Police Car Moth
A touch of iridescence
Red-tailed Hawk with tree bokeh
Yellow-bellied Marmots
Yesterday's storm clouds near Skiff, Alberta
Pure joy
If it looks close, it's because it was!
Layers of blue
Cleaning the BBQ
Cameron Lake, Waterton
Those red, red rocks
A closer look
Bison Paddock, Waterton Lakes National Park
Dusky Grouse female
Sea Holly
Burrowing Owl, after the storm
Yesterday's treat
Hiding in the moss
Prince of Wales Hotel, Waterton
When the mountains turn pink
Irresistable
A change from Marmots
Almost like art
Just a little mushroom
Skiff Elevator, after the storm
Me and my shadow
Backlit
View over the Waterton Valley
Owl butterfly
McDougall Church on a sunny day
Watching and waiting
Listening
Fall colours
A moment to ponder
A sight for sore eyes
A youngster having fun
Young Yellow-bellied Marmot
The Hoodoo Trail, near Drumheller
Chipmunk with Foxtail
Old Catholic Church, Dorothy
Badland sentinel
Standing tall
Taveta Golden Weaver
The Hoodoo Trail
Seedpod of the Sacred Lotus
Love his glassy eyes
The beauty of low cloud
Living in a rocky world
One of two young brothers
Slime Mold
American Goldfinch
Sunset over Great Falls, US
Yellow-bellied Marmot
Taveta Golden Weaver
Silky Scorpionweed / Phacelia sericea, Pocaterra C…
Dreaming of spring and summer
Yellow-bellied Marmot - from the archives
Pika, busily feeding
Cautious mother of twins
Embracing the sun
The Kent (Superman) Farmhouse
Edelweiss
A beautiful display of Fireweed
A quick, two-second rest
What could be cuter?
Shades of brown
Broad-headed bug
The twins' Mom
Clouds over Frank Lake
One of two little fawns
Mourning Dove
Richness in nature
Erosion in Dinosaur Provincial Park
Just before it jumped
Now that's a whole lot of bull
Glad to see Gladioli
A fancy fungus
The Wilson's Snipe - such a fine bird
Chokecherry / Prunus virginiana
Juvenile Wilson's Phalarope
Police Car Moth and Skipper
The Avocet stretch
A look of intelligence
For a complete change of colour
Found when I was lost
Individual flower of Showy Milkweed
In need of preservation
Here comes the rain
I'm ready to eat you
So perfect
Two of a kind!
Reflected in the eye of an owl
Clasped
Gorgeous iridescent feathers
Should I stay or should I go?
Yellow on gold
Spirit
Showy Milkweed buds
My favourite Thistle
Venus Flytrap flower
An attractive Dragonfly perch
A Black Bear sighting from May
Rust fungus on Western White Clematis
Vibrant pink
Wild European Rabbit
Burrowing Owl
Baby Barn Owl : )
Middle Lake, Bow Valley Provincial Park
Come into my parlour, said the spider to the (butt…
I'm in awe, no matter how many I see
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
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The smoke breathing monster
Last night, I was trying to think of a title for this shot that would emphasize the tallest peak. Wasn't sure if my photos would capture this strange sight, or if one needed to have been there to witness it. My first thought was "smoke breathing monster" but I wasn't sure about using the word "smoke". I typed in these three words in Google and to my surprise, discovered that there is a song called "Smoke Breathing Monsters", by the group, Desert Noises. Anyway, it was just interesting to see this "monster" with its snow eye.
youtu.be/hQQw96ajrUQ
The weather forecast was not good for this day, 19 August 2014, but we were so lucky that, apart from a few raindrops, the rain stayed away. The sun actually came out at two locations we stopped at for a short while, including this one. Our 18-hour day (from 6;00 a.m. till midnight!) started off with the thrill of seeing two or three small Pikas (also called Rock Rabbits) and ended with a brief sighting of a black Wolf (could it be Skoki?) crossing the road ahead of us in the dark. It disappeared into the blackness, but shortly afterwards, we heard three separate Wolves howling (possibly four). We just stood there, in total awe, listening to this amazing sound. The only wild Wolf I had ever seen before was when I was in Yellowstone National Park two years ago. Friends and I saw two Wolves feeding on a Bison carcass across a huge valley - so they were just distant specks, that became larger specks when my camera was in full zoom, ha.
In between these two highlights, we saw several Deer, a small group of Mountain Sheep on the road, a tiny Chipmunk, a few Cedar Waxwings, Columbian Ground Squirrels, a beautiful Red-tailed Hawk that sat on a branch out in the open for a long time, and two tiny Bats that flew very close over our heads when it was getting dark. We also saw a female and two young Spruce Grouse.
Then, of course, there is the scenery! Blue sky to go with the splendour of the mountains would have been wonderful, but we've been having cold and gloomy weather recently. Highway 40 and the Smith-Dorrien/Spray Lakes Trail both run through such spectacular scenery, so it was a real treat for me, especially as I won't drive those areas myself. Thanks so much, Cathy & Terry! Thanks, too, Terry, for spending at least an hour (?) removing one of the car wheels and fixing whatever was wrong with it!
youtu.be/hQQw96ajrUQ
The weather forecast was not good for this day, 19 August 2014, but we were so lucky that, apart from a few raindrops, the rain stayed away. The sun actually came out at two locations we stopped at for a short while, including this one. Our 18-hour day (from 6;00 a.m. till midnight!) started off with the thrill of seeing two or three small Pikas (also called Rock Rabbits) and ended with a brief sighting of a black Wolf (could it be Skoki?) crossing the road ahead of us in the dark. It disappeared into the blackness, but shortly afterwards, we heard three separate Wolves howling (possibly four). We just stood there, in total awe, listening to this amazing sound. The only wild Wolf I had ever seen before was when I was in Yellowstone National Park two years ago. Friends and I saw two Wolves feeding on a Bison carcass across a huge valley - so they were just distant specks, that became larger specks when my camera was in full zoom, ha.
In between these two highlights, we saw several Deer, a small group of Mountain Sheep on the road, a tiny Chipmunk, a few Cedar Waxwings, Columbian Ground Squirrels, a beautiful Red-tailed Hawk that sat on a branch out in the open for a long time, and two tiny Bats that flew very close over our heads when it was getting dark. We also saw a female and two young Spruce Grouse.
Then, of course, there is the scenery! Blue sky to go with the splendour of the mountains would have been wonderful, but we've been having cold and gloomy weather recently. Highway 40 and the Smith-Dorrien/Spray Lakes Trail both run through such spectacular scenery, so it was a real treat for me, especially as I won't drive those areas myself. Thanks so much, Cathy & Terry! Thanks, too, Terry, for spending at least an hour (?) removing one of the car wheels and fixing whatever was wrong with it!
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