Hawk Surfing

An Eastern Kingbirds rides the back of a Red-tailed Hawk and pecks at the back of its head over Big Lake. St Albert.

Cleaning house

A Downy Woodpecker removes what looks to be a dead hatchling from the nest. Lois Hole Park, St Albert.

Another Perch

This Yellowthroat has changed out it perch to sing out at the J Poole Wetland in St Albert.

The last fledgling

There were four baby American Robins in the nest by our front door until today, I was kind of shocked they weren't there when I checked on them, this one was in the grass with mom nearby, no sign of the others. Sturgeon County.

Time for a song

Yellowthroats are usually heard and not seen, this one didn't seem to be too shy but was a fair distance away. J Poole Wetland, St Albert.

Showing it's colours

For once a Yellowthroat in the open and striking a pose, but quite far away alas. J Poole Wetland, St Albert.

A dash of yellow

Very distinctive Yellow Warbler in J Poole Wetland, St Albert.

Sitting Pretty

A very long range shot with a teleconverter on the 500 mm lens, this Baltimore Oriole made a fine dash of colour in the woods of Lois Hole Park, St Albert.

Singing out

A Song Sparrow sings out in dappled sunlight at the J Poole wetland in St Albert.

Golden Reflections

Reflections in a pond just before sunset. Sturgeon County.

Raven

This raven came over to take a look while I was walking the dog in Sturgeon County.

Classic

A Pileated Woodpecker gives a classic pose in the woods of Sturgeon County.

Fluffed

A Pileated Woodpecker fluffs itself up in the woods of Sturgeon County.

Black-backed Woodpecker

Pecking away in Sturgeon County.

Wood chips

A Black-backed Woodpecker creating wood chips while working on the base of a tree in Sturgeon County.

Over the top

A Piliated Woodpecker probes the top of a tree stump in Sturgeon County.

Out on a limb

I usually see the Black-backed Woodpeckers foraging on a tree trunk, his one had worked itself out onto a limb. Sturgeon County.

Brown Creeper

A fleeting moment in the woods of Sturgeon County.

One of a pair

A pair of Piliated Woodpeckers have provided lots of photographic opportunities over the winter as they have scoured our local area for bugs to eat. The male is very approachable. Sturgeon County.

Bohemian Waxwing

Cleaning up berries in the tangled woods. Sturgeon County.

Black-Backed Wodpecker

Late January morning side light illuminates this female while chipping away in the forest. Sturgeon County

Piliated Woodpecker

After a couple of weeks of sickness, and a couple more weeks of work, it was finally good to get out into the -20 (C) weather and find something to photograph, this was it, but a nice find nonetheless. Sturgeon County.

Lost Soul

Way north of it's most northerly summer range of Oregon this Ash Throated Flycatcher faces an uncertain or most probably a limited future if it doesn't migrate as the temperatures here drop far below those in it's Mexico or Honduras wintering area. How the heck did it get here? Lois Hole Park.

Ash Throated Flycatcher

Close to the ground this fly catcher tilts it's head to look for insects in the undergrowth, this source of food will soon be gone...…..Lois Hole Park