Swainson's Hawk / Buteo swainsoni
Pink (African?) Daisies
Artichoke in bloom
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Halloween!
Farm cat, High River Christmas Bird Count
Searching for a Great Horned Owl - with permission
Red barn, High River Christmas Bird Count
A 'new' barn
Another see-through barn
Helmeted Guineafowl
Prairie winter
Farmyard friends
Wide open spaces
A face only a mother could love
Juvenile Swainson's Hawk / Buteo swainsoni
Blossom on red
Farm dog
What insect is this (on my car)? Mosquito sp.?
Richardson's Ground Squirrel / Urocitellus richard…
Young Richardson's Ground Squirrel / Urocitellus r…
Eared Grebe / Podiceps nigricollis
Yellow-headed Blackbird / Xanthocephalus xanthocep…
Frank Lake bird blind
Yellow-headed Blackbird / Xanthocephalus xanthocep…
Eared Grebe / Podiceps nigricollis
Barn Swallow / Hirundo rustica
Storm clouds moving in
Eared Grebe with baby
Storm clouds in the direction of home
Barn Swallow with feather for its nest
Coot juvenile
Coot baby following in Mom's footsteps
Eared Grebe baby
Eared Grebe & baby
Old, red barn
Golden Eagle!
Swainson's Hawk, immature
The yellow has bloomed!
Colour for an overcast day
Old and rusty tractor
A great use for old teapots
The far side of the river valley
Bright and beautiful
One of my favourite old barns
Little country church, Alberta
The remaining three
One of my favourite old barns
Long ago, someone's pride and joy
Weathered by the passing years
Flowers at the Saskatoon Farm - Solanum sp.
Yellow Prairie Coneflower / Mexican Hat
Artichoke
Splash of colour
The first day of fall
The last one remaining
Sunflower, against a pink barn
Hops / Humulus lupulus
Showing its age
Domesticated Helmeted Guineafowl / "Numida meleagr…
The sunflower droop
Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!
Me and my dad
Mourning Dove - love the blue eye-ring
Swainson's Hawk juvenile
A classic light/intermediate-morph adult Swainson'…
Ferruginous Hawk
Enjoying a good meal
Impressive creature
Vesper Sparrow
American Coot
American Coot
Black-crowned Night-heron
Ruddy Duck male
Glorious Canola
A new addition
Pretty in pink
Eared Grebes in their mating dance
Ferruginous Hawk / Buteo regalis
Once was home
Western Grebes paired up
Yellow-headed Blackbird / Xanthocephalus xanthocep…
Little country church, Carmangay
Milk Thistle, I believe
Little angel
Almost missed, but gratefully seen
They call this spring?
Standing up well
Western Meadowlark
The challenges of being a birder
One of yesterday's Great Horned Owls
Old country church
Ruddy Duck from the archives
Cute little thing
Little country church
Cat at the Saskatoon Farm
Before winter arrived
Barn of an unusual shape
Old and the new
An old, abandoned Chevrolet
Common Redpoll in falling snow
The end of an Artichoke
Rural decay
The final stage of an Artichoke
Not quite Santa's reindeer
Beautiful and, oh, so cute
Snow-capped
Always a treat
Common Redpoll with an orange spot
Hungry Moose
King of silos
The birding blind at Frank Lake
Feeding frenzy - is the top right bird a Hoary Red…
A welcome addition to our Christmas Bird Count
In search of an owl - with permission
Birders on an Audubon Christmas Bird Count
Common Redpoll
Here comes the snow
Unexpected, and very welcome, Moose
The difference four days make
Farm cat
Under a Chinook arch
Handsome Mulie buck
A sunrise sky that lasted till sunset
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Butterfly on Joe Pye Weed
Not sure if this is a Western White or a Checkered White, or something else.
"As the story goes, there once was an Indian medicine man named Joe Pye who used concoctions from a wild plant found growing in the nearby woods to cure typhoid fever. His brew is said to have halted an epidemic that raged in Colonial Massachusetts. Hence this local plant became forever known as joe-pye weed."
www.nytimes.com/1993/09/12/nyregion/gardening-how-joe-pye...
On 6 September 2018, it turned out to be a much longer day than I had planned! In the very early hours of the morning, I happened to check the weather forecast just out of interest, and saw that rain is expected on about six of the coming days (if it actually happens). Decided then and there that I had better get out for a drive, just in case.
My intention had been to just drive some of the roads east of the city, getting out there via 22X, which is definitely not a drive I like to do. On a previous trip, I had made two mistakes along this complcated highway, and ended up on Stoney Trail going north and, on the return trip, I was in the wrong lane and ended up heading far, far south of the city on the worst major highway. The latter happened again and, like on the previous drive, I ended up going to the Saskatoon Farm. Fortunately, I was in time to get an afternoon meal there and have a wander around the grounds taking photos. I love this place.
There were certain things I wanted to go and see again, including a few old barns and sheds. I was also hoping that I might just come across a beautiful hawk or two within camera reach. I even finally got to take photos of a few shorebirds. Throw in a butterfly or two and the odd flower, and I was happy.
On this trip, I really wanted to make myself use the Nikon P900 a lot, though this one was taken with my old Panasonic FZ200. I always take a few of the same photos with my Panasonic and Canon point-and-shoots, too, as I am not yet used to the P900. One of my concerns about the latter is that it seems to blow out the white in an image, from what I have seen in quite a few other people's photos - didn''t seem too bad. My other - and main - concern is focus. I still have not been able to stand in front of a flower/something small at various distances, and zoom in. All I see in the viewfinder is a coloured blur. The other cameras don't do this, and I've been doing it easily for many years. Hope I can sort this out! I guess it's just a case of experimenting. So far, apart from this major issue, I think I am liking how the P900 takes photos.
"As the story goes, there once was an Indian medicine man named Joe Pye who used concoctions from a wild plant found growing in the nearby woods to cure typhoid fever. His brew is said to have halted an epidemic that raged in Colonial Massachusetts. Hence this local plant became forever known as joe-pye weed."
www.nytimes.com/1993/09/12/nyregion/gardening-how-joe-pye...
On 6 September 2018, it turned out to be a much longer day than I had planned! In the very early hours of the morning, I happened to check the weather forecast just out of interest, and saw that rain is expected on about six of the coming days (if it actually happens). Decided then and there that I had better get out for a drive, just in case.
My intention had been to just drive some of the roads east of the city, getting out there via 22X, which is definitely not a drive I like to do. On a previous trip, I had made two mistakes along this complcated highway, and ended up on Stoney Trail going north and, on the return trip, I was in the wrong lane and ended up heading far, far south of the city on the worst major highway. The latter happened again and, like on the previous drive, I ended up going to the Saskatoon Farm. Fortunately, I was in time to get an afternoon meal there and have a wander around the grounds taking photos. I love this place.
There were certain things I wanted to go and see again, including a few old barns and sheds. I was also hoping that I might just come across a beautiful hawk or two within camera reach. I even finally got to take photos of a few shorebirds. Throw in a butterfly or two and the odd flower, and I was happy.
On this trip, I really wanted to make myself use the Nikon P900 a lot, though this one was taken with my old Panasonic FZ200. I always take a few of the same photos with my Panasonic and Canon point-and-shoots, too, as I am not yet used to the P900. One of my concerns about the latter is that it seems to blow out the white in an image, from what I have seen in quite a few other people's photos - didn''t seem too bad. My other - and main - concern is focus. I still have not been able to stand in front of a flower/something small at various distances, and zoom in. All I see in the viewfinder is a coloured blur. The other cameras don't do this, and I've been doing it easily for many years. Hope I can sort this out! I guess it's just a case of experimenting. So far, apart from this major issue, I think I am liking how the P900 takes photos.
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