Poster featuring two ducks with registration qr code and text describing guided bird tours on May 9th for Global big day
Mark your calendars! 🗓 I'm celebrating #globalbigday by offering a full day of guided #bird tours!
#birding #birdphotography #birdwatching
Excited to share my website is now live!
Plan your birding trip to North-east Saskatchewan!
Www.shaynacossettebirding.com/birdingguide
Background. All white photo of snow with some dark willow branches and a white grouse. Logo - cursive "shayna cossette" with hummingbird silhouette and birding guide in green text Text in green: "mission: to provide ethical and knowledgeable birding experiences in Northern Saskatchewan. Vision: to inspire and grow an ethical and conservation-minded birding community Species: willow ptarmigan"
I am so excited for this new chapter of mine!
I will be offering guided birding experiences in the Creighton/Flin Flon areas starting this year!
#birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdtours
A blue jay perched on a wooden feeder with snow on it's roof
So excited that I get to occasionally see these beautiful birds in my new area!
🐦 Blue Jay
#birds #saskatchewan #birdphotography
4 red birds with black and white wings forage in an evergreen tree loaded with pinecones with a blue sky background
New Yard bird! White-winged Crossbill!
Ive made my yard list available on my blog!
shaynacossettewildlife.com/bfsyardlist
#birds #birding
A large black and white woodpecker with a small red crest clings to a power pole
Found out im likely gunna need a surgery tkday which sucks but share a bird below to take the edge off
Female Pileated Woodpecker
#birds
A beautifully coloured up snow bunting from the christmas bird count!
#birds #birdphotography #birding
Happy New Year!
#FirstBirdof2026 - Evening Grosbeak
#birds
A large black woodpecter with white stripes on the face, a red cheek patch, and a large red crest is excavating a power pole with blurred snowy trees in the background
This beautiful male Pileated woodpecker showed up in my front yard yesterday! Hoping to see him again today on the Christmas Bird Count!
#christmasbirdcount #birding #birds #birdphotography
Now available!
The woodpecker mug! All species photographed by me and printed locally
Plus my entire site is 10% off with code: BOXDAYSALE
Www.shaynacossettewildlife.com/store/woodpeckermug
#birding #birdmug #woodpecker #birdwatching
A lynx looks up at the sky from a snowbank with the text" merry christmas and a happy new year" in red and green
Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
#wildlife #lynx #birding #happyholidays
A streaked briwn and white bird with a long neck and bill stands in shallow water with a few cattail reeds in the foreground and long green grass in the background
Since I'm visiting my parents for christmas I thought i'd share a photo from the last time I was here!
In August I was in the Estevan area and got my best looks at this American Bittern!
#birdphotography #birding #birds #birdwatching #bittern
A hand holds a mug intentionally obscuring the design. What is visible is red text that says "peckers" short for woodpeckers
The bird nerds are gunna love this mug!
Launching in the new year!!
#peckers #woodpeckers #birdmug #birds #birding
A red and black fox stands on a paved road with trees in the background
A red fox stands in a road ditch beside a power pole with trees in the background
Some of my new neighbours! Urban red foxes
#fox #foxes #wildlife #wildlifephotography
A mottled brown and white grouse perches on a willow branch.
A mottled brown and white grouse balances while walking away from the camera on the branch with its left wing extended for balance
Sharp-tailed Grouse showing off their excellent camoflauge and tight-rope skills 😂
#birds #birdphotography #birding #grouse
Absolutely perfect shot! So talented!
Thank you Glen!
Absolutely! They are really out here showing me up 😂
Thank you so much! Glad to be back! The first Willow Ptarmigan of the year in the Creighton area were found this week!
Thank you Janet! They are absolutely gorgeous!
What every birder wants for christmas - a birds of the world subscription!
A black and white woodpecker with black streaks on face and belly and yellow forehead patch clings to a burnt tree with burnt sticks in the background
One more for #WoodpeckerWednesday - the American Three-toed Woodpecker! Northern Saskatchewan
#birds #birdphotography #birding
A black and white woodpecler with a yellow forehead patch clings to a blackened burnt tree with multiple charred sticks in the foreground and background
The black-backed woodpecker - found in recently burned forest in northern saskatchewan
#birding #birdphotography #woodpecker #birds
A male evening grosbeak, a yellow bird with a brown head and yellow unibrow, is perched on an evergreen branch surrounded by pine needles
A slightly blurry photo of a downy woodpecker on a power pole, the woodpecker is small, black and white, and with a red patch on the back of the head
Hi-count on this mornings checklist was 30 Evening Grosbeak!
Also present were DOWO, HAWO, REDP, PIGR, RBNU, and SPGR!
#birding #backyardbirds #birdphotography #birdwatching
A grey white and brown grouse stands at the side of the with blurry red willows in the background
A Ruffed Grouse on the side of a gravel road in Northern Saskatchewan
#birds #grouse #birdphotohraphy #birding
A white and black woodpecker is perched on a red wood fence with an evergreen bough in the top left of the photo
Hairy Woodpecker from before the snowfall
#birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #backyardbirds
A grey striped owl with bright yellow eyes and bill is perched at the very tip of a dead tree covered in lichen
The Northern Hawk Owl 🦉
These small boreal owls are daytime hunters, and I often see them while traveling along highways!
#birding #owl #birdphotography
This is literally how i explain the difference between them and hairy woodpeckers to non-birders! Was it a cute woodpecker? If yes probably a downy, if no probably a hairy
A white mug with text 'backyard birds' and various photos of birds on the mug with a colourful christmas tree in the background
Two mugs on a counter top. One says backyard birds and other says boreal birds with various bird photos and names on each mug
I wanted to share these for all the fellow bird nerds out there!
I used my photography to curate themed bird mugs based on the birds here in Saskatchewan!
They are available for purchase at www.shaynacossettewildlife.com/store
#birdmug #birdnerd #birding
A red and black bird is perched on a snowy evergreen tree branch
Male pine grosbeak
#winterfinches #birding #birdphotography
