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rock.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p4268388signed.jpgKootenay GreeneryClematis in foregroundhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p4248342signed.jpgGlacier LiliesA favourite bear food, Glacier Lilies are beautiful spring flowers.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p4248359signed.jpgEarly Rufous HummingbirdMale Rufous Hummingbird showing offhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p4268456signed.jpgP4268456signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p4268455signed.jpgOspreyOspreys at the nest. 2015-04-29T23:34:27+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2015/04/23/happy-earth-day-of-hummingbirds-and-swallows/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p4218184signed.jpgViolet Green SwallowsViolet Green Swallowshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p4218091signed.jpgViolet Green pairIs this the one?https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p4218181signed.jpgViolet Green in flightLeavinghttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p4218142signed.jpgMale Violet GreenMale Violet Green at the boxhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p4218119signed.jpgDebating Violet Green Maleshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p4218102signed.jpgViolet Green SwallowsChoosing a nesting boxhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p4218093signed.jpgViolet Green SwallowsViolet Green Swallow debatehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p4238311first-flysigned.jpgEarly Hovering Rufous HummingbirdEarly Rufous Malehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p4238308first-bestsigned.jpgMy First Rufous Hummingbird of 2015My first Rufous Hummingbird sighting of 20152015-04-24T00:43:59+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/09/22/the-equinox-and-a-barred-owl/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ppbadge-most_unique.pngppbadge-most_uniquehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p9214529signed.jpgBarred OwlSnoozinghttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p9214494signed.jpgBarred Owl Barred Owl watching the mobbing chickadeeshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p9214468signed.jpgBarred OwlBarred Owl perched in the back woodshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p9214541signed.jpgBarred Owl: fist sightFirst sight of a Barred Owl2015-04-17T23:24:25+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2015/04/17/a-visit-to-old-friends-and-winter/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p4046502signed.jpgP4046502signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p4026084signed.jpgEastern ChipmunkEastern Chipmunkhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p4026161signed.jpgMating Turkey VulturesMating Turkey Vultureshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p4026270signed.jpgCanada Goose building a nestWhat?!https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p4046438signed.jpgTrumpeter Swan headTrumpeter Swan headhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p4046467signed.jpgSinging Red-wing BlackbirdSpring is coming!https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p4046486signed.jpgBlue JayNot a Steller's Jay!https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p4066749-signed.jpgWhite-breasted NuthatchWhere is the peanut?https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p4076834signed.jpgCormorants in flightCormorants in flighthttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/p4076942signed.jpgLoafing Long-tailed DuckLoafing Long-tailed Duck2015-04-18T04:19:10+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2015/03/27/spring-bliss-a-two-butterfly-day/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p3255282signed.jpgNest-building DipperNest-building Dipperhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p3255266signed.jpgDipper with mossDipper with nest-building materialhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p3275442signed.jpgMourning CloakSpring Mourning Cloakhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p3275409signed.jpgTortoiseshellEarly Spring Tortoiseshellhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p3255306signed.jpgCold, cold currentCold, cold currenthttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p3275356signed.jpgGlacial WaterKokanee Creek 2015-03-28T00:47:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2015/03/24/welcome-back-spring-eagles-violet-greens-a-shrike-and-kildeers-too/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p3245134signed.jpgBald EagleWith nesting materialhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p3245199signed.jpgBald EagleLeaving her favourite perchhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p3245137signed.jpgBald EagleEagle with nesting materialhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p3245133signed1.jpgBald EagleBald Eagle at the new nesthttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p3245191signed.jpgBald EaglePerched at the old nest sitehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p3245198signed.jpgBald EagleLeaving - Bald Eaglehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p3245210signed.jpgBald EagleEagle building a new nesthttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p3245153signed.jpgKilldeerAnd the Killdeers are back!https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p3245236signed.jpgNorthern ShrikeThis Northern Shrike lets me get just close enough... https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p3245233signed.jpgSkunk CabbageAnd the Skunk Cabbage appears!2015-03-24T21:50:04+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2015/03/20/spring-beavers/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p2158317corel-really-fiddled-best.jpgBonnington BeaverBeaver photo taken in 2011 in Bonnington2015-03-21T17:42:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2015/03/09/one-fine-spring-day/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p3094344signed.jpgDipper submerging its head to feedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p3094318signed.jpgDipper in the spawning channelhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p3094241signed.jpgFemale Mallard dabblinghttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p3094240signed.jpgMallard Male feedinghttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p3094275signed.jpgRed-winged Blackbird on the mud flat2015-03-13T19:58:11+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2015/03/13/just-dippers/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/pc300936nicesigned.jpgResting DipperResting Dipperhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p9265461signed.jpgDipper in the spawning channelDipper in the spawning channelhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p9234778greatsigned.jpgSinging DipperSinging Dipperhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/pa256711signed.jpgDipper in the torrentDipper in the torrenthttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p2132673signed.jpgTasty snackTasty snackhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p2132603signed.jpgWinter DipperWinter Dipperhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p2132591signed.jpgP2132591signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/pc280828signed.jpgWinter DipperWinter Dipperhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p2233205signed.jpgIce and DipperIce and Dipperhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p3053807signed.jpgKokanee DipperKokanee Dipper2015-03-16T14:44:35+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2015/03/13/house-building-dipper-style/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p7197363excel-feed-use-signed.jpg2014 Dipper nest in use2014 Dipper nest in usehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p3124585signed.jpgDipper with mossDipper with mosshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p3124576signed.jpgA Dipper collecting mossA Dipper collecting moss on the banks of the Kokaneehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p3124616signed.jpgBringing moss to the nestBringing moss to the nesthttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p3124582signed.jpgDippers building nestDippers building nesthttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/p2263401signed-use.jpgDipper displayDipper display2015-03-13T19:03:11+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/04/20/georgia-on-my-blog-a-nuthatch-a-downy-and-an-unfortunate-caterpillar/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4126960signed.jpgDowny Woodpeckerhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4126959signed.jpgDowny Woodpeckerhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4126958signed.jpgDowny Woodpeckerhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4126943signed.jpgWhite-breasted Nuthatchhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4126930signed.jpgWhite-breasted Nuthatch2015-02-27T16:43:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/04/19/georgia-on-my-blog-spring-is-alive-with-birds/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4096025signed-chick.jpgCarolina ChickadeeCarolina Chickadee - a greyer tail than the Black-capped Chickadeehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4137480signed1.jpgBlack VulturesBlack Vultureshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4147685signed.jpgCarolina WrenCarolina Wrenhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4147690signed.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4147679signed.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4095984signed.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4147697signed.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4137327signed.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4116632signed.jpgCarolina WrenCarolina Wrenhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4116508signed.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA2015-02-27T16:39:47+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2015/02/23/ice-sculptures/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/pb197478signed.jpgFragile icedropsFragile Icehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/p2233212signed.jpgIce branchesIced Brancheshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/p2233155signed.jpgCandelabra CrystalsIce Chadelier Crystalshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/pc169685signed.jpgCrystal DropsIce Beadshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/pb197574signed.jpgIce BouldersIcy Kokanee Creekhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/pb197572signed.jpgFrozen CreekIce Bouldershttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/pb197480signed.jpgIce Jewelry2015-02-24T15:03:10+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2015/01/25/and-a-saw-whet-too/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/p1251616signed.jpgFirst Glimpse of a Saw-whet Owlhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/p3228896signed-use.jpgSteller's Jay in Winterhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/p1251687bsigned.jpgSaw-whet Owl in Cedarhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/p1251677siderius.jpgSaw-whet Owlhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/p1251676signed.jpgSaw-whet Owlhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/p1251674signed.jpgSaw-whet Owl Roosthttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/p1251660signed.jpgSaw-whet Owl peering at Steller's Jayhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/p1251649signed.jpgWatching the Jayshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/p1251635signed.jpgSaw-whet "popping" its bill2015-02-23T16:01:27+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2015/02/20/kokanee-silence-and-the-amazing-dippers/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/p2203032signed.jpgDipper Up Closehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/p2203112.jpgAlmost Downhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/p2203111.jpgQuite a Billfullhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/p2203109.jpgMore than you can swallow!https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/p2132673signed.jpgTasty Snackhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/p2132593signed.jpgDipper in the Torrenthttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/p2132591signed.jpgResting in the Rapidshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/p2203049signed.jpgSunshine, Silence and a Dipper2015-02-20T21:48:46+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2015/02/18/a-hint-of-spring/2015-02-18T22:07:02+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2015/02/11/winter-beavers-and-the-cougar/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/nose.pngCougar nosehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/nose-stipple-2.jpgCougar nosehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/cougar-stipple.jpgCougarhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/powerpoint-cougar.jpgCougar2015-02-11T23:49:49+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2015/01/25/of-pygmy-owls-and-feathers-in-the-park/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/p2159484signed.jpgKokanee Beach in Winterhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/pc280785signed.jpgMouth of Kokanee in Winterhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/pc280775signed.jpgKokanee Forest in Winterhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/pc280762signed.jpgFrosty Morninghttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/p2045469signedb.jpgChannel Reflectionshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/p1201533signed.jpgPYgmy Owl at Tree Tophttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/pc240561signed.jpgPygmy Owl on Watchhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/pc240571-corelsigned.jpgPygmy Owl Staring Backhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/pc240563signed.jpgWhere is that Sparrow?https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/p1201563signed.jpgPygmy Owl and Blue Sky2015-01-25T18:26:57+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2015/01/15/the-hare-and-the-bobcat/2015-01-15T22:39:31+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/12/31/looking-over-your-shoulder-cougars/2015-01-01T05:52:07+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/12/30/winter-otters/2015-01-01T01:09:55+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/10/01/and-a-great-horned-owl/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/pa015186gsigned.jpgGreat Horned OwlWatchinghttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/pa015154signed.jpgGreat Horned OwlOwl on Alerthttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/pa015196cropped-signed.jpgGreat Horned OwlWatching from its perchhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/pa015184signed-use.jpgGreat Horned OwlOwl Roosthttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/pa015192signed.jpgGreat Horned OwlMorning Owl2014-10-02T01:30:57+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/09/23/fishing-bears/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p9138404bearkokaneesigned.jpgBlack Bear fishingBlack Bear fishing for Kokanee Salmonhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p8191507signed.jpgBlack Bear Black Bear fishing in the spawning channelhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p8191512signed.jpgBlack Bear Black Bear fishinghttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p9138407bearkokanee-signed.jpgBlack Bear Black Bear eating a Kokanee Salmon2014-09-23T19:58:53+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/09/22/redfish/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p8292605signed.jpgP8292605signedIn the currenthttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p8292610-signed.jpgP8292610 signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p8292622-signed.jpgP8292622 signedIn the currenthttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p8292419signed.jpgP8292419signedKokanee Salmonhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p9083253_01-signed.jpgP9083253_01 signedCrimson waterhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p9153550signed.jpgP9153550signedKokanee pairhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p9153555signed.jpgP9153555signedKokanee Colourhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p9204218signed.jpgP9204218signedPair of Kokanee Salmonhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p9153690signed.jpgP9153690signedMade it!https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p8282326-signed.jpgP8282326 signed2014-09-22T21:47:26+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/09/22/wildlife-at-kokanee-creek-park-a-video/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p9153572signed.jpgKokanee SalmonKokanee Salmon at Kokanee Creehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p5019206signed.jpgP5019206signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p7219741signed.jpgP7219741signedGreat Blue Heron at Kokanee Creek2014-09-22T18:15:02+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/09/22/harlequin-duck-at-kokanee-creek/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p9194018.jpgP9194018https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p9194021signed.jpgHarlequin DuckFemale Harlequin Duck preeninghttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p9194003harlequinsigned.jpgHarlequin Duck femalehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p9194135signed.jpgHarlequin DuckFemale Harlequin Duck looking for foodhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/p9194127signed.jpgHarlequin DuckHarlequin Duck female at Kokanee Creek2014-09-24T13:46:35+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/08/14/otter-family-video/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/p6035309b.jpgP6035309bCurious Otterhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/p6035308.jpgP60353082014-08-15T03:32:02+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/07/17/cougar/2014-07-29T16:52:08+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/07/03/the-further-adventures-of-the-brown-sow-and-her-cubs/2014-07-04T17:32:36+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/01/04/german-shepherd-dogs-i-have-known/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/puppybasket.jpgGerman Shepherd Puppies in a basketAn old photo of me and a basket of puppies.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/miska-frisbees-power.jpgGerman ShepherdHow much of a hint do you need? Let's play!https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/miska-at-the-river.jpgGerman ShepherdMy old female shepherd at the river when she was about 9 years old.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pc274311dec27.jpgGerman ShepherdMale German Shepherd at 10 years oldhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/p7091972b.jpgP7091972bhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/max-who-me-unpainted.jpgwho me?Who me? Young German Shepherd male on his first night home.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/max-come-sharp.jpgRunningYou're back! 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ButterflyButterflyhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/p5193427signed.jpgRufous HummingbirdRufous Hummingbirdhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/p5193307bsigned.jpgRufous HummingbirdRufous Hummingbirdhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/p5183083signed.jpgArnicaHeart-leaved Arnicahttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/p5152522signed.jpgShooting StarsShooting Stars2014-06-20T19:11:25+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/06/20/finding-food-mink-beaver-ground-squirrel-and-the-gangly-gossling/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/p5132012.jpgP5132012https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/p6176915.jpgCanada Geese and Gangly YoungCanada Geese and their gangly 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spring2014-05-12T00:08:30+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/11/11/the-world-at-night-coyote-videos/2014-05-12T00:08:19+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/11/15/further-adventures-with-coyotes/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/coyote-pups-good2.jpgCoyote pups playing on the roadLater that summer I spotted two coyote pups on the roadhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/best-yodel-first-fixed-cut.jpgCoyote calling a warningA Coyote Warning2014-05-12T00:08:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/11/16/curious-black-bear/2014-05-12T00:07:55+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/11/17/cherry-bears-saskatoon-bears-and-the-very-big-bear-out-back/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/p4140942signed.jpgBlack Bear A Black Bear in early spring out back.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/p8127192gsigned.jpgBlack Bear Cub in Cherry TreeOne of two orphaned black bear cubs feasting on cherries last yearhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/remote-bear-july-19-no-date-tone.jpgBlack Bear Captured on Trail CamoneA Black Bear captured on a trail cam 2014-05-12T00:07:37+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/12/10/remembering-summer-on-a-cold-winter-day-does-twins-and-bucks/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/white-tailed-deer-print-in-snow-powerpoint-signed.jpgWhite-tailed deer print in snow White-tailed deer print in snowhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/p7181738signed.jpgWhite-tailed buck in velvetA white-tailed deer buck with his antlers still in velvethttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/deer-and-fawn-at-fishermans-power-sharper.jpgWhite-tailed deer and fawnWhite-tailed deer and fawnhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/p9138336signed.jpgWhite-tailed deer fawnA white-tailed deer fawnhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/p7191955.jpgWhite-tailed doe and fawnDoe and fawn both showing their "flag" as they fleehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/p6077145signed.jpgWhite-tailed Deer FawnA white-tailed deer fawn hidden in the grass2014-05-12T00:07:07+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/02/08/winter-wildlife-videos-elk-and-coyote/2014-05-12T00:06:37+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/02/12/curiousity-on-ice-an-otter-video/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/otter-card.jpgOtters and fishOtters and fish2014-05-12T00:06:26+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/02/15/deer-stalker-cougar-video/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/cougar-track-jul13signed.jpgCougar track in dirtCougar track in the dirt of an old logging road2014-05-12T00:06:15+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/03/02/winter-and-white-tailed-deer/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p2186229signed.jpgWhite-tailed Deer in WinterA White-tailed Deer in a winter orchardhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/white-tailed-deer-print-in-snow-powerpoint-signed.jpgA White-tailed Deer Print A White-tailed Deer print in snowhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/whitetail-jump-1-power.jpgA White-A White-tailed Deer Leaping a FenceA White-tailed Deer leaping a fence 2014-05-12T00:05:51+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/05/03/and-the-bears-are-out/2014-05-12T00:05:07+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/05/11/and-three-ungulates-walked-by-wildlife-videos/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/copy-of-mule-deer-nice-2signed.jpgMule DeerMule Deer in Blewetthttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/elkhidden-femalesig.jpgElk CowKootenay Elk Cow in winterhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/elk-south-slocan-riversig.jpgWinter ElkKootenay Elk in winterhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/p5101599bsigned.jpgWhite-tailed DoeWhite-tailed doe in spring - shedding and pregnanthttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/p4238178signed.jpgWhite-tailed Deer BucksWhite-tailed Deer bucks in spring2014-05-12T00:01:25+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/02/08/on-the-coast-hummers-trumpeters-and-fox-sparrows/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p1207761signed.jpgBald EagleCoastal Bald Eaglehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p1187607signed.jpgFox SparrowFox Sparrow in Victoriahttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p1207833signed.jpgTrmpeter Swans in FlightTrumpeter Swans taking offhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p1207782signed.jpgTrumpeter Swan Trumpeter Swans https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p1207843bsigned.jpgTrumpeter Swans in FlightTrumpeter Swans in Flighthttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p1177406signed.jpgAllen's HummingbirdAllen's Hummingbird Male in Full Colourhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p1177409signed.jpgAllen's HummingbirdAllen's Hummingbird Male2014-05-10T17:09:29+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/05/07/beauty-in-the-turbulence-harlequins/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/p5070622signed.jpgHarlequin Duck MaleHistrionicus histrionicushttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/p5070627signed2.jpgP5070627signed2https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/p5070775female-def-usesigned.jpgFemale Harlequin DuckFemale Harlequin Duckhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/p5070668usemalesigned.jpgMale Harlequin DuckMale Harlequin Duckhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/p5070602usesigned.jpgHarlequin DucksA pair of Harlequin ducks spotted at Kokanee Creek in the spring of 2014.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/p5070601signed.jpgHarlequin DucksA pair of Harlequin Ducks2014-05-08T17:35:15+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/05/03/ablaze-with-colour-lilies-and-hummers/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/p5029346signed.jpgGlacier LilyA Glacier Lily Flowerhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/p5029352signed.jpgGlacier LiliesThe Glacier Lilies are in bloomhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/p5039487signed.jpgRufous HummingbirdMale Rufous Hummingbirds are waiting for the females to arrivehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/hummer-stretch-2-power.jpgRufous HummingbirdA Hummer's eye view of a Rufous in full flarehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/hummer-stretch-may-3-power.jpgRufous HummingbirdFlaring its tail2014-05-03T20:32:27+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/04/25/home-in-time-for-spring-in-the-kootenays/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4258445signed.jpgP4258445signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4258441signed.jpgP4258441signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4258450signed.jpgBirch Leaves and CatkinsBirch Leaves and Catkins: the world greens uphttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4258264signed.jpgAmerican DipperAn American Dipper in the spring spawning channel at Kokanee Creek PPhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4238102signed.jpgOspreyAn Osprey surveying Kootenay Lake this Aprilhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4238228.jpgRufous HummingbirdThe first hummingbird i have seen at my feeder this springhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4258344.jpgWestern Bluebird MaleWestern Bluebird Malehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4258292signed.jpgP4258292signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4258291signed-good.jpgRuby-crowned KingletSinging Ruby-crowned Kinglet singing and showing off his red topnothttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4258290-signed.jpgP4258290 signed2014-04-26T01:02:18+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/04/18/georgia-on-my-blog-stopping-for-a-red-shouldered-hawk/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4137656bsigned.jpgA Red-shouldered HawkA Red-shouldered Hawk hunting at the side of the roadhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4137650signed.jpgRed-shouldered HawkA Red-shouldered Hawk at Okefenokee NWR2014-04-24T13:55:07+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/04/21/georgia-on-my-blog-fleeting-and-beautiful/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/georgia-in-passing-powersgined.jpgGeorgia from the carGeorgia in passing - beautiful but fleetinghttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/georgian-sky-power-signed.jpgSpanish Moss SkyThe sky through spanish mosshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/palm-powersigned.jpgGeorgia PalmPalm in Georgiahttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4116560signed.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4137636signed.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4137539signed.jpgPalmettoPalmettohttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4137532signed.jpgunidentifiedUnidentified, but beautiful flower at the edge of the golf coursehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4137525bsigned.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4137524signed.jpgSpanish MossSpanish Mosshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4137521signed.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA2014-04-21T16:06:44+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/04/21/georgia-on-my-blog-basking-diving-and-watching-for-predators/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/snapperp4137619bsigned.jpgSnapping TurtleSnapping Turtle hidden in the waters of Okefenokeehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4147712signed.jpgYoung Slider TurtleRescued from the Swimming Poolhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/turtle-heads-p4116690signed.jpgTurtle Heads Watching the Golfershttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/turtlesp4127007signed.jpgTurtles BaskingSeveral Turtles Basking in the Sunhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/georgia-basking-turtles-power.jpgTurtles on a LogTurtles on a Loghttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/turtlesp4127230signed.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4137621signed.jpgTurtlesTurtleshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4137616signed.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4137574signed.jpgTurtle in WaterTurtle in Waterhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4137568signed.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA2014-04-21T15:27:21+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/04/20/georgia-on-my-blog-and-they-bite/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/fireantsp4085682signed.jpgEuropean Fire Ant "Hill"Looks innocuous, doesn't It?https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/fire-antsp4085688signed.jpgEuropean Fire Ants Up CloseEuropean Fire Ants Up Closehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/fireantsp4085684signed.jpgEuropean Fire Ants2014-04-20T19:19:51+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/04/20/georgia-on-my-blog-tracks-and-sightings/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4147663signed.jpgRaccoon TracksRaccoon Tracks on a creek bankhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4147718signed.jpgGrey SquirrelWhose house is it?https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4116736signed.jpgDeer PrintDeer Print in Georgia Red Clayhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4116493signed.jpgEastern Chipmunkbird bath or chipmunk fountain?https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4106159signed.jpgEastern ChipmunkEastern Chipmunk watching for an opportunityhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4116583signed.jpgWhite-tailed DeerWhite-tailed Deer on the golf coursehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4075392signed.jpgEastern Grey SquirrelEastern Grey Squirrelhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4106187signed.jpgEastern CottontailEastern Cottontail2014-04-22T17:37:14+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/04/19/georgia-on-my-blog-alligators/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4137610signed.jpgAmerican Alligatorsmiling through a mouthful of teethhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4137372signed.jpgAmerican AlligatorAmerican Alligatorhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4137366signed.jpgAmerican AlligatorThe first alligator I have seenhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4137629bsigned.jpgAmerican AlligatorWaiting in the shallowshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4137581bsigned.jpgAmerican AlligatorA large American Alligator walking on landhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4137395signed.jpgAmerican AlligatorAmerican Alligator floating in the water at Okefenokee2014-04-20T00:11:51+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/04/18/georgia-on-my-blog-the-tale-of-an-anole-and-a-dragonfly/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4096003signed.jpgAnole Lizard eats a dragonflyAn Anole Lizard captures a dragonfly2014-04-18T23:18:50+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/06/10/attack-of-the-grouse/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p6058672big-and-scary-signed.jpgRuffed GrouseFirst encounter. The element of surprise!https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p6058707grouse-display-signed.jpgRuffed GrouseLook at me - not my chicks.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p6058698signed.jpgRuffed Grousesneaking awayhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p6058693display-good.jpgRuffed GrouseBroken wing displayhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p6058691signed.jpgRuffed GrouseI am wounded - come catch me!https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p6058683-close-signed.jpgRuffed GrouseI am big, loud and scary! Go Away!https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p6058722display-signed.jpgRuffed GrouseAre you still here? Follow me!2014-04-15T11:41:14+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/04/05/a-tortoiseshell-a-mourning-cloak-and-a-very-smelly-plant/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4055175signed.jpgSkunk CabbageA Skunk Cabbage emerging from the newly thawed swamphttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4055178signed.jpgSkunk Cabbage Spathehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4055107-signed.jpgP4055107 signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4055106signed.jpgP4055106signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4055100signed.jpgMourning CloakSpring Mourning Cloakhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4055144signed.jpgCompton TortoiseshellSpring Compton Tortoiseshellhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/p4055142signed.jpg Compton TortoiseshellSpring Compton Tortoiseshell2014-04-06T00:24:47+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/03/31/an-eagle-a-marmot-and-some-very-large-ants/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/bear-anthill-2.jpgMound Ant Hill torn up by a Black BearMound Ant Hill torn up by a Black Bearhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/bearhead.jpgBlack Bear and Mound Ant HillBlack Bear behind a mound ant hill.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p3304910signed.jpgFormidae Ant HillThe large ant hill built by ants in the family Formidae.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p3304907signed.jpgFormidae AntsAnts busy in the warm sunhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p3304897signed.jpgAnts of the family FormidaeAnts of the family Formidaehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p3304875-signed.jpgYellow-bellied MarmotA Yellow-bellied Marmot sunning.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p3304866signed.jpgYellow-bellied MarmotA Yellow Bellied Marmot at Taghumhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p3294744signed.jpgBald EagleA Bald Eagle at Kokanee Creek2014-03-31T16:04:22+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/03/28/wandering-pileated-and-other-adventures/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p3274636signed.jpgMale Pileated WoodpeckerA male Pileated Woodpeckerhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p3274630goodsigned.jpgPileated Woodpecker A male Pileated Woodpecker at the mouth of its excavationhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p3274639tongue2signed.jpgPileated WoodpeckerA male Pileated Woodpecker using its tongue to find food in cedar bark2014-03-28T15:45:35+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/05/13/tracking/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/hare-in-snow-signed.jpgSnowshoe Hare Snowshoe Hare https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/white-tail-deer-track-signed.jpgwhite tail deer track White-tailed Deer trackshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/red-squirrel-signed.jpgRed SquirrelRed Squirrelhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/elk-track-signed.jpgelk track Elk Trackhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/raccoon-printssigned.jpgRaccoon TracksRaccoon trackshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/cyote-tracks-signed.jpgCoyote TracksA coyote has been herehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/coyote-prints-in-gravelsigned.jpgCoyote TracksA coyote has been herehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/otter-tracks-in-snow-paint-signed.jpgOtter Tracks in snow Otters!https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/cariboutracksigned.jpgMountain Caribou TrackMountain Caribou Trackhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sow-and-cub-tracks-in-snow-signed.jpgBlack Bear Sow and Cub TracksBlack bear sow and cub tracks in late fall2014-03-27T20:25:09+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/03/21/spring-and-the-varied-thrushes-are-back/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p3213093-signed.jpgVaried Thrushhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p3213039bsigned.jpgVaried ThrushA Varied Thrush feeding at my feederhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p3213012signed.jpgVaried ThrushA singing male Varied Thrushhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p3213018-signed.jpgMale Varied ThrushA male Varied Thrush visiting my feeder2014-03-27T20:21:44+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/03/27/welcome-home-violet-greens/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p7115608-crp-signed.jpgViolet-Green Nestlings, 2013Violet-Green Nestlings, 2013https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p6299741signed.jpgViolet-Green Swallow MaleViolet-Green Swallow Male2014-03-27T16:57:02+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/02/19/birding-and-dipping-dippers/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dipper-with-egg-power-signed.jpgDipper With Egg A Dipper surfaces with a Kokanee Salmon egg https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p2170086s-igned-std.jpgAmerican DipperDipper submerging its head to feedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p2180058crop-signed.jpgTrumpeter SwamsTrumpeter Swanshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p2180052-signed.jpgTrumpeter SwamsImmature and two adult Trumpeters. From mottled to white plumagehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p2180006nice-signed.jpgP2180006nice signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p2180005-nice-signed.jpgTrumpeter Swans at TaghumTrumpeter Swans at Taghumhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p2170101signed-std.jpgA Dipping DipperA dipping Dipperhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p2170100signed-std.jpgP2170100signed stdhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p2170055-signed-std.jpgDipper at Kokanee CreekDipper on winter Kokanee Creekhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p2170041signed-standard.jpgP2170041signed standard2014-03-21T15:36:31+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/03/17/spring-back-on-the-wings-of-birds/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p3162747signed.jpgDark-eyed JuncoDark-eyed Juncohttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p3122610signed.jpgChestnut-backed ChickadeeChestnut-backed Chickadee feedinghttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p3122613signed.jpgChestnut-backed ChickadeeChestnut-backed Chickadeehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p3152711signed.jpgWinter WrenWinter Wrenhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p3152708signed.jpgWinter WrenWinter Wrenhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p3152719signed.jpgWinter WrenWinter Wren 2014-03-17T16:41:14+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/03/08/spring-stirrings-and-bald-eagles/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p3062150bsigned.jpgBald EagleBald Eaglehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p3062121bsigned.jpgBald EagleBald Eagle 2014-03-18T15:31:48+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/03/02/morning-sun-trumpeter-tracks-and-eagles/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p2210148corelcutsigned.jpgA Bald Eagle at an old Osprey NestA Bald Eagle at an old Osprey Nesthttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p2281613corelsigned.jpgTrumpeter SwansIn the morning lighthttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p2281606bsigned.jpgTrumpeter SwansTrumpeter Swanshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p2281548signed.jpgTrumpeter SwanDawn Swanhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p2281547signed.jpgTrumpeter SwanStretching its wingshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p2281519signed.jpgTwo Trmpeter SwansAn Immature and adult Trumpeter Swanhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p2281464signed.jpgA Trumpeter SwanAs the sun came over the mountainhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p2281452signed.jpgAn Immature Trumpeter SwanAn immature Trumpeter Swanhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p2250898printcorelsigned.jpgTrumpeter Swan Track in SnowA Trumpeter Swan got a running start to flight herehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/p2250897printcorelsigned.jpgSwan TrackA Trumpeter Swan ran over the snow here2014-03-02T21:18:28+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/01/01/the-white-tailed-deer-or-who-ate-the-garden/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/p6077151.jpgWhite-tailed Deer fawn in the grassWhite-tailed deer fawn in the grass, waiting for the doe to come back.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/white-tail-fawns-harrop-sharp-power.jpgWhite-tailed Deer fawnsWhite-tailed Deer fawns https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/deer-and-fawn-at-fishermans-power-sharper.jpgDoe and fawnDoe returning to feed her fawnhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/whte-tail-buck-power.jpgYoung White-tailed Deer BuckYoung white-tailed deer buckhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/whitetail-orchard-sharper.jpgWhite-tailed DeerWhite-tailed Deer in winterhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/white-tail-old-deer-in-orchard-power.jpgWhite-tailed Deer in OrchardOld white-tailed deer resting in an apple orchard2014-03-02T19:41:40+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/02/27/birding-redheads-downy-and-a-pygmy-owl/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p2240774-signed.jpg A male Downy WoodpeckerA male Downy Woodpecker in the woods near my feeder.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p2240799-signed.jpgMale Downy WoodpeckerA male Downy Woodpecker at my feeder.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p2230720-signed.jpgA Northern Pygmy OwlPerched between two roads looking for foodhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p2230673-signed.jpgNorthern Pygmy OwlA Pygmy Owl watching me watching it!https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p2230635-signed.jpgNorthern Pygmy OwlHunting by the highwayhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p2220362signed.jpgA male A male and female Redhead Duck A male and female Redhead Duckhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p2220346-crop-signed.jpgMale Redhead DuckA male Redhead Duckhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p2220378-signed.jpgA male and female Redhead DucksA male and female Redhead Ducks2014-03-05T05:34:53+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/02/19/and-three-more-trumpeters/2014-02-19T18:00:21+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2012/12/18/otters/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/pa231173signed.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p8158820corelsigned.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p3218849signed.jpgp3218849signed.jpghttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/pa231174.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/pa231173.jpgNorthern River Otter femaleThis Northern River Otter female was marking this dock. She was accompanied by one young.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p2269969light.jpgOtters have been sliding hereTracks on a hill where Otters have been slidinghttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p3218849.jpgP3218849https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p8158820corel.jpgYoung Northern River Otter feeding on fishNorthern River Otter finally avoiding siblings to eat a fish.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p2269967gamma.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/otter-den.jpgotter denAn Otter den occupied in the spring of 20112014-02-16T01:48:08+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/02/15/a-kokanee-winter-dippers-pygmy-owls-and-salmon-eggs/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p2028345-ice-signed.jpgKokanee CreekKokanee Creek: Ice and Frigid Waterhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p2159484-signed.jpgKokanee Creek Winter LandscapeLooking towards Kokanee Glacierhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p2078861g-signed.jpgAmerican Dipper on IceAn American Dipper on Icehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p2078858.jpgDipper on IceDipper on Icehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dipper-egg-power-point.jpgAmerican DipperA Dipper emerges with two Kokanee Salmon eggshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p2159516-signed.jpgNorthern Pygmy OwlA Northern Pygmy Owl hunting for food in a frozen landscape2014-02-26T16:47:54+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/02/14/kootenay-trumpeters/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p2149241.jpgTwo Trumpeter SwansTwo Trumpeter Swanshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p2149224-signed.jpgCurious TrumpeterA curious Trumpeter Swanhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p2149220-signed.jpgTrumpeter SwansTrumpeter Swans feeding at Taghumhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p2149219-signed.jpgP2149219 signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p2149218-signed.jpgTrumpeter SwansA family of Trumpetershttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p2149215-signed.jpgP2149215 signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p2149211-signed.jpgTrumpeter SwansTrumpeter Swans in the Kootenayshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/p2149243.jpgP21492432014-02-15T00:12:37+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2012/12/10/welcome-and-the-swans-are-back/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p3218813signed-1.jpgTrumpeter Swanssymmetry2014-02-11T16:24:33+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/02/07/trumpeter-swans-arctic-visitors/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p3050618flapsigned.jpgP3050618flapsignedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p3279554signed.jpgTrumpeter Swanfamily walking across the mud flatshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p3208639signed.jpgP3208639signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p3208612signed.jpgTrumpeter Swan pairhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p3198159signed.jpgTrumpeter Swan Familyhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p3177891signed.jpgTrumpeter Swanwalking across the icehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p3177889signed.jpgTrumpeter Swanwing flappinghttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p3177850signed.jpgP3177850signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p3177847signed.jpgJuvenile Trumpeter Swanwing flappinghttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p3177681signed.jpgP3177681signed2014-02-11T16:23:55+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/01/15/winter-landscapes-of-ice-and-water/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ice-even-lighter-signed.jpgIceIce https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2013-12-04-11-37signed.jpgIce and Spider WebFrozen Spider Webhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p3248852signed.jpgIce and CedarIce and Cedarhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2013-12-04-11-36-signed.jpgIce and LiverwortIce and Liverworthttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/frozen-falls-lighter-power.jpgfrozen falls Frozen Fallshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/frozen-falls-2-lighter-power.jpgFrozen Falls Frozen Fallshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ice-and-water-power-signed.jpgIce and WaterIce and Waterhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/ice-patterns-power-2-signed.jpgPatterns in IcePatterns in Ice2014-01-15T19:45:39+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/01/12/lichen-landscapes/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p5145353-crustose-lichens-signed.jpgLichen landscapeA Lichen Landscapehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p1117306-peltigera-signed.jpgPeltigera polydactylaPeltigera polydactylahttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p9210445sept21-lobaria-signed.jpgLobaria pulmonariaLobaria pulmonaria also called Lung Lichenhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p5276281-allectoria-signed.jpgClose-up of Allectoria LichenA close-up of Allectoria Lichenhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p8241811-signed.jpgHypnogymnia physodesHypnogymnia physodes, a lichen tolerant of air pollutionhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p6036941-bryoria-signed.jpgalectoria spAn Alectoria or Usnea lichenhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p1107290-bryoria-signed.jpgP1107290 bryoria signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bryoria-signed.jpgbryoria signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wolf-lichen-signed.jpgWolf LichenLetharia lichen - also called Wolf Lichen.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p1117316bsigned.jpgP1117316bsigned2014-01-17T17:14:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/01/12/longing-for-yellow/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p8044618signed.jpgSunflowerVaried, brilliant yellows of a sunflowerhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p6099778-signed.jpgFlower ScarabA Flower Scarab sprinkled with yellow pollenhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p6058639-signed.jpgA yellow hawkweedA Yellow Hawkweedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p7303328-signed.jpgSyrphid Fly on SunflowerA Syriphid Fly (bee wannabe) foraginghttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p8044613crop-signed.jpgHoney Bee on SunflowerA Honey Bee foraging on a Sunflowerhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/pa039828-signed.jpgNuthatch on SunflowerA Red-breasted Nuthatch searching for sunflower seeds2014-01-17T00:50:13+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2012/12/30/great-blue-heron/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/pa150603signed.jpgGreat Blue Heronwhile the Ospreys are gone...https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p7212301signed.jpgGreat Blue Herontaking flighthttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p7212288-signed.jpgGreat Blue Heronat home in the treeshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/pa160815signed.jpgGreat Blue Heronpatiencehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p8186201.jpgGreat Blue Heroncloseup of a Great Blue Heron https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p8186182.jpgGreat Blue HeronA Great Blue Heron stalking a small turtlehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/heron-in-snow-2.jpgGreat Blue Heron in winterGreat Blue Heron in winterhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/pa160815.jpgGreat Blue HeronGreat Blue Heron waiting and watching patiently.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p1043789.jpgGreat Blue Heron tracks in the snowGreat Blue Heron tracks in the snow2014-01-11T17:21:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/01/05/cladonia-a-mystical-lichen-forest/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/snail-and-lichen-signed.jpgSnail in Cladonia ForestSnail in Cladonia Foresthttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/snail-on-lichen-jn2-signed.jpgSnail in CladoniaSnail in Cladonia Lichen Foresthttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/pc264078-green-cladonia-signed.jpgCladoniaCladonia fimbriatahttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/pc264077-cladonia-signed.jpgCladonia Cladonia chlorophaeahttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/pa276321-cladonia-forest.jpgcladonia forestCladonia Lichen in moss, and with Mycid mushroom https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p7074479-cladonia-signed.jpg cladoniaMore Cladonia Lichenhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p5307989-various-cladonia-signed.jpgVarious Cladonia Various Cladonia https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p6189968-signed-cladonia-cornuta.jpgCladonia cornutaCladonia cornuta2014-01-06T16:27:37+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/01/05/mushroom-photos/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/pa291524naematoloma-capnoides.jpgNaematoloma capnoidesNaematoloma sp.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p6198170-dacrymyces-palmatus-signed.jpgDacrymyces palmatusGelatinous Mushroom Dacrymyces palmatushttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/pa291564-mycena-galericulata-signed.jpg Mycena galericulata Mycena galericulata https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/mycena-leaiana-p6303269-use.jpgMycena Leaiana Mycena Leaiana https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/signed-p7105330-snake-hydnum-imbricatum.jpgHydnum imbricatumSnake or mushroom? Hydnum imbricatumhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/segnedpa291575-hygrophorus-speciosus.jpgHygrophorus speciosusHygrophorus sp. An orange, vase-like mushroom.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/signedp3182053.jpgCladonia LichenCladonia Lichenhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p7074402.jpgP7074402https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p9124183.jpgP9124183https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/signedpa2915821.jpgsignedPA2915822014-01-05T20:34:22+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/01/05/a-world-of-colour-and-beauty-mushrooms/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/signedpa030764-1.jpgRamaria FormosaRamaria Formosahttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/signedpa276289.jpgBlewitBlewit (Lepista nuda)https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/signedpa186096.jpgMycena spAnother Mycena Mushroomhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/signedpa035649.jpgMycenaPewter Mycena? (Mycena sp)https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/signedp9305533.jpgsignedP9305533https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/signedpa291513oct28fungus.jpgRamaria FormosaRamaria Formosahttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/signedpa276330.jpgSmelly OysterSmelly Oyster? Phylotopsis nidulanshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/signedpa276324.jpgSmelly OysterSmelly Oyster? Phylotopsis nidulanshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/signedpa291549.jpgsignedPA291549https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/signedpa276301.jpgsignedPA2763012014-01-05T20:20:55+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2014/01/02/and-a-pileated-new-year/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/max-pileated-power.jpgMaxMax "on stay" watching the Pileated Woodpeckerhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p1017181-signed.jpgPileated WoodpeckerSearching for ants in winterhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p1017175cropsigned.jpgPileated Woodpecker MaleA pause in pounding away on the cedar trunk looking for ants dozing in winterhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/p1017166cropsigned.jpgP1017166cropsigned2014-01-03T01:23:57+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/12/22/solstice-winter-wrens-and-mosquitoes/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/winter-wrensigned.jpgwinter wrensignedWinter Wrenhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/pb216710signed.jpgPB216710signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/pb216710bsigned.jpgWinter WrenAn uncommon still moment for a Winter Wrenhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/pb216702signed.jpgWinter WrenA curious Winter Wren 2013-12-22T17:33:01+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/12/16/of-owls-and-woodpeckers/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/pygmy-sharp-2-signed-use.jpgPygmy OwlA Pygmy Owl perched on a power line in winterhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/pa236198signeddec15.jpgSteller's JayA Steller's Jay at my feeder late this fallhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/pc166973use-signed.jpgMale Northern FlickerA male Northern Flicker feeding on the groundhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/pc166959use-signed.jpgNorthern Flicker MaleA Northern Flicker male at my bird feederhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/pc166997use-signed.jpgNorthern Flicker MaleA Northern Flicker male feeds on the ground.2013-12-17T15:58:22+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/11/16/lets-go-max/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/max-shore.jpgMax Where to now?https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/max-and-bearista-share.jpgMax and BearistaDon't askhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/max-run-snow.jpgmax run snowhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/max-face.jpgMaxMax today2013-11-16T23:30:44+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/06/27/kokanee-creek-crew-fireweed-harebells-and-dippers/2013-11-16T01:21:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/08/09/piliated-woodpecker-winter-wren-and-robin-fledglings-and-youngsters/2013-11-16T01:20:06+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2012/12/29/adventures-with-coyotes-and-sub-atomic-paricles/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/coytoe-pups-power.jpgTwo Coyote Pups PlayingTwo Coyote Pups Playing - photo taken from a distance https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/coyote-on-stump-may-25-power.jpgcoyote on stump may 25 powerhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/coyote-first-sight-power.jpgA Coyote Watching from the BushAn adult coyote watching from the bush2013-11-12T00:41:40+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/06/13/serendipity-coyote-and-otter/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/otter-fish-power-paint.jpgNorthern Otter Otter eating fishhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/coyote-winlaw-powerpoint-sharper-signed.jpgCoyoteLeave? or keep hunting ground squirrels? https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/fisherman-otter-powerpoint-sharpersinged.jpgRiver OtterOtter checking for more turtles?2013-11-12T00:39:22+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/11/11/turkeys-and-unique-autumn-beauty/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/p4150865signed.jpgTurkey Head on view of a Turkeyhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/pa241319-signed.jpgTurkey Young turkey crossing the roadhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/pa241315signed.jpgTurkeys Crossing the RoadTurkeys Crossing the Roadhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/pa241271signed.jpgFlock of TurkeysFlock of Turkeyshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2-turkeys-in-tree-2-signed-male.jpgTom Turkeys in a TreeTom Turkeys in a treehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/pb011344signed.jpgTurkeyTurkey eating some "weeds"2013-11-11T23:16:02+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/10/02/coming-home-kokanee-salmon/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/p9063328.jpgKokanee SalmonAgainst all oddshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/p9164622signed.jpgKokanee SalmonThe struggle to make it up streamhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/p9134361signed.jpgKokanee SalmonKeystone of the Ecosystem. https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/p9052986signed.jpgKokanee SalmonThree years later, they come home to spawnhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/p9032787signed.jpgKokanee SalmonSwimming upstreamhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/p9032786signed.jpgKokanee SalmonSwimming upstreamhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/p8236685signed.jpgKokanee SalmonAt the riffles: the "water falls" that add oxygen to the waterhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/p8236682signed.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/p8236613signed.jpgKokanee SalmonThousands return to the creek where they hatched.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/p9068004signed.jpgKokanee SalmonMale and female Kokanee spawning2013-10-03T16:06:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/08/28/the-heart-of-kokanee-creek-kokanee-salmon/2013-08-28T15:47:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/08/11/fool-hen-or-saavy-mom-the-ruffed-grouse/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/p8039861signed.jpgRuffed GrouseSitting prettyhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/p8039852signed.jpgRuffed GrouseThe hen watching me closely.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/p8100432signerd.jpgRuffed GrouseThree weeks later the hen and her chicks are still togetherhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/p8039878signed.jpgRuffed GrouseHen watching me and "clucking" to her young2013-08-23T19:43:58+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/08/14/despite-all-one-coopers-hawk-fledgling/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/recent-p8080262-signed.jpgCooper's HawkFledgling watching mehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/recent-p5012393-signed.jpgCooper's HawkCooper's Hawk male near the bird feeder in springhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/recent-on-snag-p5113466-signed.jpgCooper's HawkCooper's Hawk male on the lookout snag in Mayhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/recent-p8080266-signed.jpgCooper's Hawk FledglingLone fledgling waiting for food2013-08-14T17:09:15+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/08/11/bald-faced-hornets-master-builders/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/usep8110506cropsigned.jpgBald-faced HornetComing homehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/usep8110508goodsigned.jpgBald-faced HornetBald-faced Hornets at the nesthttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/p8029643signed.jpgBald-faced Hornet nestA large Bald-faced hornet nesthttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/hornets-signed-power.jpgBald-faced Hornetschecking the nesthttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/hornet-building-sharper-power.jpgBald-faced HornetBuilding the nesthttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/power-hornet-flysharper.jpgBald-faced HornetFlying from the nest2013-08-11T17:46:28+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/08/06/summer-fledgling-winter-wrens-and-mosquitoes/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/p7309546signed.jpgAdult Winter WrenBusy feeding the young wrenshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/wren-fledge-power-2.jpgWinter WrenA fledgling wren waiting for more foodhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/fledge-young-power-signed.jpgWinter WrenOn the thicket trail amid the mosquitoes!2013-08-07T04:26:32+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/07/28/summer-magic-watching-the-dippers-grow/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p7299287eat-bug-good-signed.jpgAmerican DipperFledgling finding its own food.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p7299313fledge-good-signed.jpgAmerican DipperA fledgling 4 days after leaving the nest.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p7299293fledge-feed-signed.jpgAmerican DipperFledgling being fedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p7258674great-signed.jpgP7258674great signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p7258675-very-great-signed1.jpgP7258675 very great signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p7013527-duck-signed.jpgAmerican Dipperlooking under waterhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p7238270-colour-filter-signed.jpgAmerican Dipperhead under waterhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p7197644-cool-signed.jpgAmerican Dippera dipper in it's elementhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p7197363excel-feed-use-signed.jpgAmerican Dipperfeeding older chickshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p7187185feed-great-signed.jpgAmerican Dipperat the nest - younger chicks2013-07-30T13:58:54+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/07/28/toads-toads-and-toadlets/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p7268947-3-toads-signed.jpgP7268947 3 toads signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p7268931signed.jpgWestern ToadA tiny Western Toad "toadlet"https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p7258797signed.jpgWestern ToadA Western "toadlet".https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p7125781-signed.jpgWestern ToadA Western Toad tadpolehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p6052104-signed.jpgWestern ToadThe "warts" are glands that exude a milky, very bitter liquid. https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p6052087-signed.jpgWestern ToadI saw this Western Toad last year on the trailhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p7268949-7-toads-signed.jpgWestern ToadsThere are at least 6 toadlets in this photo.2013-07-29T13:20:25+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/07/20/all-this-and-ice-cream-too/2013-07-20T16:37:55+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/07/17/raising-pirates-coopers-hawks-at-the-nest/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p7092035-tiny-fluff-signed.jpgCooper's HawkSmall young on the nesthttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p4191063-signed-on-nest-early-good.jpgCooper's HawkFemale building the nesthttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p7040152good-signed.jpgCooper's HawkCooper's Hawk Female on the nest with younghttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p7111093-obs-post-good-signed.jpgCooper's Hawk MaleCooper's Hawk male on observation posthttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p7131233-signed-adult-and-young-on-nest.jpgCooper's HawksFemale on nest with younghttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p8054698-feed-signed.jpgCooper's HawkFledgling feedinghttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p8054758-signed.jpgCooper's HawkFledgling feedinghttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p8135666signed.jpgCooper's HawkFledglinghttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p8135647signed-nice.jpgCooper's HawkFledglinghttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/p8135643signed.jpgCooper's HawksAlmost ready to go2025-11-22T15:49:23+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/07/15/born-to-fly-violet-green-swallows/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/power-feed-great.jpgViolet Green SwallowFeeding the younghttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/power-beg.jpgViolet Green SwallowMore!https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/power-back-home.jpgViolet Green SwallowBack homehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/power-2-in-hole.jpgViolet Green SwallowTwo peeking outhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/power-2-fledges-great.jpgViolet Green SwallowThe fledgling and one of the two still in the nest.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/power-ready-to-go.jpgViolet Green SwallowThe last one in the nest.2013-08-13T23:44:28+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/07/10/watching-the-dippers/2013-07-10T20:51:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/07/02/canada-day-jerrys-rangers-and-a-dipper-nest/2013-07-10T20:49:50+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/07/08/practicing-flight-bald-eagles/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/power-2-young-flap.jpgBald EaglePracticing flyinghttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/power-adult-young-2.jpgpower adult young 2https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/power-adult-young.jpgpower adult younghttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/power-3-flap-3.jpgpower 3 flap 3https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/power-3-flap-2.jpgBald EaglesAdult Bald Eagle at the nest with 2 younghttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/power-3-flap.jpgpower 3 flaphttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/power-2young-power.jpgBald Eagles Two young Bald Eagles at the nest2013-07-08T20:35:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/06/13/even-more-dippers-water-ouzels/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p6120383koksigned.jpgP6120383koksignedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p6120360-signed.jpgAmerican DipperAmerican Dipperhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p6120357kok-signed.jpgAmerican Dippermore dippinghttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p6120347koksigned.jpgAmerican DipperYoung Dipper calling for foodhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p6120335koksigned.jpgP6120335koksignedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p6120324bkoksigned.jpgAmerican DipperDipper or Water Ouzel - you can see why they earned the namehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p6120321kok-signed.jpgAmerican DipperUnderwater browsinghttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p6120389koksigned.jpgAmerican DipperYoung Dipper waiting for food2013-06-14T13:03:52+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/03/27/theyre-back-violet-green-swallows/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p3309777-signed.jpgViolet-green Swallow Malejust got homehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p3309764-signed.jpgViolet-green Swallow Malehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/20100727_19b-signed.jpgViolet-green Swallow Female at the Nestat the nesthttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/20100727_18gsigned.jpg20100727_18gsignedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p3309793-signed.jpgViolet-green Swallow Malethe first violet-green that I saw last yearhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p3309791-signed.jpgViolet-green Swallow Malefirst violet-green that I saw last year2013-06-11T21:13:34+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/06/10/swallows-building-the-nest/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p6038334tsigned.jpgCliff SwallowsCliff Swallows collecting mud for nestshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/violet-green-on-mud-power-signed.jpgViolet Green Swallow MaleViolet Green Swallow male looking for twigs in the mudhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p6038336t-signed.jpgCliff SwallowsCliff Swallows gathering mud. A photo from last year.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p6017678signed.jpgTree SwallowNothing is ever easyhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p6017672greatsigned.jpgTree SwallowAt the nesthttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p5296844nest-building-good-signed.jpgTree SwallowBuilding a cozy nesthttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p6079148getting-the-right-mud-signed.jpgBarn SwallowSo much to do and so little timehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p6079167right-mud-singed.jpgBarn SwallowGetting just the right mud and straw2013-06-11T21:12:39+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/06/10/swallowtails-floating-through-spring/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p6089544two-swallowtails-signed.jpgP6089544two swallowtails signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p6089547two-swallowtails-good-signed.jpgSwallowtailshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p6089581b-3-swallowtails-signed.jpgP6089581b 3 swallowtails signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p6079000-beaked-signed.jpgYellow SwallowtailsThree Yellow Swallowtailshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p5266159blue-butterfly-signed.jpgP5266159blue butterfly signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/swallowtail-on-lily-powersigned.jpgSwallowtail on Canada Lily2013-06-11T21:08:18+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/05/18/butterflies/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p6147982-pale-swallowtail-signed.jpgPale SwallowtailPale Swallowtail - did a bird snip that wing tip? The butterfly survived to fly another day.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p6149629blackswallowtailsigned.jpgPale SwallowtailPale Swallowtailhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5297957orangesigned.jpgTortoiseshellhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5174009mournignsigned.jpgMourning CloakMourning Cloakhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5173998mourningcloaksigned.jpgMourning CloakMourning Cloakhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/yellow-swallow-tail-2signed.jpgWestern Tiger SwallowtailWestern Tiger Swallowtailhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p8108195spangled-aug11.jpgFritillarieFritillariehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/butterfly2signed.jpgTortoiseshellhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/yellow-swallow-tail-2.jpgTiger Swallowtail2013-06-11T21:07:50+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/06/10/babies-babies-everywhere/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p6078978signed.jpgP6078978signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p6078991signed.jpgHairy WoodpeckerHairy Woodpecker leaving after cleaning up the nesthttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p6058646signed.jpgHairy WoodpeckerA Hairy Woodpecker feeding a large, caterpillar? to nestlingshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p6038540figuring-it-out-signed.jpgCanada Geese Figuring out stingy foodhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p6038542true-meaning-of-gaggle-signed.jpgCanada GeeseA true gagglehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p6017876lone-chick-signed.jpgCommon Merganser Chickstraggling alonghttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p6017869merggreat-mom-signed.jpgCommon Merganser Femalehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/p6017894gang-signed.jpgCommon Merganser Chicks2013-06-10T23:29:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/05/30/morels/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5296761morel-signed.jpgMorelhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5296756-morel-signed.jpgMorelhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5296769-morel-signed.jpgMorelhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5296767-morel-signed.jpgMorel2013-05-30T22:01:14+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2012/12/12/20/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p2087563.jpgAmerican Dipper Looking under water for minnows and insectshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p9078326.jpgAmerican DipperDippers are so at home in the rushing waters of mountain streamshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/pc082604.jpgAmerican DipperKaplunk! Diving into freezing water. https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p2087534.jpgAmerican DipperDippers dive, swim and walk under water!2013-05-30T17:27:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/05/25/dipping-in-the-torrent/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5245665.jpgP5245665https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5245645.jpgP5245645https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5245668.jpgCottonwood FallsCottonwood Fallshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5245754signed.jpgP5245754signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5245730bsigned.jpgAmerican DipperA Dipper in its elementhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5245730-signed.jpgP5245730 signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5245728-signed.jpgAmerican DipperRushing water and a Dipperhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5245725head-under-signed.jpgAmerican DipperLooking for food in the torrenthttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5245717signed.jpgP5245717signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5245687-signed.jpgAmerican DipperA Dipper singing and displaying2013-05-30T17:24:33+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/05/30/and-then-there-were-more-dipper-fledglings/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5297199greatsigned.jpgDipperWatching for an opportunityhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5297190corelsigned.jpgTwo Dipper YoungCompeting for foodhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5297175bsigned.jpgTwo Dipper YoungPatiently waitinghttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5297119corelsigned.jpgDipperA moment's peace https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5297103corelsigned.jpgDipper YoungTwo Dipper young begging in the mist from Cottonwood Fallshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5297221corelsigned.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA2013-05-30T22:04:29+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/04/10/osprey/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p4090814signed.jpgOspreyfirst Osprey of 2013https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/2-osprey-at-the-nest-sharp-power-2.jpgTwo Osprey femalesTwo Osprey females "talking it over"https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/osprey-with-fish-powersigned.jpgOsprey with a fishOsprey with a fishhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/osprey-on-grd-colour-signed.jpgYoung OspreyYoung Osprey feeding on the groundhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/osprey-holm-powersigned.jpgosprey holm powersignedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/osprey-fixed-signed.jpgOspreys at the NestOspreys at the nesthttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/osprey-come-in-powersigned.jpgOsprey landing on the nestAn Osprey landing on the nesthttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/osprey-chased-by-crow-powersigned.jpgOsprey chased by crowAn Osprey chased by a crowhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/osprey-chased-by-crow-power-signed.jpgosprey chased by crow power signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p8024015tsigned.jpgP8024015tsigned2013-05-25T18:00:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/05/01/osprey-white-crowned-sparrows-and-bearded-chickadees/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5012300signed.jpgChestnut-backed Chickadeehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5124793signed.jpgChestnut-backed Chickadeehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p4265700signed.jpgBlack-capped Chickadeehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p4302188signed.jpgWhite-crowned SparrowSearching for seeds and insectshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p4291889signed.jpgOspreyLooking for fish.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p4291870signed.jpgOsprey At the nest - bonding pair.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p4291856signed.jpgOspreysoaring on the windhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p4291926signed.jpgP4291926signed2013-05-25T17:59:34+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/05/22/osprey-athletics-turtles-in-the-sun-mule-deer-and-more/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5173883mule-deer-signed.jpgMule DeerAnd a Mule Deer watching me from safetyhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5173998mourningcloaksigned1.jpgMourning CloakMourning Cloak visiting the lilac blossomshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5194257-turtle-signed.jpgPainted TurtlePainted Turtlehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5214835bunch-of-turtles.jpgPainted TurtlesBest place to enjoy the sunhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5215979signed.jpgBlack-headed GrosbeakMale Black-headed Grosbeakhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p6107648female-signed.jpgFemale Black-headed GrosbeakFemale Black-headed Grosbeakhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5073065signed.jpgOspreyComing into the nest with a fishhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5214798fly-signed.jpgOspreyComing into the nesthttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/osprey-upside-down-powersigned.jpgOspreyOsprey athletics - I had to fiddle with this photo to get it clearer but I still like it.2013-06-07T01:06:10+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/05/18/of-elk-bumblebees-arnica-bog-orchids-and-ceonothus/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/elk-power-signed.jpgElkElkhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5194170ceanothustop-signed.jpgCeanothus flowersCeanothus flowers up closehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5184049elkhair-on-ceonothus.jpgSnowbrush browseElk hair stuck on Snowbrush twig. Many of the twigs have been browsed by elk or deerhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5173907bog-orchid-signed.jpgBog OrchidA Bog Orchidhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5173890mtn-arnica-bumblebee.jpgMountain Arinica and BumblebeeA Mountain Arnica and a Bumble Beehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5184060ceonothus-blossoms.jpgCeonothusCeonothus - Snowbrush Blossoms2013-05-19T18:25:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/05/19/sluggish/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p6149601slug-sideways-eggs-signed.jpgEuropean Black SlugEuropean Black Slughttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5194207slug-signed.jpgEuropean Black SlugEuropean Black Slughttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5194204slug-signed.jpgEuropean Black SlugEuropean Black Slughttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5194201slug-signed.jpgP5194201slug signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5194187slug-signed.jpgEuropean Black SlugEuropean Black Slughttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5217488signed1.jpgP5217488signed2013-05-19T23:26:54+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/05/08/bugs-on-blossoms/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5083731signed.jpgStoneflyThe adult form of the Stonefly. The carnivorous nymphs are aquatic. The winged adults eat buds or leaves.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5083720signed.jpgA StoneflyMaybe eating fresh buds??https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5052856signed.jpgClearwing MothA Clearwing Moth and cherry blossomshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p7021136signed.jpgSyrphid FlyA syrphid fly - if it looks like a bee, acts like a bee and sounds like a bee - it could be a fly!https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5052859signed.jpgClearwing MothA Clearwing Moth (genus Hemaris) possibly a Snowberry Clearwing Moth - imitating - a hummingbird?https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5217488signed.jpgHoney BeeA honey bee laden with pollenhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5022472singed.jpgHoney BeeVisiting a cherry blossomhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/beefly2signed.jpgBee FlyA Bee Fly (Bombyllidae) visiting lilacs. This family is parasitic on bee larvae and can be important pollinators.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/bumblebestsigned.jpgBumble BeeBumble Bee on a blossom. 2016-10-11T16:05:32+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/05/13/and-more-tracks/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/beaver-poop-signed.jpgbeaver scatBeaver Scat. Full of wood slivers. ouch.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/coopers-was-here-signed.jpgGrouse feathersAnd a Cooper's Hawk was herehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/cooper-was-here-signed.jpgcooper's hawk was here And a Cooper's Hawk was herehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/mysterytrackssigned.jpgMystery tracksMystery Tracks: Millipede?https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/raven-tracks-in-snow-signed.jpgraven tracks in snow Raven trackshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/bear-prints-on-dumpster-signed.jpgBlack bear tracks on garbage dumpsterBlack bear prints on garbage dumpsterhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/mole-digging-signed.jpgmole diggingMoles were herehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/salamanderracksandsigned.jpgSalamader trackSalamander?https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/northern-raven-in-snow-sighned.jpgnorthern raven tracksNorthern Ravenhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/grouse-tracks-in-snow-paint-signed.jpggrouse tracks in snow Ruffed Grouse2013-05-13T21:38:24+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/05/12/fairybells-clematis-false-solomens-seal-and-broadwinged-hawks/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5113562signed.jpgP5113562signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5113526signed.jpgSoaring Broadwinged HawkA Soaring Broad-winged Hawkhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5103390signed.jpgBroad-winged HawkA soaringBroad-winged Hawkhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5113571signed.jpgBroad-winged HawkSoaring Broad-winged Hawkhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5123607signed-clematis.jpgBlue ClematisBeautiful vinehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5113486signed-false-solomen.jpgFalse Solomen's SealFalse Solomen's Sealhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5113477signedhookers.jpgHooker's FairybellsHooker's Fairybellshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5083226signedhookers.jpgHooker's FairybellsHooker's Fairybells: named to honour a botanist Joseph Hookerhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/solomen-racemesigned.jpgFalse Solomen's SealFalse Solomen's Seal: cut the rhizome and there will be a six-pointed star2013-06-14T13:06:34+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/05/07/warblers-the-minstels/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p7165262july16signed.jpgMacGillivray's WarblerMacGillivray's Warblerhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p6259105signed.jpgP6259105signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p6087332signed.jpgOrange-crowned Warblerhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5093825signed.jpgTownsend's WarblerTownsend's Warblerhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5093822signed.jpgTownsend's WarblerTownsend's Warbler high up in the new green leaveshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5062892signed.jpgP5062892signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5062890signed.jpgYellow-rumped WarblerYellow-rumped Warblerhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p4271556signed.jpgOrange-crowned Warblerearly spring Orange-crowned Warblerhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p4271555signed.jpgOrange-crowned Warbler2013-07-28T17:21:19+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/01/03/pirates-of-the-woods-the-coopers-hawk/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/p8105401.jpgYoung Cooper's HawkA young Cooper's Hawkhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/p7252861.jpgFledgling Cooper's HawkReady to go - a young Cooper's Hawk just before the birds leave the area in fallhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/p7244584.jpgYoung Cooper's HawkThe first day out of the nest - a young Cooper's Hawkhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/p7161566.jpgFemale Cooper's HawkThe female Cooper's Hawk after delivering food to the nesthttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/p4201161.jpgMale Cooper's HawkThe male Cooper's Hawk early in the seasonhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/p4201156.jpgP4201156https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/p4201152.jpgP4201152https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/p8176016.jpgFledgling Cooper's HawkFledgling Cooper's Hawk listening to a calling sibling2013-05-08T20:43:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/01/12/the-broad-winged-hawk-recent-kootenay-resident/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/p8066332.jpgBroad-winged Hawk Broad-winged Hawk fledglinghttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/p8076502.jpgBroad-winged Hawk FledglingsTwo Broad-winged Hawk fledglings2014-07-03T17:00:03+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/02/06/the-rough-legged-hawks-of-creston/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/roughleggedolympus-signed.jpgRough-legged HawkRough-legged Hawk watching me from over its shoulderhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/roughlegged-v-nice-2-signed.jpgRough-legged Hawkfly byhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/roughleggeddarkbluesigned.jpgRough-legged HawkRough-legged Hawk soaring overhead.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/roughlegged-great-signed.jpgRough-legged HawkRough-legged Hawk - looking for rodents?https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/rough-legged-very-good-hover-signed.jpgSoaring Rough-legged HawkRough-legged Hawk flying overheadhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/roughleggedsoarmountainsigned.jpgRough-legged HawkA wintering Rough-legged Hawk near Creston2013-05-08T20:41:48+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/02/21/watching-the-marsh-hawks-hover/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/marsh-look-other-waysigned.jpgHarrierwhite rump on harrierhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/marsh-hawk-reiffelsigned.jpgHarrieron the lookouthttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/marsh-hawk-reeiffelsigned.jpgHarrierbankinghttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/marsh-hawk-and-crowsigned.jpgCrow hitting HarrierCrow harassing Harrier Femalehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/marsh-flysigned.jpgHarrierHarrier scouring the marshes for preyhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/marsh-fly-greatsigned.jpgHarrier Huntinghuntinghttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/marshflymontagesignedun.jpgHarriersoaring over the marsh2013-05-08T20:41:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/02/22/red-tailed-hawk-photos/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/roverredtailtotreem227signed.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/redtailvgoodsigned.jpgredtailvgoodsignedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/redtailsoareyesigned.jpgredtailsoareyesignedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/redtail-overheadsigned.jpgredtail overheadsignedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/redtail-light-perch-2signed.jpgredtail light perch 2signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/redtail-fly-super-sharpsigned.jpgredtail fly super sharpsignedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/redtail-eyesigned.jpgredtail eyesignedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/redtail-call-sharp-lightersignature.jpgredtail call sharp lightersignaturehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/red-tail-super-sharp-signed.jpgred tail super sharp signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/red-tail-eye-v-goodsigned.jpgred tail eye v goodsigned2013-05-08T20:39:57+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/01/07/northern-flickers-the-exotic-looking-woodpecker/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/p4013159.jpgA Male Northern Flicker A male Northern Flicker displaying his bright orange feathershttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/p3147324b.jpgMale Northern FlickerA male Northern Flickerhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/female-flicker-and-yng-mtn-stn.jpgFemale Northern Flicker Feeding a Young FlickerA female Northern Flicker feeding a young flicker https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ready-2-jul13.jpgA Young Northern Flicker Ready to FledgeA Northern Flicker young ready to fledgehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pb061511.jpgA Female Northern FlickerA female Northern Flicker https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/p4013161.jpgMale Northern Flicker DisplayingA male Northern Flicker displaying for a female.2013-05-08T20:34:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/01/31/yesterdays-photos/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/house-finchsiderius.jpgMale House FinchA Male House Finch coming in to feed on sunflower seeds.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/1294981-siderius.jpgChestnut-backed ChickadeeA Chestnut-backed Chickadee at my feeder.