Beginning to burst
Beauty in the final stage
Cheery sunflower
Summer colour
Goat's-beard with visitor
Seedhead wisps
Just needed colour
Heart of a Snowdrop
Wild Bergamot
Invasive Goat's-beard and Baby's breath
Pinedrops
Aloe Vera / Aloe Barbadensis Miller, Blue Waters I…
Allamanda, Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Ixora, Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Ixora
Splash of colour
Roadside plants by the Green Heron, Tobago, Day 2
Flaming immortelle, Tobago, Day 2
Aphelandra sp. (Aphelandra pulcherrima?), Little T…
Torch Ginger / Etlingera eliator, Trinidad
Pink Ginger, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinidad
Torch Ginger / Etlingera elatior, Asa Wright Natur…
Powder Puff plant / Calliandra, Asa Wright
Hot Lips / Psychotria poeppigiana, Asa Wright Natu…
Cacao tree (chocolate!), on way to Brasso Seco, Tr…
Ageless beauty
Artichoke, Saskatoon Farm
Splash of colour, Trinidad
Angel's Trumpet, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinida…
Powder Puff flower / Calliandra, Trinidad
Ant on Kohleria tubiflora, Trinidad
Water Hyacinth / Eichhornia crassipes, Nariva Swam…
Sacred Lotus, Nariva Swamp afternoon, Trinidad
Lotus seedpod, Nariva Swamp afternoon, Trinidad
Lotus, Nariva Swamp afternoon
Lotus seedpod, Nariva Swamp afternoon
Lotus, Nariva Swamp afternoon, Trinidad
Water Lilies, Nariva Swamp afternoon, Trinidad
Vervain / Stachytarpheta jamaicensis, Asa Wright N…
Torch Ginger, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinidad
Aphelandra sinclairiana, Asa Wright Nature Centre,…
Springtime colour
Torch Ginger bud, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinid…
Shooting stars / Dodecatheon sp. (and Dandelions)
Tall Lungwort
One of many
Wild and wonderful Lupines
Dandelion perfection
Meadow Goat's-beard / Tragopogon pratensis
Indian Breadroot / Pediomelum esculentum
Striped Coralroot / Corallorhiza striata
Unidentified plant - Milkvetch?
A splash of much-needed colour
Arnica sp.
Red Baneberry, Waterton Lakes National Park
Gaillardia
Marbled Cobweb Spider / Enoplognatha marmorataon o…
Bear Grass starting to open
Himalayan Blue Poppies
Yellow Angelica / Angelica dawsonii
Lilium martagon - the beauty of a Lily
Glacier Lily
Thistle
Showy Milkweed with bee
Wild Lily-of-the-valley
Colour for a snowy day
Narcissus
Lest we forget
Snake's head fritillary, Fritillaria meleagris
Mariposa Lily
A big splash of colour
Always good for a splash of colour
Purple Petunias
Katydid on Common Tansy
Sunflower going to seed
Alpine Harebell
Astilbe
Passion Flowers
As fall colours come to an end
Brightness on a cloudy day
False Dandelion / Agoseris glauca
Three insect species on a single flower
The colours of fall
A splash of sunshine
Sowthistle
Sainfoin / Onobrychis viciifolia
A garden in the forest
Lovage / Levisticum officinale
Yellow Columbine
Yellow Avens / Geum aleppicum
Pinedrops / Pterospora - rare
Delicate wild Rose
Northern Gentian
Northern Willowherb / Epilobium ciliatum
Thistles galore
Gaillardia with little visitor
Yellow Owl's-clover / Orthocarpus luteus
Paintbrush - green flowers, red bracts
Loved by Monarch butterflies
Northern Gentian
Goat's-beard
Scabious growing in the wild
Splash of colour on a rainy day
Alsike Clover / Trifolium hybridum
White Prairie Clover / Dalea candida
White Evening Primrose / Oenothera caespitosa
Purple Prairie Clover
Mariposa Lily
02 Colourful Dock sp.
Thimbleberry / Rubus parviflorus
Roadside wild sunflowers
Bear Grass / Xerophyllum tenax
Bold and beautiful
Sticky Purple Geranium / Geranium viscosissimum
Blue Lettuce / Lactuca tatarica
Orange False Dandelion / Agoseris aurantiaca
Bracted Honeysuckle / Lonicera involucrata
Paintbush, with a visiting Crab Spider
Stately Bear Grass
Wildflowers galore at the Bison Paddock
A delicate shade of pink
Pinedrops / Pterospora - rare, Listed S2
Ladybug larva on Showy Milkweed
Kalm's Lobelia / Lobelia kalmii
Fleabane
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It feels good to see a bright Sunflower on such a cold, snowy day as today, 10 December 2016. Several of these tall flowers were growing at the Alberta Birds of Prey Centre three months ago.
