With thoughts of nesting - a photo on Flickriver

            The last two weeks, since the car accident I was involved in (but not my fault, thank goodness), I have been on no drives and just two city walks.  My car has been repaired, so now there is no excuse (other than that I have various urgent things to see to) for not getting out, but I'm finding it really difficult to get motivated.  Thank goodness Christmas Bird Counts are coming up and I'll be getting out and, hopefully, seeing things to photograph.

One of the walks I did go on was at Carburn Park, on 8 December 2015.  It was an overcast morning, 0C to 4C.  Not much in the way of photos - I took maybe a dozen shots and only kept a couple, one of which shows these Bald Eagles by their old nest.  The nesting tree is way across on the far side of the river, so all I could get was this very distant photo (fully zoomed).  It was so good, though, to see this pair together and I would imagine they are thinking about getting ready to repair and use the nest.

This is the final list of the 25 bird species seen (though, as usual, I didn't see all of them):

  Canada Goose-4385 
 CACKLING GOOSE-4 
 American Wigeon-1 f. 
 Mallard-1500 
 Bufflehead-100 
 Common Goldeneye-600 
 BARROW’S GOLDENEYE-3 m. 
 HOODED MERGANSER-1 f. . 
 Common Merganser-12 
PIED-BILLED GREBE-1 
 Bald Eagle-5+ (2 ad on nest /3 juv.) 
Merlin-1 
KILLDEER-12+ (8 seen in one group). 
WILSON’S SNIPE-1 
Belted Kingfisher-1 
Downy Woodpecker-8 
Hairy Woodpecker-1 
Northern Flicker-9 
Black-billed Magpie-12 
AMERICAN CROW-13+ 
Common Raven-7+ 
Black-capped Chickadee-37 
White-breasted Nuthatch-4 
European Starlin-1 
House Sparrow-12
   

Taken on: December 8, 2015

Tags:

Calgary

Alberta

Carburn Park

nature

ornithlogy

avian

bird

bird of prey

raptor

Eagle

Bald Eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Accipitridae

Haliaeetus

wingspan between 1.8 to 2.3 m (5.9 to 7.5 ft)

adult

two

pair

by nest

nesting tree

perched

tree

branches

tangle

distant

outdoor

late fall

autumn

8 December 2015

FZ200

FZ200#3

annkelliott

Anne Elliott « less

Sets appears in: • Carburn Park • Birds of Alberta 10

Groups appears in: • Calgary • Panasonic FZ series more » • Alberta Nature Guide • Birds of Alberta • Birds of Calgary « less

Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ200, f/4.0, 1/500 sec, 108mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Panasonic DMC-FZ200
Aperture:	f/4.0
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/500)
Focal Length:	108mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	-0.33 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 12.0 Windows
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