Gaillardia on red
And then there were only THREE!
Bright and cheery in its old age
Old cabin on Gottlob Schmidt's (Schmitty's) land
Rural decay
Little red cabin
Strawberries and cream fungus / Hydnellum peckii
Strawberries and Cream fungus / Hydnellum peckii
Autumn berries
Hiding between the rocks
Ice crystals on a mountain top
An endless feast for a Ladybug
Red beauty on a scree slope
Fall colour
A welcome splash of red
TV's "Heartland" series location
Red's the best in winter
A splash of colour on a snowy day
Snow turns something ordinary into beautiful
Mailbox or birdhouse?
Modern - but I like it
The peace of a prairie farm - my main photo today
The old-fashioned way
The Sickener / Russula emetica?
Strawberries and cream fungus / Hydnellum peckii
Bananaquit / Coereba flaveola, Tobago
Ixora, Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Splash of colour
Torch Ginger / Etlingera eliator, Trinidad
Torch Ginger / Etlingera elatior, Asa Wright Natur…
Hot Lips / Psychotria poeppigiana, Asa Wright Natu…
They were gone, but now 'they' are back
Splash of colour, Trinidad
Powder Puff flower / Calliandra, Trinidad
Torch Ginger, Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinidad
Aphelandra sinclairiana, Asa Wright Nature Centre,…
Splash of colour
A pot full of colour
Jackie's Hummingbird
An old red barn
Farm in the foothills
Beauty of an old barn, Alberta
Red Dodge, Pioneer Acres, Alberta
Grass in bloom
A fine old barn
Old red tractor at the Saskatoon Farm
Cockshutt tractor, Pioneer Acres
A fine old barn
Beauty in old age
Snow-capped berries
Weathered wood
Christmas Market
The new "Famous Five" at Granary Road
Down on the farm
New "barn", Granary Road
A country scene
Modern barn
House Sparrow at the Saskatoon Farm
Here comes the snow
Happy Christmas Eve!
Barn with the fallen cupola
Red barn in winter
On a Christmas Bird Count, -23C
Balsam Poplar male catkins
Balsam Poplar male catkins
Little red barn with green roof
Tropical - cultivar of Tillandsia ionantha?
Farmyard scene on the prairie
The Famous Five from a distance
Just a splash of colour
Poppy art
A fine old barn
Barn-shaped mailbox
Male beauty
When the clouds roll in
Time for an old barn again
The best colour to see in winter
Home of the Snowshoe Hare
Pine Grosbeak / Pinicola enucleator
Modern charm
Painted Tongue / Salpiglosis
Fenced in
A new find on a bitterly cold day
Christmas remnants
Little red barn on the prairie
A splash of much-needed red
A fine old barn
So pretty against the snow
Pine Grosbeaks adding colour to our winter
Pine Grosbeak / Pinicola enucleator
Remnant of the old days
The rule of red
With a view of the mountains and the prairies
Old-aged matching colours
New roof and a fresh coat of paint
A clash of colour
A beautiful old Ford
Colour for a snowy morning
Christmas colours in July
White-winged Crossbill / Loxia leucoptera
A favourite old barn
White-winged Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill / Loxia leucoptera
Moving into fall
Cone paradise
Mountain Ash berries
CL Ranches, Alberta
Jamaican Poinsettia / Euphorbia punicea
All decked out
Coffee Bean tree / Coffea
Indian Clock Vine / Thunbergia mysorensis
One of these things is not like the others
A splash of red
One of my favourite barns
European Mountain Ash / Sorbus aucuparia
A change of subject
It's beginning to look a lot like autumn
Strawberry Blite / Chenopodium capitatum
Red Baneberry / Actaea rubra, red berries
Too hard to resist
Unusual purple Striped coralroot / Corallorhiza st…
Canoes at Cameron Lake, Waterton
Utah Honeysuckle / Lonicera utahensis
Diabolo Ninebark
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Balsam Poplar catkins
Amazing, our temperature yesterday, 19 April 2016, got up to 27C! We have been having summer weather and it's only spring. The temperature in Calgary climbed high enough yesterday to top a century-old weather record.
"According to Environment Canada, the previous record high for Calgary on April 19 was recorded at the Calgary International Airport in 1910 when it was 26.7 C. Calgary had tied that record by 2 p.m. and beat it at around 5 p.m. by reaching 27.5 C."
globalnews.ca/news/2647710/calgary-poised-to-break-100-ye...
The weather was beautiful on 7 April 2016 and I finally got out for a walk in Fish Creek Park with birding friends. We started off at the Boat Launch, checking the Bow River for any waterfowl, then walked to the first storm water pond. From there, we walked down the path by the river, where, among other things, we spotted a little male Tree Swallow working at his nest cavity. Also a Black-capped Chickadee doing exactly the same thing. At one point, we heard a rustling in the dead leaves on the ground and then caught sight of a Meadow Vole. We even heard one litte squeak : )
Our last stop on our walk was to check on the pair of Great Horned Owls. Dad was sleeping in a tree not far from the nest tree and Mom was on the nest. We couldn't see any sign of the young ones.
