Decorating the base of a tree
Seedhead wisps
Great Gray Owl, focused
Showing off its gills
Pinedrops
One of my favourite views
Unidentified fungus
A distant shot from my archives
Balancing act
When the world turns white
Great Gray Owl - from the archives
Great Gray Owl - from my archives
Red-winged Blackbird female or juvenile
Atop a utility pole
Summer colour
Meadow Vole for a tasty snack
Northern Hawk Owl
Northern Hawk Owl from 2016
Female Mountain Bluebird with lunch for her babies
A touch of blue
Poor quality, but of interest
White-winged Crossbills
Ever watchful
Beginning to burst
Posing nicely
Beautiful farm cat
Following the fenceline
Pine Grosbeak in winter sunshine
Winter on the farm
Joy for a deep-freeze day
Shooting in the rain
The barn cat gang
Longhorn cattle
Peekaboo - whooo are yooo?
Pine Grosbeaks
Old barn at the Ellis Bird Farm
Showy Milkweed with bee
Wild Lily-of-the-valley
First day of fledging
Colour for a snowy day
Black-necked Stilt
Narcissus
A bewildering world for a fallen owlet
Bees, bees, and more bees
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Goat's-beard with visitor
This is the dreaded Goat's-beard, a highly invasive, non-native plant that has spread (and keeps spreading, despite attempts to control it) in our natural areas in the city and beyond. Too bad, because both the beautiful flower and huge Dandelion-like seedhead are most attractive.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragopogon_dubius
On 26 June 2016, a fair-sized group of people spent the morning on a walk led by Erik Butters, out past Cochrane, NW of Calgary. This land consists of rolling, open hills and areas of woodland, with the Rocky Mountains in the distance. This event was the 8th Annual Flora & Fauna Fundraising for Ghost River Watershed Outing.
Fortunately, I knew how to drive to this distant location, so I was able to pick up friend Dorothy and off we went together. We allowed plenty of time to get there, just in case of heavy traffic or else we saw something interesting en route. This meant that there was time for me to stop and take a few photos of a Llama in someone's field, a couple of beautiful Longhorn cattle lying down and a small herd of maybe half a dozen Elk that we saw way off in the distance.
I think everyone was more than ready for lunch by the time our hike was over! Going to our destination was all uphill, which I normally avoid at all cost. Coming down used less energy, but painful knees felt every step on the way down : )
Around 1:00 pm, Erik and his partner provided a great BBQ for those of us from Calgary and for the people who had joined us from elsewhere. As always, the food was delicious! Thank you so much, both of you! Amazingly, the sun shone and there was no rain, despite the weather forecast.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragopogon_dubius
On 26 June 2016, a fair-sized group of people spent the morning on a walk led by Erik Butters, out past Cochrane, NW of Calgary. This land consists of rolling, open hills and areas of woodland, with the Rocky Mountains in the distance. This event was the 8th Annual Flora & Fauna Fundraising for Ghost River Watershed Outing.
Fortunately, I knew how to drive to this distant location, so I was able to pick up friend Dorothy and off we went together. We allowed plenty of time to get there, just in case of heavy traffic or else we saw something interesting en route. This meant that there was time for me to stop and take a few photos of a Llama in someone's field, a couple of beautiful Longhorn cattle lying down and a small herd of maybe half a dozen Elk that we saw way off in the distance.
I think everyone was more than ready for lunch by the time our hike was over! Going to our destination was all uphill, which I normally avoid at all cost. Coming down used less energy, but painful knees felt every step on the way down : )
Around 1:00 pm, Erik and his partner provided a great BBQ for those of us from Calgary and for the people who had joined us from elsewhere. As always, the food was delicious! Thank you so much, both of you! Amazingly, the sun shone and there was no rain, despite the weather forecast.
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