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Boreal Chickadee (four photos)

Posted by Steve Boer on February 12, 2022
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I was blessed last weekend to have this boreal chickadee (Poecile hudsonicus) sit still (well not really still but at least in the same spot) on this branch for over a minute. Allowed me to get several pretty decent shots. This was the first time I noticed how much blue is in their back feathers. These guys are not very common around here compared to the black-capped chickadees, and I’m fairly sure I’m seeing the same individual every time, although you’d think there might be at least a pair of them.

Boreal chickadee perched on a branch looking right beak open
Boreal chickadee perched on a branch looking down eating seed
Boreal chickadee perched on a branch side view looking left
Boreal chickadee perched on a branch looking up and right
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Waxwings (four photos)

Posted by Steve Boer on November 10, 2021
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Some waxwings seen in Whitecourt, AB. I thought they were Bohemian waxwings, except that no other photo I found of a bohemian showed the stripes on top of the head like you can see in a couple of these shots. So, if anyone has a species ID they can give or any insight I would love to hear about it!

Bohemian waxwing
Bohemian waxwing
Bohemian waxwings
Bohemian waxwings

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Hermitage Park, Edmonton (seven photos)

Posted by Steve Boer on August 7, 2020
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Took a nice walk around Hermitage Park recently. I’d known this place existed, but just hadn’t visited it before. There were a TON of Canada Geese in one area, eating the grass down to the level of a fast golf green. In the off-leash area there is a pond with lots of waterfowl including a bunch of pelicans and cormorants, which are not really the kind of birds you envision seeing in Edmonton. Anyway, it’s a nice place and I recommend a visit if you’re in the neighborhood and have the time.

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Grandin Pond (five photos)

Posted by Steve Boer on May 19, 2020
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A few of the animals hanging out in Grandin Pond in St. Albert lately. A muskrat, some redhead ducks, and one mallard with his butt sticking up in the air.

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Birds of the wetlands (six photos)

Posted by Steve Boer on July 5, 2019
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This is a collection of bird photos that I captured recently in our local wetlands. I was most excited about the great blue heron. Normally he stays on the opposite side of the river and is tough to get close to, but this time he was near my side and I was able to get a couple good shots of him. The cedar waxwing was another one I was very happy to have gotten close enough to and that he stayed put for long enough to photograph. Also shown are a lesser scaup (the duck), a goldfinch, a red-winged blackbird and a Franklin’s gull that I managed to capture in flight. Click on the individual photos to see larger versions and exif details.

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Black-capped Chickadee

Posted by Steve Boer on May 3, 2019
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Just another Black-capped Chickadee, seen in the ravine trails in Devon, AB.

Black capped chickadee perched on a small branch
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, Exposure Time: 1/1000, Aperture: f/8, ISO: 2000, Focal Length: 400mm

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Black-capped Chickadee

Posted by Steve Boer on February 18, 2019
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Just a Black-capped Chickadee, seen at Grey Nuns White Spruce Park in St. Albert, AB. This area is chock full of these little guys, and they will take seed right from your hand.

Black-capped Chickadee
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, Exposure Time: 1/400, Aperture: f/6.3, ISO: 1000, Focal Length: 400mm

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Pileated woodpecker

Posted by Steve Boer on February 17, 2019
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Pileated Woodpecker with his tongue sticking out, seen at Grey Nuns White Spruce Park in St. Albert, AB.

Pileated Woodpecker with his tongue sticking out
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, Exposure Time: 1/400, Aperture: f/5.6, ISO: 200, Focal Length: 400mm

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Gull on a log

Posted by Steve Boer on August 3, 2018
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Here’s a gull standing on a log in a lake with a nice reflection below. Not much else to say about this one.

Gull on log reflection
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, Exposure Time: 1/400, Aperture: f/8, ISO: 100, Focal Length: 250mm

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Canada Goose closeup

Posted by Steve Boer on June 13, 2018
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I was able to get a nice closeup of this Canada Goose. He was begging for food and so acting tame and getting quite close to us. We didn’t have any food for him…

Canada Goose closeup
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, Exposure Time: 1/500, Aperture: f/8, ISO: 250, Focal Length: 560mm

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