After a run of 5 straight weeks without a whole day away from work (around our annual maintenance shutdown), I was very happy to take a long weekend off and "get the heck out of Dodge..." My friends John, Ed and I headed to Oak Hammock Marsh (near Stonewall, Manitoba - for my American friends, that's about 3 hours straight north from Grand Forks, North Dakota) for a weekend of birding and photography. After the gale-force winds on Saturday settled down, the birds came out in numbers and made…

Both of these songbirds are tiny and yellow, but it is possible to tell them apart. Learn how to tell the difference between a yellow warbler vs goldfinch.

This is another shot of a tropical bird at the Bloedel Conservatory in Vancouver. The conservatory is a large, domed enclosure that supports a variety of tropical birds that fly freely and plants that grow in a hot house like environment. For safety and research, all of the birds are banded (note the red band on the leg). Unfortunately, I have not been able to identify the species. The photo was taken in March 2010, with an Olympus digital camera. Enjoy.

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Yellow canary - Serinus canaria on its perch. In front of a white background , #Sponsored, #Serinus, #canaria, #Yellow, #canary, #white #ad

The wild Canary is also known as the Atlantic Canary, Island Canary or Common Canary. This small finch was named for its native range: Spain's Canary Islands in the eastern Atlantic.

Beautiful yellow warbler bird. #Birds #BeautifulBirds #BirdFeathers #Animals

Indian Golden Oriole