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Middle Lake, Bow Valley Provincial Park
Baby Barn Owl : )
Burrowing Owl
Wild European Rabbit
Vibrant pink
Rust fungus on Western White Clematis
A Black Bear sighting from May
An attractive Dragonfly perch
Venus Flytrap flower
My favourite Thistle
Showy Milkweed buds
Spirit
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Should I stay or should I go?
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Reflected in the eye of an owl
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Individual flower of Showy Milkweed
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Juvenile Wilson's Phalarope
Chokecherry / Prunus virginiana
The Wilson's Snipe - such a fine bird
A fancy fungus
Glad to see Gladioli
Now that's a whole lot of bull
Just before it jumped
Erosion in Dinosaur Provincial Park
Richness in nature
Mourning Dove
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Clouds over Frank Lake
The twins' Mom
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A beautiful display of Fireweed
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Police Car Moth
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Red-tailed Hawk with tree bokeh
Yellow-bellied Marmots
Yesterday's storm clouds near Skiff, Alberta
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Cleaning the BBQ
Cameron Lake, Waterton
Monarch beauty
Like a giant sandcastle
Tiny Bishop's Cap seeds
Wilson's Snipe - what a beauty
Majestic Castle Mountain
Eared Grebe with young one
Taking a good look
White-faced Ibis - very rare in Alberta
Driving in a sea of gold
I saw a Sora
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Dad on the pylon
12 baby Tree Swallows!
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Delicate flower of the Prickly Pear
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A beautiful display of Elephant's Head
Like scoops of strawberry & peach ice-cream
Snacking on grass
Blowing in the wind
Throat-tickling supper
Showy lady's-slipper
Where Dinosaurs used to roam
Red-winged Blackbird
The beauty of an invasive weed
Himalayan Blue Poppy
An over the shoulder look
Wild Strawberry
A colourful rocky spot
Yes, yes, YES!
Shootingstar
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One less Grasshopper in the world
Almost as good as sunshine
Plain and simple
The beauty of Irises
Great choice of fence post
The land where the Dinosaurs roamed
Badlands of the Dinosaurs
The culprit
Black Bear busy feeding
Globeflower / Trollius chinensis
A good poser
Little jewel of the forest
Castle Mountain
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Shaking off the raindrops
Accustomed to people
Swainson's Hawk on a rainy day
Beautiful Sacred Lotus
Blue-eyed Grass
A two-legged Wilson's Snipe : )
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I'm in awe, no matter how many I see
Yesterday, 20 July 2014, I plucked up courage to do a drive that I’d never done before. I had been that route once before that I can think of, when I carpooled with others. A good part of the drive was in familiar territory, but I’d never driven the last part of the journey myself. I had met my daughter at 9:00 a.m. and we were both eager to see a display of birds of prey that had been brought up from the Coaldale Birds of Prey Centre. We came across Dee (rockymtnchick) and her partner, there to see the owls. Great to see you both!
This year, there were fewer birds, but it was great to see any at all. This year, there was a Burrowing Owl, a Barn Owl, the beautiful Great Horned Owl in the above photo, and a Golden Eagle. Another real treat that was an amusing one, was seeing a baby Barn Owl that was just 45 days old! This little ball of fluff was acting as a great ambassador, letting young kids get a close view and ask questions, and fall in love with it – and to hopefully, in the future, do everything they can as adults to protect our precious wildlife. The enjoyment of seeing these birds up close reminds one that the reason these birds are not free to live in the wild, is because of some kind of interaction with humans – such as permanent injuries from being hit by a vehicle, pesticide use, or even worse, being shot by a human! This is what happened to “Spirit”, the magnificent Golden Eagle, shot and blinded by someone.
This exhibit was our first destination in the park, though on the drive from Calgary, we had stopped at the small McDougall Church at Morley (one of the photos posted today). After seeing and photographing the birds of prey, we then drove to Middle Lake that’s in a different part of the park. We walked the very short distance to the edge of the lake, but didn’t walk around it. From there, we drove to Many Springs Trail and did a very slow walk around the lake, stopping to look at different flowers and photograph a few butterflies. Though slow, it was still further than I should have walked. Certain wildflowers were already finished, including various Orchid species, but there were still plenty to see and enjoy. Even the weather cooperated, though the forecast had been for isolated showers. Not too hot, nice clouds in the sky and lovely to have my daughter’s company for the day.
Thanks so much to the people down at the Coaldale Bird of Prey Centre (near Lethbridge, down towards the Canada/US border) for bringing your gorgeous birds of prey for us to see! I have been south to the Centre three times I think, and always long to go back again, but it's not somewhere I can drive to, so this was a much-appreciated treat yesterday!
This year, there were fewer birds, but it was great to see any at all. This year, there was a Burrowing Owl, a Barn Owl, the beautiful Great Horned Owl in the above photo, and a Golden Eagle. Another real treat that was an amusing one, was seeing a baby Barn Owl that was just 45 days old! This little ball of fluff was acting as a great ambassador, letting young kids get a close view and ask questions, and fall in love with it – and to hopefully, in the future, do everything they can as adults to protect our precious wildlife. The enjoyment of seeing these birds up close reminds one that the reason these birds are not free to live in the wild, is because of some kind of interaction with humans – such as permanent injuries from being hit by a vehicle, pesticide use, or even worse, being shot by a human! This is what happened to “Spirit”, the magnificent Golden Eagle, shot and blinded by someone.
This exhibit was our first destination in the park, though on the drive from Calgary, we had stopped at the small McDougall Church at Morley (one of the photos posted today). After seeing and photographing the birds of prey, we then drove to Middle Lake that’s in a different part of the park. We walked the very short distance to the edge of the lake, but didn’t walk around it. From there, we drove to Many Springs Trail and did a very slow walk around the lake, stopping to look at different flowers and photograph a few butterflies. Though slow, it was still further than I should have walked. Certain wildflowers were already finished, including various Orchid species, but there were still plenty to see and enjoy. Even the weather cooperated, though the forecast had been for isolated showers. Not too hot, nice clouds in the sky and lovely to have my daughter’s company for the day.
Thanks so much to the people down at the Coaldale Bird of Prey Centre (near Lethbridge, down towards the Canada/US border) for bringing your gorgeous birds of prey for us to see! I have been south to the Centre three times I think, and always long to go back again, but it's not somewhere I can drive to, so this was a much-appreciated treat yesterday!
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