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Kodachrome collection slide.
Airline : Canadian Airlines
Aircraft : Boeing 737-2T5/Advanced
Registration : C-FHCP
MSN/LN : 22024 / 641
Location : YXS / CYXS - Prince George Int'l Airport
Photographer : Gary Vincent
Date : Circa 1988
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Some of my favourites taken during the Perseid Meteor Shower near Prince George BC. This was the brightest of the night and left a smoke trail that lasted for a few minutes afterwards.
A shot on a windblown Ness lake from two weeks ago. I think this has to be the coldest photo shoot I have ever done; it got down to -36C (-33F) and with wind-chill it was below -45C (-49F). The wind picked up significantly when I was out there and I had to abandon the shoot and snowshoe home at about 1 AM. Trudging back alone the wind seemed to be sandblasting my face, the 500m seemed to feel more like 2km, and quite disconcertingly my eyelids started freezing shut at the edges every time I blinked. A little too cold for this Australian. Letâs just say I was glad to get back to our warm house.
I saw this young Moose with its mother at Cottonwood Island in Prince George this afternoon. After watching and photographing them for awhile, this one started walking towards me me, so I stood behind a tree for protection. Surprisingly it came right up to the tree and I was so close I could of reached out and touched it. Which of coarse would have been a stupid thing to do. But I'll admit it was very tempting.
I went for a walk at Cottonwood Island in Prince George, British Columbia this afternoon and came across my friend Woody.
This fellow was enjoying the rays of sun in Downtown Prince George. He told me it was a nice break from a rainy summer they've had. Great walking stick.
Fraser River and Prince George BC
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This morning a swarm of Wilson's Warblers descended upon the property on which I am renting. I watched these little warblers feeding in the willows around the pond with Yellow and Yellow-rumped Warblers. It was interesting to compare the species side-by-side and see how noticeably smaller the Wilson's Warblers are.
The Fraser River passes Prince George, British Columbia, Canada, below high bluffs east of the city.
Yesterday afternoon was absolutely gorgeous - it felt like a warm spring day in April - the sun was out and birds were starting to sing - a remarkable day for February!
This is one of three Northern Hawk Owls we observed yesterday afternoon in the "farm-y" region east of Prince George. We were watching this particular fellow (which my birding partner took to calling "Roger"...) hunt from the telephone lines just before sunset, when, much to our surprise, he swooped down and landed on a fence post directly in front of us. This is full frame, taken from the car window.
When the male curlews start "feeling randy" they start to flare up their wings and call before they approach the female...
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An image from about a month ago - of one of four Short-eared Owls that stopped by the Prince George Airport for a week or two while migrating through on thier way south...
A shot from this afternoon - a Barred Owl hunting a snow covered field just outside Prince George, BC
A pair of Long-billed Curlews about to "get down to business"...
The light was low and very flat when I shot this - I do hope I'll get another opportunity to photograph the courtship behaviour under better lighting while the curlews are still around.
Long-billed Curlews are seasonally monogamous. As part of thier courtship ritual, the male curlew performs a series of runs where he waddles after the female with his wings outspread. If she doesn't rebuff his advances, he then approaches the female from behind and strokes her neck and flanks with his bill, usually alternating his caresses from one side to the other (which is what he's doing in the photograph). If the female permits, he then mounts and they copulate...
Yesterday I headed out birding east of town - the target species was Spruce Grouse. While I did find many Ruffed Grouse, the Spruce Grouse were nowhere to be seen. The highlight of the trip was not one, but two, Northern Pygmy Owls!
This particular little (soda-can-sized) fellow was out hunting on the Bowron Forestry Service Road, east of Prince George, BC and was very intent on finding some lunch. I watched him for ~30 minutes as he would scan the ground continuously, then relocate a very short distance away and repeat. He stayed mostly to the tree tops, but dropped a bit lower for a couple perches affording me a few photos.