Hi Nick,
amazing photos! My three year old son is very interested in birds (he can identify ~70 species from books/pictures) and as such, I m also developing an interest. We live in Regina and in the last two days, there have been 2 species of birds in the pond near our house that I don't recognize and so far, I don't see pictures of them on your website. One is a shore bird, reddish brown head, white body with black markings. The other, looks something like a duck or cormorant (all black with bright orange on it's throat). I guess I'll keep checking back to see if they show up as I'm quite curious to know what they are.