April 19, 2012 Nature Photography from the Creston Valley
April 19, 2012 by Brent

 The following photographs were all taken in the first couple of weeks of April in the Creston Valley.

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Common Redpoll

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Common Redpoll

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Wood Duck

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Wood Duck takes Flight

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Northern Pintail in Flight

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Bald Eagle in Flight

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Young Eagle in Flight

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Female Mallard takes Flight

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Female Common Goldeneye in Flight

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Tundra Swan takes Flight

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Belted Kingfisher in Flight

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Bufflehead takes Flight

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Female Bufflehead

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Red-tailed Hawk takes Flight

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Red-tailed Hawk Landing

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Killdeer

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Northern Flicker

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Townsend’s Solitaire

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River Otter

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River Otter

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Painted Turtle

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Duck Lake

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Ducks on Duck Lake

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July 9, 2011 Grebes, Ducks, Coot, Tanager, Loon, Goldeneyes, Pelican, Dragonflies, Snake, Butterfly, Meadowlark, Chipmunk, Gopher, Landscape Photos
July 9, 2011 by Brent

The following photographs were taken in the first week of July in the Kootenay region of B.C.

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Eared Grebe – July 7 – Elizabeth Lake

kootenaynaturephotos.comEared Grebe with young – July 7 – Elizabeth Lake

kootenaynaturephotos.comEared Grebe – July 7 – Elizabeth Lake

kootenaynaturephotos.comMallard Female – July 7 – Elizabeth Lake

kootenaynaturephotos.comYoung  American Coot – July 7 – Elizabeth Lake

kootenaynaturephotos.comYoung Pied-billed Grebe – July 7 – Elizabeth Lake

kootenaynaturephotos.comYoung Pied-billed Grebe – July 7 – Elizabeth Lake

kootenaynaturephotos.comWestern Tanager – July 7 – Saugum Lake

kootenaynaturephotos.comCommon Loon with young – July 7 – Mineral Lake

kootenaynaturephotos.comWestern Grebe – July 6 – Duck Lake

kootenaynaturephotos.comMallard Brood – July 6 – Duck Lake

kootenaynaturephotos.comCommon Goldeneye Female – July 6 – Duck Lake

kootenaynaturephotos.comCommon Goldeneye Young – July 6 – Duck Lake

kootenaynaturephotos.comAmerican White Pelican in Flight – July 6 – Duck Lake

Mallard Brood – July 3 – Rosebud Lake

kootenaynaturephotos.comBarrow’s Goldeneye Female – July 3 – Rosebud Lake

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Barrow’s Goldeneye Young – July 3 – Rosebud Lake

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Dragonflies – July 3 – Rosebud Lake

kootenaynaturephotos.comGarter Snake – July 3 – Rosebud Lake

kootenaynaturephotos.comLorquin’s Admiral Butterfly – July 3 – Pend d’Oreille

Seven Mile Dam – July 3 – Pend d’Oreille

kootenaynaturephotos.comWestern Meadowlark in Flight – July 2 – West Creston

kootenaynaturephotos.comRock – July 1 – Blazed Creek

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Chipmunk – July 1  - Bluebird Creek

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Rocks – July 1 – Blazed Creek

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Columbian Ground Squirrel – July 1 – Bluebird Creek

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Blazed Creek Landscape – July 1

 

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June 29, 2011 Goldeneyes, Kingbirds, Eagle, Sandpiper, Warbler, Oriole, Scaup, Grebes, Sparrow, Hummingbird, Catbird, Sapsucker, Flickers, Sora, Deer, Moose Photos
June 29, 2011 by Brent

The following photographs were taken over the last 3 weeks in the Kootenay region of B.C.

