October 2023 – Page 2 – Birds in My Viewfinder

Found in the Clutter – Another Swainson’s Hawk

My last post was a photograph of a Swainson’s Hawk that I took in Alberta Canada. This is one of a darker morph with a dark gray head that I took the same morning. Photographed near Craigdhu, Alberta about 25 km NE of Calgary in August 2017.

Found in the Clutter – Swainson’s Hawk

I was in Calgary, Alberta for a conference and did some photography after it was over. This is a Swainson’s Hawk soaring over the open prairie near Keoma, AB about 25 km NE of Calgary in August 2017. It glanced at me just as I took the photo.

Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Herons are stalkers and will grab anything they can potentially swallow including fish, amphibians, nestlings, mice and snakes. This Heron found a small eel but had to work hard for the meal. An Avocet watches as the Heron picks up the eel and attempts swallow it. But the eel isn’t making things easy.Continue reading “Great Blue Heron”