Tropical Mockingbird, Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Allamanda, Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Tropical tree, Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Shiny Cowbird / Molothrus bonariensis, Tobago
Giant seedpod of the Flame Tree, Blue Waters Inn,…
Gorgeous orange flowers of the Flame tree
Ixora, Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Down by the sea
Tropical Mockingbird / Mimus gilvus, Tobago
Ixora
Tropical Mockingbird with attitude
Tropical Mockingbird / Mimus gilvus, Tobago
Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Tropical Mockingbird, Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Steps from my cabin to main building, Asa Wright
A potful of owls
Ageless beauty
Artichoke, Saskatoon Farm
Himalayan Blue Poppies
Lilium martagon - the beauty of a Lily
Gaillardia
Summer colour
Hearts at the Rusty Bucket Ranch
Garden flowers at the Rusty Bucket Ranch
Nemophila sp.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird female
Celosia sp.
My new neighbour?
Day Lily
A pot full of colour
Splash of colour
Geranium sp.
Red Birds in a Tree plant
When the last petal has fallen
Hosta flowers
A filtered Poppy
Checkered Skipper sp.?
American Goldfinch eating Sunflower seeds
Bee on Sunflower
Hybrid Mourning Dove-Eurasian Collared Dove
About to open
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Lasting beauty
Looper Moth sp.
Bluebird of happiness
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Last days before the snow
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Cosmos beauty
Artichoke flower with different bee species
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Welcome colour
End of the season
"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet"
September flowers
Lest we forget
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Before "winter" arrived
Heart of a Snowdrop
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Long gone, but memories remain
The centre of a labyrinth
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A bright splash of colour
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Showy Milkweed with bee
Oak leaf and insect gall
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Narcissus
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Half Moon Garden, Silver Springs
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Lest we forget
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The second owl
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A big splash of colour
Aging beauties
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Fall colours at Silver Springs Botanical Gardens
Always good for a splash of colour
Purple Petunias
Sunflower going to seed
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
Astilbe
Passion Flowers
As fall colours come to an end
Larch in fall colour
Owl sculpture at Silver Springs Botanical Gardens
Brightness on a cloudy day
Tenderness
Glorious colours of fall
Autumn berries
Juvenile White-throated Sparrow / Zonotrichia albi…
The colours of fall
A garden in the forest
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Loved by Monarch butterflies
Memorial Rose for Carl Handfield
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Aloe Vera / Aloe Barbadensis Miller, Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
This plant is Aloe Barbadensis Miller, and it was growing in the garden at the Blue Waters Inn, on the island of Tobago, on 13 March 2017.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloe_vera
Bear with me, everyone, as I think I am going to have to post 6 photos from my trip each day, otherwise it will take me many months (years?) to get them on to Flickr. Obviously, no comments expected, unless you happen to like one photo in particular. Actually, I am so disappointed with my photos - never have so many photos come out blurry, many totally blurry and no use at all. No idea why - the light was often really bad and maybe the humidity had some effect. For some species, I am going to post awful shots, just for the record.
It will take me forever to do any kind of write-up about this trip, but eventually, I hope to get some kind of description written. Right now, I'm not quite sure where I was and when, lol! We arrived back in Calgary just yesterday evening, 21 March 2017, and I have to get myself unpacked and organized. Totally dead beat after such a busy time away, dealing with extremely early mornings and hot, humid weather. Those of you who know me well, know that I am a dreadful night-owl, so getting up around 5:15 am was an absolute killer. Also, heat and humidity don't agree with my body, so each trip out was quite exhausting. Yesterday morning, 21 March, we had to get up around 2:00 am, as we had such an early flight (5 and a half hours) from Trinidad to Toronto - followed by a four-hour flight back to Calgary. On our very first day, we had three flights in a row, as we flew from Calgary to Toronto, then Toronto to Port of Spain on Trinidad, from where we had a short flight to the island of Tobago.
This adventure was only the second holiday (or was it actually my third?) of any kind, anywhere, that I have had in something like 30 or 35 years! The other holiday was a one-week holiday with my great friends from England, Linda and Tony, when we went down south to Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Tetons in September 2012. I have had maybe half a dozen weekends away, including to Waterton National Park, which have helped keep me going.
