Christmas is a fun time for a kitten
The beautiful Badlands of Alberta
Long-billed ice bird
Bohemian Waxwings
With a view of the mountains and the prairies
Eurasian Collared-Doves
Ice is nice
Hairy Woodpecker
The rule of red
Lovable, but shy
Remnant of the old days
A toothy smile
A touch of frost
Winter colours
At the end of the day
Northern Shrike / Lanius excubitor
Fish Creek Park New Year's Day Bird Count
Pine Grosbeak / Pinicola enucleator
One of five White-tailed Deer
Guarding the barn
Each one different from the others
A road less travelled
Pine Grosbeak / Pinicola enucleator
Golden Eagle along the fenceline
Pine Grosbeaks adding colour to our winter
In the bleak midwinter
Keeper of the farmyard
Outlined in frost
A typical pose for the White-breasted Nuthatch
Foothills and mountains
Pine Grosbeak female
Farm friends
So pretty against the snow
The gathering
A fine old barn
Desolate
The donkeys with reflector eyes
A splash of much-needed red
On a bitterly cold, hoar frosty day
Heritage tree from 1907, at Carburn Park
Hoping for food
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Little red barn on the prairie
Christmas remnants
Old barns in heavy frost
Pine Grosbeak in pretty light
A tiny owl from the past
A different style
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White beauty
Avenue of trees at Baker Park
Cosy little birdhouse
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Triple treat
Fenced in
Find the owl
High wire act
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Mystery rock
Pine Grosbeak
Follow the fence line
A winter day in southern Alberta
Bald Eagle in the Badlands of Alberta
Tea, anyone?
A favourite little country church
The only one
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Great Gray Owl in early morning light
Cute as always
Ruffed Grouse - from my archives
Puffed up for warmth
One of my favourite barns
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Downy Woodpecker
Weathered wood
Popcan-sized cutie
A closer view
Enjoying seeds and sunshine
Old homestead with texture
Mule Deer at dusk
Roller coaster roads in winter
A prairie homestead
Sunshine on a mighty peak
Blackie grain terminal
There once was an owl
A red prairie barn
Snowy Owl with mountain bokeh
A favourite tree
The Famous Five again
Our beautiful Foothills
White-tailed Deer
Off limits
Wolf Willow berries
Barn on a hoarfrosty day
Sitting in the middle of the lake
The old and the new
Two of a kind
A barn to be proud of
On a fence post, but no Vole
A smudge stick sky
Gently falling snow
Guarding his barn
Old homestead in sunset light
Mountains at sunset
Barn with a difference
Red barn on a sunny day
Layers and stripes
Old barn with a view
It's mine!
Great Gray Owl in early morning light
Mule Deer on the prairies
Tilting
Coyote relaxing in the sun
Delicate hoar frost
How did he get there?
Our mountains in winter
Old barn on the prairie
Ice as far as the eye can see
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View from a barn doorway
Rolling hills close to home
Where have all the birds gone?
The prairies in winter
Hoar frost
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Christmas drive with my daughter, 21 December 2015
Christmas drive with my daughter, 21 December 2015
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Old homestead and barn
This is a more distant view of the close shot I posted yesterday, showing the whole building that has the beautifully grained wooden sides. I rather liked the old barn next to this homestead, too, and would love to have got closer shots and from a different angle. Though there was a short driveway into the area and there was no fence or No Trespassing sign, it was still private property, so, as always, we took our photos from the road.
Three days ago, on 21 December 2015, my daughter and I had our Christmas get-together. Like last year, she asked if I wanted to spend the day out of the city, looking for Snowy Owls (and other things). We were both so happy to at least see a (very distant) Snowy Owl, which she cleverly spotted, even though we had hoped to find a much closer one. Thank goodness, last year, my daughter and I did see and photograph beautiful Snowies E and NE of the city that were nice and close.
Finding one of these magnificent birds of prey was not the only purpose in our minds, though. It was our Christmas get-together, and we had a great day, in beautiful sunshine and in one of my favourite areas to explore. We had first planned to go E and NE of the city, but my daughter, waiting for her surgery on 11 January 2016, didn't feel up to travelling that far. Once she has recovered from her surgery, maybe we can go NE of the city and try for owls again.
