Cameron Falls, Waterton Lakes National Park
No longer a home
Love those hills
Vanishing landscape
Little country school with company
A road less travelled
Clouds over the mountains
The beauty of our mountains
Waiting for the herd to descend
A favourite road
Scenery along Highway 40, Kananaskis
On the way down
Sheep on a smoky day
Yesteryear, in Alberta
Walker House, Inglewood Bird Sanctuary
Our precious Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta…
Road through Kananaskis
Owl and spider webs
In the middle of nowhere - spot the truck
Waterton Lake from the townsite - before the fire
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Ah, those glorious Larches in their fall colours
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Beautiful Mule Deer doe
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Kananaskis before the snowstorm
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Cattle drive in the mountains of Kananaskis, Alber…
A mountain meadow, Kananaskis, Alberta
Fish Creek Park on a low-light day
Friendly visitor
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A new-to-me old barn
A view from Quarry Lake, Canmore
Sun halo over Glenmore Reservoir
Pam and friend
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Town of Canmore, Alberta
A drive through Kananaskis
Storm arriving at Quarry Lake, near Canmore
Early morning sunrise over the mountains
International Loadstar 1600
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Hello, winter
Common Redpolls / Acanthis flammea
Start of the storm
Alberta foothills in the fall
The beauty of erosion
Common Redpoll / Acanthis flammea
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When the land turns white
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Love a Llama
Sheep at the Rusty Bucket Ranch
A view from Red Rock Canyon, Waterton
Cameron Lake, Waterton Lakes National Park
A different view from Maskinonge lookout, Waterton
Upper Waterton Lake, seen from the town
Maskinonge Lake, Waterton Lakes National Park
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Elbow Falls, Kananaskis
Elbow Falls, Kananaskis
Forgetmenot Pond, Kananaskis
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Mallard female
Mallard female
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Gilpin Trace trail, Tobago, Day 2
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Green Heron, Tobago, Day 2
Green Heron, Tobago, Day 2
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Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
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Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Frank's Glass-bottomed boat, Blue Waters Inn, Tob…
Batteaux Bay at Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Batteaux Bay, from Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
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02 Bald Eagle in late afternoon sun
Upper Kananaskis Lake
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Down by the river on a frosty morning
Moose from the archives
Mailbox or birdhouse?
Barn with a mural
Our beautiful Alberta
A sweet encounter
Winter walking
New Year's Day Bird Count
A beautiful start to a day
Red's the best in winter
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Before the snow
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One of my favourite barns
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Old barn in a field of canola
Flickr has had/is still having problems today with views stats and photos not being seen on other people's Contacts page. Glad I'm not the only one, but it's still annoying.
Two afternoons ago, on 16 July 2017, I had no choice but to get out for a short drive. My place was like an oven from weeks of heat, and I just couldn't stand it for one more minute. I drove the back roads SW of the city that I so often drive when I only have time or energy for a short drive.
The last two days have been much cooler but now, after having a couple of windows open, my place smells strongly of smoke from the British Columbia wildfires. By the end of this drive, the smoke haze was so bad that it was useless trying to take scenic shots. Amazing that some people in NW Calgary were getting falling ash from the fires yesterday. This photo was taken early in my drive, still within city limits, and before the smoke haze thickened.
Hot and windy are not my favourite conditions, but the air-conditioning in my car felt wonderful! There didn't seem to be all that much to be seen, though I suspect that one Mountain Bluebird pair has a second family to feed now. I was so happy to see the male in his usual place and even more excited when I saw him with a tiny insect in his beak, meaning only one thing - new babies. Usually, there are no cattle to be seen in the field, but on this day, I had a lot of curious faces watching me carefully.
