Moose in the mountains
Picked for demonstration
Upper Kananaskis Lake
Colour among the mosses and lichens
Strawberries and cream fungus / Hydnellum peckii
Kananaskis - a winter wonderland
Forgetmenot Pond, Kananaskis
Shooting stars / Dodecatheon sp. (and Dandelions)
American Dipper / Cinclus mexicanus
White-crowned Sparrow / Zonotrichia leucophrys
Elbow Falls, Kananaskis
Tall Lungwort
Elbow Falls, Kananaskis
(Yellow?) Morel mushroom
Forgetmenot Pond, Kananaskis
Dandelion perfection
Forgetmenot Pond, Kananaskis
A splash of much-needed colour
Arnica sp.
Hearts at the Rusty Bucket Ranch
Sheep at the Rusty Bucket Ranch
Watch dog : )
Garden flowers at the Rusty Bucket Ranch
Wolf's Milk slime mold, Rusty Bucket Ranch
Purple/Water Avens seedhead / Geum rivale
Indian Paintbrush
Greenish-flowered Wintergreen / Pyrola chlorantha
Western Wood Lily
Star-flowered Solomon's Seal / Maianthemum stellat…
Little green hearts of White Camas
Patiently waiting
Red-tailed Hawk?
The colours of fall
A new-to-me old barn
Happy Halloween!
Lichens on nature trail at KOAC
Kinetic sculptures by Katie Ohe, KOAC
Pileated Woodpecker seen in Canmore
Bighorn Sheep mom and youngster
Twice the beauty
On the way to Canmore - seven Swans a-swimming :)
Pileated Woodpecker
Sedge
Beautiful Peyto Lake
Lichen at Peyto Lake
Wildflowers at Peyto Lake
Spruce Grouse / Falcipennis canadensis
Fungi on a log
Most likely a Ground Pholiota / Pholiota terrestri…
Let the light shine in
Forgetmenot Pond, Elbow Falls Trail
Beauty of winter (well, late fall)
Kananaskis, through the windshield
Rare Thirteen-lined Groundsquirrel / Ictidomys tri…
Red Baneberry
Forgetmenot Pond, Kananaskis
Forgetmenot Pond
Winter in Kananaskis
Small fungi growing among the mosses
False Morel fungus
Exshaw Legion memorial
Two winters ago
Hiding in the shadows
Shingled/Scaly Hedgehog fungus / Sarcodon imbricat…
Osprey on the hunt
A beauty from mushroom season
Love the little one's expression
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Gap Lake
Trumpeter Swan
Strap/Coral Club / Clavariadelphus ligula
Comb/Branched Hericium / Hericium ramosum
McDougall Memorial United Church
Why I would never eat wild mushrooms : )
An odd colour in nature
False Morel fungus
Texture
Aspen Roughstem Bolete / Leccinum insigne
Picked for demonstration purposes - Honey Mushroom…
Fine 'threads' of a mushroom veil
Exploring the forest
Mushroom in a wonderfully lush setting
One of my favourite meadows
Northern Gentian
Northern Willowherb / Epilobium ciliatum
Mt. Buller, Buller Pond, Kananaskis
A view from Mt. Shark
Strawberries and Cream fungus / Hydnellum peckii
A joy to behold
Slightly patterned
Treasures of the forest floor
Unidentified fungus
Wind-blown Osprey
Mt Lorette Ponds, Kananaskis
Paintbrush - green flowers, red bracts
Strawberries and cream fungus / Hydnellum peckii
Osprey take-off
Now they can't see me
01 Middle Lake, Bow Valley Provincial Park
02 Colourful Dock sp.
Little mystery bird - juvenile Yellow-rumped Warbl…
Brown-headed Cowbird juvenile
Ram's Horn Snail shell
Kalm's Lobelia / Lobelia kalmii
Fleabane
Willow Flycatcher
Middle Lake, Bow Valley Provincial Park
Mountain Death Camas / Zigadenus elegans
Gaillardia
Flycatcher sp. - Willow or Alder Flycatcher
Spotted Sandpiper
One of my favourite views
Yellow lady's-slipper
Yellow Warbler male
McDougall Memorial United Church
A day in the mountains
Tucked away near the creek
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Moose from the archives
Just posting two photos again today, 13 January 2017, both grabbed from my archives. I finally got out to run a few important errands yesterday, after being home for 7 or 8 days. Our deep-freeze is finally breaking and tomorrow is forecast to get up to -1C!