kootenaynaturephotos.comCommon Goldeneye Brood – June 10 – Duck Lake

kootenaynaturephotos.comCommon Goldeneye Brood – Jun 10 – Duck Lake

kootenaynaturephotos.comEastern Kingbird close-up – June 10 – Duck Lake

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Bald Eagle – June 10 – Duck Lake

kootenaynaturephotos.comKootenay River Landscape – June 11 – Upper Bonnington

kootenaynaturephotos.comSpotted Sandpiper – June 11 – Cottonwood Lake near Nelson

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Common Yellowthroat – June 21 – Duck Lake

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Eastern Kingbird – June 21 – Duck Lake

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Bullock’s Oriole – June 21 – Duck Lake

kootenaynaturephotos.comGreater Scaups in Flight – June 22 – Duck Lake

kootenaynaturephotos.comCommon Goldeneye Chick – June 22 – Duck Lake

kootenaynaturephotos.comCommon Goldeneye Chick – June 22 – Duck Lake

kootenaynaturephotos.comRed-necked Grebes – June 22 – Duck Lake

kootenaynaturephotos.comSong Sparrow – June 26 – Duck Lake

kootenaynaturephotos.comBlack-chinned Hummingbird – June 26 – Duck Lake

kootenaynaturephotos.comGray Catbird – June 26 – Duck Lake

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Red-naped Sapsucker feeding young – June 28 – near Yahk

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Northern Flicker & Young – June 28 – near Yahk

kootenaynaturephotos.comNorthern Flicker feeding young – June 28 – near Yahk

kootenaynaturephotos.comSora – June 28 – near Yahk

kootenaynaturephotos.comWhite-tailed Deer – June 28 – near Yahk

kootenaynaturephotos.comWhite-tailed Deer – June 28 – near Yahk

kootenaynaturephotos.comBull Moose – June 28 – near Yahk

kootenaynaturephotos.comBull Moose – June 28 – near Yahk

kootenaynaturephotos.comBull Moose – June 28 – near Yahk

 

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April 22, 2011 Ospreys, Mergansers, Goldeneye, Scaup, Mallard, Goose, Cormorant, Shrike, Bluebird Photos
April 22, 2011 by Brent

The following photographs were all taken over the last week in the Creston Valley.

A video of these Ospreys is located here

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kootenaynaturephotos.comOsprey with a Fish

kootenaynaturephotos.comOsprey in a dive with a Fish

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Ospreys

kootenaynaturephotos.comFemale Common Merganser

kootenaynaturephotos.comMale Hooded Merganser

kootenaynaturephotos.comMale Hooded Merganser in Flight

kootenaynaturephotos.comCommon Goldeneye in Flight

kootenaynaturephotos.comLesser Scaup

kootenaynaturephotos.comMallard takes Flight

kootenaynaturephotos.comCanada Goose

kootenaynaturephotos.comDouble-crested Cormorant

kootenaynaturephotos.comNorthern Shrike

kootenaynaturephotos.comNorthern Shrike in Flight

kootenaynaturephotos.comFemale Western Bluebird

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Male Western Bluebird

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Female Western Bluebird

 

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March 13, 2011 Mergansers, Goldeneyes, Bufflehead, Mallards, Geese, Swan, Gull, Nutcracker, Squirrel
March 15, 2011 by Brent

The following photos were taken on March 13 at Duck Lake unless otherwise noted.

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Ice is beginning to melt off of Duck Lake

kootenaynaturephotos.comMale Hooded Merganser

kootenaynaturephotos.comFemale Hooded Merganser

kootenaynaturephotos.comMale Common Goldeneye

kootenaynaturephotos.comFemale Common Goldeneyes

kootenaynaturephotos.comBufflehead takes Flight

kootenaynaturephotos.comMallards take Flight

kootenaynaturephotos.comCanada Geese take Flight

kootenaynaturephotos.comCanada Goose in Flight

kootenaynaturephotos.comTundra Swan in Flight

kootenaynaturephotos.comRing-billed Gull in Flight

kootenaynaturephotos.comClark’s Nutcracker in Flight from March 6 near Kuskanook

kootenaynaturephotos.comRed Squirrel from March 6 near Columbia Point

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