Western Tanager / Piranga ludoviciana
Baltimore Oriole / Icterus galbula
Western Tanager / Piranga ludoviciana
Rose-breasted Grosbeak male / Pheucticus ludovicia…
Pink
Geranium in Keith Logan's garden
Yellow Lily
Colour for an overcast day
Old and rusty tractor
Bright and beautiful
Flower close-up
Garden flowers - Ligularia?
Lily at a prairie church
Berries in the sunshine
Pots in the Blue Garden
Meghan & Kwesi's house
Poppy near the pond
Colour in the garden
Yellow
Gaillardia
Full of light
Backlit Sunflower
The first day of fall
Sunflower, against a pink barn
A summer memory
Conservatory, Calgary Zoo
Garden flower
Colours of fall
The sunflower droop
Much needed colour
Dreaming of spring
Day 10, White-crowned Sparrow
Day 10, White-throated Sparrow
Day 10, White-throated Sparrow, Tadoussac
Day 9, White-crowned Sparrow
Day 9, White-crowned Sparrow
Day 6, White-crowned Sparrow, Tadoussac
Garden decoration
Day 7, Red Squirrel eating the bird food, Tadoussa…
Day 9, White-crowned Sparrow, Tadoussac
Day 6, White-crowned Sparrow, Tadoussac
Day 10, White-throated Sparrow, Tadoussac
A much-needed change of colour
Lest We Forget
For the birds
Birdhouse with a difference
Beauty in old age
Pumpkin season, kid-style
After our first major snowstorm
Artichoke in bloom
Sea Holly
Maple sp.?
Turkistan Burning Bush / Euonymus nanus turkmenist…
Pink (African?) Daisies
Butterfly on Joe Pye Weed
Globe Thistle / Echinops ritro
The painted cow - "Some enchanted evening"
Pine Siskin
Pine Siskin taking a bath
Pine Siskin
Jackie's squirrel - Red or Eastern Gray?
Pine Siskin
Downy Woodpecker and American Goldfinch
American Goldfinch juvenile / Spinus tristis
Hollyhock
Peony seedpods
Blue Himalayan Poppy
White-throated Sparrow, Tadoussac, Quebec
Beauty
A new addition
Pretty in pink
Chipping Sparrow, Tadoussac, Quebec
White-crowned Sparrow, Tadoussac, Quebec
Milk Thistle, I believe
Sunflower detail
Shoo-fly / Nicandra physalodes
Tropical pink, Trinidad
Splash of colour
Our last morning on island of Trinidad
Lacy curtain of ice
Old wagon in winter
The end of an Artichoke
A welcome splash of colour
The final stage of an Artichoke
Snow-capped
Common Redpoll
Aging Echinacea
Memories of colour
Common Redpoll / Acanthis flammea
Before "winter" arrived
Common Redpolls / Acanthis flammea
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Baltimore Oriole / Icterus galbula
What a sweet little bird this was! I know some people refuse to post or even take feeder photos, but I am just happy to get any photo I can.
Oh, my goodness, the smoke from the wildfire in northern Alberta reached us yesterday evening. I was out at a meeting and all was as usual on my drive there. When I came out later, the air reeked of smoke and visibility was poor. The Weather Network had warned that this summer would be a smoky one - again. Last summer was dreadful and not good health-wise to go out in, so I stayed home on so many days. When I woke up this morning, my whole house smelled strongly of smoke. It always makes me think of the poor people close to any forest fire - how on earth do they breath?!
"The Air Quality Health Index in Calgary has reached 10+, or high risk, with most of the province under a special air quality alert due to smoke blowing in from wildfires in northern Alberta.
Dr. Raj Bhardwaj, a Calgary physician, says the particulate in the air on Friday has the same health effects as smoking 10-15 cigarettes a day." From CBC News.
What a performance to get images posted just now! The main problem was that Shaw Internet was not available. There have been problems with certain TV channels for the last week, too.
Flickr staff seem to have solved several issues, especially in connection with views statistics. The number of views has never been accurate, we all know that, but very recently, the number of views has been out of control. Now things seem to be back to a more realistic number, thank goodness, I haven't yet tested out the issue of comments and faves, to see if all comments and all faves are acknowledged. That would be great to know that when someone comments on an image, their comment/fave can be seen, especially after going to the trouble of writing a comment.
