equanimity imaging — photography


May 17, 2013

Yellow-headed Blackbird, Frank Lake (Alberta)

Yellow-headed Blackbird Canon EOS 50D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM Yellow-headed Blackbird Canon EOS 50D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM Yellow-headed Blackbird Canon EOS 50D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM Yellow-headed Blackbird Canon EOS 50D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM Yellow-headed Blackbird Canon EOS 50D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM Yellow-headed Blackbird Canon EOS 50D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM Yellow-headed Blackbird Canon EOS 50D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM Yellow-headed Blackbird Canon EOS 50D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM Yellow-headed Blackbird Canon EOS 50D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM Yellow-headed Blackbird Canon EOS 50D, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM

With a golden head, a white patch on black wings, and a call that sounds like a rusty farm gate opening, the Yellow-headed Blackbird will get your attention. That one was in a prairie wetland, Frank Lake.

Frank Lake Conservation Area is an amazing place. There are several similar places in the area. It might have turned me into a birder.