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Isn’t he something! Thanks so much for taking the time to leave some comments. Very much appreciated 🙏🏻

Hey welcome to the channel, It’s nice to have a fellow Albertan on here. Glad you like the videos 😁

Yes, on the pylon. A few of them seemed to like hanging out there.

I know right! Did you see the size of the tongue on that big guy! 😳😝

Welcome to the channel! Thanks so much for watching and commenting. Appreciate the support :o)

@ my pleasure

Mother Nature's artwork at its finest!

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Thanks, I’m glad you enjoyed it! 😊

For this video it would have been the Nikon D7000, but more recent videos were shot with the Nikon D500, which is still a relatively old camera, but is far superior to my old D7K.

Thanks so much Richard! I do love these little cuties, and it's wonderful to have them here in the winter (sometimes with the odd hoary redpoll in the flocks) 😊

Can you imagine! He looks soo soft all fluffed up against the cold. 🥰

Isn’t he gorgeous! We’ve been really lucky with the weather so far, had an absolutely fantastic fall. We need a day of snow to remind everyone to get their winter tires on 😀

That’s awesome! I hope your kids appreciated it. It’s just magical to watch hey.

@@Rockymtnchick they did 😉

It was spectacular, it’s been years since I’ve seen such a good light show. This wasn’t the best I’ve seen, but it was magical to watch. The hard part was tearing myself away before I strained my neck from looking up so much 😝

Thank you! ☺Yes I feel the same way - highly unlikely to ever see one again and I'm amazed I got the action with the sandhills. I feel very lucky.

@@MelindaGreen 😂🤣😂

I have some chatty magpies here too. Their funny little sounds are adorable sometimes 😊

Me too! There some on my deck looking for dog food.

I can’t! 😁 But other raven videos I’ve seen have had the females making quieter sounds than the males. This one seemed a bit smaller than the others too. Could just be a young-un 🤷🏼‍♀️ Thanks! It’s a windy ol’ place is Alberta! I should’ve put the microphone on the camera but I didn’t think I had enough time.

Thank you for that lovely comment (and for the feedback about the text 👍). This channel is definitely for people who need more nature in their life (which IMHO is most people 😉), so welcome! Always nice to see some fellow Albertans on here too, wishing you all the best with your creative journey.

Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed it! Wow, that’s a long way to drive, I hope it was worth it!

I have a new video coming soon with an even better raven-repertoire! 😀

@@tgill2943 Thank you so much, that’s very kind of you.

Interestingly it did seem to wait until the wind had really picked up before it took off. My footage is a bit shakier towards the end as I took the camera off the tripod to be ready for when it flew over. I was so happy to get those shots at the end. Being such a big bird certainly helped me lock on for those bird-in-flight shots 😂 Glad you enjoyed it. I don’t know if you’ve noticed (😉) but I have a bit of a thing for interesting wildlife behaviour 😂

Thanks Rich! It really is an impressive bird, I feel very privileged to have had that experience 😊

Hope this was helpful and hope it all goes well!

@@Rockymtnchick thank you.

@@wildhomevideos 😂 so not much different then 😜 It really is striking there, I don’t feel like I can do it justice.

@@Rockymtnchick Only one difference of note. At this place you have to be careful not to get wet or you get frostbite and here you can't wait to get into the water to cool down. These places do have an effect on me too. It is no wonder that the first people had strong religious connections to places like that.

@@wildhomevideos 😁 Yes, I can understand that. This national park is my heaven-on-earth. I’ll eventually get round to making a video of the wildlife I’ve seen here, with some spectacular scenery thrown in for good measure.

I’ve not seen it often. He did it twice, I was just too slow to catch the first one. I think this is the first time I’ve recorded it.

Not me, for sure, but they were soo cute, lol! 😊

@@pHelmerinCarburnPark Thanks Paul, me too!

I was also amazed I caught it. It was only because I saw the raven's shadow as it flew over that I moved off what I was shooting (scenery) and went back to the vultures. I was surprised to see the raven had joined them and just managed to catch it make that funny noise before it started cawing (I missed the first one he did). Also glad it just had an amusing outcome.

Yeh, I got several videos of this one eating the grass, it kept me entertained for a fair while!

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Thank you! I like how they are such different birds, but with similar colouring and interesting patterns. That's the sound of our wetland areas coming alive in spring! Things have gotten a lot quieter now.

@@pHelmerinCarburnPark Thanks Paul! 😊

@@tgill2943 Thank you so much, I’m glad you enjoyed it. There’s more of this little one to come. Sounds like you live in a lovely location.

You guys are so fast to comment! 😀 Thank you so much! There'll be more to come, including her reaction to shadows (which is adorable). I will have that lullaby stuck in my head for weeks, lol.

@@Rockymtnchick Hahaha, at least you will sleep well. And it is far better than having "Bye bye American pie..." churning in your head all day long. Oooops! Sorry didn't mean to put that in your head! ....It is raining outside so I just happened to be on the computer downloading stuff when your bell rang.

@@wildhomevideos 🤣😂🤣 Yes I will have that stuck in my head now! And I was looking forward to a good night's sleep! 😜

Thanks Rich! This was a rare event for me to get a red-tail on camera, especially being so vocal. 😁 I was quite surprised to see you had them year-round at your last place. They’re a summer migrant here, I’ve maybe seen 2 here in the winter.

@@Rockymtnchick All the more reason to have that special experience with them, I miss them now we've moved, so common in Toronto. Great birds and that RED tail! Special. Cheers R

I know how she feels! Lol. And she does look like she has a problem with one of her legs too.

Thank you :o) Red-tailed hawks normally take off when I'm 1/2 a mile down the road, so this was a lovely surprise. He was definitely a chatterbox. A beautiful day indeed, a bit hot for me though and there's a bit of haze obscuring the mountains, but nothing too much (some days we can't see the mountains due to the wildfire smoke). I love the hawk scream, it's one of my favourite sounds of summer.

Interesting. And do your young-uns have the same level of manic wing-flapping when they are about to be fed? 😁 Yeh, such a cutie pie this one. So entertaining.

@@Rockymtnchick Very similar but they are accompanied by an adult at all times who is very good at hiding them under low branches and behind trees. We can never get close and we don't want to appear threatening. Our magpies are possibly even more smart than the North American species and they perceive someone looking at them directly as a threat. They live a long time and can recognise and remember human faces. They also have a tendency to attack people they take a dislike to and can cause serious injury. And once that starts they keep doing it. We have a peace treaty with the tribe which lives around our house and we don't want to break it. So we stay away.

Weird, I didn't get a notification of this reply. I've heard something similar about crows, remembering faces and even communicating to others about 'good' and 'bad' people. The fledgling used my backyard as a nursery for a few days before disappearing (presumably on an adventure into someone else's yard. About 10 days later the adults were giving their 2 youngsters flying lessons in the street and then the family ended up back in my garden for much of the next few days. I'm hoping that means I'm not a 'bad' person or at the very least that they enjoy my mini backyard nature reserve :o)

🤣You’ve got me there! I couldn’t resist! I have one more for the live stream and then I expect I’ll put one together with the other clips I filmed from inside. Such an entertaining little character 🥰

I need to go live a little later for you guys to be awake! I appreciate that you would have left a chat message had you been able to 🙏 Well done for saving the little magpie! I don't have much of a maternal instinct, but this little one really brought it out. The adults are amazing parents thankfully!

Ooh I now have a live tab. The videos go under there after streaming, and people can watch and comment etc from there. I'm such a newb! Always learning something new :o)