Barn at Folk Tree Lodge
Young male Red-breasted Grosbeak?
Purplish Fritillary / Boloria chariclea
Like a little flower
Forgetmenot Pond
The joy of peace and quiet
Tall Larkspur / Delphinium glaucum
Unidentified flower, Seebe, Alberta - Echium vulga…
CL Ranches, Alberta
Peace in the Jumpingpound area
Fence line in the fall
Tundra Swans
Deciduous yellow
Sparkles on Forgetmenot Pond
Pine Siskin
Travelling the Cobble Flats road
Morning awakes
Sunlight on the low cloud
Licking the salt
Snow, snow and more snow
Winter beauty
A winter walk
The beauty of Lake Louise
When winter really was winter
Moose cow looking for salt
Little church in the valley
McDougall Memorial United Church
McDougall Memorial United Church
Tucked away near the creek
A day in the mountains
McDougall Memorial United Church
Yellow Warbler male
Yellow lady's-slipper
One of my favourite views
Spotted Sandpiper
Flycatcher sp. - Willow or Alder Flycatcher
Gaillardia
Mountain Death Camas / Zigadenus elegans
Middle Lake, Bow Valley Provincial Park
Willow Flycatcher
Fleabane
Kalm's Lobelia / Lobelia kalmii
Ram's Horn Snail shell
Brown-headed Cowbird juvenile
Little mystery bird - juvenile Yellow-rumped Warbl…
02 Colourful Dock sp.
01 Middle Lake, Bow Valley Provincial Park
Now they can't see me
Osprey take-off
Strawberries and cream fungus / Hydnellum peckii
Paintbrush - green flowers, red bracts
Mt Lorette Ponds, Kananaskis
Wind-blown Osprey
Unidentified fungus
Treasures of the forest floor
Slightly patterned
A joy to behold
Strawberries and Cream fungus / Hydnellum peckii
A view from Mt. Shark
Mt. Buller, Buller Pond, Kananaskis
Northern Willowherb / Epilobium ciliatum
Northern Gentian
One of my favourite meadows
Young bull Moose
The finest of feathers
Driving in a winter wonderland
Licking salt off its lips
A young male Moose
Mountain splendour
Moose portrait
Sunshine on a mighty peak
Columbian Ground Squirrel
Baby Barn Owl
Golden Eagle named Spirit
Another car gets a licking
Black Bear from last spring
Set from the movie, The Revenant
From shadow to light
Such a fun Moose
Sunlit peaks
A final goodbye
No equipment needed - just a tongue
Sunbathed mountain slopes
A place of peace and beauty
Happy New Year, everyone!
Time to rest
Short-eared Owl
Light and darkness
Free car wash, anyone?
A solitary Moose cow
Heading into the sun
Texture of burnt trees
Just in time
Soaking up the incredible beauty
Male Moose are judged by the size of their antler…
Moose in a winter wonderland
Pine Grosbeak
Yesterday morning's sunrise
Like rays of sunshine
Mountain view
Between the trees
One of my favourite Lichens
Lenticular clouds over the mountains
Forgetmenot Pond
The beauty of low cloud
At the end of the path
Forgetmenot Pond - one of my favourite places
Delicate
Burrowing Owl
Watching and waiting
Looking a lot like fall
Where I was, yesterday
McDougall Church on a sunny day
Harebell and tiny visitors
Now that's a whole lot of bull
A look of intelligence
Dwarf Dogwood
Moth on Creeping Thistle
Two small, orange butterflies - Northern Crescents
Yesterday's excitement
Reflected in the eye of an owl
Spirit
A Black Bear sighting from May
Burrowing Owl
Against the cabin wall
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A scene from the past
On 20 April 2015, I got up early to go on a birding walk with friends. I checked the weather forecast for this week and when I saw that rain was expected for four days in a row, starting the next day, I changed my mind and went for a long drive NW and SW of the city for the day instead. Left home around 8:45 am and got back about 6:45, driving about 330 km. The day before, I had been out on a day trip to Pine Coulee Reservoir with birding friends, but only got half a dozen very distant, blurry shots of birds.
I just couldn't wait any longer to go and see if I could find one of the Great Gray Owls that a few people had been seeing recently, NW of the city. No luck at all, though I did see a Moose and a pair of Bluebirds, all of which helped lessen the disappointment of not finding an owl. The Moose had been feeding near the edge of the road when I spotted it. A minute or two later, it crossed the road and began feeding there. Suddenly, it took off across that road, leaping over a barbed-wire fence to the safety of the forest. Took me by surprise until I noticed a couple of cows (bulls) that had walked up behind the Moose and spooked it! I almost watched disaster, as the Moose got its leg briefly tangled in the barbed-wire as it leapt and almost stumbled.
The only other thing that I found to photograph were cows, so on my way home, I took the long way and came back via backroads SW of the city. Drove a couple of roads that were new to me and was glad to find a wooden structure that I had seen on someone's Facebook page. He had very kindly told me where to look, though I wasn't quite sure which road it was on until I was there. I also called in briefly at Brown-Lowery Provincial Park, hoping that I might just be lucky enough to see one particular bird species (a Varied Thrush that a couple of people had seen near the parking lot recently), that I hadn't seen before - out of luck, again.
I just couldn't wait any longer to go and see if I could find one of the Great Gray Owls that a few people had been seeing recently, NW of the city. No luck at all, though I did see a Moose and a pair of Bluebirds, all of which helped lessen the disappointment of not finding an owl. The Moose had been feeding near the edge of the road when I spotted it. A minute or two later, it crossed the road and began feeding there. Suddenly, it took off across that road, leaping over a barbed-wire fence to the safety of the forest. Took me by surprise until I noticed a couple of cows (bulls) that had walked up behind the Moose and spooked it! I almost watched disaster, as the Moose got its leg briefly tangled in the barbed-wire as it leapt and almost stumbled.
The only other thing that I found to photograph were cows, so on my way home, I took the long way and came back via backroads SW of the city. Drove a couple of roads that were new to me and was glad to find a wooden structure that I had seen on someone's Facebook page. He had very kindly told me where to look, though I wasn't quite sure which road it was on until I was there. I also called in briefly at Brown-Lowery Provincial Park, hoping that I might just be lucky enough to see one particular bird species (a Varied Thrush that a couple of people had seen near the parking lot recently), that I hadn't seen before - out of luck, again.
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