Uncommonly Beautiful

Sunshine Coast, BC, Canada. A female Common Yellowthroat perches on a reed while searching for bugs for her hungry chicks waiting in their nearby nest

Impressionistic Sparrow

Sunshine Coast, BC, Canada. A White-crowned sparrow perches in a blackberry patch preparing to sing his territorial song

Winter Raven

Yellowstone NP, USA. A Common Raven sits on a snowbank

Lone Swan

Yellowstone NP, USA. A Trumpeter swan waits for their partner to return on a river running through a windswept meadow. Trumpeter swans often mate for life - his/her partner returned a few moments later

Nap Time

Sunshine Coast, BC. A Barred Owl snoozes in an old Red Cedar tree

To Sail Away ... For a Year and a Day

Sunshine Coast, BC. Two Cormorants rest on a floating log in the coastal waters of southern BC

Vantage Point

Sunshine Coast, BC, Canada. This male Belted Kingfisher has found a perfect vantage point, a branch overhanging a creek with plentiful fish.

Song and Dance Man

Sunshine Coast, BC, Canada. This Spotted Towhee paused for a moment on a Douglas Fir tree before heading to a nearby feeder. They sing their song year round and find food using a two footed back and forth shuffle

Blur

Great Bear Rainforest, BC. Bonaparte's Gulls in motion at dusk

Three Amigos

Near Terrace, BC. Three juvenile Common Mergansers taking a break from their fall migration on a BC lake

On Guard

Wells Gray PP, BC. This male Common Loon was watching over his mate and two chicks, ready to proect them from any intruders.

American three-toed woodpecker

Jasper NP, Alberta.

Always Hungry

Golden, BC. This female Red-breasted Nuthatch has just fed a tasty bug to her hungry chicks.

Through the Garden Gate

Sunshine Coast, BC, Canada. This Purple Finch paused for a moment on a weathered old garden gate before heading to a nearby feeder.

Time to Nest

Sunshine Coast, BC. Female Red-winged blackbirds build their nests by weaving stringy stems and wet leaves around stiff reeds. Here she is teasing strands from an old seed head.

Patiently Waiting

Sunshine Coast, BC. A male Varied thrush waits for his turn at the bird feeder

Flock at Sunrise

Sunshine Coast, BC

Carcross, YT. Canada Jays are some of the toughest birds surviving in often frigid temperatures. On this day it was -38C

Double-crested cormorant

Texada Island, BC. Double-crested cormorants are such beautiful birds and spend over 50% of their time preening and resting