Mountain Bluebird with Tiger Moth - a photo on Flickriver

Mountain Bluebird with Tiger Moth

            Monday, 21 February 2022: our temperature is -21°C (windchill -32°C) at 10:00 am.  Sunrise is at 7:37 am, and sunset is at 6:03 pm.  Overcast.  Back to frigid weather again.  Happy Family Day, everyone!

Still digging into my archive images and adding the description that I wrote under another photo taken on the same day.  We had a few more inches of snow overnight and it's turned much colder, so I'm not sure when I will be out taking new photos again.

"What a huge storm we had last night - so much lightning and thunder and rain.  After the serious hailstorm that hit the city the day before, and which I missed because I was out of the city photographing birds, I thought I would go for a short drive to my 'usual' area.  There is a risk for a thunderstorm developing this afternoon and the same for tomorrow.  Our temperature is only 17C as I type (at 11:15 am).

How is it that this pair of Mountain Bluebirds is good at seeing and catching Tiger Moths?  Two years ago, the male of this pair also caught a Tiger Moth and gave me the chance to take a shot or two (see in a comment box below).  I have only ever once seen a Tiger moth species, and it was unlike the ones in these two photos.  They really are beautiful.  I wonder if they taste as good as they look : )  I am always thankful when the Bluebirds are active, though before too long, their babies will have fledged and all will have disappeared.

I was happy to find a few different birds, including a family of Eastern Kingbirds, a Cedar Waxwing, a Bald Eagle, Red-winged Blackbird, and a very distant Great Blue Heron standing at the far edge of a pond."

Taken on: July 25, 2018

Tags:

Alberta

Canada

nature

wildlife

ornithology

avian

bird

Bluebird

Mountain Bluebird

Sialia currucoides

Turdidae

Sialia

female

adult

front/side view

perched

fencepost

insect

moth

Tiger Moth

food

beak

bill

mouth

for her babies

field

bokeh

outdoor

summer

25 July 2018

Nikon

P900

Coolpix

annkelliott

Anne Elliott

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Camera: NIKON COOLPIX P900, f/6.5, 1/500 sec, 357mm, ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	NIKON COOLPIX P900
Aperture:	f/6.5
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/500)
Focal Length:	357mm
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 12.0 Windows
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