Yellow Oriole, Trinidad
Yellow Oriole, Trinidad
Yellow Oriole, Trinidad
Daffodils growing wild, Pt Pelee
Yellow Lady's-slipper / Cypripedium parviflorum
Yellow Warbler female, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Yellow Warbler / Setophaga petechia
Always a treat to see
Glorious Canola
Invasive Yellow Clematis
Smokey Eagle Lake
Clouded Sulphur on Lettuce sp.?
When fall comes after 'winter'
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Day 3, Orchard Oriole, Pt Pelee
Day 4, Violets, Pt Pelee
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Yellow Warbler / Setophaga petechia
American Goldfinch female / Spinus tristis
Yellow Lily
American Goldfinch male / Spinus tristis
The yellow has bloomed!
Colour for an overcast day
Garden flowers - Ligularia?
Yellow Prairie Coneflower / Mexican Hat
Globe Centurea / Centaurea macrocephala with bee
Sunflower
Sunflower in full bloom
Wild Sunflower sp.
Light over the Canola fields
Yellow
Gaillardia
Kananaskis on a mixed-weather day
Late September in Kananaskis, 2019
Yellow mushroom
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Yellow Oriole / Icterus nigrogularis, Trinidad
Saffron Finch / Sicalis flaveola, Trinidad
Yellow Oriole, Trinidad
Tropical flower, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Shadows
Welcome colour
Yellow Oriole, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Fish Creek Park on a low-light day
Yesterday's Great Horned Owl
Fall colours in Fish Creek Park
Heading for the mountains on a hazy morning
Ah, those glorious Larches in their fall colours
Back-lit Goat's-beard
About to open
A filtered Poppy
A wild Sunflower from a gravel road
Treasures in the yellow strip
Common Tansy / Tanacetum vulgare
Old barn in a field of canola
"They can't see me"
Yellow Prairie Coneflower / Ratibida columnifera
I LOVE Canola
Glacier Lily
Yellow Angelica / Angelica dawsonii
Gaillardia
Arnica sp.
Dandelion perfection
Yellow Oriole, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinidad
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Boats on the shore
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Taveta Golden Weaver
Just needed colour
Goat's-beard with visitor
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Cheery sunflower
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Before the snow
Backside beauty
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Long gone, but memories remain
A bright splash of colour
One spectacular fall day
Oak leaf and insect gall
Simplicity
A beauty from mushroom season
A colourful walk through the woods
An endless feast for a Ladybug
A big splash of colour
Aging beauties
A patterned sky
When fall colours are just a memory
Fall colours at Silver Springs Botanical Gardens
Katydid on Common Tansy
Brightness on a cloudy day
Glorious colours of fall
False Dandelion / Agoseris glauca
Three insect species on a single flower
Across the river
A splash of sunshine
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Plant from the Whaleback
All three photos posted today were taken on 29 May 2015, on a trip way down in southern Alberta. A small group of us spent the day at the Whaleback, climbing the ridges, doing a species count. We had such a great day, finding all sorts of things of interest - plants, mosses, lichens - and in my case, insects, animals and birds, too : ) In fact, anything and everything, lol.
The weather was good for walking, not too warm and, up till the last part, dry. We were so lucky that the rain stayed away for most of the day. When I went on this outing in May 2013, it rained all day, though I still managed to get plenty of photos. On 29 May 2015, it was overcast with low cloud, making scenic shots rather unpleasant.
Just before taking the turn for the road leading to a place to park, we stopped at a spot down by the river and did a search there. I was thrilled to bits to find three or four Tent Caterpillars on a plant next to a large rock and thought what a way to start the day. After taking a few photos, I walked to the other side of the rock and noticed what almost looked like a circular patch of lichen growing on the rock surface. A closer look revealed a mass of dozens of these writhing caterpillars, with several others climbing up in single file to join the rest. Still makes me itch all over, just thinking about it, lol!
