May 2012 Nature Photos from the Creston Valley
June 10, 2012 by Brent

The following photographs were all taken in May 2012 in the Creston Valley.

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Red-necked Grebes

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Ring-billed Gull

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Osprey in Flight with Nesting Material

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Trumpeter Swan

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Canada Geese Goslings

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A Crow, a Fish & a Gull

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Pectoral Sandpiper

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Wilson’s Phalaropes

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Least Sandpiper

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Semipalmated Sandpiper

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Spotted Sandpiper

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This House Wren is a rare visitor to the Creston Valley

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Short-eared Owl in Flight

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Great Horned Owlets

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Great Blue Heron in Flight

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Eastern Kingbird

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Savannah Sparrow

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Western Meadowlark

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Bobolink

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Coyote

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Yellow-breasted Chat, a rarity in the Creston Valley, & possibly the first photo of one here

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Swainson’s Thrush

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Bullock’s Oriole

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Black-headed Grosbeak

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Gray Catbird

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Spotted Towhee

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Red-winged Blackbird

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Calliope Hummingbird

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May 8 to 11, 2012 Nature Photos from the Columbia Valley
May 20, 2012 by Brent

 

The following photos were taken while attending the Wings Over The Rockies birding festival.

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Columbia Valley Wetlands near Wilmer, B.C.

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Female Common Merganser

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Wetlands near Wilmer, B.C.

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Wetlands near Wilmer, B.C.

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Killdeer

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Wild Orchids

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Columbia Valley Landscape

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Great Horned Owl & Owlet near Athalmer, B.C.

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Mount Nelson near Invermere, B.C.

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Osprey in Flight Over Dorothy Lake at Invermere

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Radium, B.C.

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Marsh area near Radium, B.C.

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Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep near Radium

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Bighorn Ram Charging

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Bighorn Rams Sparring near Radium

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Bighorn Ram Descends a Steep Cliff

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Bighorn Ram

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Bighorn Rams Locking Horns

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Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep

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Sunrise Over the Columbia Valley Wetlands

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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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August & September 2011 Kananaskis, Spray Lakes, Canmore, Banff & Kootenay National Parks Photographs
September 25, 2011 by Brent

 

The following photographs were taken in the last week of August & in the first week of September.

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Sun setting over the Rockies taken from Longview Alberta – August 25

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Canoe on Lower Kananaskis Lake – August 26

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Sharp-tailed Grouse in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Alberta – August 26

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Cascade Ponds – Banff National Park, Alberta – August 27

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Sunrise on Rundle Range & Bow River – Canmore Alberta – August 29

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Cow Moose – Spray Valley Provincial Park, Alberta – August 29

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Mountain Light – Spray Valley Provincial Park – August 29

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Young Moose in Motion – Spray Valley Provincial Park – August 29

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Morning Light on Goat Mountain & Mount Yamnuska  - September 1

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Sunrise on Mount Yamnuska near Canmore Alberta – September 1

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Mount Rundle reflected in Vermilion Lakes near Banff Alberta – September 2

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Osprey near Castle Mountain - September 3

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Lower Falls at Johnston Canyon – Banff National Park - September 3

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Small Falls above the Upper Falls in Johnston Canyon – September 3

kootenaynaturephotos.comSunset along the Vermilion River in Kootenay National Park – September 3

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Sunrise along the Vermilion River – September 4

kootenaynaturephotos.comVermilion River – Kootenay National Park, British Columbia – September 4

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Frog in Cobb Lake – Kootenay National Park – September 4

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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

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kootenaynaturephotos.comMale Hooded Merganser

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kootenaynaturephotos.comCommon Goldeneye in Flight

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kootenaynaturephotos.comMallard takes Flight

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Male Western Bluebird

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Female Western Bluebird

 

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