Uploads from photographi-ca, tagged whitemudpark, with geodata

Nervous Behaviour

nobody@flickr.com (photographi-ca) — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:42:00 -0700

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Least Chipmunk.

Chippy Hits the Motherlode

nobody@flickr.com (photographi-ca) — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:22:20 -0700

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A young chipmunk takes the bait.

A Boreal Chickadee in the Hand...

nobody@flickr.com (photographi-ca) — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:14:38 -0700

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... is worth two in the bush.

Black-capped Chickadee

nobody@flickr.com (photographi-ca) — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:48:19 -0700

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Chickadee eating a seed, Whitemud Park, Edmonton.

Red-Breasted Nuthatch

nobody@flickr.com (photographi-ca) — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:48:17 -0700

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So much seed, so little time.

Bird in the Hand

nobody@flickr.com (photographi-ca) — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:48:21 -0700

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This one pecked at my daughter's fingers a few times and flew off without taking a seed.

Origin of phrase: a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

Two Yoots

nobody@flickr.com (photographi-ca) — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 16:29:01 -0700

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Two trespassers walk atop a pipeline spanning the Whitemud Ravine.

Suet Cage Diner

nobody@flickr.com (photographi-ca) — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 16:28:59 -0700

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A Black-capped Chickadee makes easy work of a suet cage wired to an observation platform in Whitemud Park.

Also spotted: Nuthatches of both varieties, ravens and Mallards.
Heard but not seen: Waxwings, a woodpecker and Pine Siskins.

The Education of a Photographer

nobody@flickr.com (photographi-ca) — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:41:58 -0700

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Wings, damnit, remember the wings!

Tamias Minimus

nobody@flickr.com (photographi-ca) — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:41:56 -0700

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Young chippy doing recon.

White-breasted Nuthatch

nobody@flickr.com (photographi-ca) — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:22:18 -0700

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Hint: view the slideshow if you want to see this wide shot in full detail.

Uninvited

nobody@flickr.com (photographi-ca) — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:57:24 -0700

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A squirrel acts like he's never seen peanut-feeding, camera-toting humans before.

Black-capped Chickadee: Re-edit

nobody@flickr.com (photographi-ca) — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:02:16 -0800

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This chickadee sat for several seconds and carefully watched the air traffic as other chickadees and nuthatches chased each other around.

Black-capped Chickadee

nobody@flickr.com (photographi-ca) — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:02:17 -0800

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A typical chickadee pose as it evaluates threats and opportunities at a busy feeding spot.

Black-capped Chickadee

nobody@flickr.com (photographi-ca) — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:45:24 -0800

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A softened portrait of a chickadee from yesterday's outing.

Red-breasted Nuthatch

nobody@flickr.com (photographi-ca) — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:45:26 -0800

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A contrasty image of a nuthatch from yesterday's outing.

A Better Boreal Chickadee

nobody@flickr.com (photographi-ca) — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:21:25 -0800

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Whitemud Park, Edmonton Alberta

Pine Siskin

nobody@flickr.com (photographi-ca) — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:07:46 -0800

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Another view of the gregarious Pine Siskin.

Zzweet!

nobody@flickr.com (photographi-ca) — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:02:29 -0800

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A Pine Siskin singing in the February sunshine. This is the shot that I wanted yesterday.

Spinus Pinus

nobody@flickr.com (photographi-ca) — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:06:51 -0800

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Pine Siskin, Whitemud Park, Edmonton