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Chris Fisher

@FisherSpeaks

3 years

Science communication #scicomm starts with a smile, not a statistic.

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Chris Fisher

@FisherSpeaks

3 years

In 2021, you can see more Whooping Cranes in a single field than were found on the entire planet 75 years ago. Yes to conservation.

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6 years

How's this for a stunner? Leucistic Bohemian Waxwing photographed by my friend Mark Bradley. Wow!

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4 years

Today was probably the one-and-only day in my entire Life that I'll see a Boreal & Northern Saw-whet Owl in same afternoon.

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3 years

Sometimes, things fall nicely in line. Trumpeter Swans swimming along in the frigid, foggy, frostiness.

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4 years

Seriously folks, birding is as simple as you make it. Just go for a walk in your neighbourhood and keep your eyes open. I spotted two male, Western Tanagers four houses down from my home. #YYC #birds

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5 years

Today I was able to free this moose calf that was caught in a fence. With the mother approaching, I stopped recording but I can assure everyone that all ended happily on this Mother's Day!

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4 years

The truth behind these amazing Great Gray Owl photographs is a baited bird - perhaps not by these folks, but by someone. GGO (+ other owls) become very bold when fed - a practice widely condemned by birding and wildlife photog orgs.

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4 years

Our neighbourhood Bobcat strolled by my window this am, alerting me to my first chance all winter to photograph him in the snow. It was worth the wait. #YYC #AB #WildlifeWednesday

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5 years

An unexpected daytime encounter with a Barred Owl is a once-in-a-decade thrill for most #Alberta birders. Today's thaw may have contributed to this one foraging alongside a wide ditch. Thankfully it gave a great and calm showing.

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5 years

I finally saw my 1st #YYC Bobcat. It was thanks my 2yo son saying "Look...kitty" that brought this bold cat to our attention as it wandered our neighbourhood. And then it took a nap!

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Chris Fisher

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3 years

Yesterday, my friend Mike photo'd a Wolf on Alberta's grasslands - 400 kms from closest known popn's. In June, he also photo'd Swift Fox, so he has seen ALL four Alberta's wild dogs on our grasslands in 2021. I don't think anyone else has done that in over 100 yrs 📸Mike Borlé

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Chris Fisher

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5 years

When our neighbourhood Bobcat nonchalantly strolls by a house dog. Bobcat cool, doggie drool.

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Chris Fisher

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1 year

A Wolverine has been spotted near Calgary by a couple of different folks. A once in a lifetime opportunity that hints to a whole bunch of different meaningful stories.

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Chris Fisher

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4 years

Somehow, a photograph of an immature Northern Goshawk with Christmas lights in the foreground, seems so appropriate on Nov 1st. Winter birding has begun.

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Chris Fisher

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2 years

@audubonsociety Watch the video (from this article) of the Papuan researcher's reaction to the discovery of this mythical bird not seen since 1882. Joy, passion & dedication to conservation. Awesomeness!

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3 years

If there is anything cuter than a Pike, it would be a sleeping Pika. I figured this one was dreaming of rock leaping, sunny shelves and delicious winter hay.

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4 years

Today was a perfect opportunity for my annual ptarmigan pilgrimage. Their upcoming winter-long isolation and calming presence were most welcome influences during these uncertain times. White-tailed Ptarmigan #Alberta

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Chris Fisher

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5 years

Ruffed Grouse are drumming up their yearly snapchat. Have a listen this weekend in Alberta woods.

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Chris Fisher

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5 years

When you are a tennis-ball sized Northern Pygmy Owl - it pays to have eyes on the back of your head.

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Chris Fisher

@FisherSpeaks

4 years

Northern Hawk Owls makes our remote places much more welcoming.

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Chris Fisher

@FisherSpeaks

4 years

From the tiny to the titan, winter owls are now here among us. Northern Pygmy Owl, Great Gray Owl

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Chris Fisher

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3 years

Instead of going out to do my wildlife surveys today, I should have stayed home. Luckily, my wife & son made the most of the BOBCAT family walking through our yard. #YYC

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Chris Fisher

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6 years

Millions of Snow Buntings are pushing north through the Great Plains the next few week- but hardly anyone will notice these master of winter disguise.

