American Coot
American Goldfinch juvenile / Spinus tristis
American Coot
Downy Woodpecker and American Goldfinch
Pine Siskin
Jackie's squirrel - Red or Eastern Gray?
Pine Siskin
Pine Siskin taking a bath
Pine Siskin
Spruce Grouse / Falcipennis canadensis
Vesper Sparrow
Impressive creature
Enjoying a good meal
Ferruginous Hawk
Ferruginous Hawks - now safely grown and gone
A classic light/intermediate-morph adult Swainson'…
Smokey Eagle Lake
Cute goat at Eagle Lake
Rough cocklebur / Xanthium strumarium
Columbian Ground Squirrel / Urocitellus columbianu…
Fungi on a log
Beautiful guttation droplets on a polypore
Beginning to look like fall
Thirsty Bighorn Sheep
Most likely a Ground Pholiota / Pholiota terrestri…
Let the light shine in
Osprey number 2 / Pandion haliaetus
Beauty of a weed
Onnia triquetra (??) and Blue Stain
Mountain Ash berries
Swainson's Hawk juvenile
Common Nighthawk / Chordeiles minor - threatened s…
Mourning Dove - love the blue eye-ring
Me and my dad
I LOVE owls - in case you didn't know : )
Black-necked Stilt (juvenile?) / Himantopus mexica…
A spider's creation
Yesterday's Chinook Arch
Living on the edge
Spooked by a barking dog
Wood Duck male / Aix sponsa
The painted cow - "Some enchanted evening"
Globe Thistle / Echinops ritro
How dare you take a photo of me looking like this?
Wood Duck male / Aix sponsa
Sleepy Barn Owl
Common Nighthawk / Chordeiles minor - threatened s…
On a cold summer day with mist and drizzle
Butterfly on Joe Pye Weed
American Avocets
Swainson's Hawk / Buteo swainsoni
Clouded Sulphur on Lettuce sp.?
Pink (African?) Daisies
Another red barn
Swainson's Hawk watching for its next snack
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel
Turkistan Burning Bush / Euonymus nanus turkmenist…
Maple sp.?
Sea Holly
Black-necked Stilt (juvenile?)
Rufous Hummingbird male / Selasphorus rufus
Photo-bombed by Blackbirds
Artichoke in bloom
Peony seedpods
Common Wood-Nymph / Cercyonis pegala
Creeping Thistle / Cirsium arvense, pure white, no…
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker male
Between the cracks
Succulent beauty
Himalayan Monal female
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, adult male
Puffballs / Calvatia sp.
Once-married Underwing / Catocala unijuga, left fr…
Hard working Dad
European Skipper
Scaly Pholiota / Pholiota squarrosa
Magpie Inky Cap / Coprinus picaceus?
Magpie Inky Cap / Coprinus picaceus?
Magpie juvenile
Alfalfa
Baneberry, red berries
Baneberry, white berries
A beautiful catch
Nodding Thistle / Musk Thistle / Carduus nutans
Botanizing Beagles - Ben and Maggie
Invasive Yellow Clematis
Mountain Bluebird with food for his babies
Himalayan monal / Lophophorus impejanus male
Black-crowned Night-heron
Ruddy Duck male
Glorious Canola
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Rondeau PP
Bow Lake on a cloudy day
Black Bear seen from the bus
Common Raven at Bow Lake
Tiny spider with a death wish
Purple Avens / Water Avens / Geum rivale
Coral Fungus
Purple Martin male
Love an old, red barn
American Goldfinch male
Cedar Waxwing / Bombycilla cedrorum
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel munching on Yellow…
One Eyed Sphinx Moth / Smerinthus cerisyi
Purple Martin in its gourd nest box
Purple Martin, Ellis Bird Farm, Alberta
Reflected peaks
Wildflowers at Peyto Lake
Disappearing
Lichen at Peyto Lake
Black Bear seen through the bus window
Beautiful Peyto Lake
Yellow Penstemon with wildflower bokeh
Friends at Bow Lake
On the way home from Cartwright bio-blitz
On the way home from Cartwrights' land
Western Wood Lily
The start of a great day
Happy Canada Day
Swainson's Hawk take-off
Blue Himalayan Poppy
Bow Lake
Clark's Nutcracker / Nucifraga columbiana
Bow Lake, Alberta
Orange Peel Fungus, Peyto Lake
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Hollyhock
This was just one of a whole row of gorgeous Hollyhocks in Lisa's garden. Some were white and others that were various shades of pink.
