Gaillardia
Mountain Death Camas / Zigadenus elegans
Middle Lake, Bow Valley Provincial Park
Egyptian Walking Onion
And then there were only THREE!
Bobolink male
Showy Milkweed / Asclepias speciosa
Willow Flycatcher
Fleabane
Hope he's one of the lucky ones
Kalm's Lobelia / Lobelia kalmii
Savannah Sparrow
Ram's Horn Snail shell
Escape of the Black-crowned Night Heron
This old house
Lighting up the storm clouds
Love those Canola fields
Barn Swallow
Layers
Ladybug larva on Showy Milkweed
American Coot interactive display
Time to feed the kids
Bold and beautiful
They can't see me
Weathered and patched
Longhorn
At Mossleigh grain elevators
Collecting food for her babies
Great Gray Owl on a rainy day
A favourite bird to photograph
Storm clouds over Canola
Eastern Kingbird
Goat's-beard
Mossleigh grain elevators
Reaching those faraway feathers
Loved by Monarch butterflies
Nest-building Dad
Sharp-tailed Grouse / Tympanuchus phasianellus
House Wren at the Ellis Bird Farm
Handsome male Bobolink / Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Mustard White butterfly / Pieris oleracea
Predator with prey
Lovage / Levisticum officinale
The one-legged stance
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Hen and rooster at the Saskatoon Farm
Bluebird memories
Leisurely swim
Chipping Sparrow / Spizella passerina
A few of the bird houses at Ellis Bird Farm
Swainson's Hawk
The poser - Wilson's Snipe
An endless feast for a Ladybug
01 Red-winged Blackbird - female or juvenile
Bobolink / Dolichonyx oryzivorus
A gleam in the eye
When storms blow in
A mountain Bluebird with 'bling'
Waiting for me
Standing in sunshine
Under a stormy sky
Pretty Mama cat
Bees, bees, and more bees
Flycatcher sp. - Willow or Alder Flycatcher
Spotted Sandpiper
One of my favourite views
Yellow lady's-slipper
Yellow Warbler male
I like the post as much as the bird
Hike on Erik Butters' beautiful land
False Dandelion / Hypochaeris radicata
Great Gray Owl in late-morning sun
A second's rest, together
A forest find
Bobolink male / Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Wild Rose in the rain
Forest refractions on a wet Dandelion : )
Just a little stretch
It's the Bobolink again
My first Bald Eagle on a fence post
Brown-headed Cowbird / Molothrus ater
Chilean Flamingo
A distant Bobolink
Tattered and torn - and still beautiful
Beautiful wings of a female Mountain Bluebird
Ornamental Spurge / Euphorbia polychroma (Cushion…
Red-winged Blackbird female with bokeh
A closer view - male Bobolink
Clay-colored Sparrow / Spizella pallida
Female Bobolink / Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Such an elegant bird
Sleeping down at the pond
Grasshopper Sparrow / Ammodramus savannarum - OR i…
Couldn't have chosen a better perch myself : )
Red-edged petals
Such good parents
There WAS a fence between us
Spotted Coralroot / Corallorhiza maculata
Meadow Creek area, Benchlands
Everyday beauty
Why this bird is called a Grosbeak
Northern Shoveler pair
I think he caught a beautiful Tiger Moth : )
Yesterday's treat - a Bobolink
Needed a change of colour
Eastern Kingbird
Along a country back road
Almost ready to fledge
Mom and her new baby
Way down the fence line
Hollyhock buds
Such cute little hands and feet
American Robin in the countryside
Cow Parsnip / Heracleum maximum
Female Mountain Bluebird / Sialia currucoides
Barn Swallow
Wilson's Snipe hiding in the grass
Male and female Purple Martins / Progne subis
Treat of the day - Black Morel
Camouflaged Wood Frog
Time to preen
Great Horned Owl owlet, Ellis Bird Farm
Red-necked Grebe
I'm baaack ...
Dame's rocket
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Yesterday's summer hail
HAPPY CANADA DAY!
Just had an email from a lady in England, so that she could confirm my address before sending me a DVD that had been made from a very old cine film that my Father had taken of the Liverpool Dock area, possibly just post war, around September 1946. In a previous email, this lady (Anne Gleave, Curator of Photographic Archives, National Museums Liverpool), said that the film "is full of maritime references and clearly identifiable as Liverpool. There is a strong focus on shipping and docks along with some lovely shots of a carter and the Liverpool Overhead Railway. Obviously a much clearer image could be obtained if it was projected using the correct spool; also if it were copied to CD or DVD more detail could be viewed." So, this cine film was sent to be transferred to DVD and now it is completed. The film has been deposited with the North West Film Archive (NWFA). Anne told me: "We now have a high definition version of your father’s film which means that we can use it for display in exhibitions (it has already been included in one exhibition, On the Waterfront, which featured your father’s film on a television screen), it really is an excellent addition to our collections." So, thank you so much, Anne (and everyone involved)! And thank you to my wonderful friends, Linda and Tony, for saving all my parents' personal belongings after my brother died in England a few years ago and shipping them out to me here in Canada. Also travelling to various places in England to personally deliver various films and photos that were lovingly taken by my father many years ago. It means so much to me and I will forever be grateful for all you did for us.
