. Sturgeon County.

  • Winter Morning Sun

    Winter Morning Sun

    The morning sun casts a slight yellow hue onto this GHO as it basks on a chilly (-18C) morning. Sturgeon County.

  • Remarkable

    Remarkable

    This unremarkable photo of Bohemian Waxwings in a tree is actually quite remarkable when you take a close look at the tree and consider this photo was taken on January 6th. Spot it? Sturgeon County.

  • Patch of light

    Patch of light

    Winter afternoon sunshine on foliage. Sturgeon County.

  • In deep

    In deep

    A squirrel deep in the woods. Sturgeon County.

  • Winter Afternoon Sun

    Winter Afternoon Sun

    I returned to the same tree where I saw Grey Eyes during my morning walk with the dog. He was in the same spot taking in the late afternoon winter sun, and I took a longer focal length lens. Sturgeon County.

  • Itch

    Itch

    A relaxed Great Horned Owl deals with an itch behind the ear as the dog and I watch from the frozen river below. Sturgeon County.

  • Grey Eyes

    Grey Eyes

    The second of a pair of Great Horned Owls makes his (?) first appearance since the spring (for me). Overlooking the Sturgeon River in Sturgeon County.

  • Spiky seed pods

    Spiky seed pods

    Hanging in the dogwood shrubs on the banks of the Sturgeon River. Sturgeon County.

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