02 Hidden in the clouds
01 The glory of fall
Silos/grain terminal and old elevator, Herronton
An old favourite
American Tree Sparrow
A splash of different colour
A colourful walk through the woods
The second owl
Growing on a tree trunk
A birder's first time
Dark chocolate bunny with milk chocolate eyes
Feather finery of a female Mallard
Wood Ducks on a local pond
A beauty from mushroom season
European Starling / Sturnus vulgaris
Growing in the cracks
Peregrine Falcon talons
Hypomyces luteovirens, syn. Hypomyces tulasneanus
Ferruginous Hawk
Rare Long-tailed Duck
Eye contact with a very distant Moose
Osprey on the hunt
Shingled/Scaly Hedgehog fungus / Sarcodon imbricat…
A brief close encounter
Hiding in the shadows
Simplicity
Exshaw Legion memorial
That sinking feeling
Ornamental Cabbage or Ornamental Kale?
Magic hour
Hungry little Chipmunk
Clematis after the rain
Long-eared Owl
Half Moon Garden, Silver Springs
Freedom
Raindrops
Merlin removing dragonfly's wings
Running free
A visit to George's hand
Reflecting the sun at 'golden hour'
Hanging on till the final fall
False Morel fungus
Sharples grain elevator
Oak leaf and insect gall
Great Horned Owl - posting just for the record
Muskrat ripples
Water Smartweed / Polygonum amphibium
One spectacular fall day
Love those little Pika feet
Mushroom at Rock Glacier
Red beauty on a scree slope
Before the snow came
White-tailed Ptarmigan - my first ever!
And here comes the snow
Seedpod of Datura sp.?
Happy Thanksgiving to all Americans, everywhere!
Black eyes and beaks are a give-away
01 Run with the wind
A distant Northern Pygmy-owl
A bright splash of colour
A watchful eye
Confused bunny
Great Horned Owl male
02 Two young Moose
Mariposa Lily
Colours and textures
Elbow Falls, Kananaskis
Rough-legged Hawk on a hay bale
One of four Moose seen yesterday
The beauty of fall
Lapland Longspur? No, a female Red-winged Blackbi…
Sweet little thing
Turquoise fungi / Blue Stain / Chlorociboria aerug…
A big splash of colour
Love the little one's expression
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches / Leucosticte tephrocoti…
Aging beauties
Gap Lake
Trumpeter Swan
Up close and personal with a Turkey Vulture
Ring-billed Gull and Bonaparte's Gull
A day of swans and ducks and geese
A patterned sky
Sometimes it's wildlife, sometimes it's .... cows
Red-tailed Hawk
Fungi goblets
Chocolate bunny
When fall colours are just a memory
The Wall Garden - October is Breast Cancer Awarene…
Bark colour after the rain
Trusting Red-breasted Nuthatch
Could these be Bird's-nest fungi?
American Kestrel - or is it a Merlin?
Peninsular area, Lower Kananaskis Lake
Mystery bird - Vesper Sparrow
Deadly duo - Amanita muscaria
Winter wonderland on Plateau Mountain
Fall colours at Silver Springs Botanical Gardens
Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk
Always good for a splash of colour
When winter comes to the mountains
It's that little guy (gal) again
Peninsular area, Lower Kananaskis Lake
Coyote on the hunt
Gotta love those Golden Eagle feathers
Purple Petunias
Grain elevator at Barons
Regal
Katydid on Common Tansy
An old barn with character
Merlin eating a dragonfly
Sunflower going to seed
Alpine Harebell
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
Osprey - stuffed and on display
No need to worry about one or two wrinkles
Distant Larch trees in their fall colour
Astilbe
It's beginning to look a lot like winter
Such a handsome bird
Frosted grasses
Almost above the clouds
Passion Flowers
Ice crystals on a mountain top
A vanishing world
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3 Nature's artwork
I'm never sure if "talus" is the same as "scree", when it comes to describing a hillside of broken rocks. Anyway, these broken, jagged pieces were photographed at Rock Glacier, Kananaskis. The whole mountain slope is covered in large and small pieces of rock, many of them covered in wonderful lichens.
