Made my day : )

Yesterday late afternoon, I decided I would walk into Burnsmead, Fish Creek Park. When I eventually arrived, the heavens opened and I was soaked to the skin in just a few minutes. More rain today - to be expected, as this is our rainy season, but it's getting very monotonous and frustrating : ) Anyway, I was thirilled to come across at least part of the Great Horned Owl family there - Dad was sitting about head level and one of the two young ones was down on the bank of a flooded, steep ditch. I might post one shot of the fledgling, for my own record, but the quality is awful thanks to the torrential rain and very low light. Walking out of the park and back to my car, I couldn't believe my eyes when I noticed several Morel mushrooms at the edge of the very muddy area where huge trucks have been back and forth, working on the ponds. I suspect that the huge tires may have driven over some of these mushrooms, as several were broken off at the base of the stalk. I rescued this one and borrowed it till I go back to the area : ) Normally, this is something I would never do, but my camera had already got wetter than it should have been! Lol, I'm beginning to feel as though I'm the only person who has never eaten Morel mushrooms!

I have several photo projects (requests) that I have just started working on - always very time-consuming, as many of you will know. One involves "Save the Weaselhead", a group that is trying to prevent an enormous multi-lane road/bridge from being constructed right through the Weaselhead wildlife park. The city wants to build a western Ring Road and they think Weaselhead would be the way to go. This would be so devastating to both wildlife, flora and fauna, as well as to people. I've just started getting together photos of rare or uncommon/at risk species to be sent to Save the Weaselhead. I'm sure these photos won't mean anything to the City, but they might help encourage residents to fight even more to save this precious area that is enjoyed by so many people all year round. Unfortunately, I have three very long-day trips Friday (tomorrow), Saturday and Sunday, so won't be any good for anything for the next few days. Sounds like all three days will be raining : (

www.saveglenmorepark.com/index.php/situation