Wilson's Snipe
Bluebird bling
Eastern Kingbird
Black Tern
Red-winged Blackbird male
Swainson's Hawk take-off
Coral Fungus
Purple Avens / Water Avens / Geum rivale
Tiny spider with a death wish
Mountain Bluebird with food for his babies
A beautiful catch
Alfalfa
Magpie juvenile
Magpie Inky Cap / Coprinus picaceus?
Magpie Inky Cap / Coprinus picaceus?
Scaly Pholiota / Pholiota squarrosa
European Skipper
Hard working Dad
American Goldfinch juvenile / Spinus tristis
Downy Woodpecker and American Goldfinch
Pine Siskin
Jackie's squirrel - Red or Eastern Gray?
Pine Siskin
Pine Siskin taking a bath
Pine Siskin
Beautiful guttation droplets on a polypore
Part of a gathering of Ravens
Fun to spend time with
Mushrooms galore
Fall colours near the Highwood River
Happy Gobble Gobble weekend!
Evening Grosbeak male, Priddis Count
Blue Jay / Cyanocitta cristata
Mountain Chickadee feeding on suet
Eastern Kingbird, SW of Calgary
Eastern Kingbird, from my archives
Great Gray Owl - from the archives
Wilson's Snipe - from the archives
Tree Swallow male / Tachycineta bicolor
Mountain Bluebird male / Sialia currucoides
Mountain Bluebird male / Sialia currucoides
Mountain Bluebird male
Mountain Bluebird female
Mountain Bluebird male
Baltimore Oriole / Icterus galbula
Western Tanager / Piranga ludoviciana
Baltimore Oriole / Icterus galbula
Western Tanager / Piranga ludoviciana
Rose-breasted Grosbeak male / Pheucticus ludovicia…
Tree Swallow
Tree Swallow / Tachycineta bicolor
Tree Swallow / Tachycineta bicolor
Tree Swallow / Tachycineta bicolor
American Goldfinch female / Spinus tristis
Mountain Bluebird male / Sialia currucoides
Black Tern / Chlidonias niger
Wilson's Snipe / Gallinago delicata
Eastern Kingbird / Tyrannus tyrannus
Mountain Bluebird female / Sialia currucoides
Eastern Kingbird / Tyrannus tyrannus
Red-winged Blackbird male / Agelaius phoeniceus
Eastern Kingbird
Tree Swallow / Tachycineta bicolor
Killdeer nest
The beauty of iridescence
Mountain Bluebird female
Tree Swallow male
Gathering food for his babies
Goodbye, winter - so glad you are gone!
They're back : )
American Kestrel, Panasonic FZ200
American Kestrel, Nikon B700
A rural "winter" scene
American Kestrel
A bright and cheery American Robin
Old barn in spring snow
Gathering lunch for his babies
Brewer's Blackbird / Euphagus cyanocephalus
A touch of blue
Evening Grosbeak male
Donkey guardians of the old schoolhouse
European Starling / Sturnus vulgaris
Great Gray Owl, highly zoomed
Great Gray Owl hunting
Prairie life in winter
Great Gray Owl, watching and listening
Great Gray Owl #2
Great Gray Owl #1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak from the archives
Winter's beauty
Old barns in the foothills
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Deer on the horizon
A lucky Moose day
Sharp-tailed Grouse
A white world
Country scene in winter
Whites and blues of winter
Red barn in winter
A beautiful sign of winter
Old wagon in winter
A rare glimpse of a Steller's Jay
Trudging through the snow
Pine Grosbeak female
Mountain Chickadee / Poecile gambeli
Glorious scenery for a Christmas Bird Count!
Pine Grosbeaks
A welcome splash of colour
Wilson's Snipe
Sculpture at Granary Road
A change from a world of white
Autumn in Alberta
Evening Grosbeaks, male and female
New "barn", Granary Road
The new "Famous Five" at Granary Road
Goat at the Petting Zoo
Granary Road
Alberta foothills in the fall
Alpaca at the Christmas Market
Christmas Market
Licking salt from the road
Dragonfly - Black Meadowhawk?
