Hermitage Park. Edmonton. Alberta.

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This is another very old image that was taken in our Haliburton yard. This lockdown is giving me the opportunity to locate forgotten images that had been edited but not organized.

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William Hawrelak Park. Edmonton, Alberta.

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Pine Grosbeak - Sax-Zim Bog--Friends of Sax-Zim Bog Visitor Center, St. Louis, Minnesota

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Very few Pine Grosbeaks around here this winter. It has been too cold to get out birding here for the past week, so I looked into my archives to find an image of a Pine Grosbeeak that I have not processed or posted.

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Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) is beefy, big-headed, large-billed bunting. Male is deep cobalt blue with rufous wingbars. Females are warm brown with rufous or buffy wingbars. Always look for enormous bill to separate from other buntings; also note unstreaked underparts and slightly longer tail. Swishes tail like other buntings. Fairly common in overgrown fields with hedgerows and bushes.

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Parkland County, Alberta.

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Femelle

Forêt Montmorency

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Parkland County, Alberta.

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Evening Grosbeak - Sax-Zim Bog--Friends of Sax-Zim Bog Visitor Center, St. Louis, Minnesota

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Parkland County, Alberta.

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This looks like a night shot. It was a gloomy day and dark in the woods. The flash illuminated the bird nicely, but made the background appear darker than it actually was.

North Whitemud Trail. Edmonton, Alberta.

This Finch species is closely related to the "Hawfinch" that I see in posts from some of my European contacts.

Parkland County, Alberta.

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I am more used to photographing these birds during winter when they congregate and visit feeder sites. They breed in this area, but the flocks disperse and they are very secretive in their nesting behavior.

Over the years, they have become less common in central Alberta. According to Cornell Labs, their overall numbers are decreasing.

Parkland County, Alberta.

Evening grosbeaks are a very unusual species in my neck of the world. I spotted a flock of 51 going after juniper berries.

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A male Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) is observed in the boreal woods north of Thorhild, Alberta, Canada.

26 January, 2013.

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Parkland County, Alberta.

LaBelle, Idaho

William Hawrelak Park. Edmonton, Alberta.

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LaBelle, Idaho

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