Birds Archives - Calgary Guardian https://calgaryguardian.com/tag/birds/ Arts, Culture and Lifestyle from Calgary Thu, 22 Aug 2019 21:09:15 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://calgaryguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/cropped-CalgaryGuardian_Logo_FaviconApp-32x32.jpg Birds Archives - Calgary Guardian https://calgaryguardian.com/tag/birds/ 32 32 Historical Wildlife Photos From Across Alberta: Part Two https://calgaryguardian.com/historical-wildlife-photos-part-two/ Thu, 29 Aug 2019 09:00:05 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=5721 After the overwhelmingly positive feedback we received about our first historical wildlife post, and the one solely dedicated to bears, we decided to create part two. Below is a collection of 30 photographs featuring different [...]

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]]> “A Day in the Life” with Calgary artist Gillian McCarron https://calgaryguardian.com/calgary-artist-gillian-mccarron/ Sun, 10 Feb 2019 06:30:19 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=3795 Gillian McCarron enjoys roaming the spaces between depth and breadth. The adeptly-placed brush strokes of her recent bird series reveal the extent of her attentiveness, and the exploratory nature of her new texture series reveal [...]

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]]> A Truly Wild Experience https://calgaryguardian.com/wild-experience/ Fri, 24 Nov 2017 00:06:02 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=2573 “The Smaller The Creature, The Bolder Its Spirit.” ~Suzy Kassem I found myself in a precarious situation, trying to keep the bike between me and the angry beast. No matter what I tried it just kept [...]

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]]> Canada’s National Bird Shouldn’t Ruffle Any Feathers https://calgaryguardian.com/canadas-national-bird/ Mon, 09 Jan 2017 00:53:35 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=1801 “If I had to come up with a bunch of words to describe Canadians, I would pick friendly, hardy, adaptable, intelligent, trusting, and opportunistic. If I had to pick a bird that fit those characteristics, [...]

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]]> Wild Jobs Part Five: Wildlife Photographer https://calgaryguardian.com/wild-jobs-part-five-wildlife-photographer/ Fri, 29 Jan 2016 02:16:50 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=791 Photography has long been a hobby of mine, especially wildlife photography. I always thought that professional photographers that were paid to photograph wild creatures in exotic locations had some of the best jobs in the [...]

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]]> Wild Jobs Part Two: Wildlife Rehabilitation Technician https://calgaryguardian.com/wild-jobs-part-two-wildlife-rehabilitation-technician/ Thu, 16 Apr 2015 23:30:57 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=157 Part two in my series on outdoor-related professions looks at the work of Wildlife Rehabilitation Technicians at the Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation (AIWC). Recently I spoke with Holly Duvall, AIWC’s executive director, about her work, [...]

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]]> Birding 101 https://calgaryguardian.com/birding-101/ Thu, 02 Apr 2015 23:24:59 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=155 Several years ago during a weekend camping trip a discussion broke out between my wife and I about which species of deer, White-Tailed or Mule, we had just seen walk through the campground. An acquaintance, [...]

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]]> The Eagle Highway https://calgaryguardian.com/the-eagle-highway/ Fri, 17 Oct 2014 17:03:06 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=129 Alberta is home to two species of eagle, the Bald and the Golden. Twice a year these magnificent birds use a narrow strip on the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains as a highway. In [...]

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