Hairy Woodpecker, male

I found a pair of these lovely Woodpeckers today but the female was shy so no photos of her today.

Hairy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Red-breasted Nuthatch female

Pileated Woodpecker female

Red-breasted Nuthatch female

Northern Flickr female

Light from below reflecting off the snow.

Downy Woodpecker male

One of 5 species of woodpeckers that dropped into my backyard this afternoon. ISO 10,000 a dark day.

Pileated Woodpecker female

That fluorescent red is all-natural colouring. Taken in my backyard this afternoon.

Playtime 2

Playtime 2

Immature Eagles play in the wind.

Sitting Pretty

River Otter

Dinner was floating downstream kind of like home delivery for the Otter. In a 10 min period, it ate a good pound or more.

The last half hour

of today was full of photo ops I first found this male Eagle I have had the pleasure of photographing before, he likes this perch and doesn't seem to mind the camera. From there I found a Cooper's Hawk over a small stream, movement caught my eye and there was a River Otter on the edge of the stream.

Juvenile Eagle

There was two that fledged from a nearby nest, this juv liked to spend time on the ground checking out everything from seaweed to pieces of bark that it would play with. A very entertaining pair they would often fight over the same thing, the adult male had to fly in a couple times to break up the fights.

Immature Eagle

We found her perched by the river in a few locations today, I would think she is is watching the riverbanks for salmon.

Lounging Elk

Having a mid morning back scratch followed by a nap.

Raging Creek

I am learning how to take photos without fur or feathers is a big challenge for me. Getting the colours and light correct isn't easy plus the whole composition is way out of my comfort zone. I'm taking a course this afternoon I'll see if I can improve upon this image. I used to say landscape photographer have it easy they have a static subject that doesn't move like birds or animals...still not easy :)

Vancouver Island

A Roosevelt Elk having a lazy morning.

Those big antlers aren't just for looking handsome they also double as fantastic back scratchers.