The colours of fall
A new-to-me old barn
Happy Halloween!
Lichens on nature trail at KOAC
Kinetic sculptures by Katie Ohe, KOAC
Pileated Woodpecker seen in Canmore
Bighorn Sheep mom and youngster
Twice the beauty
On the way to Canmore - seven Swans a-swimming :)
Pileated Woodpecker
Sedge
Beautiful Peyto Lake
Lichen at Peyto Lake
Wildflowers at Peyto Lake
Spruce Grouse / Falcipennis canadensis
Fungi on a log
Most likely a Ground Pholiota / Pholiota terrestri…
Let the light shine in
Forgetmenot Pond, Elbow Falls Trail
Beauty of winter (well, late fall)
Kananaskis, through the windshield
Rare Thirteen-lined Groundsquirrel / Ictidomys tri…
Red Baneberry
Forgetmenot Pond, Kananaskis
Forgetmenot Pond
Patiently waiting
Little green hearts of White Camas
Star-flowered Solomon's Seal / Maianthemum stellat…
Western Wood Lily
Greenish-flowered Wintergreen / Pyrola chlorantha
Indian Paintbrush
Purple/Water Avens seedhead / Geum rivale
Wolf's Milk slime mold, Rusty Bucket Ranch
Garden flowers at the Rusty Bucket Ranch
Watch dog : )
Sheep at the Rusty Bucket Ranch
Hearts at the Rusty Bucket Ranch
Arnica sp.
A splash of much-needed colour
Forgetmenot Pond, Kananaskis
Dandelion perfection
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
Strawberries and cream fungus / Hydnellum peckii
Colour among the mosses and lichens
Upper Kananaskis Lake
Picked for demonstration
Moose in the mountains
Moose from the archives
Winter in Kananaskis
Small fungi growing among the mosses
False Morel fungus
Exshaw Legion memorial
Two winters ago
Hiding in the shadows
Shingled/Scaly Hedgehog fungus / Sarcodon imbricat…
Osprey on the hunt
A beauty from mushroom season
Love the little one's expression
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches / Leucosticte tephrocoti…
Gap Lake
Trumpeter Swan
Strap/Coral Club / Clavariadelphus ligula
Comb/Branched Hericium / Hericium ramosum
McDougall Memorial United Church
Why I would never eat wild mushrooms : )
An odd colour in nature
False Morel fungus
Texture
Aspen Roughstem Bolete / Leccinum insigne
Picked for demonstration purposes - Honey Mushroom…
Fine 'threads' of a mushroom veil
Exploring the forest
Mushroom in a wonderfully lush setting
One of my favourite meadows
Northern Gentian
Northern Willowherb / Epilobium ciliatum
Mt. Buller, Buller Pond, Kananaskis
A view from Mt. Shark
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This is one of the photos I took yesterday, 27 September 2017, during a day of exploring the Springbank to Allen Bill Pond area. Friend Gayle is busy getting petition forms out to people, in connection with the proposed dam that will be built in one these two areas. She asked me if I would like to go with her to take a closer look at these totally different areas. The Springbank area would suffer greatly if a dam was built and another major flood occurs. A lot of farmland that has been in families for generations in some cases. The second area that is being considered for a dam is not far from Bragg Creek, and would involve a lot of forested land. From Springbank, we drove south as far as Allen Bill Pond on Highway 66/Elbow Falls Trail before turning round to go back to Bragg Creek. Allen Bill Pond used to be a very popular fishing spot, but it was totally destroyed by the dreadful flood of 2013, when it was filled with gravel deposited by the river.
I hadn't followed any of this dam business, though it has apparently been going on for quite a long time - maybe two or three years? I'm also not someone who deals with petitions, but it was really interesting to see the enormous stretch of land that could end up being affected by the construction of a dam.
"The Springbank Off-stream Reservoir, or Springbank Project, is a dry reservoir that will store water temporarily during a flood. It will work in tandem with the Glenmore Reservoir in Calgary. Together, the combined storage capacity would accommodate water volumes equal to the 2013 flood."
Springbank Off-stream Reservoir conceptual animation (August 2017)
youtu.be/lNP5dKTiJ0Y
www.transportation.alberta.ca/documents/Springbank-Locati...
Thanks so much for the trip, Gayle! I didn't know most of the Springbank area before, but I was quite familiar with the Bragg Creek area. Going for lunch was a good idea and nice to stop and have coffee before heading for home. It was such glorious weather, too, and the fall colours just amazing. With rain and snow in the forecast for four days, tomorrow is the last decent day. Loved your Roses, Gayle, and what a delight to see the clusters of mushrooms growing at the base of one of your trees! Many thanks for the tomatoes, carrots and apples from your garden, too - a real treat.
I hadn't followed any of this dam business, though it has apparently been going on for quite a long time - maybe two or three years? I'm also not someone who deals with petitions, but it was really interesting to see the enormous stretch of land that could end up being affected by the construction of a dam.
"The Springbank Off-stream Reservoir, or Springbank Project, is a dry reservoir that will store water temporarily during a flood. It will work in tandem with the Glenmore Reservoir in Calgary. Together, the combined storage capacity would accommodate water volumes equal to the 2013 flood."
Springbank Off-stream Reservoir conceptual animation (August 2017)
youtu.be/lNP5dKTiJ0Y
www.transportation.alberta.ca/documents/Springbank-Locati...
Thanks so much for the trip, Gayle! I didn't know most of the Springbank area before, but I was quite familiar with the Bragg Creek area. Going for lunch was a good idea and nice to stop and have coffee before heading for home. It was such glorious weather, too, and the fall colours just amazing. With rain and snow in the forecast for four days, tomorrow is the last decent day. Loved your Roses, Gayle, and what a delight to see the clusters of mushrooms growing at the base of one of your trees! Many thanks for the tomatoes, carrots and apples from your garden, too - a real treat.
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