CL Ranches, Alberta
Peace in the Jumpingpound area
European Skipper on Timothy Grass
Flat Topped Coral / Clavariadelphus truncatus
Fence line in the fall
Tundra Swans
Forest treasures ... Pholiota squarrosa
Shapeless fungi
Along the Irrigation Canal
Deciduous yellow
Poppy seedpod
Yellow False Dandelion seedhead
Sparkles on Forgetmenot Pond
Eastern Kingbird at Marsland Basin
We ignored the warning : )
One of my favourite flowers to photograph
Elegance
It tickles!
Colour to warm the heart and soul
The beauty of old age
Soaking up the sun
Uncommon American Three-toed Woodpecker
Orange Hawkweed
Cute as always
Great Gray Owl in early morning light
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Himalayan Blue Poppy
Backward glance
Grain elevator with a difference
Give it time to age
Creature of the forest
Licking the salt
Fancy 'Cat's Cradle'
Three-toed Woodpecker
Himalayan Blue Poppy
Lily macro
Remnant of the old days
Little cabin in the woods
A toothy smile
Pine Grosbeak female
Farm friends
So pretty against the snow
The gathering
A fine old barn
Desolate
Pine Grosbeak in pretty light
A tiny owl from the past
Farm cat watching for farm mice
Rusty Blackbird
Pine Grosbeak
Follow the fence line
A sweet face
Vibrant
Vole brains for her afternoon snack
Sweet little poser
Pine Grosbeak
Taking the quieter road
Red Squirrel
One year ago
A quick glance
Sweet little garden ornament
Delicate colours of summer
Varied Thrush - a lifer
Two European Skippers
European Skipper on Fleabane
The joy of peace and quiet
Let the sun shine
Forgetmenot Pond
Malachite butterfly
Releasing light
Colourful pair of Wood Ducks / Aix sponsa
A rare sighting
Tiger Longwing butterfly / Heliconius hecale
One of few
Bees need our help!
Cheery bokeh - Salvia sp.?
One of these things is not like the others
Beginning to crack
Sharp to the touch
Sunflower beauty
One of my favourite barns
Tiger Longwing butterfly / Heliconius hecale
A light shines within
Reminds me of bacon : )
Pied-billed Grebe juvenile
Zonal Geranium, Survivor Pink Batik
ILLUMINASIA, Lantern & Garden Festival
Juvenile Wood Duck
Happy little muncher
Growing through leaf litter
Dark clouds rolling in, yesterday
Cosmos
Clouds over Weed Lake
Western Meadowlark
Young Osprey testing its wings
European Skippers on Creeping Thistle
Fleabane / Erigeron sp.
Backlit simplicity
Tiny European Skipper
Comb Tooth fungus / Hericium coralloides
Beauty - flower and bokeh
A view at Marsland Basin
Milk chocolate curls
Mystery flower
Wood Nymph sp.
In a field of bokeh
Decorating a tree
Strawberry Blite / Chenopodium capitatum
Keeping each other company
Three-toed Woodpecker
One of my forest finds
The stare
Limber Pine on Timber Ridge
European Skipper on Red Clover
Droplets of sap on Limber Pine cones
Gairdner’s Yampah (Yampa) / Perideridia gairdneri,…
Surprised to see us
A view from Timber Ridge Conservation Area
The art of nature - Lecidea tessellata
Yesterday's highlight : )
Thank goodness for the Kubota
Exploring Timber Ridge, Porcupine Hills
Colourful pollution at Weed Lake - NOT GOOD!
Eastern Kingbird
St Francis with the birds of the forest
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Unidentified flower, Seebe, Alberta - Echium vulgare
My camera doesn't always capture a colour correctly and, in this case, the rather pale blue should be more of a deep Prairie Gentian blue. This flower does remind me of some other flower, but I can't, for the life of me, think what. There were several of these bushy plants growing not far from the railway line, at Seebe, west of Calgary. Photographed yesterday, 17 October 2015, when I went on a birding outing with six friends, west of Calgary. I'm guessing, a garden escapee?
Thanks to Larri Cochran for the ID - Echium vulgare!
www.luontoportti.com/suomi/en/kukkakasvit/vipers-bugloss
We travelled west of the city, the direction that I don't often get to see, mostly along Highway 1, turning off in a few places, including Seebe, to see what species we could find. Overall, it was a very quiet day as far as birding goes. Will add a list of species seen, when our leader, Andrew Hart, has posted the finished account.
At one particular pond (seen in another photo I posted today), we watched several distant Swans, which are always nice to see. They were just off to the left and right of my photo. This is part of the trumpeter swan’s migratory path.
While my friends were checking out the few other waterfowl, I just had to turn around and take a few photos of an old orange/red barn in the distance. I wasn't sure just where we were, but last night I went on Google Earth and eventually found the exact place. I also discovered that there is a whole lot more about this barn and the ranch it belongs to. For one thing, it also has a whole movie set in Western theme (i.e. old saloon, etc.), which has been used in a long list of movies.
I'm adding a link to a detailed account of the Ranch by The Western Producer, posted on 27 August 2012 by Barbara Duckworth. It provides a lot of interesting information. This Ranch family emphasizes watershed management on 18,000 acres of land.
www.producer.com/2012/08/ranch-uses-tranquil-setting-to-d...
www.clranches.com/
clwesterntown.com/
Thanks to Larri Cochran for the ID - Echium vulgare!
www.luontoportti.com/suomi/en/kukkakasvit/vipers-bugloss
We travelled west of the city, the direction that I don't often get to see, mostly along Highway 1, turning off in a few places, including Seebe, to see what species we could find. Overall, it was a very quiet day as far as birding goes. Will add a list of species seen, when our leader, Andrew Hart, has posted the finished account.
At one particular pond (seen in another photo I posted today), we watched several distant Swans, which are always nice to see. They were just off to the left and right of my photo. This is part of the trumpeter swan’s migratory path.
While my friends were checking out the few other waterfowl, I just had to turn around and take a few photos of an old orange/red barn in the distance. I wasn't sure just where we were, but last night I went on Google Earth and eventually found the exact place. I also discovered that there is a whole lot more about this barn and the ranch it belongs to. For one thing, it also has a whole movie set in Western theme (i.e. old saloon, etc.), which has been used in a long list of movies.
I'm adding a link to a detailed account of the Ranch by The Western Producer, posted on 27 August 2012 by Barbara Duckworth. It provides a lot of interesting information. This Ranch family emphasizes watershed management on 18,000 acres of land.
www.producer.com/2012/08/ranch-uses-tranquil-setting-to-d...
www.clranches.com/
clwesterntown.com/
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