Red Panda / Ailurus fulgens
Heading into the mountains
Harlequin Duck / Histrionicus histrionicus
Early fall, looking (and feeling) like winter
Trillium, Day 2, Rondeau PP, Ontario
White-breasted Nuthatch, Day 2, Rondeau PP, Ontari…
Day 2, Common Five-lined Skink barn, Rondeau PP
Day 2, Five-lined Skink barn, Rondeau PP
Day 2, reflected 'Geese', Rondeau PP
Day 2, mating snakes, Rondeau PP
Day 2, mating snakes, Rondeau PP
Day 2, Tree Swallow, Rondeau PP
Day 2, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Rondeau Provincial…
Day 2, Anglewing butterfly sp., Rondeau PP
Day 2, American Foldfinch, Rondeau PP
Filtered barn
Day 2, yes, another Trillium, Rondeau PP
Day 2, a more typical Trillium, Rondeau PP
Day 2, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Rondeau PP Visitor'…
Day 2, White Trillium, Rondeau PP
Day 2, White-breasted Nuthatch, Rondeau PP Visitor…
Day 2, Chipping Sparrow, Rondeau PP
Day 2, Rose-breasted Grosbeak male / Pheucticus lu…
Day 2, Rose-breasted Grosbeak male, Rondeau PP
Day 2, a rare sighting for Ontario - a common bird…
Day 2, a wetland after Rondeau PP
Day 2, an old barn near Rondeau PP, Ontario
Day 2, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Rondeau PP
Forgetmenot Pond, Elbow Falls Trail
Pumpkin season, kid-style
Fine old truck
Domestic duck, unidentified
Beauty in old age
Looking into the sun
Two of my favourite things
Happy Halloween!
Unidentified domestic Duck
Time to feed
Old farm wagon wheel
Clouds over Chain Lakes
Into the sun at Pine Coulee Reservoir
A pet 'rescue' Ferret
Great Horned Owl
Rural decay down south
Pet 'rescue' Ferret
Licorice Allsorts (candy) eyes
A view from Chain Lakes
Day 3, Large-flowered Bellwort / Uvularia grandifl…
Day 3, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Pt Pelee
Day 3, Northern Parula / Setophaga americana, Pt P…
Day 3, Dryad's Saddle (?), Pt Pelee, Ontario
Day 3, Orchard Oriole, Pt Pelee
Day 3, Daffodil (Narcissus?) growing wild, Pt Pele…
Day 3, Philadelphia Vireo / Vireo philadelphicus,…
Day 3, Cape May Warbler, on way to Hillman Marsh,…
Day 3, on the way to Hillman Marsh, Ontario
A much-needed change of colour
Beauty of winter (well, late fall)
Fall colours
Gobble gobble time for Americans
Happy Thanksgiving to all Americans!
Day 4, Wild Turkey, Pt Pelee
Day 4, Wild Turkey, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Happy Thanksgivng, everyone!
Happy Gobble Gobble weekend!
Fall colours near the Highwood River
Mushrooms galore
Fun to spend time with
Old and weathered
Pink Showy Cinquefoil
Artichoke in bloom
Pink (African?) Daisies
Butterfly on Joe Pye Weed
Common Nighthawk / Chordeiles minor - threatened s…
Sleepy Barn Owl
How dare you take a photo of me looking like this?
Globe Thistle / Echinops ritro
The painted cow - "Some enchanted evening"
I LOVE owls - in case you didn't know : )
Me and my dad
Common Nighthawk / Chordeiles minor - threatened s…
Onnia triquetra (??) and Blue Stain
Let the light shine in
Most likely a Ground Pholiota / Pholiota terrestri…
Beginning to look like fall
Fungi on a log
Spruce Grouse / Falcipennis canadensis
Pine Siskin
Hollyhock
Common Wood-Nymph / Cercyonis pegala
Between the cracks
Cracker sp.
Succulent beauty
Himalayan Monal female
Puffballs / Calvatia sp.
Once-married Underwing / Catocala unijuga, left fr…
Magpie Inky Cap / Coprinus picaceus?
Magpie Inky Cap / Coprinus picaceus?
