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Check out these photos of owls, eagles and other feathered friends in Calgary

Calgarians enjoy a variety of birds that frequent our yards, but rarely do visits from owls or a bald eagle get caught on camera.

Want to see your photos on CBC TV, CBC.ca or CBC's social platforms? Email them to calgaryphotos@cbc.ca

Photographer Ali Khafagi says this bald eagle was spotted in Carburn Park in southeast Calgary on Saturday. (Submitted by Ali Khafagi)

Calgarians enjoy a variety of birds that frequent our yards, but rarely do visits from owls or a bald eagle get caught on camera.

CBC Calgary askedCalgarians to send in shots of these majestic creatures and other beautiful birds, and they did not disappoint!

  • Have a photo to share? Emailcalgaryphotos@cbc.ca, or tag @CBCCalgary onInstagram, and we might feature your work on CBC Television, CBC.ca online, or CBC's social platforms.

Here are a few of those incredible photos:

Brad Wlasichuk submitted this photo of a northern flicker. (Submitted by Brad Wlasichuk)
Wlasichuk also took this photo of a downy woodpecker. (Submitted by Brad Wlasichuk)
Here is a picture of a pileated woodpecker. (Submitted by Brad Wlasichuk)
Cedrik Guay took this picture of a great grey owl in the Kananaskis area last fall. (Submitted by Cedrik Guay)
Les Parson submitted this photo of an owl in her backyard in Rundle, a neighborhood in Calgary's northeast. (Submitted by Les Parson)
Here's a photo Wlasichuk took of a Bohemian waxwing (Submitted by Brad Wlasichuk)
Ray Turner submitted this photo of three owls, which he took in 2020 in Silver Springs, a northwest Calgary neighbourhood. (Submitted by Ray Turner)
Here's another photo Turner took of the owls in Silver Springs. (Submitted by Ray Turner)
Mike Quan took this photo of two owls in Griffiths Woods Park. (Submitted by Mike Quan)
Paul Hughes submitted this photo of a northern saw-whet owl that he found in his front yard. (Submitted by Paul Hughes)
Danielle Bartlette took these photos of an owl in September in the community of Fairview, which is in southeast Calgary. (Submitted by Danielle Bartlette)
Here's a photo Wlasichuk sent of an eagle. (Submitted by Brad Wlasichuk)
Wlasichuk also snapped this photo of an owl. (Submitted by Brad Wlasichuk)
Khafagi says he snapped this shot after the bald eagle attacked a goose. (Submitted by Ali Khafagi)
Eventually the eagle flew away. (Submitted by Ali Khafagi)
Janet Hill says this owl was spotted two weeks ago at her home in Ranchlands, which is in Calgary's northwest. (Submitted by Janet Hill)
Fia Luces says they found this small owl a few weeks ago in Bridlewood, a neighbourhood in southwest Calgary. (Submitted by Fia Luces)
Kelly Dueck says her home in Inglewood, east of downtown, was the home for this owl for around two weeks in late October. (Photo by Vann Dueck)
Shannon Yacyshyn says she was greeted by this large owl near her condo in the northeast neighbourhood of Bridgeland on Saturday night. (Submitted by Shannon Yacyshyn)
CBC Calgary's Christine Boyd encountered an owl in Carburn Park in southeast Calgary a few weeks ago. (Christine Boyd/CBC)