So, plans changed and instead, we went to the Saskatoon Farm for breakfast. This interesting place is maybe a 20-minute drive SE from the southern edge of Calgary. You can collect your own Saskatoon berries in season, look around their outside green houses, and their inside gift shop full of unusual things, and buy special baking, jams, teas and so on. They also have a restaurant that offers delicious food.
www.saskatoonfarm.com/
Afterwards, we then went a bit further, to drive some of the roads east of High River, hoping to possibly find a Snowy Owl. We went as far as Mossleigh, where we stopped to take a few quick photos of the three grain elevators and then found a group of an old homestead and several barns that I don't remember seeing before. They were off the main road, but fortunately the narrow gravel road had enough snow packed on it that the short drive was very smooth. From there, we also stopped at the little wooden church at Dinton.
Later in the afternoon, we couldn't resist the temptation to call in at Glamorgan Bakery on the way home and buy a few Christmas goodies, followed by a desperately needed food shopping trip. I just hadn't had a chance to go grocery shopping and had run out of even basic things. This was a huge relief, especially as I knew that I would be having a very long day on 23rd December (yesterday), taking part in the Drumheller area Christmas Bird Count.
Thanks so much for a great day out, Rachel. The best kind of day, as far as I am concerned : ) Many thanks, too, for the beautiful, very carefully chosen (as always!) Christmas gifts. Love the owl that looks rather like a furry, stuffed children's toy, that is in fact a wonderful heat pad (that you warm in the microwave), full of lavender. Haven't used it yet, but it will feel so good on my neck and shoulders that are painful from whiplash, thanks to the woman driver who suddenly came out of a parking lot exit and cut across my lane of moving traffic about three weeks ago! Nothing I could do, as I couldn't stop in time to avoid impact. So, I'm looking forward to having an owl on my shoulder : )
Three days ago, on 21 December 2015, my daughter and I had our Christmas get-together. Like last year, she asked if I wanted to spend the day out of the city, looking for Snowy Owls (and other things). We were both so happy to at least see a (very distant) Snowy Owl, which she cleverly spotted, even though we had hoped to find a much closer one. Thank goodness, last year, my daughter and I did see and photograph beautiful Snowies E and NE of the city that were nice and close.
Finding one of these magnificent birds of prey was not the only purpose in our minds, though. It was our Christmas get-together, and we had a great day, in beautiful sunshine and in one of my favourite areas to explore. We had first planned to go E and NE of the city, but my daughter, waiting for her surgery on 11 January 2016, didn't feel up to travelling that far. Once she has recovered from her surgery, maybe we can go NE of the city and try for owls again.
So, plans changed and instead, we went to the Saskatoon Farm for breakfast. This interesting place is maybe a 20-minute drive SE from the southern edge of Calgary. You can collect your own Saskatoon berries in season, look around their outside green houses, and their inside gift shop full of unusual things, and buy special baking, jams, teas and so on. They also have a restaurant that offers delicious food.
www.saskatoonfarm.com/
Afterwards, we then went a bit further, to drive some of the roads east of High River, hoping to possibly find a Snowy Owl. We went as far as Mossleigh, where we stopped to take a few quick photos of the three grain elevators and then found a group of an old homestead and several barns that I don't remember seeing before. They were off the main road, but fortunately the narrow gravel road had enough snow packed on it that the short drive was very smooth. From there, we also stopped at the little wooden church at Dinton.
Later in the afternoon, we couldn't resist the temptation to call in at Glamorgan Bakery on the way home and buy a few Christmas goodies, followed by a desperately needed food shopping trip. I just hadn't had a chance to go grocery shopping and had run out of even basic things. This was a huge relief, especially as I knew that I would be having a very long day on 23rd December (yesterday), taking part in the Drumheller area Christmas Bird Count.
Thanks so much for a great day out, Rachel. The best kind of day, as far as I am concerned : ) Many thanks, too, for the beautiful, very carefully chosen (as always!) Christmas gifts. Love the owl that looks rather like a furry, stuffed children's toy, that is in fact a wonderful heat pad (that you warm in the microwave), full of lavender. Haven't used it yet, but it will feel so good on my neck and shoulders that are painful from whiplash, thanks to the woman driver who suddenly came out of a parking lot exit and cut across my lane of moving traffic about three weeks ago! Nothing I could do, as I couldn't stop in time to avoid impact. So, I'm looking forward to having an owl on my shoulder : )
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