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Another look at this cute little one.
Grey Nun's White Spruce Forest. St. Albert, Alberta.
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This is a so-called lifer, accessed thanks to the kindness of a neighbour, who found it on his property in a tree sometimes visited by a Northern Saw-whet..
Even though the owl was protected in the canopy of this conifer, the strong gusty wind would ruffle its breast feathers and caused it to hide its face much of the time that I was there.
An uncommon Chickadee found mostly in Canada, Alaska and northern parts of a few northern US states.
A bright spot in a fairly slow wildlife day in the field for me yesterday was finding a couple of these. Most of our winter owls have migrated out of southern MB and few raptors and other species have migrated in. Northern Harriers and Bald Eagles were the most prevalent of the raptor in-migrators where I was.
The Boreal Chickadee breeds in all Canadian Provinces and Territories as well as Alaska, Washington and the very north of some eastern US states. In central Alberta, they are not as common as Black-capped Chickadees, but in more northern latitudes, they begin to outnumber the Black-capped Chickadees.
This image shows the chocolate-brown cap they sport as well as the cinnamon colour of the flanks. Their call is much more wheezy than the familiar call of the Black-capped Chickadee.
Click on the link below to listen to the call.
This was a most unexpected and unusual sighting in a park in Calgary, Alberta. This was a long shot as the owl was far in the forest. But I was very happy to see it as it is a lifer for me.
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You aren't bored. You are boring.
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This Boreal Owl was a very rare visitor to a local park in Calgary, Alberta. Lifer and so wonderful to see.
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Sometimes i can easily get bored,so i don't have to stop my self
and..... go,go,go,go!
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Took today off from work (out late last night at a choir concert), and went over to Commonwealth Lake this morning. I heard active chickadees in the trees on the north end of the park. Didn't get any shots of them (pretty dark there, and they move fast), then spotted a large dark mass in one of the trees. Turns out it as the elusive barred owl I'd heard of others having seen. Got a series of it as it posed for me. Eventually it got bored with me, so I moved on. By the way, this is a lifer for me!
Lake O'Hara is one of the best-preserved places in the Canadian Rockies. It sits high in the Canadian Rockies at an elevation of 2,020m (6,627 feet). It is a beautiful sub-alpine glacial lake surrounded by the towering peaks of the Canadian Rockies. There are so many accessible trails starting right from the lake, hikers can easily spend days here without getting bored. But 11-kilometer to the lake in one way from parking lot, you can either take the shuttle or hike in. If you are lucky to reserve the shuttle, you can spare this 22-kilometer walking, save the energy to climb 10~20 kilometers mountains. Access to Lake O’Hara is strictly controlled with a reservation system, which means that it is never crowded.
Luckily got camping reservation for 3 days, it was pure nature without cell signals and electricity. Unfortunately, it was raining and cloudy most of time, plus the forest fire from Jasper, the sky was covered with foggy most of time. Here is the view of Lake O'Hara and adjacent Mary Lake, the crystal-clear lakes, hanging valleys, towering snow-capped mountains, and the pristine nature that shows the best Yoho National Park has to offer.
Canon EOS R5, EF11-24mm f/4L USM
ISO100, f/18, 11mm, 1/125s
This is not the shot I thought I was taking. My camera decided to go to f/13 without me noticing.
The flash saved it for me.
Its difficult to gauge how large and powerful these strikes are, but here are some statistics.
According to this website www.weatherimagery.com/blog/lightning-facts/
(which cites the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Weather Service as its primary source):
The average lightning bolt is up to 6 miles long.
Lightning bolts can reach temperatures as high as 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit (27,760 Celsius). Which is approximately 5 times hotter than the surface of the sun.
A lightning bolt can range between 1 million to 1 billion volts.
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