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Chris Fisher

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4 years

Lincoln's Sparrows are mile-marker birds. 1) if you think they're beauties - congrats you've become a birder 2) they appear well into migration #YYC 3) never too common, always an attention grabber 4) they make every day a tiny bit better when you see them 5) today was that day

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Chris Fisher

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6 years

Roseate Spoonbills - petty in pink, settle a disagreement in High Island, Texas. One of my top moments of 2018.

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Chris Fisher

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1 year

There is nothing quite like sitting on a rock while spying a Pika. They are busy and cute.

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Chris Fisher

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5 years

Wild cats are the holy grail of #Alberta wildlife. My 2nd Bobcat sighting from our #YYC yard this month. Nice to live in the wild cat zone.

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Chris Fisher

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4 years

This Merlin is one of hundreds million birds on the move.

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Chris Fisher

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1 year

Happy 25th birthday "Birds of Alberta." Published in 1998, it has been re-printed 14 times making it one of the best-selling books in the history of #AB publishing. BoA's longevity and reach is a testament to our ❤️❤️ of wild places and wild things.

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Chris Fisher

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2 years

I hope that my enthusiasm for spring's Prairie Crocus blooms will never fade. 51.23˚N

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Chris Fisher

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3 years

With bunnies getting all the love this weekend, a reminder that our adorable Pikas are kind of a rabbit as well.

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Chris Fisher

@FisherSpeaks

4 years

For Christmas birders, this is the Nutcracker that makes us smile.

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Chris Fisher

@FisherSpeaks

6 years

Today was not just an ordinary grey day - it was a Great-gray day!! #Alberta #birds

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Chris Fisher

@FisherSpeaks

4 years

This nonchalant Bobcat strolling through our neighbourhood made it into my top wildlife moments 2020. While we saw it regularly prior to April, we have missed it since.

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Chris Fisher

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7 years

A Porcupine survival guide. Climb a tree, hang on tight, eat some bark. Repeat, all winter long.

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Chris Fisher

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4 years

While there are a couple of known Bobolink hotspots in #Alberta , the rewards of finding one off the birding path is a thrilling surprise. The flashing plumage of this species-at-risk is a rare highlight of summer drives.

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Chris Fisher

@FisherSpeaks

5 years

Our neighbourhood Bobcat was once again chilling in our cul-de-sac. This is becoming regular and a very welcome! #YYC

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Chris Fisher

@FisherSpeaks

4 years

Not sure if it will be a super game, but we are certain to have a #SuperbOwl day.

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Chris Fisher

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1 year

We are seeing more and more Badger on the prairies - probably a results of folks being a little less awful to them.

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Chris Fisher

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2 years

The Migratory Bird Convention Act🇨🇦 has an update. Prior to clearing - all Pileated Woodpecker nests (active or not) are put in a registry and monitored for 36 mos. If no activity, the tree can be removed.

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Chris Fisher

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4 years

I'm convinced that Blue Jays are magical. Just put out some peanuts and they suddenly appear.

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Chris Fisher

@FisherSpeaks

3 years

Looks like the Snowy Owl named Stella is on the move and now in Saskatchewan after the summer on Banks Isle. Captured & fitted w a transmitters in Jan '18 Stella's incredible movements have been tracked since @projsnowstorm

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Chris Fisher

@FisherSpeaks

4 years

Merlin act as if they are the kings of our neighbourhoods. #Alberta #birds

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Chris Fisher

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8 years

It's #Superb_Owl Sunday. The last 2 wks have been my best ever for owls! Barred, Long-eared, N Hawk, Snowy - all have been superb! #YYC

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Chris Fisher

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4 years

Our neighbourhood White-tailed Jackrabbit is calmly resting in our front yard allowing me to photograph it from every angle. Kinda cool to see how angles and composition can impact the story of an image.

