Star-flowered Solomon's Seal / Maianthemum stellat…
Clouds over the mountains
The beauty of our mountains
Small and fast .... and adorable
Keeping watch over the herd
Wide angle on the Bighorn Sheep ridge
Waiting for the herd to descend
Painted Lady
A favourite road
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel in a Pika's cave
Scenery along Highway 40, Kananaskis
On the way down
Pika, on a windy day
Farm in the foothills
Road through Kananaskis
Lichen on the rocks at Rock Glacier
Ah, those glorious Larches in their fall colours
Things are not always what they seem
Kananaskis before the snowstorm
Heading for the mountains on a hazy morning
Cattle drive in the mountains of Kananaskis, Alber…
A mountain meadow, Kananaskis, Alberta
Bighorn Sheep, mom and youngster
A view from Quarry Lake, Canmore
When the storm moved in
Bighorn Sheep on the slope
Town of Canmore, Alberta
A drive through Kananaskis
Storm arriving at Quarry Lake, near Canmore
Learning from Mom
Start of the storm
The beauty of erosion
Dazzling sunlight on distant peaks
When the land turns white
Sedge
Columbian Ground Squirrel / Urocitellus columbianu…
Beginning to look like fall
Thirsty Bighorn Sheep
American Pika - such a cutie
Our majestic mountains
Heading into the mountains
Forgetmenot Pond, Elbow Falls Trail
Kananaskis, through the windshield
Pika - tiny fluffball
A usual pose of an American Pika
Fall colour in Kananaskis
An unexpected find - Shaggy Manes / Inky caps
Old log cabin/barn seen through the trees
Orange False Dandelion
Shaggy Mane / Inky Cap
Kananaskis on a mixed-weather day
Tiny mushrooms on a rotting log
September snow in Kananaskis
Old cars in Kananaskis
Late September in Kananaskis, 2019
A favourite view in Kananaskis
American Pika
Bighorn Sheep / Ovis canadensis, Kananaskis
Black Bear, Kananaskis
Wedge Pond, Kananaskis, Alberta
Bighorn Sheep, Kananaskis
Buller Pond, Kananaskis
Forgetmenot Pond, Kananaskis
A splash of much-needed colour
Forgetmenot Pond, Kananaskis
Forgetmenot Pond, Kananaskis
(Yellow?) Morel mushroom
Elbow Falls, Kananaskis
Tall Lungwort
Elbow Falls, Kananaskis
White-crowned Sparrow / Zonotrichia leucophrys
American Dipper / Cinclus mexicanus
Shooting stars / Dodecatheon sp. (and Dandelions)
Forgetmenot Pond, Kananaskis
Kananaskis - a winter wonderland
Arethusa Cirque trail, Kananaskis
Chocolate chip lichen / Solorina crocea
Strawberries and cream fungus / Hydnellum peckii
Colour among the mosses and lichens
Upper Kananaskis Lake
Moose in the mountains
It's Pika time - again
Moose from the archives
Winter in Kananaskis
Pika pose
Before the snow
Before the snow came
Red beauty on a scree slope
Mushroom at Rock Glacier
Love those little Pika feet
One spectacular fall day
Hungry little Chipmunk
Two winters ago
Hiding in the shadows
A brief close encounter
Shingled/Scaly Hedgehog fungus / Sarcodon imbricat…
Osprey on the hunt
Growing in the cracks
A beauty from mushroom season
01 The glory of fall
02 Hidden in the clouds
3 Nature's artwork
Elbow Falls, Kananaskis
The beauty of fall
A patterned sky
Sometimes it's wildlife, sometimes it's .... cows
When fall colours are just a memory
Peninsular area, Lower Kananaskis Lake
It's that little guy (gal) again
Peninsular area, Lower Kananaskis Lake
Mid-squeak!
Hiding between the rocks
The beauty of Kananaskis along Highway 40
Light-coloured Pika
Spruce Grouse, adult female
Our beautiful foothills on an overcast day
Push!
Lichen at Rock Glacier
The long road south
Between a rock and a hard place
Lichens and moss at Rock Glacier
Lower Kananaskis Lake at Peninsular
Quite a typical view
A brief moment of rest
Peninsular, Lower Kananaskis Lake
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Arnica sp.
On 7 June 2017, a group of eight of us spent a wonderful day exploring Elbow Falls and Forgetmenot Pond, in Kananaskis. We drove west of the city into the eastern edge of the mountains, stopping at three different places, including a stop along the edge of the main highway, where we found beautiful Shooting stars and a few little brown cup fungi.
This plant was growing on the cliffs at Elbow Falls. I think it is some kind of Arnica, but I don't know which species.
Forgetmenot Pond is actually a man-made pond, left over from the excavation of a gravel pit. The water is crystal clear. It's just a short walk around the pond, but enjoyable to do. The main road this far into Kananaskis only opens in June each year, as a winter gate at Elbow Falls closes in December for the winter months, to protect the wildlife in the area.
I found the following 4-minute video on YouTube, taken by Kenneth Lori using a DJI Phantom 3 Professional quadcopter and taken on 16 June 2016. It travels over Forgetmenot Pond and the surrounding river and mountains.
youtu.be/fEamf0nDXt4
What a great day we had! It was one beautiful find after another, and I think we all must have arrived back home at the end of the day, feeling happy and content. Dorothy and Stephen, as always, you planned a wonderful day for us and you even managed to arrange with the weatherman for beautiful sunshine and warmth, with an occasional welcome slight breeze. I still can't believe how lucky we were, seeing so many interesting things. In fact, I'm finding it difficult to decide what was the highlight for me. The Harlequin Duck, the distant Common Nighthawk flying high overhead, the two Morel mushrooms, the small cluster of beautiful brown cup fungi?? And so on .... Great to spend a day with such a pleasant group of keen, interested people.
Thanks so much, Dorothy and Stephen, for such a great day - my favourite kind of day : ) Thank you, also, for the ride and for the donuts you brought along for everyone to enjoy. Nice to end our day with a stop at the Cinnamon Spoon cafe in Bragg Creek, for a very welcome coffee.
This plant was growing on the cliffs at Elbow Falls. I think it is some kind of Arnica, but I don't know which species.
Forgetmenot Pond is actually a man-made pond, left over from the excavation of a gravel pit. The water is crystal clear. It's just a short walk around the pond, but enjoyable to do. The main road this far into Kananaskis only opens in June each year, as a winter gate at Elbow Falls closes in December for the winter months, to protect the wildlife in the area.
I found the following 4-minute video on YouTube, taken by Kenneth Lori using a DJI Phantom 3 Professional quadcopter and taken on 16 June 2016. It travels over Forgetmenot Pond and the surrounding river and mountains.
youtu.be/fEamf0nDXt4
What a great day we had! It was one beautiful find after another, and I think we all must have arrived back home at the end of the day, feeling happy and content. Dorothy and Stephen, as always, you planned a wonderful day for us and you even managed to arrange with the weatherman for beautiful sunshine and warmth, with an occasional welcome slight breeze. I still can't believe how lucky we were, seeing so many interesting things. In fact, I'm finding it difficult to decide what was the highlight for me. The Harlequin Duck, the distant Common Nighthawk flying high overhead, the two Morel mushrooms, the small cluster of beautiful brown cup fungi?? And so on .... Great to spend a day with such a pleasant group of keen, interested people.
Thanks so much, Dorothy and Stephen, for such a great day - my favourite kind of day : ) Thank you, also, for the ride and for the donuts you brought along for everyone to enjoy. Nice to end our day with a stop at the Cinnamon Spoon cafe in Bragg Creek, for a very welcome coffee.
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