Back to the bio-blitz on Lisa Harbinson' property for my photos this morning. I really need to get the rest of my suitable shots taken that day edited and posted, so that I can send her the link to my album.
The area we visited on 7 August was an 80-acre site near Bottrel, NW of Calgary. The site consisted of mostly open, low, hilly, ungrazed land, with a few Aspens and Spruce, and willows around three ponds (two of which were dry). On 25 May 2018, four people had visited this site for the first time - I had been unable to go, as I was spending the day with my daughter.
The original visit was the result of the owners winning a free bioblitz at a Silent Auction, in connection with the Ghost Valley Community. A great idea and always a win-win situation, with the land owners learning a lot about what is found on their land, and the leader and participants enjoying a much-appreciated visit to a different location.
We were very lucky to see an adult male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker with two juveniles. I rarely see one of these birds, but love to see the neat rows of small holes that they make on a tree trunk.
Did you know that photographing mushrooms can be dangerous? I believe I knew this already and I was reminded of this on this bio-blitz. Towards the end of our hike, I stopped to photograph a not particularly photogenic mushroom that was growing on a very slight incline. I took one step back to focus better and lost my balance - not sure if my foot went down into a shallow hole or if I was tripped up by one of the many very small, short tree stumps. Whatever the cause, I did a most inelegant, slow-motion fall backwards, hitting my head hard on the ground, surrounded by my friends. Because I was wearing a backpack, I think this resulted in some whiplash, with my head falling back. It was not pleasant to drive anywhere the next day, especially each time I had to start off when traffic lights turned green. The muscles all around my neck and my shoulders are painful, but hopefully it will clear up before too long.
Back to the bio-blitz on Lisa Harbinson' property for my photos this morning. I really need to get the rest of my suitable shots taken that day edited and posted, so that I can send her the link to my album.
The area we visited on 7 August was an 80-acre site near Bottrel, NW of Calgary. The site consisted of mostly open, low, hilly, ungrazed land, with a few Aspens and Spruce, and willows around three ponds (two of which were dry). On 25 May 2018, four people had visited this site for the first time - I had been unable to go, as I was spending the day with my daughter.
The original visit was the result of the owners winning a free bioblitz at a Silent Auction, in connection with the Ghost Valley Community. A great idea and always a win-win situation, with the land owners learning a lot about what is found on their land, and the leader and participants enjoying a much-appreciated visit to a different location.
We were very lucky to see an adult male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker with two juveniles. I rarely see one of these birds, but love to see the neat rows of small holes that they make on a tree trunk.
Did you know that photographing mushrooms can be dangerous? I believe I knew this already and I was reminded of this on this bio-blitz. Towards the end of our hike, I stopped to photograph a not particularly photogenic mushroom that was growing on a very slight incline. I took one step back to focus better and lost my balance - not sure if my foot went down into a shallow hole or if I was tripped up by one of the many very small, short tree stumps. Whatever the cause, I did a most inelegant, slow-motion fall backwards, hitting my head hard on the ground, surrounded by my friends. Because I was wearing a backpack, I think this resulted in some whiplash, with my head falling back. It was not pleasant to drive anywhere the next day, especially each time I had to start off when traffic lights turned green. The muscles all around my neck and my shoulders are painful, but hopefully it will clear up before too long.
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