birds

The whole idea of this web-page is simple; at my cabin we see a lot of birds and try to photograph them. Sometimes that is not easy and the book we use is not perfect. So, we hope that visitors to this page will be able to help us where we are not sure about identification. The pictures you see here have been reduced in both size and quality from the original; if I had not done that, you would have to wait until the cows come home before the page would be loaded. This is only for birds which I personally have photographed, both at the cabin and in other parts of Alberta.

It might help if you use your keyboard's F11 key to show more of the larger picture and text.

You can click on the thumbnail pictures to bring up a larger version (and, in some cases, additional pictures) and click that larger one to return to this index.

This is the BIRD INDEX page.


Yel.Bel.Sapsucker (M)	Downy Woodpecker	Male Purple Finch	Dark-Eyed Junco

White Crowned Sparrow	Grey Jay	Ruffed Grouse	Grey Owl

Starling	Blue Jay	Chickadee	Eastern Phoebe

Flicker	White Throated Sparrow	Pine Siskin	Magpie

Common Grackle	Coopers Hawk	Piliated Woodpecker	Bohemian Waxwing

Robin	Rose Breasted Grosbeak	Ring-billed Gull	Sharptail Grouse

Raven	Shoveler Duck	Mallard Ducks	Sandhill Cranes

Ruddy Turnstone	Herring Gulls?	Ring-necked Duck	Sora

Redwinged Blackbird	Canada Goose	Trumpeter Swans	American Crow

American Coot	House Sparrow	House Wren	Ruddy Duck

Cliff Swallow	Cedar Waxwing	Wilson's Warbler	White-Winged Crossbill

Evening Grosbeak	Hoary Redpoll(f)	Common Redpoll(m)

Now I must add a few pictures which I found rather amusing:

These birds were most helpful in advising that they were gone for the long, cold, northern winter.

This old boot was home to some swallows and, in 2007, to House Wrens.

I harvest Diamond Willow sticks and also happen to accumulate "Reject" sticks. I had a tag on the bin where I kept them and the birds, while building their nest, decided that the string holding the "Reject" tag would be good building material. They did not realize how terribly they were insulting their brood.

Just like humans; they just cannot get along. Sad but true.

This male redwinged blackbird just did not like me at all. Wonder why not.

Not a good picture but something about it I like.

This American Coot seemed to be coming back from the party.

I just made these out of scraps around the house; wonder if they'll work, summer '08.

This site is most useful for identifying birds; click a name on the left and immediately the bird's picture shows up on the right. Very quick. http://www.birdphotography.com/

Birds of Alberta

Birds I have seen so far and been able to photograph ..... 47 so far.....

This is the BIRD INDEX page.

Now I must add a few pictures which I found rather amusing: