Mushrooms galore
Fall colours near the Highwood River
Pumpkin season, kid-style
Happy Halloween!
One of these things is not like the others ...
A much-needed change of colour
Happy Thanksgiving to all Americans!
Day 4, Baltimore Oriole, The Tip, Point Pelee
Day 7, Tadoussac
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Day 6, Northern Cardinal male, southern Texas
Day 2, sunrise 8
Western Tanager / Piranga ludoviciana
Western Tanager / Piranga ludoviciana
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Backlit Sunflower
Baneberry, red berries
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A new addition
Green Honeycreeper female, Trinidad
Green Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
Green Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
Ring-necked Pheasant male / Phasianus colchicus
Green Honeycreeper male, Trinidad
American Pygmy Kingfisher / Chloroceryle aenea, Ca…
Green Honeycreeper female, Trinidad
Green Honeycreeper male, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Scarlet Ibis, Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
Scarlet Ibis and Egrets, Caroni Swamp
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Scarlet Ibis, Caroni Swamp, Trinidad
Torch Ginger, deep in the shadows
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American Pygmy Kingfisher / Chloroceryle aenea, Ca…
Heliconia, Trinidad
Torch Ginger, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Heliconia, Lobster-claws, Asa Wright, Trinidad
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Goodbye fall, hello winter!
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Fish Creek Park on a low-light day
A mountain meadow, Kananaskis, Alberta
Fall colours in Fish Creek Park
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Sunflower and visitors
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Irricana grain elevators mural
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Bee on Sunflower
Green Honeycreeper female, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Splash of colour
Torch Ginger bud, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinid…
Green Honeycreeper male, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Aphelandra sinclairiana, Asa Wright Nature Centre,…
Torch Ginger, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinidad
Green Honeycreeper male, Asa Wright Nature Centre,…
Green Honeycreeper female, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Green Honeycreeper female, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Green Honeycreeper male, Asa Wright Nature Centre,…
Green Honeycreeper male, Asa Wright Nature Centre,…
Green Honeycreeper, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trin…
Hot Lips / Psychotria poeppigiana, Asa Wright Natu…
Collared Trogon / Trogon collaris, Asa Wright, Bel…
Torch Ginger / Etlingera elatior, Asa Wright Natur…
Torch Ginger / Etlingera eliator, Trinidad
Green Honeycreeper female, Asa Wright Nature Centr…
Green Honeycreeper male, Asa Wright Nature Centre,…
Splash of colour
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Colour for winter
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The painted cow - "Some enchanted evening"
The five photos posted this morning were all taken yesterday, 11 September 2018. Our botany season has come to an end and so our main Naturalist had a group of us visit his amazing garden and a walk to look at wild and garden plants in his neighbourhood. Not the greatest weather, but at least the rain kept away. I think rain is in the forecast for the next week, which is a pity, as the fall leaves will all be on the ground before we know it. Mixed precipitation tonight.
This painted cow, now residing in someone's front garden in Calgary, dates back to the year 2000. The story behind this and many other cows is given in the Avenue magazine article below.
"If you’ve ever noticed large, strangely decorated cows that seem to dot the city and wondered, “what’s up with that?” wonder no more. The story goes back to the year 2000. A group of charity-minded individuals, led by artist and businesswoman Bonnie Laycock, thought Cowtown was lacking in cows, and so the Udderly Art: Colourful Cows for Calgary project was born. Taking inspiration from similar CowParade projects staged in Chicago and Zurich, the volunteer driven, not-for-profit project began creating large cow statue canvasses to be decorated by local artists and strewn about the city for a six month period, with its stated goals being to:
- Generate artistic creativity and showcases for Alberta artists,
- Bring smiles and chuckles to the faces of children and adults, Calgarians and visitors alike, and
- Raise funds for many charities.
The molded fiberglass cows were originally white, clocking in at 54 inches tall from head to hoof; 84 inches long from nose to tail; and weighing 90 pounds. (Though that number shot up to 900 once the concrete bases were added). Individuals and companies who initially purchased the cows for $5,000 each chose which artist would work on their bovines and, starting May 15, 1999 the cows were on display everywhere in the city from the airport to the zoo."
www.avenuecalgary.com/City-Life/The-Story-of-Calgarys-Cow...
This painted cow, now residing in someone's front garden in Calgary, dates back to the year 2000. The story behind this and many other cows is given in the Avenue magazine article below.
"If you’ve ever noticed large, strangely decorated cows that seem to dot the city and wondered, “what’s up with that?” wonder no more. The story goes back to the year 2000. A group of charity-minded individuals, led by artist and businesswoman Bonnie Laycock, thought Cowtown was lacking in cows, and so the Udderly Art: Colourful Cows for Calgary project was born. Taking inspiration from similar CowParade projects staged in Chicago and Zurich, the volunteer driven, not-for-profit project began creating large cow statue canvasses to be decorated by local artists and strewn about the city for a six month period, with its stated goals being to:
- Generate artistic creativity and showcases for Alberta artists,
- Bring smiles and chuckles to the faces of children and adults, Calgarians and visitors alike, and
- Raise funds for many charities.
The molded fiberglass cows were originally white, clocking in at 54 inches tall from head to hoof; 84 inches long from nose to tail; and weighing 90 pounds. (Though that number shot up to 900 once the concrete bases were added). Individuals and companies who initially purchased the cows for $5,000 each chose which artist would work on their bovines and, starting May 15, 1999 the cows were on display everywhere in the city from the airport to the zoo."
www.avenuecalgary.com/City-Life/The-Story-of-Calgarys-Cow...
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