Wild Chives
Angel tears
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Clustered Broomrape, Orobanche fasciculata
Mr. and Mrs.
Textured cap
Bee Spiderflower, Cleome serrulata
White Beardtongue
Sand Dock (Rumex venosus)
Pink and pretty
Windflower/Cut-leaved Anemone
Let the light shine through
Bear claw marks
Blue Clematis
Approach me if you dare
Mom
Eastern Kingbird
Unfurling
Colorado Rubber Plant
Blue-eyed Grass
Mushroom in the ditch
Crested Beardtongue
Boreal Chorus Frog
Hanging on to youth
Eyelash fungus / Scutellinia scutellata
The same but different
Strawberries and cream
Bog Candle
Sticky False Asphodel seedpods / Tofieldia glutino…
Wood Frog
Fringed Gentian / Gentiana procera
Leopard Lacewing
One-sided Wintergreen
Dew on Sundew
Kalm's Lobelia / Lobelia kalmii
Young Red-winged Blackbird
Fungus rosette
In the spotlight
The metallic look
Subarctic Darner female and nymph casing
Bird's-nest Fungi
Insect on tiny Moss Gentian
Perfection in small size
Kiss me ...
Menzies' Catchfly
Pretty near perfect
Harebells
A real stunner
Different!
Popp(y)ing off the page
In the light
Tiny Spotted Coralroot flower
Eastern Kingbird
Horsetail/Equisetum
Tree Swallow nest
Lacewing
Iris
Split gill
Such a cutie
Western Toad
Red Paintbrush / Castilleja miniata
Southern Red-backed Vole
Rosy Pussytoes/Antennaria rosea
Emerging
Height of fashion
Barred Owl
Lily
3 out of 15
Red Clover
Tiny Moth
Corallorhiza striata var. vreelandii
Red Admiral
Wild Lily-of-the-valley
Motherly love
Mountain Bluebird nest - oops, Tree Swallow nest!
A touch of sunlight
Mystery Paintbrush
And then there was ONE
Happy Stampeding!
Sawfly larva
Northern Green Bog Orchid?
With a sprinkling of bokeh
Tiny treasures
Tiger Longwing
Two little cuties
Lodgepole Pine
Two becoming four
European Pasque Flower
Mayfly
Size doesn't matter
Black, white and red
Old World Swallowtail
Evening Grosbeak
Fritillary
Orange delight
Fern-leaved Biscuit-root
Yellow Bells
Hyacinth
Red on green
Moth on orange
Mountain Bluebird pair
European Pasque Flower
Lichens
Pretty little lady
What happened to spring?
Yellow Prairie Violet
Orange glow
Heliconius ismenius telchina on Egyptian Stars
Braving the snow
Blue Morpho
A shot of colour
Pine Siskin
Simplicity
Last year's Morel
On Hibiscus
Lodgepole Pine cones
Early Coralroot
Striped Coralroot
Taking a nap
Cushion Milk Vetch
Copperleaf
Blue Wave, Myscelia cyaniris
Yellow Morel
Bergenia Cordifolia
Heliconius cydno
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Le Conte's Sparrow
When I went for a drive along some of the backroads south west of the city yesterday afternoon, I had hoped for Hawks, Mountain Bluebirds, Wilson's Snipe and so on. Basically, almost all I saw were tiny Sparrows - one after another after another, LOL. They were too far away for me to be able to be sure what any of them were, but when I saw this photo later on my computer, I thought it could be a Le Conte's Sparrow. I knew it was something different when I actually saw the bird. I've only ever once seen a Le Conte's. Would really appreciate an ID confirmation or correction, if someone knows - thanks!
Just got home from a long day out at the Medicine River Wildlife Centre, west of Innisfail, Alberta (north west of Calgary). Had to set my alarm clock for just after 4:30 a.m. (though I overslept by almost an hour!) and got home around 6:15 this evening. We were lucky that the rain kept away all morning. What a great place this centre is, rehabilitating wildlife (and releasing whenever possible) and also in its education programs. The Centre believes that "without the public being educated on what is injuring our wildlife, the hospital is merely a "band-aid" solution." The animals/birds that are unable to be released "stay onsite and act as foster parents for orphans or play an important role on the education programs."
We went there not just to see the centre itself but also to botanize the land around the Centre. Judy, our guide, spent much of the day with us, which we really appreciated. Hopefully, in return, we have shown her a few new plants, etc.. One of the highlights was seeing a pair of Sandhill Cranes in the grassland, along with a young one : ) I was also thrilled to see a Tiger Beetle - not sure if it's the same species as the few I've seen here in the city. Thanks so much, Judy, for such an enjoyable, exciting, interesting day!! Thank you, Stephen and Dorothy, for driving all the way there and back - greatly appreciated, as always! And now I feel totally exhausted!
www.medicineriverwildlifecentre.ca/
Just got home from a long day out at the Medicine River Wildlife Centre, west of Innisfail, Alberta (north west of Calgary). Had to set my alarm clock for just after 4:30 a.m. (though I overslept by almost an hour!) and got home around 6:15 this evening. We were lucky that the rain kept away all morning. What a great place this centre is, rehabilitating wildlife (and releasing whenever possible) and also in its education programs. The Centre believes that "without the public being educated on what is injuring our wildlife, the hospital is merely a "band-aid" solution." The animals/birds that are unable to be released "stay onsite and act as foster parents for orphans or play an important role on the education programs."
We went there not just to see the centre itself but also to botanize the land around the Centre. Judy, our guide, spent much of the day with us, which we really appreciated. Hopefully, in return, we have shown her a few new plants, etc.. One of the highlights was seeing a pair of Sandhill Cranes in the grassland, along with a young one : ) I was also thrilled to see a Tiger Beetle - not sure if it's the same species as the few I've seen here in the city. Thanks so much, Judy, for such an enjoyable, exciting, interesting day!! Thank you, Stephen and Dorothy, for driving all the way there and back - greatly appreciated, as always! And now I feel totally exhausted!
www.medicineriverwildlifecentre.ca/
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