April 30, 2012 Kootenay Nature Photos
April 30, 2012 by Brent

 The following photographs were all taken in the last couple of weeks of April in the Kootenays.

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Canada Goose – Elizabeth Lake, B.C.

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Canada Goose – Elizabeth Lake, B.C.

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Male Lesser Scaup – Elizabeth Lake, B.C.

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Female Lesser Scaup – Elizabeth Lake, B.C.

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Mallard Male – Elizabeth Lake, B.C.

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Mallard Female – Elizabeth Lake, B.C.

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Mallards Mating – Elizabeth Lake, B.C.

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American Kestrel in Flight – Duck Lake, B.C.

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American Kestrel with Prey – Duck Lake, B.C.

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American Kestrel with Prey – Duck Lake, B.C.

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Black-necked Stilts in Flight – Creston, B.C.

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Black-necked Stilts – Creston, B.C.

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Black-necked Stilts in Flight – Creston, B.C.

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Northern Bobwhite Female – Duck Lake, B.C.

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Northern Bobwhite Male – Duck Lake, B.C.

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Northern Bobwhite Female – Duck Lake, B.C.

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Osprey landing with Prey – Duck Lake, B.C.

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Ospreys fighting in Flight – Duck Lake, B.C.

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Double-crested Cormorant in Flight – Duck Lake, B.C.

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Bald Eagle – Duck Lake, B.C.

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Great Blue Heron in Flight – West Creston, B.C.

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Tree Swallow – Lister, B.C.

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Downy Woodpecker – Lister, B.C.

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Pine Siskin – Lister, B.C.

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Canada Goose Parent & Gosling – Creston, B.C.

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Chipmunk – Creston, B.C.

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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

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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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May 9, 2011 Heron, Goldeneye, Goose, Coot, Mallard, Scaup, Bluebirds, Turtles, Tulips, Gadwall, Sandpiper, Eagle
May 9, 2011 by Brent

The following photos were taken in the Kootenay Region of B.C. over the past week.

kootenaynaturephotos.comGreat Blue Heron – May 1, Duck Lake

kootenaynaturephotos.comFemale Common Goldeneye – May 1, Duck Lake

kootenaynaturephotos.comCanada Goose – May 2,  Elizabeth Lake

kootenaynaturephotos.comAmerican Coot – May 2, Elizabeth Lake

kootenaynaturephotos.comMallard Close-up – May 2, Elizabeth Lake

kootenaynaturephotos.comLesser Scaup – May 2, Elizabeth Lake

kootenaynaturephotos.comAmerican Coot – May 2, Elizabeth Lake

kootenaynaturephotos.comCanada Goose in Flight – May 2, Elizabeth Lake

kootenaynaturephotos.comMale Mountain Bluebird – May 2, Monroe Lake Area

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Female Mountain Bluebird – May 2, Monroe Lake Area

kootenaynaturephotos.comMale Mountain Bluebird, May 2, Monroe Lake Area

kootenaynaturephotos.comGreat Blue Heron Close-up – May 4, Duck Lake

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Great Blue Heron – May 4, Duck Lake

kootenaynaturephotos.comMallards in Flight – May 4, Duck Lake

kootenaynaturephotos.comPainted Turtles – May 4, Duck Lake

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Tulip – May 6, Creston

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Tulip – May 6, Creston

kootenaynaturephotos.comGadwall – May 9, Duck Lake

kootenaynaturephotos.comGadwall – May 9, Duck Lake

kootenaynaturephotos.comSpotted Sandpiper – May 9, Duck Lake

kootenaynaturephotos.comJuvenile Bald Eagle in Flight – May 9, Duck Lake

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Juvenile Bald Eagle harrasing a Heron – May 9, Duck Lake

kootenaynaturephotos.comGreat Blue Heron Landing – May 9, Duck Lake

kootenaynaturephotos.comCanada Goose – May 9, Duck Lake

 

 

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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

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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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