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Chris Fisher

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3 years

Today is a good day for some chickadee cheer! Black-capped, Boreal, Mountain Chickadee-dee-dees.

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Chris Fisher

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7 years

Today, I made sure not to wake-up this sleeping Great-horned Owl. #birds #Alberta

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Chris Fisher

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7 years

For 1 hr, I endured deep snow, blowing winds, thin air, & freezing Temps to spend time with White-tailed Ptarmigan. That will be their life next 5 months.

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Chris Fisher

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4 years

This morning was a thrush rush #YYC that was 100% Swainson's. I am hoping tomorrow brings a Hermit, Veery or Gray-cheeked. (I admit this is a hardcore birding tweet)

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Chris Fisher

@FisherSpeaks

3 years

Today was a five Upland Sandpiper day. Each at a different locality. That is something to celebrate.

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Chris Fisher

@FisherSpeaks

3 years

Prairie Crocus time is some of the best Alberta time.

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Chris Fisher

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3 years

I was very happy to help this large Prairie Rattlesnake off the road and to safety this am. Even snakes this large (>1m) are hard to for drivers to see as they warm up in the morning.

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Chris Fisher

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4 years

This push of Arctic air south may very well push Bohemian Waxwings and Common Redpolls into our yards.

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Chris Fisher

@FisherSpeaks

4 years

Suggesting there will be no "mountaintop removal" mining is like saying Alberta will never harvest its palm trees. It's a slimy technicality of something not proposed. Albertans want no coal strip/surface mining in our sacred headwaters. Stop word games-Reinstate the coal policy

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Chris Fisher

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5 years

This Spruce Grouse was the last, best bird moment of 2019.

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Chris Fisher

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4 years

It has finally happened. Trumpeter Swans are overwintering in Calgary area in good numbers (dozens). Good news for us and for conservation.

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Chris Fisher

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4 years

All signs point to a big problem #Alberta - Orphan wells are seen on every drive I take.

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Chris Fisher

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3 years

I see about one Alberta Bobolink every year. Today was that day.

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Chris Fisher

@FisherSpeaks

3 years

While fall migration drains away most of our bird life - the lack of leaves does make it easier to spot those that stick around. Like this Great-horned Owl.

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Chris Fisher

@FisherSpeaks

5 years

Great-horned Owl, Alberta's all-season, all-reason owl.

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Chris Fisher

@FisherSpeaks

4 years

One look and you'll know why they are known as Buteo regalis. Ferruginous Hawks are in every sense, regal.

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Chris Fisher

@FisherSpeaks

3 years

The Prairie Falcon kids are trying out their wings - this could get interesting.

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Chris Fisher

@FisherSpeaks

6 years

Going for a drive? Snowy Owls are like white flames atop our poles, posts & trees. They're back and making our winters a bit more fun. #Alberta #birds

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Chris Fisher

@FisherSpeaks

6 years

The blanket of snow is not the only recent arrival of white to our #Alberta winter scene. Snowy Owls are back.

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Chris Fisher

@FisherSpeaks

6 months

How awesome, surreal & humbling to see that our Birds of Alberta made it onto @petermansbridge list of 'Your Best Canadian Books' It again reinforces how meaningful birds & nature can be in informing the lives of Canadians.

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Chris Fisher

@FisherSpeaks

4 years

Wildlife in the snow. Seems about right for today.

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Chris Fisher

@FisherSpeaks

4 years

River Otters are the surprise wildlife treat no matter when or where they appear.

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Chris Fisher

@FisherSpeaks

4 years

Staying home this week gave me the chance to get to know my neighbours. All these images are from my cul-de-sac this week! #YYC #wild Bobcat, White-tailed Jackrabbit, Bohemian Waxwing, Am Robin.

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Chris Fisher

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6 years

Ruffed Grouse handle the deep freeze by digging in deep to avoid the freeeze. Today -22C one exploded from its snug snow burrow as I passed by.

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Chris Fisher

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6 years

Think of Porcupines as our winter answer to sloths. The coach potato tree-clingers.

