My first camera was a Kodak Pocket Instamatic.
Not exactly a good camera for wildlife photography.

Yet with it I got my fist shots of a lifetime, photographs of a small Ermine with a large Field Mouse.
I still have those photos and I still have to use a magnifying glass to see the Weasel and it's prize, :)

Very well done.

I wish it were warm enough here to do some Bird photography but It's -40 out there, that's too cold for this dude.

Thank you. It is my great pleasure to share what I see.

I love silhouettes too, in nature or in photography.
There is a certain mystique about them that full light viewing simply does not have.

I love it!

Some more winter species we see.

I have no good photos of Ravens which seems odd since I see them pretty much every day all year round.
And that could be why I've never felt the need to photograph them.

I'll do my best to remedy that this winter.

Gray Crowned Rosy Finch


Red Breasted Nuthatch


Spruce Grouse


Hawk Owl


Snowy Owl in the middle of the road


Female Pine Grosbeak


Sharp Tailed Grouse. They have a very unique flight style. they beat their wings very fast of a couple of seconds and then glide for a minute or two, and repeat.


Magpie

Thanks everyone.

The Bohemian Waxwing is my favorite as well. We do get Ceder Waxwings too but only in summer.
The Bohemians are here only during winter.
As far as I know they are the only closely related species we see that show up in different seasons.

I didn't post all the winter species I have photographs of.
Maybe I should add some more.

It's a toss up which is the most Common here, Ravens or Chickadees.

We don't see all that many bird species in winter, probably less then thirty species all told.

The ones that are most noticeable are Ravens of course, The big Owls, Great Grays, Great Horned and Snowy Owls, the smaller one are around but seldom seen.

Then there are the Grouse, Sharp Tailed, Ruffed, Spruce and some years Willow Ptarmigan.

Next are the Grosbeaks and Buntings. Two species of Grosbeaks, White Winged Crossbills, Snow Buntings and occasionally Gray Crowned Rosy Finch.
And two species of Chickadee.

Plus two species of Nuthatch, White Breasted and Red Breasted.

I may have missed some.

Here are some winter birds I have photographed.

Ruffed Grouse cleaning up what the other birds have spilled.


Evening Grosbeak and Pine Grosbeak


Common Redpoll


Male Pine Grosbeak


Bohemian Waxwing


Gray Jay letting us know the feeders are empty. Only one does this, He/She will tap on the window when the feeders are low.


Great Gray Owl


Boreal Chickadee, at my sister's feeders


Black Capped Chickadee


Male Snowy Owl

Stunning!

I hadn't even thought of doing that. I'll give it a try the next time there are Northern lights and a clear sky, but I'm just starting to learn how to do videos.

It could be fun. :)

Thanks Mike. :)

And they are Morning Doves, lucky you.

In town they have Collered Doves, an invasive species, but I haven't seen a Morning Dove in years.

Nice shots.

I have never seen one, but I am related to a Kuhn. Does that count ;)

In all seriousness we don't have them here but there are some in the south of the province.
I was told a dead one was found a bit north of here. Speculation is that it hitched a ride on a freight train and fell off and was killed on impact with the ground.

BTW That fire engine is on display at the town of Hay River, in the Northwest Territories, six hours north of me.

Along with this Bombardier B-12 snow bus

I agree! LOL