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Here comes dessert!

Here comes dessert!
Late afternoon on 20 July 2017, the smoke haze from the B.C. and Alberta wildfires seemed to have lifted somewhat. So, I took a drive along some of my favourite roads SW of the city, seeing a few of the 'usual' things. These included this busy Mountain Bluebird, collecting some interesting insects for his babies. Also, an American Robin flew in just when I was looking for the Mountain Bluebirds, landed on a fence post, gave me time for one quick shot, and then off he flew. He, too, was busily collecting food for his family. I always think Robins are such beautiful, but often overlooked, birds.

In between photographing Bluebirds, I drove part way along a road that I had only ever been on once before, and that was quite recently. Usually, I am home earlier than I was on this particular day. This later time meant that I was lucky enough to see two families of deer - White-tailed and Mule Deer. The first was a Mule Deer doe with her fawn standing at the edge of the road. I pulled over way down the road and waited till they had safely crossed. Managed to get a couple of distant shot through the windscreen, with the usual poor quality results. I knew that there would be a barbed-wire fence the far side of the road and I didn't want to spook them and risk them getting tangled in the sharp barbs. Several years ago, I had seen a huge Moose get spooked and then get briefly tangled in barbed wire - it spooked when it suddenly realized that some cows had quietly come up behind it!

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 Kama 56
Kama 56
superbe capture
6 years ago.
 Thérèse
Thérèse
Superbe prise !
6 years ago.
 Peggy C
Peggy C club
Discovered in EXPLORE ...
6 years ago.
 ROL/Photo
ROL/Photo club
Une capture.. où je dis WAOUhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
6 years ago.
 Anne Elliott
Anne Elliott club
Many thanks, everyone - much appreciated!
6 years ago.
 Treasa Ui Cionaodha
Treasa Ui Cionaodha
Stunning capture of this bird. Congratulations on Explore Well deserved Anne. Regards Tess.
6 years ago.

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