Casey Sisterson - Photographer

A male Ruby-throated Hummingbird took a break on his little swing, throat flashing red. For a bird that never seems to sit, he looked very settled. #Manitoba #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Birds #Birding #RubyThroatedHummingbird #Hummingbird #GardenBirds

Still wearing its mottled brown youth, this Herring Gull waded into the current and settled in like it owned the spot. Maybe it does. #Manitoba #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Birds #Birding #HerringGull #Gulls #JuvenileGull

Three American White Pelicans stacked along the shoreline like they’d planned it. Same direction, same patience, bills pointed at something only they could see. #Manitoba #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Birds #Birding #AmericanWhitePelican #Pelicans #Shoreline

The woods behind were bare and gray, but this tree was still holding its gold. It looked like it knew it was the last one to leave the party. #Manitoba #NaturePhotography #AutumnColours #FallColours #WillowTree #RiverbankTrees #GoldenHour #LastLight

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The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #LMNO so I went with all the #northern bird photos I have. - Northern Cardinal - Northern Shoveler - Northern Harrier - Northern Pintail #birds #Birding #BirdPhotography Visit my portfolio to see more: casey.sisterson.ca/manitoba-birds/

The prairie doesn’t go straight from fall to winter. For a few quiet mornings, it hangs in between: hoarfrost on every branch, and a hush over the fields. Photos from the edge of winter in Manitoba. casey.sisterson.ca/edge-of-winter/ #Manitoba #LandscapePhotography #Hoarfrost #Winter #Prairie

The last American White Pelicans of 2026 went past just above the waves, five in a loose line. Autumn is nearly done with them, and I got one more look. #Manitoba #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Birds #Birding #AmericanWhitePelican #Pelicans #BirdsInFlight #AutumnMigration

A young Herring Gull, still mottled brown from its first year, has claimed a small rock in moving water. Feathers fluffed, it seems to have decided today is for sitting. #Manitoba #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Birds #Birding #HerringGull #Gulls #AutumnBirds #RiverBirds

A flock of Pectoral Sandpipers dropped onto the mudflat in a rush of wings, all jostling for the same patch of wet ground. Everyone arrived at once and nobody wanted to wait. #Manitoba #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Birds #Birding #PectoralSandpiper #Shorebirds #FallMigration #Mudflat

A Harris’s Sparrow settled on the edge of the feeder in late light, pink bill catching the glow. Fall migrants like this one never stay long, so I took the quiet moment while it lasted #Manitoba #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Birds #Birding #HarrisSparrow #Sparrow #FallMigration #GoldenHour

Here are some gulls for the #Laurs theme of #BirdOfTheDay from #Manitoba #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography

Dressed for autumn: nine Manitoba animals that match the season. Can you spot the coyote in the grain? casey.sisterson.ca/dressed-for-... #Manitoba #WildlifePhotography #NatureSky #Autumn #Birdsky

One Red-breasted Nuthatch, one bare branch, and a lot of confidence for a bird this small. It holds still just long enough to make it clear who is in charge. #Manitoba #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Birds #Birding #RedBreastedNuthatch #Nuthatch #BirdBehavior #GreenBokeh

A Song Sparrow stops on a mossy rock with a green caterpillar in its bill. Somewhere close by, someone is waiting on this delivery, and the sparrow seems to know the trip isn’t over yet. #Manitoba #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Birds #Birding #SongSparrow #Sparrow #BirdBehavior #GreenBokeh

The American White Pelican has the fish and knows it. The second pelican edges closer, eyes on that pouch, trying to look uninterested while being completely interested. #Manitoba #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Birds #Birding #AmericanWhitePelican #Pelican #Fishing #GoldenLight

The White-breasted Nuthatch came down the trunk headfirst, the way it always does, as if up were someone else’s idea. Something on the bark had its full attention. #Manitoba #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Birds #Birding #WhiteBreastedNuthatch #Nuthatch #UpsideDown #ForestBirds

Somewhere past the last marsh, this Great Blue Heron ran out of migration. Shoulders hunched, thoroughly done with the whole thing, it stood in the sun and went nowhere. #Manitoba #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Birds #Birding #GreatBlueHeron #Heron #FallMigration #Wetlands

The Dark-eyed Junco showed up just as the leaves turned, the way it does every year. It left summer somewhere up north, and it’s here to tell us what comes next. #Manitoba #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Birds #Birding #DarkEyedJunco #Junco #AutumnColours #FallMigration

For today's #BirdOfTheDay, we feature the theme of #Brown. Here are some #CanadianBirds sporting brown - #MallardDuck enjoying some duck weed - #RedWingedHawk giving me a look - #KillDeer acting like its hurt - #HouseWren building a house #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #HappyThanksgiving

Todayy we are focusing on Ducks and Geese in flight for #BirdOfTheDay. It's migration time in Manitoba, Canada so there are millions migrating right now. - Canada Geese - Mallard Ducks - Mallard Ducks - Canada Goose #Ducks%GeeseFlight #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography

Today's theme of #BlueWater for #BirdOfTheDay brings some amazing water birds enjoying their blue surroundings. - double crested cormorant - common goldeneyes - ruddy duck (love their beak) - american coot #birds #birding #birdphotography #manitoba

So many Birds believe they are a #BirdSupermodel. Here are a few bird portraits from this year #BirdOfTheDay - Pileated woodpecker - black capped chickadde - juvenile male ruby throated hummingbird - purple finch #Birds #Birding #birdPhotography

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #BlueSkies is any bird against a blue sky. Luckily we had many of those this year. - great blue heron - Osprey - Turkey Vulture - Black Crowned Night Heron #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #Manitoba

