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A prairie view
The wonder of hoar frost
Horse on the prairie
Red barn on a sunny day
Gently falling snow
Wrinkled sky
Delicate damselfly
Off limits
A favourite tree
Red barn in a field of gold
Strong winds on the prairies
Simple but bright
Vibrant colour of spring
Little red barn on Mother's Day
Changes by new owners in "The Famous Five" field
One of three
Eastern Kingbird
A lovely splash of colour
American Goldfinch female with Sunflower seed
A snack that is sure to tickle
Mountain Bluebird female
Bluebird of happiness
Petunias
All decked out
Dark-eyed Junco / Junco hyemalis
CL Ranches, Alberta
Fence line in the fall
Pine Grosbeak male / Pinicola enucleator
So far away, but better than nothing
A frosty view from Frank Lake blind
A touch of frost
A road less travelled
Golden Eagle along the fenceline
In the bleak midwinter
Outlined in frost
The donkeys with reflector eyes
Christmas remnants
Fenced in
A winter day in southern Alberta
Home of the Snowshoe Hare
The best colour to see in winter
A fence without an owl
Short-eared Owl
Taking the quieter road
Time for an old barn again
'Superman, where are you now?'
A friendly greeting
Old barn with a different style
Four more months to wait
Narrow strip of light
A view through the bushes
Little church in the valley
A cluster of red barns
And they call this winter (in Alberta)?
A snack for his babies
Natural beauty
03 Short-eared Owl / Asio flammeus
Just a splash of colour
A sky filled with clouds
Mountain Bluebirds have no blue pigment
A white barn from yesterday
The prairies in winter
Aged beauty
Driving in a winter wonderland
Frosty fence and fields
Three little kittens
A nice old barn
Three little birders of the wrong kind
A quick peek through the fence
Late fall on the prairies
A barn with a difference
Old barn and sunflower shed
A beautiful country barn
At the end of the path
McDougall Church on a sunny day
Two of a kind!
Avian beauty
A Snipe from last year
Dandelion bokeh
Brewer's Blackbird with food for his babies
Swainson's Hawk on a rainy day
Sharing her catch
Superman's barn
Fog is not good for birding
Yay, Superman!
Pretty little lady
Winter sunrise.jpg
Some white patches have eyes : )
Is it a Snowy? ... no, it isn't ... yes, it is!
When winter is beautiful
Eastern Kingbird with summer bokeh
Barn beauty
Winter shadows
A winter moment
Towards the sun
Harsh reality
Winter simplicity
Road conditions
Rural winter scene
Face in the fence
Love a splash of red
Fence line in winter
Bluebird of happiness
Time to head for home
Today's reward
Along the fenceline
Brewer's Blackbird
American Goldfinch
Need to eat your greens
Time to feed the kids - again
Pristine
A shower of light
The row of five
In the other direction ....
At the end of the path
A cowboy and his horses
A reward for facing my fears : )
Seen on a Christmas Bird Count
Such a beauty
Fence and flowers
Now THAT'S colour
Northern Fjord Horse
Afternoon nap
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Three days ago, 21 January 2015, my daughter and I spent the day together, out in nature. I know I needed to get out myself and the fact that my daughter asked if we could do that, told me that she, too, desperately needed to get a break from all the sadness and reminders of her big sister/my older daughter for a few hours. Friends have been telling me how important it is to be outdoors with my camera, especially at a time like this, and I know they are right.
Much as it would have been great to have gone looking for Snowy Owls, I just didn't feel up to that long of a drive. Instead, I drove to a much more familiar, closer area, SE of the city. The day was a mix of sun and cloudiness, and though the sun was in the wrong position for some of our shots, we did OK.
As for birds, we saw a couple of Great Horned Owls, a very distant Snowy Owl, a raptor of some kind (either a Prairie Falcon or a Gyrfalcon), several Gray Partridge and what I think were Horned Larks.
The rest of the day, my daughter and I drove mostly roads that we had driven before, except for one short stretch where we found not just one beautiful, old, red barn, but two. This photo was taken at the second barn. This day was as much a barn day as a bird day, as there was one particular barn that I really wanted to see for the first time. We were lucky that this second barn was just down the road.
Normally, I never walk from the road on to the surrounding land, even when there is no "No Trespassing" sign, so we were standing on the road, photographing this second barn. While we were there, a lady on horseback came towards us along the road, calling out that it was her property, so to go over and explore. A similar story to the Great Horned Owl story under one of yesterday's images, thanks to someone's kindness. We smiled when she apologized that the barn wasn't in better condition - as we told her, we like barns to be old and weathered, of course!
I think being out with our cameras, driving the backroads, was therapeutic - certainly for me as I could enjoy my daughter's company, and hopefully for her, too.
Much as it would have been great to have gone looking for Snowy Owls, I just didn't feel up to that long of a drive. Instead, I drove to a much more familiar, closer area, SE of the city. The day was a mix of sun and cloudiness, and though the sun was in the wrong position for some of our shots, we did OK.
As for birds, we saw a couple of Great Horned Owls, a very distant Snowy Owl, a raptor of some kind (either a Prairie Falcon or a Gyrfalcon), several Gray Partridge and what I think were Horned Larks.
The rest of the day, my daughter and I drove mostly roads that we had driven before, except for one short stretch where we found not just one beautiful, old, red barn, but two. This photo was taken at the second barn. This day was as much a barn day as a bird day, as there was one particular barn that I really wanted to see for the first time. We were lucky that this second barn was just down the road.
Normally, I never walk from the road on to the surrounding land, even when there is no "No Trespassing" sign, so we were standing on the road, photographing this second barn. While we were there, a lady on horseback came towards us along the road, calling out that it was her property, so to go over and explore. A similar story to the Great Horned Owl story under one of yesterday's images, thanks to someone's kindness. We smiled when she apologized that the barn wasn't in better condition - as we told her, we like barns to be old and weathered, of course!
I think being out with our cameras, driving the backroads, was therapeutic - certainly for me as I could enjoy my daughter's company, and hopefully for her, too.
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