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Western Wood Lily
Great Orange Tip / Hebomoia glaucippe
Colobus monkey - such a poser
Always a treat to see
On the way home from Cartwrights' land
On the way home from Cartwright bio-blitz
Friends at Bow Lake
Yellow Penstemon with wildflower bokeh
Beautiful Peyto Lake
Black Bear seen through the bus window
Lichen at Peyto Lake
Disappearing
Wildflowers at Peyto Lake
Reflected peaks
Purple Martin, Ellis Bird Farm, Alberta
Purple Martin in its gourd nest box
One Eyed Sphinx Moth / Smerinthus cerisyi
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel munching on Yellow…
Cedar Waxwing / Bombycilla cedrorum
American Goldfinch male
Love an old, red barn
Purple Martin male
Coral Fungus
Purple Avens / Water Avens / Geum rivale
Tiny spider with a death wish
Hibiscus beauty
Calgary's special guests
Water Lily
Common Raven at Bow Lake
Black Bear seen from the bus
Bow Lake on a cloudy day
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Rondeau PP
Resting on a window
Chameleon
Glorious Canola
Ruddy Duck male
Black-crowned Night-heron
Himalayan monal / Lophophorus impejanus male
Mountain Bluebird with food for his babies
Invasive Yellow Clematis
Botanizing Beagles - Ben and Maggie
Nodding Thistle / Musk Thistle / Carduus nutans
A beautiful catch
Baneberry, white berries
Baneberry, red berries
Alfalfa
Magpie juvenile
Magpie Inky Cap / Coprinus picaceus?
Magpie Inky Cap / Coprinus picaceus?
Scaly Pholiota / Pholiota squarrosa
European Skipper
Hard working Dad
Once-married Underwing / Catocala unijuga, left fr…
Puffballs / Calvatia sp.
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, adult male
Himalayan Monal female
Succulent beauty
Cracker sp.
Between the cracks
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker male
Creeping Thistle / Cirsium arvense, pure white, no…
Blue Himalayan Poppy
Bamboo means happy Panda
Victoria Water Lily / Victoria amazonica
Bow Lake
Clark's Nutcracker / Nucifraga columbiana
Bow Lake, Alberta
Orange Peel Fungus, Peyto Lake
American Wigeon
Blue Flax / Linum lewisii
Sparrow's-egg Orchid / Cypripedium passerinum
Horsetail strobilus
Barn Swallow
Barn Swallow
Hummingbird at feeder
Rufous Hummingbird
A favourite view, Waterton Lakes National Park
Prince of Wales Hotel, Waterton
Cinnamon Black Bear, Waterton Lakes National Park,…
Red-winged Blackbird male
Black Tern
Eastern Kingbird
Tall grass, Pt Pelee - Phragmites
Bluebird bling
Fungus (Dryad's Saddle?), Pt Pelee, Ontario
Yellow Warbler / Setophaga petechia
Yellow Warbler female, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Yellow Lady's-slipper / Cypripedium parviflorum
Great Horned Owlet
Great Horned Owlet
Calliope Hummingbird / Selasphorus calliope
Wolf Willow / Elaeagnus commutata
American Goldfinch male, Tadoussac, Quebec
Trillium with a visitor, Pt Pelee, Ontario
At the base of a tree, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Dutchman's Breeches / Dicentra cucullaria, Pt Pele…
White-throated Sparrow, Tadoussac, Quebec
So many old barns between Toronto and Pt Pelee
Old barn on drive to Pt Pelee from Toronto, Ontari…
American Robin, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Dryad's Saddle Fungus (?), Pt Pelee, Ontario
Dutchman's Breeches, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Wilson's Snipe
Beauty
Killdeer nest
The beauty of iridescence
A new addition
Pretty in pink
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Dutchman's Breeches, Pt Pelee
Small, sleepy Bat, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Tree Swallow, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Daffodils growing wild, Pt Pelee
The ubiquitous American Robin, Pt Pelee
Purple Finch male, Tadoussac, Quebec
The Tip, Pt Pelee, Ontario
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Swainson's Hawk take-off
I am falling behind with editing and posting photos from several outings, not to mention still having almost two weeks' worth of photos to go through from our trip to Ontario and Quebec. Tonight, I decided to post a few shots from our annual Bluebird route evening outing with Don Stiles.
Yesterday evening, 28 June 2018, a group of us met at 6:30 pm and went SW of the city with Don, who has been a dedicated Mountain Bluebird Monitor for somewhere around 40 years! It was getting on for 10:00 pm when I finally arrived home.
I'm adding a link to a CTV News article from 12 August 2015, about Don and his son, Andrew. Also a link to Andrew's birdhouse-building blog. Two great guys : )
calgary.ctvnews.ca/calgary-birdman-proves-conservation-is...
calgarybirdman.blogspot.ca/
andychurch.org/bird-men-stiles-helping-save-mountain-blue...
andrewstilescalgary.blogspot.ca/
This drive is an annual trip along Don’s Bluebird Route. We get the chance to see Mountain Bluebirds, Tree Swallows and Wrens nesting in various wooden nesting boxes along the country roads. Some boxes have eggs in the nest, others have tiny babies all packed tightly together. I have seen them before on several other trips with Don and have photos in my Mountain Bluebird album.
Along the route, we saw a few other bird species, including this beautiful Swainson's Hawk. It took off just as I clicked, and I didn't think I caught it in time. However, I did get this slightly blown-out capture.
Many thanks, as always, Don, for letting us come along with you. It is an evening I look forward to every year, and I could tell how much everyone enjoyed themselves. We appreciate how much time over the many years that you have spent taking care of these wonderful little blue birds. They bring such joy to people each spring.
Added next morning - a few of us took part in a bio-blitz yesterday, 29 June 2018, at the Rusty Bucket ranch, near Bragg Creek, west of the city.. My next few photos will be from this outing,
Yesterday evening, 28 June 2018, a group of us met at 6:30 pm and went SW of the city with Don, who has been a dedicated Mountain Bluebird Monitor for somewhere around 40 years! It was getting on for 10:00 pm when I finally arrived home.
I'm adding a link to a CTV News article from 12 August 2015, about Don and his son, Andrew. Also a link to Andrew's birdhouse-building blog. Two great guys : )
calgary.ctvnews.ca/calgary-birdman-proves-conservation-is...
calgarybirdman.blogspot.ca/
andychurch.org/bird-men-stiles-helping-save-mountain-blue...
andrewstilescalgary.blogspot.ca/
This drive is an annual trip along Don’s Bluebird Route. We get the chance to see Mountain Bluebirds, Tree Swallows and Wrens nesting in various wooden nesting boxes along the country roads. Some boxes have eggs in the nest, others have tiny babies all packed tightly together. I have seen them before on several other trips with Don and have photos in my Mountain Bluebird album.
Along the route, we saw a few other bird species, including this beautiful Swainson's Hawk. It took off just as I clicked, and I didn't think I caught it in time. However, I did get this slightly blown-out capture.
Many thanks, as always, Don, for letting us come along with you. It is an evening I look forward to every year, and I could tell how much everyone enjoyed themselves. We appreciate how much time over the many years that you have spent taking care of these wonderful little blue birds. They bring such joy to people each spring.
Added next morning - a few of us took part in a bio-blitz yesterday, 29 June 2018, at the Rusty Bucket ranch, near Bragg Creek, west of the city.. My next few photos will be from this outing,
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