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/1305186siderius.jpgMountain ChickadeeA Mountain Chickadee feeding with a flock of Goldfinches up the lakehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/1305157ssiderius.jpgCommon CrowA Common Crow calling to others in its flockhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/1305166-siderius.jpgCommon CrowA Common Crow in townhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/p1284936siderius.jpgNorthern FlickerNorthern Flicker looking for foodhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/p1284960siderius.jpgMale Northern FlickerNorthern Flicker male visiting my feeder.2013-05-08T20:33:39+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/02/08/todays-photos-american-three-toed-woodpecker/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/three-toed-power-4-signed.jpgJuvenile Three-toed WoodpeckerTaking time to check me outhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/three-toed-power-3signed.jpgA Juvenile Three toed Woodpeckerbusily scaling for insectshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/three-toed-power-2-signed.jpgAmerican Three-toed WoodpeckerJuvenile Three-toedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/three-toed-powersigned.jpgAmerican Three-toed WoodpeckerA juvenile three-toed woodpecker2013-05-08T20:33:05+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/02/14/recent-photos-pileated-woodpecker-mountain-chickadees-and-stellers-jays/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p2146140signed.jpgMountain ChickadeeMountain Chickadee checking the feeder outhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p2136102signed.jpgSteller's Jaycleaning uphttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p2136107signed.jpgSteller's Jayon the watch https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p2136116signed.jpgPileated Woodpeckerbrowsing https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p2136114signed.jpgMale Pileated Woodpeckerhunting for insectshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p2136126signed.jpgPileated Woopeckerfeeding on dead standing aspen2013-05-08T20:32:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/03/18/the-pileated-pole-specialist-and-a-moon-in-the-clouds/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p3172353cropsigned.jpgYoung Moon and Cloudsyoung moon and cloudshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p3172354cropsigned.jpgMoon and CloudsYoung Moon and Cloudshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p3178092-signed.jpgPileated Woodpeckertelephone pole specialisthttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p3178094-signed.jpgPileated Woodpeckerfinding a tasty meal2013-05-08T20:31:57+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2012/12/26/146/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/pileated-male-sharper-power-signed.jpgMale Pileated WoodpeckerMale Pileated Woodpeckerhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/pileated-female-sharp-power-signed.jpgFemale Pileated WoodpeckerFemale Pileated Woodpeckerhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p8034408-signed.jpgPileated WoodpeckerA Fledgling Pileated Woodpecker searching for insects in his father's excavation. He is using his long barbed tongue to find food.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p8034436crop-signed.jpgPileated Woodpeckersgetting feeding tips from his fatherhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p8034494-signed.jpgPileated WoodpeckersPileated Woodpecker Male feeding a fledgling male, probably his son.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p3161924.jpgMale Pileated WoodpeckerA Male Pileated Woodpeckerhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p1276544.jpgA Female Pileated WoodpeckerThe Female Pileated Woodpecker.2013-09-06T00:00:49+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/01/30/canada-geese-winter-photos/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/p1236036.jpgCanada Goose Watchful Canada Goosehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pc233813dec23eagle.jpgEagle and GeeseNervous geese leaving a feeding ground - watched by a bald eaglehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/p1014784jan1.jpgP1014784jan1https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/geese-paint.jpgTwo geese on a winter pondA Canada Goose pair on a winter pondhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/geese-in-icefog.jpgGeese in icy fogCanada Geese in an icy foghttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/4geeseinsnow.jpgCanada Geese Canada Geese waiting for spring.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/p2057308.jpgP2057308https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/p2057307.jpgCanada Goose bathing in icy waterIce on the back of a bathing goose.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/p1204796.jpgCanada GooseA Canada Goose in winter2013-05-08T20:29:25+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/02/12/the-mighty-pygmy-owl/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p3101188signed.jpgPygmy Owleyes in the back of her headhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/pc284486signed.jpgPygmy OwlOn the flats - looking for birdshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p2057339signed.jpgPygmy Owl Pygmy Owl on small sprucehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p2037094signed.jpgPygmy OwlPygmy Owlhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p2037071signed.jpgPygmy Owllooking out for foodhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p2037067bsigned.jpgPygmy OwlPygmy Owl on powerline2013-05-08T20:28:48+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/02/15/kootenay-hummingbirds-wondering-where-the-hummers-are/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p7039958signed.jpgRufous Hummingbird FemaleRufous Hummingbird female hoveringhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p7212343signed.jpgBlack-chinned Maleshowing off the purplehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/rurous-hover-13-power-singed-low-res.jpgHovering Rufous HummingbirdRufous Hummingbird malehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/rufous-perched-4signed.jpgRufous Hummingbird flaring his feathershttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/rufous-flare-power-signed.jpgRufous Hummingbird MaleRufous Hummingbird male flaring his tail feathershttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/flaresigned.jpgRufous Hummingbird Malehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/hextremegoodcutsigned.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/calliope-female-perchedsigned.jpgCalliope Hummingbird Female Calliope femalehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/calliope-male2signed.jpgCalliope Hummingbird MaleCalliope Hummingbird Malehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p8044639signed.jpgBlack-chinned Hummingbird FemaleBlack-chinned Hummingbird female2023-08-22T21:42:19+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/03/02/bald-eagles-spring-fever/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p3026794-signed-2.jpgBald EagleBald Eagle pairhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p3026794-signed.jpgBald EaglesBald Eagle pairhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p3026791signed.jpgBald EaglesBald Eagle pairhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p3026790-signed.jpgBald EagleBald Eagle pairhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p3026789-signed.jpgP3026789 signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p3026788-signed-2.jpgBald EaglesBald Eagle pairhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p3026788-signed.jpgBald EaglesBald Eagle pairhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p3026787-signed.jpgBald EaglesBald Eagle pairhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p3026786corel-signed.jpgBald EaglesBald Eagle pairhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p3026786-signed.jpgBald EaglesBald Eagle pair2013-05-08T20:27:53+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/04/25/meanwhile-back-at-the-ranch/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p4251252green-signed.jpgAlder leavesFresh and vibrant green - new Alder leaveshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p4251221signed.jpgYellow-bellied MarmotAwake for the springhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p4251213signed.jpgYellow-bellied MarmotOut finding young plants to eathttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p4251289signed.jpgPainted TurtleGreeting the sunhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p4251282signed.jpgPainted Turtlesunning on a plankhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p4251325signed.jpgRufous HummingbirdThe first Rufous Hummingbird of the spring!https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p4251313signed.jpgRufous HummingbirdThe Hummingbirds are back!https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p4231146signed.jpgSpotted Towheehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p4231123signed.jpgSpotted TowheeA Spotted Towhee at my feeder2013-05-08T20:26:30+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/05/02/just-rufous/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p4292013signed.jpgRufous Hummingbird Malehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p4302249signed.jpgRufous Hummingbird Femalehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p4302224signed.jpggetting ready to flyhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p4292027signed.jpgRufous Hummingbird Malehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p4292015signed.jpgRufous Hummingbird Malehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p4271527signed.jpgRufous Hummingbird MaleRufous Hummingbird: Lookouthttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p4271497signed.jpgRufous Hummingbird Malehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p4302252signed.jpgRufous Hummingbird femaleDigesting food and watching for males2013-05-08T20:25:42+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/05/07/goslings/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p6087231signed.jpgCanada GeeseProtecting the young goslingshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p6087236signed.jpgCanada GeeseThe goslings I saw last year from the same pair?https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5072964signed.jpgCanada GeeseKeeping everyone togetherhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5072956signed.jpgP5072956signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5072952signed.jpgCanada GeeseYoung goslings in tow2013-05-08T20:25:08+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/01/21/watching-owls/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/p5175808signed.jpgP5175808signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/p5175807-signed.jpgGreat Horned Owl Youngyawning...really disgorging a pellet...https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/p5175792-signed-sharper.jpgYoung Great Horned OwlYoung Great Horned Owl watching mehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/p5175780-signed.jpgP5175780 signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/p5175753-signed.jpgGreat Horned Owl Youngwatching2013-05-08T20:24:17+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/02/02/eagles-photos/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p2057369gold-signed.jpgGolden EagleGolden Eaglehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p2057367-golde-signed.jpgGolden EagleGolden Eaglehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p2057364-gold-signed.jpgGolden EagleGolden Eaglehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p2236526signed.jpglanding landinghttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p1134646-signed.jpgsoaringsoaringhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/eagle-in-snow-in-tree-signed.jpgeagle in snow in tree Young Bald Eagle waiting out the snowhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p2246619-signed.jpgEagle flying in snowEagle flying in snowhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p2246615-signed.jpgEagle on rock in snowA Young Bald Eagle in the snowhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/eagle-again-signed.jpgEagle in the snowhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/syringa-juvenile-eagle-look-up-signed.jpgsyringa juvenile eagle look up signed2013-05-08T20:21:19+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/02/13/black-bear-photos/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/brsowsharpsigned1.jpgBrown Sowwatchinghttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/rossland-bear-powersigned.jpgRossland bear on fenceBlack bear climbing an urban fencehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p7246126first-sightsigned.jpgBlack Bear Sowwatchinghttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p7246124gsigned.jpgBlack Bear Sowwatchinghttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p6048630bsigned.jpgBlack Bear time to leavehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p6048607signed.jpgBlack Bear in SpringBlack Bear surrounded by spring saladhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/p6048606signed.jpgP6048606signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/brownbearyardfixsigned.jpgbrownbearyardfixsignedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/brownbearstarefixsigned.jpgBrown Black BearBlack Bearhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/bearz20001best2signed.jpgBlack Bear old photo of brown phase black bear2013-05-08T20:20:51+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/01/05/the-northern-raven-curiosity-on-the-wing/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/raven-tracks-jul16-2-signed.jpgRaven Tracksolitary Raven trackhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/p7276273raventracksjul27-signed.jpgRaven TracksRaven tracks in the sandhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/2ravens-landfill-signed.jpgTwo Ravensat the transfer stationhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/keep-off-signed.jpgRavenriding the Shelter Bay Ferry railshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/camping-037-signed.jpgYoung RavenA curious young raven at Kokanee Creek Provincial Parkhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/two-ravens-stick-power-signed.jpgTwo Young Ravenstwo young Ravens. One is playing with a stickhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/raven-ruffle-feeder-3-signed.jpgRaven CallingRaven calling https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/chase2-signed.jpgchase2 signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/catch-and-drop-signed.jpgTwo Ravenscatch and drop - ravens at playhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/raven-upside-down-2signed.jpgTwo Ravens acrobatic raven flight in silhouette 2013-05-08T20:19:56+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/01/18/todays-photos-raven-prints-and-jay-pics/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/p1164337.jpgSteller's JaySteller's Jayhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/p1164292.jpgSteller's JayA Steller's Jay checking things outhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/p1164436.jpgSteller's JayA Steller's Jay in the snowhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/p1164371-lighter.jpgRaven Tracks in the snowRaven tracks in the snowhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/p1164380-lighter.jpgraven tracks in the snowRaven tracks in the snow2013-05-08T20:18:37+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2012/12/12/bald-eagles/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p2246616.jpgA Bald Eagle JuvenileA Bald Eagle perched near carrion on Kootenay Lakehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/syringa-juvenile-eagle-look-up.jpgA Bald Eagle JuvenileA Bald Eagle Juvenile feeding near the Kootenay River2013-05-08T20:15:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/04/28/kootenay-greening-early-leaves-and-flowers/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p4281788signed-spiny.jpgMahonia in FlowerThe Oregon Grape flowers eventually produce blue berries that reportedly make great jelly.