What a day I had with friends on 7 December 2014, in an absolute winter wonderland! We set off about 7:45 a.m. (still dark) and drove westwards to the Kananaskis area of our majestic mountains. Early in the drive, the sunrise turned the still distant mountains pink - this is always such an amazing sight to see. There was very low cloud lingering in some places, too, which I always love to see.
Once we had reached Kananaskis, we drove the area of Highway 40 that was still open (the rest of this highway is closed during the winter months) and also the Smith-Dorrien road. There had been a recent snowfall and the trees were still covered in snow, which turned everywhere into a winter wonderland. There was no wind and the temperatures hovered a few degrees around 0C. Sunshine, a few clouds, and fun company made it such a great day!
My friends had been hoping for a long time to be able to show me a winter Moose, and on this day they did really well, finding the beautiful female seen in this photo and, at another location, a youngish male with antlers that looked rather like two little twigs sticking out of the sides of his head. The size of both these wild animals was huge! You can stop the car some distance away from them, but if they are busy licking off the salt and minerals from any car in sight, they sometimes might eventually come close. All this female was interested in was doing this very thing : ) She would occasionally stop, straighten up and look and listen - usually this would be because she had heard or seen people snow-shoeing or cross-country skiing on a nearby trail through the forest. The rest of the time, she licked and licked and licked some more - the slurping sound could be heard from quite some distance :) At one point, she bent both front knees to kneel, so that she could reach the lower part of a vehicle. Lol, she did a fine job of cleaning headlights till they shone. Impressive and rather amusing at the same time. Free car wash, anyone?? I should add that caution must always be kept in mind and respect given to an animal - any wildlife can be unpredictable.
Most of the time, this female was in the shade, as in this photo, which made taking photos a bit of a challenge. What a difference in the colour of her coat when she occasionally moved into the sun.
We saw this female first, then the youngish male, and then we saw the female a second time, later. After feeding on dead leaves and tiny twigs from under the deep snow, she then lay down in the snow at the edge of some trees - the first time I had ever seen a Moose lying down. Such a peaceful scene - no one else was around either.
I always feel so privileged when I witness any kind of wildlife, especially so when you get the chance to watch a while and learn the behaviour of the animal or bird you are lucky enough to see. Of course, just being in such spectacular scenery and being able to photograph the mountains is more than enough for me.
“The moose (North America) or Eurasian elk (Europe), Alces alces, is the largest extant species in the deer family. Moose are distinguished by the palmate antlers of the males; other members of the family have antlers with adendritic ("twig-like") configuration. Moose typically inhabit boreal and mixed deciduous forests of the Northern Hemisphere in temperate to subarctic climates. Moose used to have a much wider range but hunting and other human activities greatly reduced it over the years. Moose have been reintroduced to some of their former habitats. Currently, most moose are found in Canada, Alaska, Scandinavia and Russia. Their diet consists of both terrestrial and aquatic vegetation. The most common moose predators are wolves, bears, and humans. Unlike most other deer species, moose are solitary animals and do not form herds. Although generally slow-moving and sedentary, moose can become aggressive and move surprisingly quickly if angered or startled. Their mating season in the autumn can lead to spectacular fights between males competing for a female.
The moose is a herbivore and is capable of consuming many types of plant or fruit. The average adult moose needs to consume 9,770 kcal (40.9 MJ) per day to maintain its body weight. Much of a moose's energy is derived from terrestrial vegetation, mainly consisting of forbs and other non-grasses, and fresh shoots from trees such as willow and birch. These plants are rather low in sodium, and moose generally need to consume a good quantity of aquatic plants. While much lower in energy, these plants provide the moose with its sodium requirements, and as much as half of their diet usually consists of aquatic plant life. In winter, moose are often drawn to roadways, to lick salt that is used as a snow and ice melter. A typical moose, weighing 360 kg (790 lb), can eat up to 32 kg (71 lb) of food per day.” From Wikipedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose
What a day I had with friends on 7 December 2014, in an absolute winter wonderland! We set off about 7:45 a.m. (still dark) and drove westwards to the Kananaskis area of our majestic mountains. Early in the drive, the sunrise turned the still distant mountains pink - this is always such an amazing sight to see. There was very low cloud lingering in some places, too, which I always love to see.
