Orange glow

A rather fine orange Tulip growing at the Reader Rock Garden recently.

Have been out all day today, doing the annual May Species Count in the Priddis area (south west of Calgary). We noted every bird, animal and plant species we found. Unlike the May Species Count we performed yesterday, in Fish Creek Park, today's search was almost all by car. We saw some really nice birds, including a Sora (usually I only hear these), Evening Grosbeaks, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, a pair of brilliant orange Baltimore Orioles, lots of Mountain Bluebirds, Townsend Solitaires and, towards the end of the day, a Great Gray Owl flew high over the road, taking supper back to its nest high up on a forested hillside. Many other species were seen, too, of course, and a total of 73 species of bird were recorded.