The only time I had ever driven to Kananaskis (the mountain area closest to Calgary) was on 10 September 2016, when my daughter came with me. I wasn't too impressed with the photos I took on this first drive, especially of the little Pikas (Rock Rabbits) that we went to see, so I wanted to go back and spend a bit more time with them. A drive like this also helps me get a bit more used to my new car - before the roads are covered in snow and ice! Actually, we have had snow since then, but I stayed home a few days and waited till it had all melted : ) There were a few small patches of snow on the ground in places close to the trees when I got to where I see the Pikas.
I left home at 8:45 am, later than I had intended, and drove southwards via Millarville and the back way to Highway 40. When I Googled the distance via that route, it gave me 134 km, 1 hr 41 mins from home to the Highwood Pass. Needless to say, I kept stopping to take photos, so it took me much longer than that. By the time I got back home around 5:00 pm, I had driven 299 km. This day was a Monday, so not much traffic anywhere, which makes a huge difference.
This time, I only drove as far as the Pikas, just north of the Highwood Pass, especially as I wanted to make sure that I wasn't driving home in the dark. The Highwood Pass, at an elevation of 2,206 m (7,238 ft) is the highest paved pass in Canada. In past years, I have hiked the Ptarmigan Cirque, Pocaterra and Arethusa Cirque trails, but can no longer do hikes like these. The scenery is breathtaking in this whole area (indeed, for the whole drive), some mountain slopes covered in forest and other mountain faces displaying bald, breathtaking folds above the treeline.
There was only one 'scary' incident on this trip. I had stopped to take a few scenic shots when I was on the backroad to join Highway 40. I didn't push my car door completely closed and when I went to open it, I discovered it was locked! Pressing the fob to open all the doors did nothing. I just could not get into my vehicle. Thank goodness, I had read on the Internet that there is a key hidden away inside the fob - otherwise I would never have known and might still be standing there, lol!
Feels SO good to know that I am now comfortable enough to do this drive on my own, after so many years of wishing I had the courage to do it. Thank you, little Pikas, for being so adorably cute, that I was determined to drive back to see you : )
The only time I had ever driven to Kananaskis (the mountain area closest to Calgary) was on 10 September 2016, when my daughter came with me. I wasn't too impressed with the photos I took on this first drive, especially of the little Pikas (Rock Rabbits) that we went to see, so I wanted to go back and spend a bit more time with them. A drive like this also helps me get a bit more used to my new car - before the roads are covered in snow and ice! Actually, we have had snow since then, but I stayed home a few days and waited till it had all melted : ) There were a few small patches of snow on the ground in places close to the trees when I got to where I see the Pikas.
I left home at 8:45 am, later than I had intended, and drove southwards via Millarville and the back way to Highway 40. When I Googled the distance via that route, it gave me 134 km, 1 hr 41 mins from home to the Highwood Pass. Needless to say, I kept stopping to take photos, so it took me much longer than that. By the time I got back home around 5:00 pm, I had driven 299 km. This day was a Monday, so not much traffic anywhere, which makes a huge difference.
This time, I only drove as far as the Pikas, just north of the Highwood Pass, especially as I wanted to make sure that I wasn't driving home in the dark. The Highwood Pass, at an elevation of 2,206 m (7,238 ft) is the highest paved pass in Canada. In past years, I have hiked the Ptarmigan Cirque, Pocaterra and Arethusa Cirque trails, but can no longer do hikes like these. The scenery is breathtaking in this whole area (indeed, for the whole drive), some mountain slopes covered in forest and other mountain faces displaying bald, breathtaking folds above the treeline.
There was only one 'scary' incident on this trip. I had stopped to take a few scenic shots when I was on the backroad to join Highway 40. I didn't push my car door completely closed and when I went to open it, I discovered it was locked! Pressing the fob to open all the doors did nothing. I just could not get into my vehicle. Thank goodness, I had read on the Internet that there is a key hidden away inside the fob - otherwise I would never have known and might still be standing there, lol!
Feels SO good to know that I am now comfortable enough to do this drive on my own, after so many years of wishing I had the courage to do it. Thank you, little Pikas, for being so adorably cute, that I was determined to drive back to see you : )
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