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Chateau Lake Louise and ice castle
Emerald Lake
Common Loon
Busy little bee
Winter wonderland with a bonus
The best colour to see in winter
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Vibrant
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Emerald Lake, British Columbia, Canada
Common Redpoll / Acanthis flammea
Common Redpolls
The old and the new
Rough-legged Hawk
On a distant fence post
Winter on the prairies
Vole brains for her afternoon snack
Common Redpoll
The beauty of Lake Louise
Primula denticulata / Drumstick Primula
A friendly face in Weaselhead
Common Redpoll in the forest
Sweet little poser
Downy Woodpecker
One day closer to spring
Matching colours
A fence without an owl
European Pasque Flower / Pulsatilla vulgaris
Pine Grosbeak / Pinicola enucleator
Wearing a heavy coat of hoar frost
Beware those icy fingers
One of my favourite birds to photograph
A great winter for Pine Grosbeaks
Yesterday's treat
Dainty little Common Redpoll
Rent a canoe at Emerald Lake
Much better than a utility pole
Eurasian Collared-Dove / Streptopelia decaocto
Embracing the sun
Short-eared Owl
Pine Grosbeak
Taking the quieter road
On the hunt
Dianthus sp.
Little Downy Woodpecker at work
Pretty good camouflage
An unusually pale American Robin
Red Squirrel
Swivel-head
Dainty little Common Redpoll
Time for an old barn again
One year ago
A photographer's nightmare
The cross and the moon
'Superman, where are you now?'
Pine Grosbeak / Pinicola enucleator
Little country church
A quick glance
Sweet little garden ornament
Delicate colours of summer
Varied Thrush - a lifer
Northern Hawk Owl with Meadow Vole
A winter walk
Winter beauty
Snow, snow and more snow
Just in time
Persian Cornflower / Centaurea dealbata?
One of yesterday's treats
Pine Grosbeak / Pinicola enucleator
Modern charm
Clark's Nutcracker
"Canoe with three warriors", by Team Sakha from Ru…
Winter walk at Beaverdam Flats
Painted Tongue / Salpiglosis
Sheltering in the trees
Pine Grosbeak / Pinicola enucleator
Now THIS is winter!
Clark's Nutcracker / Nucifraga columbiana
Spikes of ice
A sweet face
Short-eared Owl
A winter day in southern Alberta
Follow the fence line
Pine Grosbeak
Mystery rock
Fond memories of a popcan-sized owl
Snow in the forecast - need colour
Carnivorous Sundew
High wire act
Find the owl
Fenced in
Triple treat
Remembering the warmth of summer
A new find on a bitterly cold day
A friendly visitor
Cosy little birdhouse
Avenue of trees at Baker Park
White beauty
Rusty Blackbird
Farm cat watching for farm mice
Reflection through the fog
A different style
Red-sided Garter Snake scales
A tiny owl from the past
Shoo Fly / Nicandra physalodes
Pine Grosbeak in pretty light
Old barns in heavy frost
Christmas remnants
Get well, Rachel
Little red barn on the prairie
Winter chill
Enjoying the morning sun
Hoping for food
Heritage tree from 1907, at Carburn Park
On a bitterly cold, hoar frosty day
A splash of much-needed red
The donkeys with reflector eyes
Desolate
A fine old barn
The gathering
So pretty against the snow
Farm friends
Pine Grosbeak female
Foothills and mountains
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Home of the Snowshoe Hare
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It was so late last night/early this morning when I was trying to think of a title for this photo. Then I remembered this was where we had photographed an old wagon wheel propped against the far side of the fence. After we had taken a few shots, suddenly a little Snowshoe Hare came out of hiding from behind the wheel and bounded off through the hedge. While it was hiding, its white winter coat was camouflaged against the surrounding snow.
This photo was taken a year ago, on 21 January 2015. Looking at it this morning brings back a mixture of feelings. It was such a good day spent with my youngest daughter, but it was also a day that was much needed by both of us, as her older sister had died just two and a half weeks earlier. Friends had been telling me how important it was to be outdoors with my camera, especially at a time like this, and I knew they were right.
Much as it would have been great to have gone looking for Snowy Owls, I just didn't feel up to that long of a drive. Instead, I drove to a much more familiar, closer area, SE of the city. The day was a mix of sun and cloudiness, and though the sun was in the wrong position for some of our shots, we did OK.
As for birds, we saw a couple of Great Horned Owls, a very distant Snowy Owl, a raptor of some kind (either a Prairie Falcon or a Gyrfalcon), several Gray Partridge and what I think must have been Horned Larks.
The rest of the day, my daughter and I drove mostly roads that we had been on before, except for one short stretch where we found two old, red barns, including the one in my photo. The other, much larger barn was one that I had been looking forward to finding and seeing for the very first time. This day was as much a barn day as a bird day, and those of you who know me, know that this was just the kind of day I love.
Normally, I never walk from the road on to the surrounding land, even when there is no "No Trespassing" sign, so we were standing on the road, photographing this second barn. While we were there, a lady on horseback came towards us along the road, calling out that it was her property, so to go over and explore. We smiled when she apologized that the barn wasn't in better condition - as we told her, we like barns to be old and weathered, of course!
I think being out with our cameras, driving the backroads, was therapeutic - certainly for me as I could enjoy my daughter's company, and hopefully for her, too.
This photo was taken a year ago, on 21 January 2015. Looking at it this morning brings back a mixture of feelings. It was such a good day spent with my youngest daughter, but it was also a day that was much needed by both of us, as her older sister had died just two and a half weeks earlier. Friends had been telling me how important it was to be outdoors with my camera, especially at a time like this, and I knew they were right.
Much as it would have been great to have gone looking for Snowy Owls, I just didn't feel up to that long of a drive. Instead, I drove to a much more familiar, closer area, SE of the city. The day was a mix of sun and cloudiness, and though the sun was in the wrong position for some of our shots, we did OK.
As for birds, we saw a couple of Great Horned Owls, a very distant Snowy Owl, a raptor of some kind (either a Prairie Falcon or a Gyrfalcon), several Gray Partridge and what I think must have been Horned Larks.
The rest of the day, my daughter and I drove mostly roads that we had been on before, except for one short stretch where we found two old, red barns, including the one in my photo. The other, much larger barn was one that I had been looking forward to finding and seeing for the very first time. This day was as much a barn day as a bird day, and those of you who know me, know that this was just the kind of day I love.
Normally, I never walk from the road on to the surrounding land, even when there is no "No Trespassing" sign, so we were standing on the road, photographing this second barn. While we were there, a lady on horseback came towards us along the road, calling out that it was her property, so to go over and explore. We smiled when she apologized that the barn wasn't in better condition - as we told her, we like barns to be old and weathered, of course!
I think being out with our cameras, driving the backroads, was therapeutic - certainly for me as I could enjoy my daughter's company, and hopefully for her, too.
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