Start of the storm
Granary Road
Standing at the edge of the storm
Before the next snowfall
Looking across the prairie
A sunrise sky that lasted till sunset
Old and the new
Before winter arrived
Little country church
Evening light at Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
Caught in a mesocyclone
Winter beauty
Ghost Reservoir
A favourite view, Waterton Lakes National Park
Bow Lake, Alberta
Disappearing
Reflected peaks
Bow Lake on a cloudy day
Heading into the mountains
The storm rolls in
Clouds over Chain Lakes
Looking into the sun
Clouds over Chain Lakes
Into the sun at Pine Coulee Reservoir
On the way to Chain Lakes
A view from Chain Lakes
Day 2, sunrise 8
Frank Lake bird blind
Storm Clouds near Ghost River
Time to hurry home!
Frank Lake birding blind
Storm clouds moving in
Storm clouds in the direction of home
Old, red barn
Golden Eagle!
The yellow has bloomed!
The far side of the river valley
Afternoon trip to the mountains
Little old Catholic church in the Badlands
Light over the Canola fields
Wedge Pond, Kananaskis, Alberta
Storm clouds near the city
Early morning sunrise over the mountains
Storm arriving at Quarry Lake, near Canmore
Part of the same shelf cloud
Rural decay
Beneath the cloud
Town of Canmore, Alberta
When the storm moved in
A view from Quarry Lake, Canmore
Yesterday's storm
Lenticular (?) clouds over the mountains
Before the snow arrived
Mid-morning sun at Pine Coulee Reservoir
Farm in the foothills
Clouds over the mountains
Alberta foothills in smoke haze
Smoke from the British Columbia wildfires reaches…
Cameron Lake, Waterton Lakes National Park
Upper Waterton Lake, seen from the town
Slough near Eagle Lake
Frank Lake bird blind
Tropical beach beauty, Tobago
Greenish sky beneath a Chinook Arch
A view from the Porcupine Hills
Entrance to a ranch
Old prairie barn
The beautiful mountains of Alberta
Afternoon light on the foothills
Our beautiful Alberta
Nanton Christmas Bird Count
Sunrise colour over the mountain peaks
A beautiful start to a day
A few craggy peaks
And here comes the snow
One spectacular fall day
Under a stormy sky
When storms blow in
Silos/grain terminal and old elevator, Herronton
02 Hidden in the clouds
The beauty of fall
A patterned sky
When fall colours are just a memory
When winter comes to the mountains
Breaking through the storm clouds
Mt. Buller, Buller Pond, Kananaskis
Mossleigh grain elevators
Storm clouds over Canola
At Mossleigh grain elevators
Weathered and patched
Kirkpatrick elevator, near Drumheller
Layers of colour
The Grad Barn 2016
The difference the sun makes
Challenges of a photographer
Waterton Lakes National Park
Layers
Lighting up the storm clouds
Ram's Horn Snail shell
Middle Lake, Bow Valley Provincial Park
One of my favourite views
Meadow Creek area, Benchlands
Clouds, reflected
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Morning sun over Pine Coulee Reservoir
This photo was taken at Pine Coulee Reservoir three days ago, on 12 November 2017. A group of eight of us went S and SE of the city on a birding trip to one of my favourite areas. This included Pine Couleee Reservoir, Clear Lake and the Twin Valley Reservoir. I just love some of the landscape through which we drove - barren, rugged, middle-of-nowhere kind of scenery. It looks so different in each season - I think my favourite time of year is when there is a covering of snow on the empty hills and ice on most of the water. I've still not had the courage to drive in this area myself, as I know that I might never find my way out of it.
Several previous trips had covered part of this latest drive, but much of the return drive was in a huge area that I had never been to before. We crossed the main highway #2 south and travelled the backroads way, way south of the Frank Lake area, and kept going north until we got back to the city. The Twin Valley Reservoir was one of the stops we made in this new-to-me area.
Actually, I have just been reading my account of a trip made on 9 November 2013, and discovered that in fact I HAD been to this area before. Just shows that I often have no idea where we are at any given time. Since the trip in 2013, I do have a somewhat better understanding of the area S and SE of Calgary. The following is from Terry Korolyk's account of that day, four years ago:
"The north end of Clear Lake was frozen, so, we headed north to the Twin Valleys Dam Reservoir, and, drove up the east side of it. This produced more Rough-legged Hawks,and, a Prairie Falcon. Some herds of Mule Deer and flocks of Gray Partridge were seen on the trip home via Highways 804, 799, 552, and Dunbow Road."
As on almost all these day trips out of the city, almost every bird is far, far away, needing at least binoculars and best of all, a scope. Two Great Horned Owls and a couple of tiny Common Redpolls were the only closer photos I took. This was the first time that I had seen Redpolls this year, so it was a nice sighting. They were flying back and forth from the trees to perch on a rough, wooden fence.
Also, as always happens, my camera lens turns to things other than birds. Scenic shots are always taken - after all, I feel that it is important to record the habitat of any birds seen. I have no excuse to give for photographing any old barn or homestead, other than that I LOVE to photograph them : )
Terry, you took us on such an amazing trip! So many new (or forgotten) places, to me at least. You even arranged with the weatherman for a beautiful, sunny day. It couldn't have been a better outing - so very enjoyable. Now all I need to do is look at a map and try and find roughly where we travelled! Really appreciate your carefully made lists of all species seen, and where.
Several previous trips had covered part of this latest drive, but much of the return drive was in a huge area that I had never been to before. We crossed the main highway #2 south and travelled the backroads way, way south of the Frank Lake area, and kept going north until we got back to the city. The Twin Valley Reservoir was one of the stops we made in this new-to-me area.
Actually, I have just been reading my account of a trip made on 9 November 2013, and discovered that in fact I HAD been to this area before. Just shows that I often have no idea where we are at any given time. Since the trip in 2013, I do have a somewhat better understanding of the area S and SE of Calgary. The following is from Terry Korolyk's account of that day, four years ago:
"The north end of Clear Lake was frozen, so, we headed north to the Twin Valleys Dam Reservoir, and, drove up the east side of it. This produced more Rough-legged Hawks,and, a Prairie Falcon. Some herds of Mule Deer and flocks of Gray Partridge were seen on the trip home via Highways 804, 799, 552, and Dunbow Road."
As on almost all these day trips out of the city, almost every bird is far, far away, needing at least binoculars and best of all, a scope. Two Great Horned Owls and a couple of tiny Common Redpolls were the only closer photos I took. This was the first time that I had seen Redpolls this year, so it was a nice sighting. They were flying back and forth from the trees to perch on a rough, wooden fence.
Also, as always happens, my camera lens turns to things other than birds. Scenic shots are always taken - after all, I feel that it is important to record the habitat of any birds seen. I have no excuse to give for photographing any old barn or homestead, other than that I LOVE to photograph them : )
Terry, you took us on such an amazing trip! So many new (or forgotten) places, to me at least. You even arranged with the weatherman for a beautiful, sunny day. It couldn't have been a better outing - so very enjoyable. Now all I need to do is look at a map and try and find roughly where we travelled! Really appreciate your carefully made lists of all species seen, and where.
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