The elegance of a Thistle
Three out of four ain't bad
Police Car Moth / Gnophaela vermiculata
Dainty little parasol
Looking towards our beautiful mountains
Fritillary sp.
Harebell
Evening Grosbeak male
Beauty in old age
Before the final split
Cameron Lake, Waterton Lakes National Park
Hoof fungus / Fomes fomentarius
St Francis with the birds of the forest
Pink Monkeyflower / mimulus lewisii
Eastern Kingbird
Maclean Pond, Kananaskis
Welcoming the sun
Young male Red-breasted Grosbeak?
Colourful pollution at Weed Lake - NOT GOOD!
Sharp and soft
Rough-Fruited Fairybells / Prosartes trachycarpa
Purplish Fritillary / Boloria chariclea
"Eyebrows" to match the Canola bokeh
Coprinus sp.
Fireweed / Chamerion angustifolium
Fungus in the forest
Ruffed Grouse
A lovable bundle of fur
Unusual purple Striped coralroot / Corallorhiza st…
Oozing excess water
A delicate shade of Paintbrush
Foothills and distant mountains
Lorquin's Admiral / Limenitis lorquini
Noxious, but beautiful
Mountain Hollyhock
Pinedrops / Pterospora
Cameron Lake, Waterton Lakes National Park
Brown-headed Cowbird juvenile
Water Hemlock / Cicuta
White-tailed Deer at Akamina Lake, Waterton
Swainson's Thrush / Catharus ustulatus
Canoes at Cameron Lake, Waterton
Pink Monkeyflower / mimulus lewisii
Sandhill Cranes, Waterton
Mule Deer, Mom and baby
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Sweet donkeys
Yesterday, 26 July 2015, 22 of us drove out to Marsland Basin, E of Calgary. Part of this beautiful wetland belongs to our friend, Lyn, and her partner - they have a house and yard that overlooks the wetland. This was the second time that I had visited the area, the first being on 28 June 2015. Each time, we have to sign a small guestbook. Also, everyone who can is asked to please submit a list of species seen to eBird. The birds on the water are very distant, so you need binoculars (which I don't have) and even better, a spotting scope. Really, they are too far away for photos, though I can get a distant shot with my point-and-shoot camera set at 48x zoom and then cropped.
Like last time, I took a long look over the lake and then wandered round Lyn's property, this time finding a mushroom or two, a beautiful moth, a Thistle or two, their two donkeys, a House Wren, an Eastern Kingbird, a Mourning Dove, and a family of Western Kingbirds (that were just about impossible to see as they flitted in amongst the high branches.
The highlight of the visit for many of us was seeing a very, very distant family of American Badgers that were in a neighbour's field (so, private land), digging for prey (probably the nearby Richardson's Ground Squirrels). There are four family members, though some of us only saw three. I think I have only ever seen a Badger three times before in 37 years, the last one being on 11 June 2012, on one of Don Stiles' annual Mountain Bluebird outings.
The General Status of the American Badger in Alberta is Sensitive. More detailed Status is "Data Deficient" - not enough current information to determine its status.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_badger
A report from 2002:
esrd.alberta.ca/fish-wildlife/species-at-risk/species-at-...
After our visit to the Marsland Basin, friends Dorothy and Stephen drove two of us back to Calgary again, travelling the roads slowly so that we could see a number of perched Swainson's Hawks, and a Meadowlark with mouth full of insects to feed to her babies. Thanks so much, Stephen, for the safe ride there and back. As always, hugely appreciated!
For a list of the 53 species of bird that were seen yesterday morning, look under the Badger family photo.
flic.kr/p/wygV8B
Like last time, I took a long look over the lake and then wandered round Lyn's property, this time finding a mushroom or two, a beautiful moth, a Thistle or two, their two donkeys, a House Wren, an Eastern Kingbird, a Mourning Dove, and a family of Western Kingbirds (that were just about impossible to see as they flitted in amongst the high branches.
The highlight of the visit for many of us was seeing a very, very distant family of American Badgers that were in a neighbour's field (so, private land), digging for prey (probably the nearby Richardson's Ground Squirrels). There are four family members, though some of us only saw three. I think I have only ever seen a Badger three times before in 37 years, the last one being on 11 June 2012, on one of Don Stiles' annual Mountain Bluebird outings.
The General Status of the American Badger in Alberta is Sensitive. More detailed Status is "Data Deficient" - not enough current information to determine its status.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_badger
A report from 2002:
esrd.alberta.ca/fish-wildlife/species-at-risk/species-at-...
After our visit to the Marsland Basin, friends Dorothy and Stephen drove two of us back to Calgary again, travelling the roads slowly so that we could see a number of perched Swainson's Hawks, and a Meadowlark with mouth full of insects to feed to her babies. Thanks so much, Stephen, for the safe ride there and back. As always, hugely appreciated!
For a list of the 53 species of bird that were seen yesterday morning, look under the Badger family photo.
flic.kr/p/wygV8B
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