The Balsam Poplar trees were full of bright red (male) catkins - they always look so beautiful, especially when seen against a blue sky. We saw one flower on our walk - yellow, and I think it was Silverweed, if I remember correctly. When I returned home later, I was welcomed by another yellow flower - my first Dandelion of the season : )
After the bird walk, I had intended going straight home, but on the spur of the moment, I turned on to the small road leading down to Bankside (still in Fish Creek Park). Sometimes, I get the feeling that I am meant to go somewhere, that there is a reason, and usually it ends up with my seeing something beautiful. Well, on this day, the 'something' was a gorgeous male Ring-necked Pheasant (actually, two of them)! On the drive to the parking lot, I had already seen another male, but the second one ended up crossing the path, giving a much closer view. As soon as I got out of my car, I recognized a lady in the distance - it was friend, Shirley, who had already spotted this bird. A fisherman mentioned it to us, as well. After watching the very well-hidden bird, we were treated to a clear view when it walked across the path ahead of us. Such a spectacular bird!
I will add the list of species seen on the first walk, compiled by our leaders:
Spring Birding, Boat Launch, FCPP, Calgary, 0915-1215, Thu07Apr2016. Sunny, calm, 3 – 15°C. Combined results of three groups.
Canada Goose-20
American Wigeon-2
Mallard-20
Common Goldeneye-10
Common Merganser-5
RED-TAILED HAWK-1
WILSON’S SNIPE-1
FRANKLIN’S GULL-5
Ring-billed Gull-15+
Rock Pigeon-2
Great Horned Owl-2
Downy Woodpecker-6
Hairy Woodpecker-2
Northern Flicker-7+
Black-billed Magpie-3
Common Raven-3
TREE SWALLOW-3. One male was excavating nest-hole
Black-capped Chickadee-10,One pair were excavating nest-hole
White-breasted Nuthatch-2+
American Robin-4
European Starling-40+
SONG SPARROW-2+
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD-3 m.
Meadow Vole-1
Muskrat-2
"According to Environment Canada, the previous record high for Calgary on April 19 was recorded at the Calgary International Airport in 1910 when it was 26.7 C. Calgary had tied that record by 2 p.m. and beat it at around 5 p.m. by reaching 27.5 C."
globalnews.ca/news/2647710/calgary-poised-to-break-100-ye...
The weather was beautiful on 7 April 2016 and I finally got out for a walk in Fish Creek Park with birding friends. We started off at the Boat Launch, checking the Bow River for any waterfowl, then walked to the first storm water pond. From there, we walked down the path by the river, where, among other things, we spotted a little male Tree Swallow working at his nest cavity. Also a Black-capped Chickadee doing exactly the same thing. At one point, we heard a rustling in the dead leaves on the ground and then caught sight of a Meadow Vole. We even heard one litte squeak : )
Our last stop on our walk was to check on the pair of Great Horned Owls. Dad was sleeping in a tree not far from the nest tree and Mom was on the nest. We couldn't see any sign of the young ones.
The Balsam Poplar trees were full of bright red (male) catkins - they always look so beautiful, especially when seen against a blue sky. We saw one flower on our walk - yellow, and I think it was Silverweed, if I remember correctly. When I returned home later, I was welcomed by another yellow flower - my first Dandelion of the season : )
After the bird walk, I had intended going straight home, but on the spur of the moment, I turned on to the small road leading down to Bankside (still in Fish Creek Park). Sometimes, I get the feeling that I am meant to go somewhere, that there is a reason, and usually it ends up with my seeing something beautiful. Well, on this day, the 'something' was a gorgeous male Ring-necked Pheasant (actually, two of them)! On the drive to the parking lot, I had already seen another male, but the second one ended up crossing the path, giving a much closer view. As soon as I got out of my car, I recognized a lady in the distance - it was friend, Shirley, who had already spotted this bird. A fisherman mentioned it to us, as well. After watching the very well-hidden bird, we were treated to a clear view when it walked across the path ahead of us. Such a spectacular bird!
I will add the list of species seen on the first walk, compiled by our leaders:
Spring Birding, Boat Launch, FCPP, Calgary, 0915-1215, Thu07Apr2016. Sunny, calm, 3 – 15°C. Combined results of three groups.
Canada Goose-20
American Wigeon-2
Mallard-20
Common Goldeneye-10
Common Merganser-5
RED-TAILED HAWK-1
WILSON’S SNIPE-1
FRANKLIN’S GULL-5
Ring-billed Gull-15+
Rock Pigeon-2
Great Horned Owl-2
Downy Woodpecker-6
Hairy Woodpecker-2
Northern Flicker-7+
Black-billed Magpie-3
Common Raven-3
TREE SWALLOW-3. One male was excavating nest-hole
Black-capped Chickadee-10,One pair were excavating nest-hole
White-breasted Nuthatch-2+
American Robin-4
European Starling-40+
SONG SPARROW-2+
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD-3 m.
Meadow Vole-1
Muskrat-2
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