European Pasque Flower / Pulsatilla vulgaris
Embracing the sun
Dianthus sp.
Poppy art
Springtime colour
Tall Lungwort / Mertensia paniculata
Rough-Fruited Fairybells / Prosartes trachycarpa
Blink .... and spring will be here
Datura flower?
Himalayan Blue Poppy
Popular with the Aphids
Passing the time
Delicate Damselfly
Tangled
Beauty lasts
Spider on Strawflower
Pink Monkeyflower / Mimulus lewisii
Colours made for each other
Hepatica
Hanging on to the old
Catkins - a sure sign of spring
Petunia
Bright and cheery
My first sighting of the season
Balsam Poplar catkins
Delicate Iris
Pink Hellebore
Candy-striped Tulip
Physoclaina orientalis
Hoverfly on European Pasque Flower
Art of nature
Beauty of spring
Green caterpillar on Balsamroot
Elephant Ears / Bergenia cordifolia
Hellebore beauty
Backlit beauties
Purple Rain
Indian Breadroot
After the rain
Hepatica
Early Cinquefoil
Snake's Head Fritillary / Fritillaria meleagris
Nuttall's Sunflower / Helianthus nuttallii
Colour
Periwinkle / Vinca minor
The joy of spring
Snake's head fritillary / Fritillaria meleagris
A little fungi family
Striped Coralroot / Corallorhiza striata
Flowers of spring
The purity of white
Herper friend with Wood Frog (and fly)
Gaillardia on red
Dame's rocket
Camouflaged Wood Frog
Hollyhock buds
Needed a change of colour
Spotted Coralroot / Corallorhiza maculata
Red-edged petals
Tattered and torn - and still beautiful
A forest find
False Dandelion / Hypochaeris radicata
Yellow lady's-slipper
Primula denticulata / Drumstick Primula
Vibrant
Busy little bee
Painted Tongue / Salpiglosis
Carnivorous Sundew
Remembering the warmth of summer
Red-sided Garter Snake scales
Shoo Fly / Nicandra physalodes
Get well, Rachel
Another day closer to spring
Ready to trap an unwary insect
Lily macro
Mariposa Lily / Calochortus apiculatus
Christmas colours in July
Fancy 'Cat's Cradle'
Cornflower
Elegant beauty
Well, hello there
Pink or Showy lady's-slipper / Cypripedium reginae
Sparkling in the sunlight
Giant Scabius / Cephalaria gigantea
Datura
Time to reveal
Himalayan Blue Poppy
Golden
Beetle necklace
Cabbage White butterfly
Diamond-studded
Vibrant colour to warm us all up
The beauty of old age
Wild bergamot, Monarda fistulosa
Mullein / Verbascum thapsus
Canada Violet / Viola canadensis
Painted Daisy / Chrysanthemum coccineum
Gas Plant / Dictamnus albus 'Purpureus'
Brugmansia or Datura?
Lest we forget
Deep pink Peony
Clustered Broomrape / Orobanche fasciculata
Leopard Lacewing / Cethosia cyane
Harebell / Campanula rotundifolia
Peking Cotoneaster / Cotoneaster acutifolia
It tickles!
Elegance
One of my favourite flowers to photograph
Rough-fruited Fairybells / Prosartes trachycarpa
Stinkhorns from 2012
Yellow False Dandelion seedhead
Halloween colour
Poppy seedpod
Nodding (Musk) Thistle / Carduus nutans
Hibiscus
Crested Wheatgrass / Agropyron cristatum
Nodding (Musk) Thistle / Carduus nutans
Nodding (Musk) Thistle / Carduus nutans
Forest treasures ... Pholiota squarrosa
Mountain Ash berries
Longhorn Beetle / Pseudogaurotina cressoni
Flat Topped Coral / Clavariadelphus truncatus
Unidentified flower, Seebe, Alberta - Echium vulga…
Ready to unfurl
Unidentified plant at Cameron Lake, Waterton
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One day closer to spring
This image was taken last year, on 23 May 2015. The main focus of the trip we went on was someone's property SW of Calgary, a place that we always call in at when we take part in the May Species Count. The Count wasn't till the following weekend, so this visit was an extra one - and extra long, too, which was pure delight! I think we spent something like two hours, watching especially Barb's feeder area for some of the birds that had been showing up. We are always thrilled to bits to see the Evening Grosbeaks and the Baltimore Orioles - the first male Oriole to arrive at Barb's was on 15 May.
Though I'm not keen on feeder photos, I still take them, as well as when the birds are in the nearby trees. The Evening Grosbeaks came often to the feeders, giving us the chance to at least get closer shots. All the bird species were very fast-moving, so gave us a challenge for two hours. The Goldfinch and the Pine Siskins also were quick, but not totally impossible to photograph.
After our time at Barb's, we went to Brown-Lowery Provincial Park, mainly to look for Calypso Orchids, which we did find. This is where I took this photo of Willow catkins. Some people continued walking the trails, others returned home. I did part of the walk, but then went back to where the cars were parked and wandered through the forest around the parking lot. Tennessee Warblers sang continuously but were almost impossible to see. I was happy to find one single Coltsfoot plant - love the tight cluster of white flowers at the top of a tall stem.
From Brown-Lowery, we started our journey home, stopping at a couple of wetlands on the way.
I will add the list compiled by Andrew Hart, who kindly drove three of us around for the morning and early afternoon and then sent us his list that he submitted to ebird. Many thanks for both the ride and the final list, Andrew!