Last light on the prairie. The clouds burned orange from underneath while the sun squeezed through a gap between the bins and sent rays across the stubble. #Manitoba #Sunset #PrairieSunset #LandscapePhotography #GoldenHour #AutumnSky #FarmLife

Here are some #Black&White photos of birds for #BirdOfTheDay. - American White Pelican - Bald Eagle - Great Egret - Bald Eagle #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #Monochrome #blackandwhite

Most evenings this ditch just drains a field. Tonight it held the whole sky for a few minutes, then let it go as the light faded out past the grain bins. #Manitoba #SunsetPhotography #LandscapePhotography #PrairieSky #Reflections

Every gate along the locks lets the water through at its own pace, blurring into pale ribbons by the time it hits the river below. #Manitoba #Lockport #LongExposure #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #WaterPhotography #RiverPhotography #ManitobaRiver

Here are four photos from this year for the #Airborne theme for #BirdOfTheDay. Pelicans, double crested cormorant, night heron, and a franklin's gull. Hope you enjoy. #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography

Shield Leaf glows at the edge of the stone path, the only plant still getting sun as the ferns and the rest of the garden fade into evening. #Manitoba #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #GardenPhotography #ShieldLeaf #ShadowAndLight #BotanicalPhotography #EveningLight

The fern keeps to the shade beside the garden path, letting only a few patches of light touch its fronds while the shadows do all the wandering. #Manitoba #NaturePhotography #Ferns #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #GardenPhotography #ShadowAndLight #PlantPhotography

American White Pelicans. Somewhere in the crowd a fish had been spotted, and every head turned. One bill swung wide open. Nobody wanted to admit they'd missed it. #Manitoba #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Birds #Birding #AmericanWhitePelican #Pelicans #WaterBirds

American White Pelicans. Somewhere in the crowd a fish had been spotted, and every head turned. One bill swung wide open. Nobody wanted to admit they'd missed it. #Manitoba #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Birds #Birding #AmericanWhitePelican #Pelicans #WaterBirds

Blue Jay. Feathers still ruffled, it perched and waited with one eye on the ground. Somewhere below, a peanut or a rival was about to make its move. #Manitoba #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Birds #Birding #BlueJay #BackyardBirds #SummerBirds

The bird world's #divers for today's #BirdOfTheDay - common tern - pied-billed grebe - double-crested cormorant - ruddy duck #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography

A Ruby-throated Hummingbird drops straight down into a bee balm bloom, wings held out flat, bill buried in one of the pink tubes. Pollen dusted across its crown. #Manitoba #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Birds #Birding #RubyThroatedHummingbird #Hummingbird

Three Blue-winged Teal sit in a sheet of duckweed, bills flecked green, one already halfway through a preen. Nobody appears to be in a hurry to leave. #Manitoba #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Birds #Birding #BlueWingedTeal #Ducks

A Ring-billed Gull banks away with a small fish in its bill while a second one swings in from behind. Nothing gets eaten in peace around a spillway. #Manitoba #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Birds #Birding #RingBilledGull #Gulls

A collection of #Raptors from this year for the #BIrdOfTheDay theme. I love raptors.

The marsh was full of small green shoots and blue reflections, and somewhere in the middle of it a Great Blue Heron was taking its time. #Manitoba #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Birds #Birding #GreatBlueHeron #Wetlands

Bark-coloured and built like a shield, this stink bug perched on a pink coneflower bud, standing out completely for the first time in its life. #Manitoba #WildlifePhotography #Macrophotography #Macro #StinkBug #Insects #Coneflower

Morning traffic. Three American White Pelicans drop toward the churning water, wings braking, feet out, each one picking its own spot along the rush. #Manitoba #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Birds #Birding #AmericanWhitePelican #BirdsInFlight

Just a flash of white against the dark branches. The Great Egret didn't hurry and didn't turn, just carried on along the tree line toward wherever the fishing was better this morning. #Manitoba #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Birds #Birding #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #GreatEgret

An American White Pelican drops in feet first, wings wide, skidding across the water toward a crowd of pelicans already lined up and waiting for the current to bring breakfast. #Manitoba #BirdPhotography #Birds #Birding #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #AmericanWhitePelican #MonochromeMonday

After the rain, the old trail holds the sky in one wide puddle. Sun low through the trees, tire ruts full of light, and the whole canopy hanging upside down at my feet. #Manitoba #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #LandscapePhotography #Reflection #MorningLight #AfterTheRain

Every part of this Common Tern is doing something. Wings working opposite directions, bill pointed down, tail streamers strung out behind the whole business. #Manitoba #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Birds #Birding #CommonTern #Terns #HighKey #BirdsInFlight #SummerBirding

Red-winged Blackbirds working an oat field in early August, packing on weight. In a few weeks this whole group heads south, and the fields go quiet. #Manitoba #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Birds #Birding #RedWingedBlackbird #Blackbirds #FallMigration #OatField #PrairieBirds

An abandoned farmhouse holding a corner of the field, one tree grown up tight against it. Whoever planted that tree meant to be there a long time. #Manitoba #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #PrairieLife #AbandonedFarmhouse #RuralDecay #LandscapePhotography #PrairieSky #Shelterbelt #Farmland

The elm's whole history is readable from underneath — every bend, every limb it lost, every direction it tried before settling on up. #Manitoba #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #Elm #AmericanElm #TreePhotography #NaturePhotography #LookingUp #Canopy #SummerLeaves

Wings up, water flying, one fish wedged sideways in all that orange. The American White Pelican had about three seconds to turn it around before something else noticed. #Manitoba #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Birds #Birding #AmericanWhitePelican #Pelican #RiverLife #SummerBirding