Evening Grosbeak female
Side by side
A mountain meadow, Kananaskis, Alberta
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ALBERTA EMERGENCY ALERT, 27 May 2018:
calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/emergency-alert-issued-...
"An emergency alert has been issued for the Municipal District of Foothills due to a large wildfire in Kananaskis Country.
The alert issued by the district indicates the blaze is about 16 kilometres southwest of Bragg Creek “and is moving in a northeasterly direction toward the extreme northwest corner of the MD of Foothills.”
Voluntary evacuation is in effect for areas west of Highway 762, between Highway 22 and 178th Avenue W.
Alberta Wildfire information officer Matt Bell said the wildfire is listed at 100 hectares and is considered out of control."
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Yesterday, Sunday 27 May 2018, was the second day of the annual May Species Count. On the Saturday, I had taken part in the Count at Votier's Flats, Fish Creek Park. We took three cars yesterday, but one car had to leave early. The Count started at 8:00 am and, this year, we finished around 2:00 pm, which was earlier than usual. The number of species was quite a bit lower than the last two years. Usually, we see a great variety of birds at one of our stops (Barb Castell's), but things were very quiet yesterday. As Barb reminded us, there are more birds earlier in the day, and late afternoon to early evening. Thanks, as always, Barb, for letting us wander round your beautiful garden! When I spotted this gorgeous Petunia, it took my breath away.
We were very lucky with the weather for our Count. I think the temperature got up to about 22C, cooler than the last few days - today is forecast to have a high of 28C. After driving various back roads, we ended up at Brown-Lowery Provincial Park, where we stopped to eat our lunch. The parking lot was absolutely packed. A short walk within the forest produced two or three past-their-prime Calypso Orchids. Each year, we do this walk to look for these gorgeous flowers, though Brown-Lowery is actually covered by a different group of people for the Count. Not a single owl of any kind was seen by our group yesterday, unlike last year, when we had a beautiful Great Gray Owl.
calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/emergency-alert-issued-...
"An emergency alert has been issued for the Municipal District of Foothills due to a large wildfire in Kananaskis Country.
The alert issued by the district indicates the blaze is about 16 kilometres southwest of Bragg Creek “and is moving in a northeasterly direction toward the extreme northwest corner of the MD of Foothills.”
Voluntary evacuation is in effect for areas west of Highway 762, between Highway 22 and 178th Avenue W.
Alberta Wildfire information officer Matt Bell said the wildfire is listed at 100 hectares and is considered out of control."
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Yesterday, Sunday 27 May 2018, was the second day of the annual May Species Count. On the Saturday, I had taken part in the Count at Votier's Flats, Fish Creek Park. We took three cars yesterday, but one car had to leave early. The Count started at 8:00 am and, this year, we finished around 2:00 pm, which was earlier than usual. The number of species was quite a bit lower than the last two years. Usually, we see a great variety of birds at one of our stops (Barb Castell's), but things were very quiet yesterday. As Barb reminded us, there are more birds earlier in the day, and late afternoon to early evening. Thanks, as always, Barb, for letting us wander round your beautiful garden! When I spotted this gorgeous Petunia, it took my breath away.
We were very lucky with the weather for our Count. I think the temperature got up to about 22C, cooler than the last few days - today is forecast to have a high of 28C. After driving various back roads, we ended up at Brown-Lowery Provincial Park, where we stopped to eat our lunch. The parking lot was absolutely packed. A short walk within the forest produced two or three past-their-prime Calypso Orchids. Each year, we do this walk to look for these gorgeous flowers, though Brown-Lowery is actually covered by a different group of people for the Count. Not a single owl of any kind was seen by our group yesterday, unlike last year, when we had a beautiful Great Gray Owl.
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