On Sunday morning I visited Linden, Alberta for the first time this year with my camera. My walk included all three ponds and a walk South of town along the water treatment ponds. Linden is a pretty village and was Maria's favourite place to camp the last three years of her life. The first two pictures are of the most upstream of the three ponds. Between this pond and the next lowest pond I saw a total of eight Mule Deer; six doe, one fawn, and one buck.
iPhone 14, 6mm, ISO 50, 1/3165, f/1.5. Aug 20, 2023, 8:55 am.
iPhone 14, 6mm, ISO 50, 1/3165, f/1.5. Aug 20, 2023, 8:55 am.
The Mule Deer fawn was particularly good about standing still and watching. The ears like radar cones are amazing.
Olympus OM-1, 100-400mm + MC20, 800mm, ISO 1250, 1/160, f/13. Aug 20, 2023, 8:45 am.
Three separate Swainson's Hawks presented good opportunities for photographs. The first photograph was from a power pole on the walk just North of the Linden Coulee Campground.
Olympus OM-1, 100-400mm + MC20, 800mm, ISO 1250, 1/400, f/14. Aug 20, 2023, 9:10 am.
When I was walking by the caves just South of the visitors' lookout South of the highway, this Eastern Kingbird perched on a branch.
Olympus OM-1, 100-400mm + MC20, 800mm, ISO 1250, 1/250, f/16. Aug 20, 2023, 9:50 am.
The next Swainson's Hawk photographed from the top of the hill South of the road.
Olympus OM-1, 100-400mm + MC20, 697mm, ISO 1250, 1/1250, f/13. Aug 20, 2023, 10:05 am.
The last Swainson's Hawk escorted me away from the hill by its nest. As I headed South of the treatment plant, there were some cattle grazing in the same field as I was walking. Not wanting to disturb them, I turned around to walk back and saw this hawk. It amazes me that all three hawks are the same species, but look so different. This is what makes birding such an intensive hobby. There is so much to learn and so few hard and fast rules.
Olympus OM-1, 100-400mm + MC20, 554mm, ISO 1250, 1/1000, f/13. Aug 20, 2023, 10:35 am.
Linden is in cattle country. This calf was on the other side of the fence, very close to its mom.
Olympus OM-1, 100-400mm + MC20, 800mm, ISO 1250, 1/400, f/13. Aug 20, 2023, 10:00 am.
As I was headed back to the car and on the other side of the pond; this cat was playing with a mouse. The cat got very unhappy when the mouse quit playing. The cat eventually headed back to the pond looking for something else with which to play.
Olympus OM-1, 100-400mm + MC20, 697mm, ISO 1250, 1/500, f/13. Aug 20, 2023, 11:05 am.
Quite an assortment of animals today! One last experiment.
Olympus OM-1, 100-400mm + MC20, 200mm, ISO 1250, 1/320, f/13. Aug 20, 2023, 10:40 am.
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