A view from Chain Lakes
Beauty of winter (well, late fall)
Day 6, part of Tadoussac, seen from up on the clif…
Disappearing into nothingness
Hoar frost tree and vanishing fields
Peace in the countryside
Kananaskis, through the windshield
Gravel and dust - a favourite road
Old, red barn
The yellow has bloomed!
Badlands near Drumheller on a hazy day
Still standing, tall and proud
Two old churches in an almost-ghost-town
Hoodoos everywhere
Very old grain elevator in the Badlands valley
Little old Catholic church in the Badlands
The remaining three
Light over the Canola fields
Fall colour in Kananaskis
Kananaskis on a mixed-weather day
September snow in Kananaskis
Late September in Kananaskis, 2019
A favourite view in Kananaskis
Wedge Pond, Kananaskis, Alberta
Buller Pond, Kananaskis
Forgetmenot Pond, Kananaskis
Forgetmenot Pond
Beautiful Alberta - prairie, foothills and mountai…
Kananaskis 'winter'
Wedge Pond in fading fall colours
Kananaskis
Wedge Pond, Kananaskis
Sheep River Provincial Park
Opal Range erosion in Kananaskis
Spectacular Kananaskis valley
Another drive-by shot in Kananaskis
Rural decay down south
Into the sun at Pine Coulee Reservoir
Clouds over Chain Lakes
Two of my favourite things
Clouds over Chain Lakes
Tundra Swans in flight
Forgetmenot Pond, Elbow Falls Trail
Early fall, looking (and feeling) like winter
Heading into the mountains
Fall colours near the Highwood River
Our majestic mountains
Photo-bombed by Blackbirds
On a cold summer day with mist and drizzle
Yesterday's Chinook Arch
Me and my dad
Beginning to look like fall
Smokey Eagle Lake
Impressive creature
Glorious Canola
Bow Lake on a cloudy day
Reflected peaks
Disappearing
Beautiful Peyto Lake
Friends at Bow Lake
Bow Lake
Bow Lake, Alberta
A favourite view, Waterton Lakes National Park
Tadoussac, Quebec, Canada
Remembering winter
Goodbye, winter - so glad you are gone!
They call this spring?
A rural "winter" scene
Old barn in spring snow
Standing up well
Evening mist in the rainforest
A memory of Waterton from before the fire
Ghost Reservoir
When the world turns white
Donkey guardians of the old schoolhouse
On the way to Canmore - seven Swans a-swimming :)
Winter beauty
Twice the beauty
Prairie life in winter
Caught in a mesocyclone
Rolling hills from the Whaleback
A scene in the Whaleback area
A beautiful day in Weaselhead
With more big storms to come
Coyote crossing the frozen Elbow River
A view from yesterday
Winter's beauty
Old barns in the foothills
Deer on the horizon
A white world
Country scene in winter
Whites and blues of winter
Red barn in winter
The beauty of winter
Rainforest of the Arima Valley, Trinidad
Before winter arrived
White-tailed Deer through the snow
Yesterday's COLD walk
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Chain Lakes & Pine Coulee Reservoir, 28 October 2018
Chain Lakes & Pine Coulee Reservoir, 28 October 2018
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On the way to Chain Lakes
Three of the photos posted this morning were taken on 28 October 2018, when a group of 15 of us went south of the city on a birding trip to one of my favourite areas. This included Chain Lakes and Pine Coulee Reservoir. I just love some of the landscape through which we drove - barren, rugged, middle-of-nowhere kind of scenery. It looks so different in each season - I think my favourite time of year is when there is a covering of snow on the empty hills and ice on most of the water. I've still not had the courage to drive in this area myself, as I know that I might never find my way out.
As on almost all these day trips out of the city, almost every bird is far, far away, needing at least binoculars and best of all, a scope. Also, as always happens, my camera lens turns to things other than birds. Scenic shots are always taken - after all, I feel that it is important to record the habitat of any birds seen.
We saw so many Swans (Tundra and Trumpeter) on various sloughs and in flight. What a sight they were, with the sun shining on their pure white feathers. Love to hear the Trumpeter Swans "trumpeting". A huge thrill was when our leader led us to a small creek where there were four American Dippers, happily bobbing and dipping, and swimming under water. They weren't bothered by our presence at all. The water colours and patterns were beautiful, too.
"The American dipper (Cinclus mexicanus), also known as a water ouzel, is a stocky dark grey bird with a head sometimes tinged with brown, and white feathers on the eyelids that cause the eyes to flash white as the bird blinks. It is 16.5 cm long and weighs on average 46 g. It has long legs, and bobs its whole body up and down during pauses as it feeds on the bottom of fast-moving, rocky streams. It inhabits the mountainous regions of Central America and western North America from Panama to Alaska.
This species, like other dippers, is equipped with an extra eyelid called a "nictitating membrane" that allows it to see underwater, and scales that close its nostrils when submerged. Dippers also produce more oil than most birds, which may help keep them warmer when seeking food underwater." From Wikipedia.
Terry, you took us on yet another amazing trip! You even arranged with the weatherman for a beautiful, sunny day, though the morning was very cold and windy. It couldn't have been a better outing - so very enjoyable. Thanks so much, Linda and Robin, for the ride all day - greatly appreciated!
I was off my computer all day the next day, too. My daughter came down for the day, as she had offered to come and help me with sorting through some things and getting rid of all my old electronics at recycle places. It saved me a whole lot of bending (which kills my back) and a lot of lifting. Her help was hugely appreciated!
As on almost all these day trips out of the city, almost every bird is far, far away, needing at least binoculars and best of all, a scope. Also, as always happens, my camera lens turns to things other than birds. Scenic shots are always taken - after all, I feel that it is important to record the habitat of any birds seen.
We saw so many Swans (Tundra and Trumpeter) on various sloughs and in flight. What a sight they were, with the sun shining on their pure white feathers. Love to hear the Trumpeter Swans "trumpeting". A huge thrill was when our leader led us to a small creek where there were four American Dippers, happily bobbing and dipping, and swimming under water. They weren't bothered by our presence at all. The water colours and patterns were beautiful, too.
"The American dipper (Cinclus mexicanus), also known as a water ouzel, is a stocky dark grey bird with a head sometimes tinged with brown, and white feathers on the eyelids that cause the eyes to flash white as the bird blinks. It is 16.5 cm long and weighs on average 46 g. It has long legs, and bobs its whole body up and down during pauses as it feeds on the bottom of fast-moving, rocky streams. It inhabits the mountainous regions of Central America and western North America from Panama to Alaska.
This species, like other dippers, is equipped with an extra eyelid called a "nictitating membrane" that allows it to see underwater, and scales that close its nostrils when submerged. Dippers also produce more oil than most birds, which may help keep them warmer when seeking food underwater." From Wikipedia.
Terry, you took us on yet another amazing trip! You even arranged with the weatherman for a beautiful, sunny day, though the morning was very cold and windy. It couldn't have been a better outing - so very enjoyable. Thanks so much, Linda and Robin, for the ride all day - greatly appreciated!
I was off my computer all day the next day, too. My daughter came down for the day, as she had offered to come and help me with sorting through some things and getting rid of all my old electronics at recycle places. It saved me a whole lot of bending (which kills my back) and a lot of lifting. Her help was hugely appreciated!
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