Finally managed to start posting a few photos today taken during our May Species Count on 26 May 2019. All the photos posted this afternoon were taken at our first stop on the Count, which was at the Castell Ranch, SW of Calgary. This is such a rewarding and enjoyable place to be, with so many species flocking to the feeders, grounds and pond. Unfortunately, most of my shots were taken through a glass window that had netting on the outside, to prevent birds from flying into the window. We had to look from this room, in order for the birds to come down - standing outside tends to keep the birds away. On the Count last year, the same thing happened and almost all my photos were blurry. This year, I think I can manage to rescue a few of the less blurry images, sharpening them as much as I dare.
After this early morning treat, we drove a few of the back roads in the area, calling in at several acreages. Brown-Lowery Provincial Park was also one of our stops - has an outhouse (yay!) and a picnic table where we sat for our lunch. The park is not part of our Count area, but each year, we stop there for the outhouse and table and also to take a short walk into the forest to check and see if there are any Calypso Orchids in bloom. We managed to find one tiny flower in full bloom, so we were content.
Afterwards, we made one last drive to see if there was any sign of a Bobolink. One or two people have been seeing them already this spring. A couple of cyclists came by and one of them asked if we were looking for a Bobolink - he told us he had seen one just a few hours earlier in a particular place. Sure enough, with a bit of patience, we suddenly realized that there was one behind us on the far side of the road. Will post a dreadful photo of it soon, just for the record.
Oh, my goodness, the smoke from the wildfire in northern Alberta reached us yesterday evening. I was out at a meeting and all was as usual on my drive there. When I came out later, the air reeked of smoke and visibility was poor. The Weather Network had warned that this summer would be a smoky one - again. Last summer was dreadful and not good health-wise to go out in, so I stayed home on so many days. When I woke up this morning, my whole house smelled strongly of smoke. It always makes me think of the poor people close to any forest fire - how on earth do they breath?!
"The Air Quality Health Index in Calgary has reached 10+, or high risk, with most of the province under a special air quality alert due to smoke blowing in from wildfires in northern Alberta.
Dr. Raj Bhardwaj, a Calgary physician, says the particulate in the air on Friday has the same health effects as smoking 10-15 cigarettes a day." From CBC News.
What a performance to get images posted just now! The main problem was that Shaw Internet was not available. There have been problems with certain TV channels for the last week, too.
Flickr staff seem to have solved several issues, especially in connection with views statistics. The number of views has never been accurate, we all know that, but very recently, the number of views has been out of control. Now things seem to be back to a more realistic number, thank goodness, I haven't yet tested out the issue of comments and faves, to see if all comments and all faves are acknowledged. That would be great to know that when someone comments on an image, their comment/fave can be seen, especially after going to the trouble of writing a comment.
Finally managed to start posting a few photos today taken during our May Species Count on 26 May 2019. All the photos posted this afternoon were taken at our first stop on the Count, which was at the Castell Ranch, SW of Calgary. This is such a rewarding and enjoyable place to be, with so many species flocking to the feeders, grounds and pond. Unfortunately, most of my shots were taken through a glass window that had netting on the outside, to prevent birds from flying into the window. We had to look from this room, in order for the birds to come down - standing outside tends to keep the birds away. On the Count last year, the same thing happened and almost all my photos were blurry. This year, I think I can manage to rescue a few of the less blurry images, sharpening them as much as I dare.
After this early morning treat, we drove a few of the back roads in the area, calling in at several acreages. Brown-Lowery Provincial Park was also one of our stops - has an outhouse (yay!) and a picnic table where we sat for our lunch. The park is not part of our Count area, but each year, we stop there for the outhouse and table and also to take a short walk into the forest to check and see if there are any Calypso Orchids in bloom. We managed to find one tiny flower in full bloom, so we were content.
Afterwards, we made one last drive to see if there was any sign of a Bobolink. One or two people have been seeing them already this spring. A couple of cyclists came by and one of them asked if we were looking for a Bobolink - he told us he had seen one just a few hours earlier in a particular place. Sure enough, with a bit of patience, we suddenly realized that there was one behind us on the far side of the road. Will post a dreadful photo of it soon, just for the record.
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