Eye contact with a very distant Moose

GOOD LUCK, AMERICA!! GOOD LUCK, WORLD!!

Today is THE day - voting for the next U.S. President. May the BEST person win.

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What crazy weather we are having here in Calgary - it's already 10C this morning and it is forecast to soar to 20C this afternoon! Insane weather for 8 November. As warm as many of our days this past, rainy summer.

On 26 October 2016, I went on a day trip with friends, Shirley and Anne. We had a very early start, 7:00 am, and drove west of the city to start with, driving to the far end of Elbow Falls Trail (Highway 66). While at Elbow Falls, we saw a pair of American Dippers flying from rock to rock. They were vocalizing, too, which I had never heard before.

Though there seemed to be very few birds to be seen all day, we were so lucky to see a total of four Moose - two at each of two different locations SW of the city. This photo shows one of the two that we saw first. They were moving in and out of all the bushes, but I was able to get a shot or two when they were out in the open. It is always nice to see a Moose, and to see four in one day was a real treat. The second two were fairly young ones.

From Elbow Falls Trail, we drove down through the Millarville area and finally ended up east of High River. We found one of the Great Horned Owls that everyone had been following earlier in the year, along with a nearby little American Tree Sparrow. We did see a few Hawks, including a Rough-legged Hawk on a hay bale and very dark morph Hawk later in the day.

A great day, ladies - thank you so much for inviting me along and thanks so much, Shirley, for driving! Greatly appreciated.