Other than this Bluebird pair, the only other bird I photographed was an American Robin. No Snipe could be heard and only a couple of Red-winged Blackbirds to be seen. So, I decided to drive to Brown-Lowery Provincial Park, intending to just check the forest around the parking lot, to see if there were any fungi growing. There were four vehicles in the parking lot and I plucked up enough courage to go a short way into the park. This place always gives me the creeps and, usually, I only go a few feet into the actual park, if at all. Knowing that bears and cougars have been seen, it's never a good feeling to be there on my own. I've only ever seen a large Moose there on a couple of occasions. A few days ago, a friend told me that she had been told that someone who has an amazing forest for fungi had said that the fungi were at their peak right now. This seemed rather unlikely, as it is still only mid-July, plus the fact that everywhere is so dry. I just had to go to Brown-Lowery to check on the fungi there - absolutely nothing, other than three or four small, shapeless blobs on tree trunks. Hopefully, we will get rain in the next few weeks.
Far more important, I hope that B.C. (British Columbia, the province to our west) gets a heavy amount of rain very, very soon, though there is none in their forecast. Maybe a week ago, about 200 wildfires were being reported in that province, causing a lot of devastation and evacuations. Now we have a forest fire here in Alberta, near Banff. Each summer, we get a lot of wildfires, the worst being the one in Fort McMurray that started on 1 May 2016. The fire spread across approximately 590,000 hectares (1,500,000 acres) before it was declared to be under control on July 5, 2016. It was the most expensive natural disaster in Canadian history. My heart goes out to all those affected, especially by the ongoing B.C. fires.
Two afternoons ago, on 16 July 2017, I had no choice but to get out for a short drive. My place was like an oven from weeks of heat, and I just couldn't stand it for one more minute. I drove the back roads SW of the city that I so often drive when I only have time or energy for a short drive.
The last two days have been much cooler but now, after having a couple of windows open, my place smells strongly of smoke from the British Columbia wildfires. By the end of this drive, the smoke haze was so bad that it was useless trying to take scenic shots. Amazing that some people in NW Calgary were getting falling ash from the fires yesterday. This photo was taken early in my drive, still within city limits, and before the smoke haze thickened.
Hot and windy are not my favourite conditions, but the air-conditioning in my car felt wonderful! There didn't seem to be all that much to be seen, though I suspect that one Mountain Bluebird pair has a second family to feed now. I was so happy to see the male in his usual place and even more excited when I saw him with a tiny insect in his beak, meaning only one thing - new babies. Usually, there are no cattle to be seen in the field, but on this day, I had a lot of curious faces watching me carefully.
Other than this Bluebird pair, the only other bird I photographed was an American Robin. No Snipe could be heard and only a couple of Red-winged Blackbirds to be seen. So, I decided to drive to Brown-Lowery Provincial Park, intending to just check the forest around the parking lot, to see if there were any fungi growing. There were four vehicles in the parking lot and I plucked up enough courage to go a short way into the park. This place always gives me the creeps and, usually, I only go a few feet into the actual park, if at all. Knowing that bears and cougars have been seen, it's never a good feeling to be there on my own. I've only ever seen a large Moose there on a couple of occasions. A few days ago, a friend told me that she had been told that someone who has an amazing forest for fungi had said that the fungi were at their peak right now. This seemed rather unlikely, as it is still only mid-July, plus the fact that everywhere is so dry. I just had to go to Brown-Lowery to check on the fungi there - absolutely nothing, other than three or four small, shapeless blobs on tree trunks. Hopefully, we will get rain in the next few weeks.
Far more important, I hope that B.C. (British Columbia, the province to our west) gets a heavy amount of rain very, very soon, though there is none in their forecast. Maybe a week ago, about 200 wildfires were being reported in that province, causing a lot of devastation and evacuations. Now we have a forest fire here in Alberta, near Banff. Each summer, we get a lot of wildfires, the worst being the one in Fort McMurray that started on 1 May 2016. The fire spread across approximately 590,000 hectares (1,500,000 acres) before it was declared to be under control on July 5, 2016. It was the most expensive natural disaster in Canadian history. My heart goes out to all those affected, especially by the ongoing B.C. fires.
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