Having miscalculated my squares for October I had to find a square to end the month. So I thought a bird at sunset would be an appropriate ending.
A male Mallard in silhouette at sunset in the winter is my day 31 contribution to Becky’s October Squares challenge on the theme of Kind.
A big thanks to Becky for an interesting and varied October Squares. It was bigger challenge than usual for me without an internet connection at home.
This is my contribution to the Cosmic Photo Challenge: Look to the skies prompt.
I had a couple of ideas for the challenge before going in a different direction.
Rather than the camera looking to the sky I decided to go with a small selection of birds and mammals looking to the sky.
This is my contribution to the One Word Sunday: Wet prompt.
I had a few ideas for the challenge before thinking of this photo of a young male Rose-breasted Grosbeak in the rain on the South Bruce Peninsula, Ontario, Canada.
Flora and Fauna Friday this week is a portrait of a resting bull Bison (Bison bison) photographed on a Bison ranch near Kelliher, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Also known as the American Bison, American Buffalo or simply Buffalo.
My Saturday Bird this week is a male Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis).
Alternative common English names include Eurasian Kingfisher and River Kingfisher although I don’t recall ever seeing one on a river. The species is found across Europe, North Africa and Asia.
This individual was photographed on a small pool next to a canal in southern Cheshire, England in the early 1990s.
My Saturday Bird this week is the Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris). The only Hummingbird species that breeds in eastern North America.
This is a male photographed in mid summer. After courtship and mating the male leaves the female to raise the young. Males start heading south as soon as early August.
I selected this photo to show the worn plumage. The bird will moult its plumage when on its wintering grounds. They spend the winter in Central America, Mexico or Florida. Some birds make a 900 mile flight across the Gulf of Mexico.
I thought of a couple of photos on reading the One Word Sunday prompt Nosy.
Being watched by a Coyote near Punnichy, Saskatchewan in the winter.
Being spied on by a male American Goldfinch near Punnichy, Saskatchewan in the summer.