Baneberry, red berries
Baneberry, white berries
Botanizing Beagles - Ben and Maggie
Invasive Yellow Clematis
Himalayan monal / Lophophorus impejanus male
Ruddy Duck male
Glorious Canola
Chameleon
Resting on a window
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Rondeau PP
Bow Lake on a cloudy day
Black Bear seen from the bus
Common Raven at Bow Lake
Calgary's special guests
Hibiscus beauty
Purple Martin male
Love an old, red barn
American Goldfinch male
Cedar Waxwing / Bombycilla cedrorum
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel munching on Yellow…
Purple Martin in its gourd nest box
Purple Martin, Ellis Bird Farm, Alberta
Wildflowers at Peyto Lake
Disappearing
Lichen at Peyto Lake
Black Bear seen through the bus window
Beautiful Peyto Lake
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Snow Leopard / Panthera uncia
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Two days ago, on 5 October 2018, I made the most of a few hours of mixed sunshine and cloud, and made a visit to the Zoo yesterday. I find that a bright, sunny day gives more light inside the Conservatory. Not that it really mattered, as there were only three tropical butterflies left - and those three were being harassed by several young children, so I came home with just one butterfly photo. The tropical plants were in better shape and offered lots of cheery colour. Mainly because I got to the Zoo part way through the afternoon, I got no further than the Conservatory, which is always my favourite place.
This visit, I did see two Red Pandas and the beautiful Giant Pandas (that are on loan to the Zoo for five (?) years). The Red Pandas are not always outside and visible, so I was happy to catch one climbing a tree. They really are beautiful animals and their long, bushy tail comes in handy to wrap around and keep the animal warm.
"The Snow Leopard cannot roar, despite possessing an incomplete ossification of the hyoid bone, which was previously thought to be essential for allowing the big cats to roar. However, new studies show that the ability to roar is due to other morphological features, especially of the larynx, which are absent in the snow leopard." From Wikipedia.
"The total wild population of the snow leopard is estimated at between 4,000 and 7,500 individuals. In 1972, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, (IUCN) placed the snow leopard on its Red List of Threatened Species as "Endangered," the same classification given the panda and the tiger.....There are numerous agencies working to conserve the snow leopard and its threatened mountain ecosystems." From Wikipedia.
There are also 600-700 snow leopards in zoos around the world.
Gobi, the baby Bactrian Camel was snuggled next to one of his parents. Managed to catch one of the Japanese Macaques when it was down on the ground, though the double wire fencing makes photos a challenge. A new addition to the Zoo is a Pallas's Cat. These animals look so funny/cute, and I was really hoping to see it, but it was curled up inside a dark log, with just its tail protruding.
I was so thankful that I made this one last visit to the Zoo till next spring, as I found out that 'my' parking lot closes in a couple of days' time. This always happens each winter, and the other, main lot is out of my driving comfort zone.
Two days ago, on 5 October 2018, I made the most of a few hours of mixed sunshine and cloud, and made a visit to the Zoo yesterday. I find that a bright, sunny day gives more light inside the Conservatory. Not that it really mattered, as there were only three tropical butterflies left - and those three were being harassed by several young children, so I came home with just one butterfly photo. The tropical plants were in better shape and offered lots of cheery colour. Mainly because I got to the Zoo part way through the afternoon, I got no further than the Conservatory, which is always my favourite place.
This visit, I did see two Red Pandas and the beautiful Giant Pandas (that are on loan to the Zoo for five (?) years). The Red Pandas are not always outside and visible, so I was happy to catch one climbing a tree. They really are beautiful animals and their long, bushy tail comes in handy to wrap around and keep the animal warm.
"The Snow Leopard cannot roar, despite possessing an incomplete ossification of the hyoid bone, which was previously thought to be essential for allowing the big cats to roar. However, new studies show that the ability to roar is due to other morphological features, especially of the larynx, which are absent in the snow leopard." From Wikipedia.
"The total wild population of the snow leopard is estimated at between 4,000 and 7,500 individuals. In 1972, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, (IUCN) placed the snow leopard on its Red List of Threatened Species as "Endangered," the same classification given the panda and the tiger.....There are numerous agencies working to conserve the snow leopard and its threatened mountain ecosystems." From Wikipedia.
There are also 600-700 snow leopards in zoos around the world.
Gobi, the baby Bactrian Camel was snuggled next to one of his parents. Managed to catch one of the Japanese Macaques when it was down on the ground, though the double wire fencing makes photos a challenge. A new addition to the Zoo is a Pallas's Cat. These animals look so funny/cute, and I was really hoping to see it, but it was curled up inside a dark log, with just its tail protruding.
I was so thankful that I made this one last visit to the Zoo till next spring, as I found out that 'my' parking lot closes in a couple of days' time. This always happens each winter, and the other, main lot is out of my driving comfort zone.
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