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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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  • 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.

  • Mop head

    Mop head

    This lichen looks a bit like my covid-19 induced hairstyle

  • Lichen

    Lichen

    In the woods of Sturgeon County.

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