Six birding/photographer friends and I decided that we would take this exciting trip together, spending the first two or three days on the island of Tobago and then the rest of the time at the Asa Wright Nature Centre on the nearby, larger island of Trinidad. What a time we had, seeing so many beautiful things - and, of course, everything was a lifer for me. Some of these friends had visited Costa Rica before, so were familiar with quite a few of the birds. There was a lot more to see on Trinidad, so we were glad that we chose Tobago to visit first and then spend a longer time at Asa Wright.
The Asa Wright Nature Centre is such an amazing place! We stayed in cabins up or down hill from the main building. Really, one doesn't need to travel away from the Centre for birding, as so many different species visit the Hummingbird feeders that are right by the huge, open veranda, and the trees of the rain forest that live in the area, high up a mountainous road. The drive up and down this narrow, pot-holed road was an adventure in itself! Never would I ever do this drive myself - we had a guide who drove us everywhere in a van/small bus. I had read many accounts of this road, lol!
And now I am going to take a break from typing and go and make myself some breakfast - already missing the great food that was provided every single day and the Rum Punch that appeared each evening. I don't drink at all, so I wasn't sure if I would even try the Punch - glad I did, though, as it was delicious.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloe_vera
Bear with me, everyone, as I think I am going to have to post 6 photos from my trip each day, otherwise it will take me many months (years?) to get them on to Flickr. Obviously, no comments expected, unless you happen to like one photo in particular. Actually, I am so disappointed with my photos - never have so many photos come out blurry, many totally blurry and no use at all. No idea why - the light was often really bad and maybe the humidity had some effect. For some species, I am going to post awful shots, just for the record.
It will take me forever to do any kind of write-up about this trip, but eventually, I hope to get some kind of description written. Right now, I'm not quite sure where I was and when, lol! We arrived back in Calgary just yesterday evening, 21 March 2017, and I have to get myself unpacked and organized. Totally dead beat after such a busy time away, dealing with extremely early mornings and hot, humid weather. Those of you who know me well, know that I am a dreadful night-owl, so getting up around 5:15 am was an absolute killer. Also, heat and humidity don't agree with my body, so each trip out was quite exhausting. Yesterday morning, 21 March, we had to get up around 2:00 am, as we had such an early flight (5 and a half hours) from Trinidad to Toronto - followed by a four-hour flight back to Calgary. On our very first day, we had three flights in a row, as we flew from Calgary to Toronto, then Toronto to Port of Spain on Trinidad, from where we had a short flight to the island of Tobago.
This adventure was only the second holiday (or was it actually my third?) of any kind, anywhere, that I have had in something like 30 or 35 years! The other holiday was a one-week holiday with my great friends from England, Linda and Tony, when we went down south to Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Tetons in September 2012. I have had maybe half a dozen weekends away, including to Waterton National Park, which have helped keep me going.
Six birding/photographer friends and I decided that we would take this exciting trip together, spending the first two or three days on the island of Tobago and then the rest of the time at the Asa Wright Nature Centre on the nearby, larger island of Trinidad. What a time we had, seeing so many beautiful things - and, of course, everything was a lifer for me. Some of these friends had visited Costa Rica before, so were familiar with quite a few of the birds. There was a lot more to see on Trinidad, so we were glad that we chose Tobago to visit first and then spend a longer time at Asa Wright.
The Asa Wright Nature Centre is such an amazing place! We stayed in cabins up or down hill from the main building. Really, one doesn't need to travel away from the Centre for birding, as so many different species visit the Hummingbird feeders that are right by the huge, open veranda, and the trees of the rain forest that live in the area, high up a mountainous road. The drive up and down this narrow, pot-holed road was an adventure in itself! Never would I ever do this drive myself - we had a guide who drove us everywhere in a van/small bus. I had read many accounts of this road, lol!
And now I am going to take a break from typing and go and make myself some breakfast - already missing the great food that was provided every single day and the Rum Punch that appeared each evening. I don't drink at all, so I wasn't sure if I would even try the Punch - glad I did, though, as it was delicious.
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