Another highlight of the day for me was when I happened to notice a tiny spot of bright red deep inside a distant Early Yellow Locoweed flower. I zoomed in for a photo and thought it looked like it might be a Ladybug. Couldn't count the spots properly, so I very gently parted the petals to get a better look. Unfortunately, it crawled on to my hand and wouldn't return to a petal until after I had taken two or three shots, and then it immediately moved out of sight. I was so happy to find that it was a different kind of Ladybug, though I had seen one a few years ago - it was a Convergent Ladybug.
Part way through the day, I stayed behind while the rest of the group climbed to a higher ridge, and I explored the lower ground. It was a place where I knew I wouldn't get lost - but I did have to wait till at least some of the others returned a few hours later, as others were needed to create an opening to climb though the barbed-wire fence again. I found plenty to photograph and it was quite a feeling to be so high up with such an amazing view all around, and to be alone up there. While I sat to eat lunch on a rocky outcrop with a couple of trees, a tiny Sparrow (of some kind) came to visit a couple of times and sing for me. Also, there were maybe half a dozen Brewer's Blackbirds that stayed around the area for much of the time, flying or perched on low bushes. A truly magical time.
The rest of the group had a great time, too, and saw Parry's Townsendia flowers and lots of Balsamroot in bloom. Fortunately, I had seen the Townsendia before on a brutal hike to Picklejar Lakes several years ago. Two years before, I had also seen hillsides at the Whaleback covered in the bright yellow Balsamroot flowers. I did manage to find several plants huddled together lower down, so was happy to get a few photos of these bright and cheery flowers.
Altogether, a wonderful day in an incredibly beautiful place with great company! Many thanks, Robin and Cedric, for giving me a ride there and back - appreciated it SO much!
The weather was good for walking, not too warm and, up till the last part, dry. We were so lucky that the rain stayed away for most of the day. When I went on this outing in May 2013, it rained all day, though I still managed to get plenty of photos. On 29 May 2015, it was overcast with low cloud, making scenic shots rather unpleasant.
Just before taking the turn for the road leading to a place to park, we stopped at a spot down by the river and did a search there. I was thrilled to bits to find three or four Tent Caterpillars on a plant next to a large rock and thought what a way to start the day. After taking a few photos, I walked to the other side of the rock and noticed what almost looked like a circular patch of lichen growing on the rock surface. A closer look revealed a mass of dozens of these writhing caterpillars, with several others climbing up in single file to join the rest. Still makes me itch all over, just thinking about it, lol!
Another highlight of the day for me was when I happened to notice a tiny spot of bright red deep inside a distant Early Yellow Locoweed flower. I zoomed in for a photo and thought it looked like it might be a Ladybug. Couldn't count the spots properly, so I very gently parted the petals to get a better look. Unfortunately, it crawled on to my hand and wouldn't return to a petal until after I had taken two or three shots, and then it immediately moved out of sight. I was so happy to find that it was a different kind of Ladybug, though I had seen one a few years ago - it was a Convergent Ladybug.
Part way through the day, I stayed behind while the rest of the group climbed to a higher ridge, and I explored the lower ground. It was a place where I knew I wouldn't get lost - but I did have to wait till at least some of the others returned a few hours later, as others were needed to create an opening to climb though the barbed-wire fence again. I found plenty to photograph and it was quite a feeling to be so high up with such an amazing view all around, and to be alone up there. While I sat to eat lunch on a rocky outcrop with a couple of trees, a tiny Sparrow (of some kind) came to visit a couple of times and sing for me. Also, there were maybe half a dozen Brewer's Blackbirds that stayed around the area for much of the time, flying or perched on low bushes. A truly magical time.
The rest of the group had a great time, too, and saw Parry's Townsendia flowers and lots of Balsamroot in bloom. Fortunately, I had seen the Townsendia before on a brutal hike to Picklejar Lakes several years ago. Two years before, I had also seen hillsides at the Whaleback covered in the bright yellow Balsamroot flowers. I did manage to find several plants huddled together lower down, so was happy to get a few photos of these bright and cheery flowers.
Altogether, a wonderful day in an incredibly beautiful place with great company! Many thanks, Robin and Cedric, for giving me a ride there and back - appreciated it SO much!
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