Marsh Landing

An American Bittern landing into the J Poole wetland in St Albert.

OOONG-UH-ROONK!

A hard to spot American Bittern demonstrates its gulping song at the J Poole Wetland in St Albert.

Stumped in the wetland

A Wilson's Snipe using a tree stump for a perch in the J Poole Wetland. St Albert.

Interloper

An interloper (Long-billed Dowitcher) joins a flight of Yellow Legs over Big Lake.

River Ballet

Yellow legs balletically alight onto a reed bed floating in the Sturgeon River to feed. St Albert.

Friday bird

For the second Friday evening in a row while walking the dog I saw an "unusual" bird at the same surface water pond on the edge of a canola field. Last week it was an Avocet, this week a Killdeer, the difference this week was that I immediately went back with my camera. Sturgeon County.

Virginia Rail

A Virginia Rail moving through the reed beds of the Big Lake Interpretive Trail.

Solitary and Spotted

Solitary and Spotted Sandpipers share a small Island in the Sturgeon River. Sturgeon County.

Spotted Sandpiper

Sturgeon River, Sturgeon County

A small flock of Yellow legs appear to have taken up residence on the Sturgeon River near Ray Gibbon Drive. St Albert.

Taking flight

A Yellow legs doesn't appreciate my attention. Sturgeon River, St Albert..

Yellow legs

A Yellow legs wades the shallows of the Sturgeon River. St Albert.

Sora Rail (Juvenile)

J Poole Wetland, St Albert, first time this year I have seen one close enough to photograph