American Tree Sparrow
A splash of different colour
A colourful walk through the woods
The second owl
Growing on a tree trunk
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Dark chocolate bunny with milk chocolate eyes
Feather finery of a female Mallard
Wood Ducks on a local pond
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European Starling / Sturnus vulgaris
Growing in the cracks
Peregrine Falcon talons
Hypomyces luteovirens, syn. Hypomyces tulasneanus
Ferruginous Hawk
Rare Long-tailed Duck
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Osprey on the hunt
Shingled/Scaly Hedgehog fungus / Sarcodon imbricat…
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Hiding in the shadows
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Exshaw Legion memorial
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Clematis after the rain
Long-eared Owl
Half Moon Garden, Silver Springs
Freedom
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Merlin removing dragonfly's wings
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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
Now you see them ... now you don't
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Time for an afternoon nap
Bighorn Sheep, number 18
Silos/grain terminal and old elevator, Herronton
01 The glory of fall
02 Hidden in the clouds
3 Nature's artwork
02 Two young Moose
Mariposa Lily
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Elbow Falls, Kananaskis
Rough-legged Hawk on a hay bale
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Sweet little thing
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Love the little one's expression
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Trumpeter Swan
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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
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN to everyone who celebrates! Here, we have a dreary morning with light rain and a temperature of 3C. Hopefully, it will clear up in time for all the little trick-or-treaters this evening.
This old house always used to take me by surprise, because I could never remember exactly where this location was, and it was a case of suddenly coming across it. I added a slight filter touch in post-processing, to give a bit sharper detail.
This photo was taken on a day of adventure for me. I drove further than I had ever driven before (way, way SE of the city) - must have been somewhere between 400 and 500 km total. No big deal for many of you, but for me (and as someone with a driving phobia), it WAS a big deal : ) Also, I did a day of driving just two days earlier when my daughter and I went NE of the city as far as Drumheller. After two long drives, my poor shoulder rotator cuffs complained like crazy, BUT, I had a great time - just a couple of moments of 'panic', when I thought I was lost, and when I noticed that I was seeing different wildflower species and definitely a different kind of landscape.
I eventually left home at 11:00 am, a good couple of hours later than I had intended. I wasn't sure how long it was going to take me to get to where I wanted to get, so had wanted to allow plenty of hours for this journey. I had been on the road for about three hours by the time I got there, but did stop at various places en route. The first part of my drive was along familiar roads - called in at Frank Lake just to check the gravel road leading to the gate. An Eastern Kingbird was the only species I saw.
From there, I kept driving east, stopping briefly to photograph one of my favourite old houses, seen in this photo. This highway eventually bends southwards and leads to Vulcan. I had only ever once driven as far as Vulcan, and that was on 30 March 2015. I had to stop again, like last year, and take a few photos of the cluster of old sheds, barn and house on the edge of Vulcan, before continuing on my way. From here, until I reached my destination, was all new to me. Exciting and anxiety-causing, all at the same time. I drove further east and then turned south and found myself in a different kind of landscape, with a few interesting birds and plants to see and photograph, including a Ferruginous Hawk (three, actually) and wild sunflowers. I was in tall wind turbine country - which told me how far south I had come. Along one road, I had a Swainson's Hawk who perched nicely on a fence post at first and then circled overhead and followed my vehicle further down the road. Think it may have been a juvenile, screeching for its parents to come and feed it. Also saw a Mourning Dove on a fence post and a juvenile Horned Lark. Actually, there were a lot of Horned Larks. I tend to forget that we can see them in summer time.
After travelling westwards and then north and west again, I called in briefly to take a few photos of the old grain elevator at Herronton and then found myself back at Frank Lake. It was still daylight, so I decided to try one more time along the gravel road leading to the gate. Here, I had another nice sighting - friend, Debbie : ) Good to see you and have a nice, long chat. A great day with an enjoyable ending.
This old house always used to take me by surprise, because I could never remember exactly where this location was, and it was a case of suddenly coming across it. I added a slight filter touch in post-processing, to give a bit sharper detail.
This photo was taken on a day of adventure for me. I drove further than I had ever driven before (way, way SE of the city) - must have been somewhere between 400 and 500 km total. No big deal for many of you, but for me (and as someone with a driving phobia), it WAS a big deal : ) Also, I did a day of driving just two days earlier when my daughter and I went NE of the city as far as Drumheller. After two long drives, my poor shoulder rotator cuffs complained like crazy, BUT, I had a great time - just a couple of moments of 'panic', when I thought I was lost, and when I noticed that I was seeing different wildflower species and definitely a different kind of landscape.
I eventually left home at 11:00 am, a good couple of hours later than I had intended. I wasn't sure how long it was going to take me to get to where I wanted to get, so had wanted to allow plenty of hours for this journey. I had been on the road for about three hours by the time I got there, but did stop at various places en route. The first part of my drive was along familiar roads - called in at Frank Lake just to check the gravel road leading to the gate. An Eastern Kingbird was the only species I saw.
From there, I kept driving east, stopping briefly to photograph one of my favourite old houses, seen in this photo. This highway eventually bends southwards and leads to Vulcan. I had only ever once driven as far as Vulcan, and that was on 30 March 2015. I had to stop again, like last year, and take a few photos of the cluster of old sheds, barn and house on the edge of Vulcan, before continuing on my way. From here, until I reached my destination, was all new to me. Exciting and anxiety-causing, all at the same time. I drove further east and then turned south and found myself in a different kind of landscape, with a few interesting birds and plants to see and photograph, including a Ferruginous Hawk (three, actually) and wild sunflowers. I was in tall wind turbine country - which told me how far south I had come. Along one road, I had a Swainson's Hawk who perched nicely on a fence post at first and then circled overhead and followed my vehicle further down the road. Think it may have been a juvenile, screeching for its parents to come and feed it. Also saw a Mourning Dove on a fence post and a juvenile Horned Lark. Actually, there were a lot of Horned Larks. I tend to forget that we can see them in summer time.
After travelling westwards and then north and west again, I called in briefly to take a few photos of the old grain elevator at Herronton and then found myself back at Frank Lake. It was still daylight, so I decided to try one more time along the gravel road leading to the gate. Here, I had another nice sighting - friend, Debbie : ) Good to see you and have a nice, long chat. A great day with an enjoyable ending.
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