It had been a few years since my last visit to the Alberta Bird of Prey Centre - I had only been maybe three or four times - and I had been longing to go back. Much too far and all new driving territory for me to even think about driving there myself. However, on 9 September 2016, that is exactly what I did. A friend had said she would come along, too, but she emailed me at 1:00 am that morning to say that she assumed our trip had been cancelled, as she hadn't heard back about the time to meet. In fact, I had sent two emails giving the time, so I don't know what happened there. Very unfortunate, as it would have been great to have had company on such a long drive, and I know she would have had great fun with her camera.
I knew it would be a long day and further than I would normally drive - and in a brand new car that I am still learning to drive! Only got lost twice on this 481 km drive, one minor and the other major. Must have taken a wrong turn somewhere way down south and I ended up in the city of Lethbridge, that I had very carefully planned to avoid. After driving for three and three-quarter hours, I finally arrived, to my huge relief.
Despite getting there later than I had hoped, I still had plenty of time to wander round the grounds and photograph the various raptors. Some were tethered out in a couple of grassy areas and others were in outdoor cages. Wonderful to get such a close look at the various majestic birds.
I took a slightly different way home via #845 (?), making absolutely sure that I didn't accidentally find myself in Lethbridge again and it wasn't too long before I found myself in the area that I had driven a few weeks before, when I went SW of Vulcan to look for Common Nighthawks (without any luck).
Just so happy that I finally made myself do this drive. When I Googled the Centre's website, I had discovered that they were closing two days later for the winter. So, it was either a case of going the next day or not at all till next May onward.
The day after this adventure, 10 September 2016, I took my daughter on a long drive in Kananaskis. This was yet another place that I had longed to be able to drive for many years - and finally I did it! I had been lots of times with various friends, but this was the very first time I had ever driven myself. We had planned to do this a few weeks earlier, but then my car had major repairs that needed to be done. Instead, I knew I just couldn't put any more money into my 17-year-old car, and I ended up replacing it. So glad we went on this particular day, as it snowed the following day.
It had been a few years since my last visit to the Alberta Bird of Prey Centre - I had only been maybe three or four times - and I had been longing to go back. Much too far and all new driving territory for me to even think about driving there myself. However, on 9 September 2016, that is exactly what I did. A friend had said she would come along, too, but she emailed me at 1:00 am that morning to say that she assumed our trip had been cancelled, as she hadn't heard back about the time to meet. In fact, I had sent two emails giving the time, so I don't know what happened there. Very unfortunate, as it would have been great to have had company on such a long drive, and I know she would have had great fun with her camera.
I knew it would be a long day and further than I would normally drive - and in a brand new car that I am still learning to drive! Only got lost twice on this 481 km drive, one minor and the other major. Must have taken a wrong turn somewhere way down south and I ended up in the city of Lethbridge, that I had very carefully planned to avoid. After driving for three and three-quarter hours, I finally arrived, to my huge relief.
Despite getting there later than I had hoped, I still had plenty of time to wander round the grounds and photograph the various raptors. Some were tethered out in a couple of grassy areas and others were in outdoor cages. Wonderful to get such a close look at the various majestic birds.
I took a slightly different way home via #845 (?), making absolutely sure that I didn't accidentally find myself in Lethbridge again and it wasn't too long before I found myself in the area that I had driven a few weeks before, when I went SW of Vulcan to look for Common Nighthawks (without any luck).
Just so happy that I finally made myself do this drive. When I Googled the Centre's website, I had discovered that they were closing two days later for the winter. So, it was either a case of going the next day or not at all till next May onward.
The day after this adventure, 10 September 2016, I took my daughter on a long drive in Kananaskis. This was yet another place that I had longed to be able to drive for many years - and finally I did it! I had been lots of times with various friends, but this was the very first time I had ever driven myself. We had planned to do this a few weeks earlier, but then my car had major repairs that needed to be done. Instead, I knew I just couldn't put any more money into my 17-year-old car, and I ended up replacing it. So glad we went on this particular day, as it snowed the following day.
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