Green Honeycreeper male, Asa Wright Nature Centre,…
American Coot and 'cootlings'
Marbled Godwit / Limosa fedoa
Painted Lady
A mountain meadow, Kananaskis, Alberta
Fish Creek Park on a low-light day
Great Blue Heron, fishing
At the Oilbird (Steatornis caripensis) cave, Trini…
American Tree Sparrow / Spizelloides arborea
The birding blind at Frank Lake
Delicate fungi, Trinidad
02 Boat ride through the Caroni Swamp
Friend on boat at Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
Boat ride to see Scarlet Ibis, Caroni Swamp, Trini…
Silver-beaked Tanager / Ramphocelus carbo, Trinida…
Rainforest of the Arima Valley, Trinidad
Great Kiskadee, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Our last morning on island of Trinidad
Ruddy Ground-dove / Columbina talpacoti, Trinidad
Green Honeycreeper male, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Brewer's Blackbird
Green Honeycreeper female, Trinidad
White-lined Tanager female, Trinidad
Crested Oropendola, Trinidad
Palm Tanager, Trinidad
Green Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
They're back : )
On the way home from Cartwrights' land
On the way home from Cartwright bio-blitz
Lichen at Peyto Lake
Magpie Inky Cap / Coprinus picaceus?
Columbian Ground Squirrel / Urocitellus columbianu…
Fungi on a log
American Dipper dipping
Day 4, Salt Marsh Moths / Estigmene acrea, mating,…
Day 4, Common Gallinule, Leonabelle Turnbull Birdi…
Day 5, White Prickly Poppy / Argemone albiflora
Day 8, bird blind, Santa Ana National Wildlife Ref…
Day 9, Black-bellied Whistling Duck, Resaca de la…
Coot juvenile
Red Baneberry
Pots in the Blue Garden
Pholiota destruens fungus on cut end of a log
Coral fungus sp.
Fungus
The first day of fall
Gilpin Trace trail, Tobago, Day 2
Old plantation equipment, Tobago, Day 2
Tropical Mockingbird, Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Tropical Mockingbird with attitude
Half Moon Garden, Silver Springs
Clematis after the rain
When storms blow in
The second owl
A splash of different colour
Aging beauties
The Wall Garden - October is Breast Cancer Awarene…
Winter wonderland on Plateau Mountain
Peninsular area, Lower Kananaskis Lake
Frosted grasses
Owl sculpture at Silver Springs Botanical Gardens
Autumn colours at the stormwater pond
Across the river
Bunchberry Meadows, Nature Conservancy of Canada
Happy find at Bunchberry Meadows Conservation Area
Aspen Roughstem Bolete / Leccinum insigne
Mushroom in a wonderfully lush setting
The cutest little furball
Slightly patterned
Old cabin on Gottlob Schmidt's (Schmitty's) land
They can't see me
Sleeping down at the pond
Treat of the day - Black Morel
Farm seed elevator, Ellis Bird Farm, Alberta
A colourful little corner
A little fungi family
Dandelions - of course : )
Pika / Ochonta princeps
Into the sun at Frank Lake
Looking across Frank Lake
Ice patterns
Reflection through the fog
Through the frost to the bird blind
A foggy, frosty sunrise
A frosty view from Frank Lake blind
An attractive little cluster
In a field of bokeh
Keeping each other company
Time to relax
One of my forest finds
Buddha surveying the Peony garden
Unidentified fungus
Olds College Botanic Gardens and Wetlands
Love those big ears and big feet
Gathering food for the winter
Cold, bleak and frosty
A curtain of hoar frost
Looking a lot like fall
Juvenile Spruce Grouse
Clouds over Frank Lake
Distant Lark Sparrow
The "rusty farm gate" bird
The joy of colour
Erosion at Red Rock Coulee
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Steps from my cabin to main building, Asa Wright
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 wonderful, one-week trip 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 (from 12-21 March 2017), 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, much larger island of Trinidad. We decided to take a complete package, so everything was included - flights (we were so very lucky to get Black Friday prices, which were 50% off!), accommodation at both places, all our food, and the various walks and day trips that we could chose from. Two of my friends, Anne B. and Brenda, saw to all the planning of flights and accommodations, which was so very much appreciated by the rest of us. I could never have done all this myself!
What a time we had, seeing so many beautiful and interesting things - and, of course, everything was a lifer for me. Some of these friends had visited Costa Rica before, so were familiar with some 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. It was wonderful to be right by the sea, though, at the Blue Waters Inn on the island of Tobago. Just gorgeous.
The Asa Wright Nature Centre, on Trinidad, 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 high up a mountainous road. The drive up and down this narrow, twisting, 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! There was just enough room for two vehicles to squeeze past each other, and the honking of horns was almost continuous - either to warn any vehicle that might be coming fast around the next bend or as a sign that drivers knew each other. The drive along this road, from the coast to Asa Wright, took just over an hour each way.
I still miss the great food that was provided every single day at Asa Wright and the Rum Punch that appeared each evening. I never drink at all, so I wasn't sure if I would even try the Punch - glad I did, though, as it was delicious and refreshing. Breakfast, lunch and dinner were all served buffet-style, with a great variety of dishes from which to choose. To me, pure luxury. So very, very grateful to have been invited to be part of this amazing adventure.
Six birding/photographer friends and I decided that we would take this exciting trip together (from 12-21 March 2017), 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, much larger island of Trinidad. We decided to take a complete package, so everything was included - flights (we were so very lucky to get Black Friday prices, which were 50% off!), accommodation at both places, all our food, and the various walks and day trips that we could chose from. Two of my friends, Anne B. and Brenda, saw to all the planning of flights and accommodations, which was so very much appreciated by the rest of us. I could never have done all this myself!
What a time we had, seeing so many beautiful and interesting things - and, of course, everything was a lifer for me. Some of these friends had visited Costa Rica before, so were familiar with some 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. It was wonderful to be right by the sea, though, at the Blue Waters Inn on the island of Tobago. Just gorgeous.
The Asa Wright Nature Centre, on Trinidad, 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 high up a mountainous road. The drive up and down this narrow, twisting, 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! There was just enough room for two vehicles to squeeze past each other, and the honking of horns was almost continuous - either to warn any vehicle that might be coming fast around the next bend or as a sign that drivers knew each other. The drive along this road, from the coast to Asa Wright, took just over an hour each way.
I still miss the great food that was provided every single day at Asa Wright and the Rum Punch that appeared each evening. I never drink at all, so I wasn't sure if I would even try the Punch - glad I did, though, as it was delicious and refreshing. Breakfast, lunch and dinner were all served buffet-style, with a great variety of dishes from which to choose. To me, pure luxury. So very, very grateful to have been invited to be part of this amazing adventure.
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