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p4281760signed.jpgP4281760signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p4281754fairybellsigned.jpgFairyslipper The Fairyslipper is a beautiful orchid that can only grow in association with a specific fungus. https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p4281751ferrybellsigned.jpgP4281751ferrybellsignedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p4281744signed.jpgP4281744signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p4281735signed-larch.jpgLarch LeavesSoft, young Larch leaves. This tree is a conifer - but not an ever-green.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p4281733signed-larch.jpgLarch leaves and conesYoung Larch leaves and cones.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p4281720signed-birch-sun.jpgBirch LeavesYoung Paper Birch leaves in the sunhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p4281687signed.jpgP4281687signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p4281682signed-pax.jpgFalse Box in FlowerThis shrub stays green over winter and is a favourite winter food of elk and deer.2013-05-08T03:09:18+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/05/04/to-stot-or-not-to-stot-the-mule-deer/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/mule-small-antsigned.jpgmule small antsignedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/mule-deer-stotsignedf.jpgMule DeerStotting mule deerohttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/copy-of-mule-deer-on-bank-2signed.jpgCopy of mule deer on bank 2signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/copy-of-mule-deer-nice-3signed.jpgMule DeerMule deer in spring coathttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/20100727_29signed.jpgMule Deer TrackThe track of a stotting mule deerhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p5316470signed.jpgMule DeerMule deer have very large ears2013-05-04T19:06:22+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/05/03/misunderstood-omen-of-doom-the-turkey-vulture/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/20100727_46signed.jpgTurkey VultureKeeping an eye out for feeding opportunitieshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/vulture-fall-bigsigned.jpgTurkey VultureDrying the wings on a cold, damp morninghttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/lone-vulturesigned.jpgTurkey VulturePerched near a road-killed elk. There were 3 young vultures nearby.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/vulturelooksigned.jpgTurkey VulturePerched near a dead elk dumped in the bushhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p7175352signed.jpgTurkey VultureDrying wings in the sunhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p6119256signed.jpgTurkey Vulture The classic flight profile of a Turkey Vulture2013-05-10T01:09:13+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/01/28/varied-thrushes-and-watching-for-spring/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/p8125549.jpgYoung Varied ThrushA young Varied Thrush feeding on thimbleberries in fallhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/p5114563.jpgMale Varied ThrushA singing Varied Thrush malehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/p5066470.jpgVaried Thrush NestVaried Thrush Nesthttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/varied-female-sharper-power.jpgFemale Varied ThrushFemale Varied Thrush April 2011https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/varied-gb-power.jpgMale Varied ThrushMale Varied Thrush April 2011https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/p1274894.jpgFemale Varied ThrushFemale Varied Thrush in winter2013-05-03T00:33:32+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/05/02/for-an-old-friend/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p1083936signed.jpgMaxwaiting for the next snowball2013-05-03T00:29:58+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/05/02/spring/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p6129464bsigned.jpgMountain stream in early springA mountain stream in early springhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p6190016signed.jpgUp the Mountains in SpringUp the road to the mountains in springhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/p6190013signed.jpgUp the roadUp the road in the mountains in spring2017-03-22T00:36:51+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/04/14/the-bears-are-out/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p4140989signed.jpgBlack beartrusting his nose https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p4140990signed.jpgBlack bearout in the bushhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p4140987signed.jpgBlack bearfiguring out what to do with his nosehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p4140984signed.jpgP4140984signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p4140942signed.jpgBlack bearhalfway up the treehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p4140992signed.jpgBlack bearawake and looking for food2013-05-01T01:38:58+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/03/29/mountain-skies-full-moon-rising/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/moon-2-powersigned.jpgFull Moon RisingFull Moon Risinghttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/blue-mountain-powersigned.jpgMountain in Moon LightMoon lit mountainhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p3222396dipper-signed.jpgBig DipperThe Big Dipper in a spring sky2013-05-01T01:38:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/03/28/the-return-of-the-mountain-bluebirds/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p6016573-signed.jpgMountain Bluebird Malecurioushttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p6016553-signed.jpgMountain Bluebird Femalepausing in feeding her younghttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p3279328signed.jpgMountain Bluebird Malethe male I saw yesterday - the journey home2013-05-01T01:37:40+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/03/23/of-skunk-cabbages-and-ice/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p3228527-march-signed.jpgIce and Waterice and water in springhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p3228513-march-signed.jpgP3228513 march signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p3228537ice-and-water-signed.jpgIce and Watera spring torrent and icehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p3228532-signed.jpgIce Sculptureearly spring ice sculpturehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/skunk-green-signed.jpgSkunk Cabbagethe green yet to comehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p4104302skunk-cabbage-signed1.jpgSkunk Cabbagehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p3228521skunksigned.jpgSkunk Cabbagejust emergedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p3228519skunk-signed.jpgSkunk CabbageSkunk Cabbage: as the marsh comes alivehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p4181010skunk-cabbage-signed.jpgSkunk Cabbageand a little later they will look like thishttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p4295844skunk-cabbage-signed.jpgSkunk Cabbageby an early spring 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coot.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p6200452.jpgYoung American CootYoung American Coothttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/3cootsfood.jpgAmerican Coot YoungAn American Coot young looking for food.2013-05-01T01:01:08+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2012/12/28/in-ekuri-nigeria/2013-05-01T00:59:29+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2012/12/27/i-ache-with-love-of-this-place/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p8135643signed.jpgTwo Fledgling Cooper's HawksTwo fledgling Cooper's Hawkshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ermine-great-3-signed.jpgShort-tailed Weasel Curious Erminehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p8135643.jpgTwo Fledgling Cooper's HawksTwo fledgling Cooper's Hawks just before migrationhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p6260888.jpgGreen Spring PlantsGreen spring plants emerging in a mountain lakehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p70707991.jpgGreen 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signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/yodel-dark-sharpen-power.jpgyodel dark sharpen powerhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p8044609.jpgA Honey Bee and a SunflowerSummer yellow2013-05-01T00:56:31+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2012/12/20/on-watching-the-snow-fall/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/cyote-tracks.jpgCoyote TracksCoyote tracks in sand2013-05-01T00:55:42+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2012/12/19/red-breasted-nuthatches-and-dinosaurs/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p6087285.jpgRed-breasted NuthatchRed-breasted Nuthatch2013-05-01T00:55:07+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2012/12/19/pine-grosbeaks/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p1134324.jpgA Male Pine GrosbeakA Male Pine Grosbeakhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p3167412.jpgA Female Pine GrosbeakA Female Pine Grosbeak https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p1134379.jpgMale Pine GrosbeakA Male Pine Grosbeak feeding on Mountain Ash berries.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p3208717.jpgFemale Pine GrosbeakPhoto taken in winter of 2011 near Nelson2013-05-01T00:54:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2012/12/14/in-bear-country/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/blackbearpower-signed.jpgblackbearpower signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/pb121830.jpgBlack Bear Tracks in the SnowThe tracks of a black bear sow and cub in late November of 2011.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p9138389.jpgBlack Bear FishingThis black bear was fishing for Kokanee Salmon at Kokanee Creek Provincial Park in 2011.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p7315514.jpgBlack Bear SowBrown coloured black bear sow (with one cub) watching me closely.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p7246146bearstandgoodjul24.jpgBlack Bear SowA Black Bear Sow (with two cubs) standing to see what is going on.2013-05-01T00:53:41+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2012/12/13/chickadee-energy/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p2196270.jpgChestnut-backed ChickadeeChestnut-backed Chickadee at my feederhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/pa150656b.jpgRed-breasted NuthatchRed-breasted Nuthatch taking advantage of sunflower seeds.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/pa110390.jpgRed-breasted NuthatchThe sunflowers are a favourite food item.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/pb262240.jpgMountain ChickadeeI have had Mountain Chickadees at the feeder for the first time in three years.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p3030339great.jpgBlack-capped ChickadeeA reliable visitor to the feeder.2013-05-01T00:53:16+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2012/12/11/hoodies/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/signed-282109jpg-1-2.jpgsigned-282109jpg-1-2https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/signed-282109jpg-1.jpgsigned-282109jpg-1https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/pb282109.jpgTwo Hooded Merganser malesHoodie males are gorgeous.https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p3097156.jpgHooded Merganser femaleThis hoodie female came close enough for a photo.2013-05-01T00:51:33+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/04/25/great-friendship-and-spring-back-east/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p4182489-rocky-mountains-signed1.jpgFlying Over the Rocky MountainsFlying over the Rocky Mountainshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p4182489-rocky-mountains-signed.jpgP4182489 rocky mountains signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p4212630-chickadee-hand-signed.jpghungry chickadeeA hungry chickadeehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p4212645-eastern-signed.jpgEastern Skunk CabbageEastern Skunk Cabbagehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p4222680-signed.jpgEastern Garter SnakeEastern Garter Snakehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p4222651signed.jpgMourning DoveMourning Dovehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p4212580signed.jpgCardinalCardinal Male2013-04-29T16:43:57+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/04/05/and-turtles-too/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p6200501signed.jpgPainted Turtletrying to cross the roadhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p8277012signed.jpgPainted Turtleshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p8277010signed.jpgPainted Turtleshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p7284982signed.jpgPainted TurtleHanging outhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p6058716-signed.jpgPainted TurtleBig Old Female Painted Turtlehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p5287650-signed.jpgPainted TurtlesPainted Turtleshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/p9090058best-signed.jpgPainted TurtlesEnjoying the sun2013-05-10T02:15:12+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/03/26/wilderness-icon-the-northern-loon/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p7070869signed.jpgNorthern Loona curious Northern Loon on a mountain lakehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p7070864signed.jpgNorthern Loona beautiful bird on a beautiful lake2013-03-26T22:09:20+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/03/21/summer-is-short-and-sweet-columbian-ground-squirrels/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p6200525-signed.jpgColumbian Ground Squirrrelshould I go or should I stay?https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/grdsquirrel-dandi-signed.jpgColumbian Ground Squirreldandelions may be an invasive, but they sure do taste 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situation2013-03-21T18:07:02+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/03/15/scurrilous-and-somewhat-scrofulous-the-red-squirrel/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p9159133-signed.jpgRed Squirrelraiding a chipmunk nesthttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p8155793-signed.jpgRed Squirrelout on a spring dayhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p8155789-signed.jpgRed Squirrelout on a spring dayhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p8057673candacesquirrelaug5-signed.jpgRed Squirreltaking over a flicker hole in winterhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p5227529-signed.jpgRed Squirrelwaiting for that opportunityhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p3040429-signed.jpgRed Squirrel enjoying your foodhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p9219331-signed.jpgRed Squirrelhanging by your toes - getting that 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Grebehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p3077449-signed.jpgEared Grebe Eared Grebe in winter plumagehttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p3077428-signed.jpgP3077428 signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p3077396-signed.jpgP3077396 signed2013-03-09T01:41:38+00:00monthlyhttps://sideriusblog.com/2013/03/07/dark-eyed-juncos-a-subtle-beauty/https://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p6097431-signed.jpgP6097431 signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p6097428-signed.jpgDark-eyed Juncohungry fledglingshttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p6097415-signed.jpgDark-eyed Junco fledglingA Dark-eyed Junco fledglinghttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p6097353-signed.jpgP6097353 signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p6097341-signed.jpgP6097341 signedhttps://sideriusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/p4201261-sgiend.jpgP4201261 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