Once we had reached Kananaskis, we drove the area of Highway 40 that was still open (the rest of this highway is closed during the winter months) and also the Smith-Dorrien road. There had been a recent snowfall and the trees were still covered in snow, which turned everywhere into a winter wonderland. There was no wind and the temperatures hovered a few degrees around 0C. Sunshine, a few clouds, and fun company made it such a great day!
My friends had been hoping for a long time to be able to show me a winter Moose, and on this day they did really well, finding the beautiful female seen in this photo and, at another location, a youngish male with antlers that looked rather like two little twigs sticking out of the sides of his head. The size of both these wild animals was huge! You can stop the car some distance away from them, but if they are busy licking off the salt and minerals from any car in sight, they sometimes might eventually come close. All this female was interested in was doing this very thing : ) She would occasionally stop, straighten up and look and listen - usually this would be because she had heard or seen people snow-shoeing or cross-country skiing on a nearby trail through the forest. The rest of the time, she licked and licked and licked some more - the slurping sound could be heard from quite some distance :) At one point, she bent both front knees to kneel, so that she could reach the lower part of a vehicle. Lol, she did a fine job of cleaning headlights till they shone. Impressive and rather amusing at the same time. Free car wash, anyone?? I should add that caution must always be kept in mind and respect given to an animal - any wildlife can be unpredictable.
Most of the time, this female was in the shade, as in this photo, which made taking photos a bit of a challenge. What a difference in the colour of her coat when she occasionally moved into the sun.
We saw this female first, then the youngish male, and then we saw the female a second time, later. After feeding on dead leaves and tiny twigs from under the deep snow, she then lay down in the snow at the edge of some trees - the first time I had ever seen a Moose lying down. Such a peaceful scene - no one else was around either.
I always feel so privileged when I witness any kind of wildlife, especially so when you get the chance to watch a while and learn the behaviour of the animal or bird you are lucky enough to see. Of course, just being in such spectacular scenery and being able to photograph the mountains is more than enough for me.
“The moose (North America) or Eurasian elk (Europe), Alces alces, is the largest extant species in the deer family. Moose are distinguished by the palmate antlers of the males; other members of the family have antlers with adendritic ("twig-like") configuration. Moose typically inhabit boreal and mixed deciduous forests of the Northern Hemisphere in temperate to subarctic climates. Moose used to have a much wider range but hunting and other human activities greatly reduced it over the years. Moose have been reintroduced to some of their former habitats. Currently, most moose are found in Canada, Alaska, Scandinavia and Russia. Their diet consists of both terrestrial and aquatic vegetation. The most common moose predators are wolves, bears, and humans. Unlike most other deer species, moose are solitary animals and do not form herds. Although generally slow-moving and sedentary, moose can become aggressive and move surprisingly quickly if angered or startled. Their mating season in the autumn can lead to spectacular fights between males competing for a female.
The moose is a herbivore and is capable of consuming many types of plant or fruit. The average adult moose needs to consume 9,770 kcal (40.9 MJ) per day to maintain its body weight. Much of a moose's energy is derived from terrestrial vegetation, mainly consisting of forbs and other non-grasses, and fresh shoots from trees such as willow and birch. These plants are rather low in sodium, and moose generally need to consume a good quantity of aquatic plants. While much lower in energy, these plants provide the moose with its sodium requirements, and as much as half of their diet usually consists of aquatic plant life. In winter, moose are often drawn to roadways, to lick salt that is used as a snow and ice melter. A typical moose, weighing 360 kg (790 lb), can eat up to 32 kg (71 lb) of food per day.” From Wikipedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose
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