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Chris Fisher

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3 years

Right now, our grebes are at their showiest best.

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Chris Fisher

@FisherSpeaks

6 years

Some super momentum trending for #SuperbOwl today. I’m joining the rush. Barred, Snowy, Long-eared, N Pygmy Owls!

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Chris Fisher

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4 years

American Dippers have a huge fanbase, myself included. After hanging out streamside with one this week, I made a short video (80 secs).

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Chris Fisher

@FisherSpeaks

5 years

The Pronghorn dudes were out hanging out together. The does are likely off somewhere safe and calving. #Alberta

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Chris Fisher

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4 months

No matter where you are today, take a moment to appreciate that American Robins are really great-looking birds. Its nice to have beauty in such abundance.

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Chris Fisher

@FisherSpeaks

4 years

The snow & cold have settled into the alpine. Itt is Ptarmigan Ptime.

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Chris Fisher

@FisherSpeaks

4 years

Our first Mountain Bluebirds have made their way back #Alberta . Their indescribable, incandescent blue will be treasured even more greatly by those of us in need of hope this spring.

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Chris Fisher

@FisherSpeaks

5 years

Northern Hawk Owls Today, I was way north in a classic old muskeg burn habitat and saw a couple of Northern Hawk Owls the snowy, soft light of early morning. There's nothing quite like the immersive experience of seeing them where they crown the bleak landscape!

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Chris Fisher

@FisherSpeaks

4 years

Truth is - lots of great wildlife photography is done without leaving your car. Here are some examples.

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Chris Fisher

@FisherSpeaks

5 years

Weighing only as much as two 25¢ coins, Chickadees somehow mange to bring life and energy to otherwise empty winter forests.

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Chris Fisher

@FisherSpeaks

4 years

Alberta owls from most commonly seen to least. Great-horned > Snowy > Great Gray > Short-eared > N Pygmy > N Hawk > Barred > N Saw whet > Long-eared > Burrowing > Boreal

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Chris Fisher

@FisherSpeaks

3 years

This week saw the first hard-core winter birds are coming. The Snowy Owls have arrived.

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Chris Fisher

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8 months

Porcupine are the prickly sloths of the north. During winter, they find a happy place with a bit of cover and plenty of bark and will stay there for days and weeks at a time.

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Chris Fisher

@FisherSpeaks

2 years

Snowy Owls & Common Ravens are not friends. Watch this pole-top clash of ebony and ivory that I witnessed this evening.

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Chris Fisher

@FisherSpeaks

4 years

Bison herd in Banff National Park thriving

Bison herd in Banff National Park thriving

In its third season, the bison project at Banff is flourishing, as the herd has grown to 50 bison

calgary.ctvnews.ca

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Chris Fisher

@FisherSpeaks

5 years

🎶 Western Meadowlark #Alberta 🎶

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Chris Fisher

@FisherSpeaks

4 years

I've seen a lot of birds in the world and birds on twitter - few are more spectacular than the Harlequin Ducks that I saw today down by the river. #YYC #bird #local

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Chris Fisher

@FisherSpeaks

5 years

One very cooperative Hoary Marmot, different lenses and different backgrounds.

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Chris Fisher

@FisherSpeaks

3 years

All is brought on our mtn hike today was my 90 mm macro lens (for flowers & butterflies) - but this Hoary Marmot and Pika posed approachably for these close-ups.

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Chris Fisher

@FisherSpeaks

3 years

When you see a Golden Eagle, you hit the brakes.

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Chris Fisher

@FisherSpeaks

2 years

This distinctive leucistic Red-tailed Hawk caused me to double back quite a distance so as to return for a photo opportunity. I see one like this maybe every 5 years.

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Chris Fisher

@FisherSpeaks

3 years

Today the blue skies have returned, and so too it seems big numbers of Mountain Bluebirds.

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Chris Fisher

@FisherSpeaks

3 years

In both #YYC & #YEG river valleys, Bald Eagles have already laid eggs & incubating for the spring season. Neither city had nesting eagles as little as a decade ago. Conservation works.