This week I have some images of Horned Grebes and their grebettes which is what baby grebes are called. Yellowknifers are quite fortunate to have a number of small lakes within city limits where you can see over 100 different bird species. One of the lakes is a reclaimed sewage pond surrounded by a walking trail. This is one of …
This week I have some images of waterfowl that are common visitors around Yellowknife in the breeding season. I am still working on my duck identification skills however, these birds are some that I can readily identify in the field. It took some time to figure out how to differentiate the female Northern shovelers from the female mallards as their …
This week I learned about two species of grebe. Loons were so fascinating that I wanted to learn more about the amazing skills of diving birds and since we have a couple of species of grebes that nest in Yellowknife, I thought they would be a great choice. Red-necked and Horned grebes are the most common visitors to the NWT. …