Always Something to see at Fort Whyte Alive

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I’ll start with my “before leaving home” shots. My Sunflower plant still has flowers but much smaller than the first ones and just at the bottom of the plant – and a Blue Jay on the tree just off my balcony.

Then I headed over to Fort Whyte Alive to see what I could find.

This Catbird was quite fluffed up and if I hadn’t heard his (or her) call, I probably wouldn’t have known what this was. I am very familiar to the Catbird call though because there used to be lots of them at Grand Marais where my parents had a cottage when I was much younger.
Probably an Eastern Phoebe (front & back)
From a distance, I wasn’t sure if this was an extension of a log that it was on or if it was a turtle. From a distance, it really did look like an extension of the log, but after zooming on it, I have narrowed it down to a monster from the deep – or a Painted Turtle in disguise.
  • 2 Crows in a tree
  • Mallard Ducks with reflections in the water – this one looks much better if you click on it to see the full shot.
  • Sod House
  • Bison
  • Canada Geese & Bison
  • This Dragonfly stopped and posed for a photo.
  • The Double-crested Cormormant gave some great poses
  • I am not great at identifying flying birds, but thought this one was large enough to be an Eagle. One of the members of a birding site on FaceBook confirmed that it is a Juvenile Bald Eagle. Might be from the nest that I watched earlier in the year.

Fort Whyte Alive is such a great place to walk in nature. Most of the time I was completely by myself and everyone that I did meet was friendly and willing to discuss what they had seen to compare notes.

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