Today I had lab tests booked in east Chestermere, so I walked Kinniburgh Pond. I wanted to check out the Purple Martin bird house on the pond. It is a fabulous condominium of apartment bird houses that can be raised and lowered for cleaning in the fall. It also has "doors" so that the condos can be closed in the winter so that they aren't taken over by House Sparrows. Last year I saw Martins there, but I didn't have my camera. Today there were no Martins - it is a little early. The pond is also still frozen over, so there wasn't much in the way of ducks. There were just two Mallards. There were however dozens of House Sparrows and a few House Finches. The male House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) in the first pictures was very fluffed up.
There were a couple of American Robins (Turdus migratorius) and their colours are still brilliant.
Olympus OM-1, 100-400mm + M20, 280mm, ISO 4000, f/16, 1/1250.
I was able to take a picture of this Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) just as the landing gear were coming up.
Olympus OM-1, 100-400mm + M20, 554mm, ISO 1600, f/16, 1/1250.
All pictures photo-edited with On1 Photo Raw 2024
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