Yesterday, 30 June 2016, was a rather weird day : ) In the morning, I just made it in time for a botany visit to our naturalist leader's home and garden. He and his wife have an amazing garden, full of so many kinds of flowers, including a good variety of native plants. One of my favourites is Showy Milkweed - love the cluster of individual flowers growing on a rounded head. These plants have spread over a lot of the front garden. All they need now is for Monarch butterflies to fly a bit further north than they usually do and discover this little bit of butterfly heaven. In 2012, though, it was very unusual, as people were seeing a few of these amazing butterflies in Alberta, including in Calgary. I even got to see and photograph a few Monarch caterpillars in this garden, for the very first and last time.
Our leader also has a large vegetable garden. One thing that always fascinates me is the Egyptian Walking Onion. Each one seems to take on its own artistic shape and I love to photograph these - will add a photo or two, eventually.
After this enjoyable visit, which included a welcome cup of coffee at the end, I went home, spent some time on the computer,. This is when a storm blew in, bringing winds and hail! At least this time I did see the storm. Two days earlier, there was apparently a terrible storm, with masses of hail and flooding in the city and its surrounding areas. Not sure if my area missed this storm or maybe it was less severe right where I live, but I heard nothing and saw no evidence of it! For once, I fell into bed around 5:00 pm, unable to stay awake one minute longer. Maybe I was in such a deep sleep that I slept right through the storm.
Thankfully, the hail had ended and the weather brightened up by early evening, when I headed out for the annual Bluebird route trip led by Don Stiles. I always look forward to going with Don on his nest box route, checking on a few of the boxes and finding either Bluebird or Tree Swallow eggs or babies. Don records all the information about numbers and dates, and also demonstrates how he carefully bands the young birds. Thanks, as always, Don, for an enjoyable evening outing and thank you for all the many, many years (must be somewhere around 35?) you have spent helping to preserve our beautiful Bluebirds. We all enjoyed seeing the various other bird species during the evening, too.
Just had an email from a lady in England, so that she could confirm my address before sending me a DVD that had been made from a very old cine film that my Father had taken of the Liverpool Dock area, possibly just post war, around September 1946. In a previous email, this lady (Anne Gleave, Curator of Photographic Archives, National Museums Liverpool), said that the film "is full of maritime references and clearly identifiable as Liverpool. There is a strong focus on shipping and docks along with some lovely shots of a carter and the Liverpool Overhead Railway. Obviously a much clearer image could be obtained if it was projected using the correct spool; also if it were copied to CD or DVD more detail could be viewed." So, this cine film was sent to be transferred to DVD and now it is completed. The film has been deposited with the North West Film Archive (NWFA). Anne told me: "We now have a high definition version of your father’s film which means that we can use it for display in exhibitions (it has already been included in one exhibition, On the Waterfront, which featured your father’s film on a television screen), it really is an excellent addition to our collections." So, thank you so much, Anne (and everyone involved)! And thank you to my wonderful friends, Linda and Tony, for saving all my parents' personal belongings after my brother died in England a few years ago and shipping them out to me here in Canada. Also travelling to various places in England to personally deliver various films and photos that were lovingly taken by my father many years ago. It means so much to me and I will forever be grateful for all you did for us.
Yesterday, 30 June 2016, was a rather weird day : ) In the morning, I just made it in time for a botany visit to our naturalist leader's home and garden. He and his wife have an amazing garden, full of so many kinds of flowers, including a good variety of native plants. One of my favourites is Showy Milkweed - love the cluster of individual flowers growing on a rounded head. These plants have spread over a lot of the front garden. All they need now is for Monarch butterflies to fly a bit further north than they usually do and discover this little bit of butterfly heaven. In 2012, though, it was very unusual, as people were seeing a few of these amazing butterflies in Alberta, including in Calgary. I even got to see and photograph a few Monarch caterpillars in this garden, for the very first and last time.
Our leader also has a large vegetable garden. One thing that always fascinates me is the Egyptian Walking Onion. Each one seems to take on its own artistic shape and I love to photograph these - will add a photo or two, eventually.
After this enjoyable visit, which included a welcome cup of coffee at the end, I went home, spent some time on the computer,. This is when a storm blew in, bringing winds and hail! At least this time I did see the storm. Two days earlier, there was apparently a terrible storm, with masses of hail and flooding in the city and its surrounding areas. Not sure if my area missed this storm or maybe it was less severe right where I live, but I heard nothing and saw no evidence of it! For once, I fell into bed around 5:00 pm, unable to stay awake one minute longer. Maybe I was in such a deep sleep that I slept right through the storm.
Thankfully, the hail had ended and the weather brightened up by early evening, when I headed out for the annual Bluebird route trip led by Don Stiles. I always look forward to going with Don on his nest box route, checking on a few of the boxes and finding either Bluebird or Tree Swallow eggs or babies. Don records all the information about numbers and dates, and also demonstrates how he carefully bands the young birds. Thanks, as always, Don, for an enjoyable evening outing and thank you for all the many, many years (must be somewhere around 35?) you have spent helping to preserve our beautiful Bluebirds. We all enjoyed seeing the various other bird species during the evening, too.
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