"Here is the elist of Birds seen at B. Castell's S of Priddis; Plummers & Priddis Valley Rd.; and Brown-Lowery PP, 23May2015. 24 participants
Number of Checklists: 3
Number of Species: 46
Checklists included in this summary:
(1): CA-AB-Priddis. Barb Castell
Date: May 23, 2015, 7:34 AM
(2): CA-Priddis Valley road
Date: May 23, 2015, 9:53 AM
(3): Brown-Lowery Provincial Park
Date: May 23, 2015, 10:28 AM
2 Canada Goose -- (1)
2 American Wigeon -- (1)
1 Mallard -- (1)
3 Blue-winged Teal -- (1)
3 Northern Shoveler -- (1),(2)
3 Green-winged Teal -- (1)
4 Lesser Scaup -- (1)
2 Common Goldeneye -- (1)
1 Swainson's Hawk -- (1)
1 Red-tailed Hawk -- (2)
4 Sora -- (2)
1 Spotted Sandpiper -- (1)
2 Wilson's Snipe -- (1)
7 Wilson's Phalarope -- (2)
1 Mourning Dove -- (1)
1 Rufous Hummingbird -- (1)
1 Red-naped Sapsucker -- (1)
2 Downy Woodpecker -- (1)
1 Hairy Woodpecker -- (1)
2 Least Flycatcher -- (2)
1 Eastern Kingbird -- (2)
1 Blue Jay -- (1)
3 Black-billed Magpie -- (1)
2 American Crow -- (1)
2 Common Raven -- (2)
11 Tree Swallow -- (1),(2)
1 Barn Swallow -- (2)
6 Black-capped Chickadee -- (1),(3)
3 House Wren -- (1),(2)
2 Golden-crowned Kinglet -- (3)
2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet -- (2),(3)
9 Mountain Bluebird -- (1),(2)
6 American Robin -- (1),(2),(3)
4 Tennessee Warbler -- (3)
2 Yellow Warbler -- (1),(2)
8 Clay-colored Sparrow -- (1),(2)
6 Savannah Sparrow -- (1),(2)
1 Lincoln's Sparrow -- (1)
1 White-throated Sparrow -- (1)
1 Dark-eyed Junco -- (3)
23 Red-winged Blackbird -- (1),(2)
3 Brown-headed Cowbird -- (1)
1 Baltimore Oriole -- (1)
17 Pine Siskin -- (1),(3)
5 American Goldfinch -- (1)
5 Evening Grosbeak -- (1),(3)"
Though I'm not keen on feeder photos, I still take them, as well as when the birds are in the nearby trees. The Evening Grosbeaks came often to the feeders, giving us the chance to at least get closer shots. All the bird species were very fast-moving, so gave us a challenge for two hours. The Goldfinch and the Pine Siskins also were quick, but not totally impossible to photograph.
After our time at Barb's, we went to Brown-Lowery Provincial Park, mainly to look for Calypso Orchids, which we did find. This is where I took this photo of Willow catkins. Some people continued walking the trails, others returned home. I did part of the walk, but then went back to where the cars were parked and wandered through the forest around the parking lot. Tennessee Warblers sang continuously but were almost impossible to see. I was happy to find one single Coltsfoot plant - love the tight cluster of white flowers at the top of a tall stem.
From Brown-Lowery, we started our journey home, stopping at a couple of wetlands on the way.
I will add the list compiled by Andrew Hart, who kindly drove three of us around for the morning and early afternoon and then sent us his list that he submitted to ebird. Many thanks for both the ride and the final list, Andrew!
"Here is the elist of Birds seen at B. Castell's S of Priddis; Plummers & Priddis Valley Rd.; and Brown-Lowery PP, 23May2015. 24 participants
Number of Checklists: 3
Number of Species: 46
Checklists included in this summary:
(1): CA-AB-Priddis. Barb Castell
Date: May 23, 2015, 7:34 AM
(2): CA-Priddis Valley road
Date: May 23, 2015, 9:53 AM
(3): Brown-Lowery Provincial Park
Date: May 23, 2015, 10:28 AM
2 Canada Goose -- (1)
2 American Wigeon -- (1)
1 Mallard -- (1)
3 Blue-winged Teal -- (1)
3 Northern Shoveler -- (1),(2)
3 Green-winged Teal -- (1)
4 Lesser Scaup -- (1)
2 Common Goldeneye -- (1)
1 Swainson's Hawk -- (1)
1 Red-tailed Hawk -- (2)
4 Sora -- (2)
1 Spotted Sandpiper -- (1)
2 Wilson's Snipe -- (1)
7 Wilson's Phalarope -- (2)
1 Mourning Dove -- (1)
1 Rufous Hummingbird -- (1)
1 Red-naped Sapsucker -- (1)
2 Downy Woodpecker -- (1)
1 Hairy Woodpecker -- (1)
2 Least Flycatcher -- (2)
1 Eastern Kingbird -- (2)
1 Blue Jay -- (1)
3 Black-billed Magpie -- (1)
2 American Crow -- (1)
2 Common Raven -- (2)
11 Tree Swallow -- (1),(2)
1 Barn Swallow -- (2)
6 Black-capped Chickadee -- (1),(3)
3 House Wren -- (1),(2)
2 Golden-crowned Kinglet -- (3)
2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet -- (2),(3)
9 Mountain Bluebird -- (1),(2)
6 American Robin -- (1),(2),(3)
4 Tennessee Warbler -- (3)
2 Yellow Warbler -- (1),(2)
8 Clay-colored Sparrow -- (1),(2)
6 Savannah Sparrow -- (1),(2)
1 Lincoln's Sparrow -- (1)
1 White-throated Sparrow -- (1)
1 Dark-eyed Junco -- (3)
23 Red-winged Blackbird -- (1),(2)
3 Brown-headed Cowbird -- (1)
1 Baltimore Oriole -- (1)
17 Pine Siskin -- (1),(3)
5 American Goldfinch -- (1)
5 Evening Grosbeak -- (1),(3)"
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