The far side of the river valley
Bright and beautiful
Bee on Tall Larkspur / Delphinium exaltatum
Fungus guttation droplets
Purple/Water Avens / Geum rivale
White Admiral
False Solomon's Seal
White Admiral
Fungi on a tree stump
Wild Licorice?
Sainfoin / Onobrychis
American White Pelicans on the Bow River
Sainfoin / Onobrychis
American White Pelicans on the Bow River
Mountain Death Camas / Zigadenus elegans
Osprey with a fish
Osprey with a fish
Yellow Mountain-avens / Dryas drummondii
Afternoon trip to the mountains
Bethlehem Lutheran Church of Dalum
Badland beauty
One of my favourite old barns
Little country church, Alberta
The remaining three
One of my favourite old barns
Long ago, someone's pride and joy
Weathered by the passing years
Front door of the little prairie church
Berries in the sunshine
Yellow Prairie Coneflower / Mexican Hat
Artichoke
Splash of colour
Osprey
Campion / Silene sp.
Osprey
Campion
American Goldfinch collecting Thistle seeds
Wild Sunflower sp.
American Goldfinch collecting Thistle seeds
Colour in the garden
Edible King Oyster mushrooms, Akesi Farms
Rural Alberta
Pholiota destruens fungus on cut end of a log
Coral fungus sp.
Fungus
Pholiota terrestris growing in soil
Cystoderma cinnabarina
Cystoderma cinnabarina
Bolete
Gaillardia
Backlit Sunflower
Amanita muscaria
Fly agaric / Amanita muscaria
Puffballs and others growing on a tree stump
Our leader for fungi walks, Karel Bergmann
Remembering 9/11
Mushroom growing on top of a tall tree stump
Fly agaric / Amanita muscaria
Highlight of my day - Fly agaric / Amanita muscari…
Shaggy parasol / Chlorophyllum (formerly Macrolepi…
Shaggy parasol / Chlorophyllum (formerly Macrolepi…
Bolete
Shaggy parasol / Chlorophyllum (formerly Macrolepi…
Old and rusty tractor
Colour for an overcast day
Great Horned Owl - rehab
The yellow has bloomed!
Swainson's Hawk, immature
Golden Eagle!
Old, red barn
Red-winged Blackbird male / Agelaius phoeniceus
Wilson's Snipe
A new find
Red-winged Blackbird displaying
American Goldfinch male / Spinus tristis
Northern Flicker babies in cavity
House Sparrow feeding babies in cavity
Eared Grebe & baby
Eared Grebe baby
Coot baby following in Mom's footsteps
Coot juvenile
Barn Swallow with feather for its nest
Storm clouds in the direction of home
Eared Grebe with baby
Storm clouds moving in
Barn Swallow / Hirundo rustica
Eared Grebe / Podiceps nigricollis
Pika - tiny fluffball
Yellow Warbler with food for his babies
Osprey with fish
Northern Rough-winged Swallow / Stelgidopteryx ser…
Osprey with fish
Yellow Warbler female
Yellow Warbler male collecting insects
Northern Rough-winged Swallow / Stelgidopteryx ser…
Osprey with fish
Northern Rough-winged Swallow / Stelgidopteryx ser…
Osprey with fish
Northern Rough-winged Swallow / Stelgidopteryx ser…
Northern Rough-winged Swallow / Stelgidopteryx ser…
Bobolink / Dolichonyx oryzivorus, singing
Wilson's Snipe, having a stretch
Wilson's Snipe
Bobolink male / Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Mountain Bluebird with Red-winged Grasshopper
Bobolink male / Dolichonyx oryzivorus, on a windy…
Mountain Bluebird with food for his babies
Mountain Bluebird
Bobolink male / Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Mountain Bluebird male
Treasures of the Ghost River forest - a little bi…
Fungi in the Ghost River forest
Upturned Three-flowered Avens / Geum triflorum
Day 9, Black-bellied Whistling Duck, Resaca de la…
Day 9, Couch's Kingbird / Tyrannus couchii, Resaca…
Day 9, Great Crested Flycatcher / Myiarchus crinit…
Day 9, Couch's Kingbird, Resaca de la Palma SP, Te…
Cedar Waxwing / Bombycilla cedrorum
Mallard family swimming on the river
Osprey / Pandion haliaetus
Yellow Warbler / Setophaga petechia
Brown-headed Cowbird / Molothrus ater
Osprey
Cedar Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
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"July 20, 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the first humans landing on the Moon on July 20, 1969 as part of NASA's Apollo 11 lunar mission." People are remembering this exciting, successful event this week. I was trying to remember where I was when this all took place, so I checked. In the week before, we flew from Seria, Brunei, Borneo, back to England for a short while. On the journey from Borneo, we spent 6th - 13th July in Hong Kong, then in Rome, Italy, from 14th - 18th July, arriving in Birmingham, England, at my parents' house on 18th July. We ended up in Holland in October 1969 and returned to Borneo about a week before Christmas 1969. So, I am guessing that we were with my parents when the Moon Landing took place. My parents never had a TV, and I can't remember watching it at any friend's house. So much packing, travelling and chaos : )
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Saturday, 20 July 2019 - our temperature is 13C (windchill 11C) around noon. Risk of a thunderstorm this afternoon. This is summer??
A couple of days ago, after seven or so long, brutal months of winter (coldest on record?) and now endless weeks of rain and cloud, I finally decided, enough is enough. I have become a fair-weather photographer, and we don't get that much fair weather, especially this year. So, on 18 July 2019, despite the weather forecast for a thunderstorm, I decided to drive SE of the city mid-afternoon. A few more days, and I will be spending the day with my daughter, though I'm not sure yet where she will choose to go. She (me, too) loves the Saskatoon Farm, but also wants to get out to a few golden Canola fields. Thought I would scout around beforehand. My plan had been to go to the Farm first and have a meal, and then continue on to Frank Lake. Seeing the beautiful storm clouds on my drive south, I was torn as to whether to go to Frank Lake first and catch a few photos. Then it occurred to me that I could also get a few sky shots once I had turned off the main highway and on to the country road leading to the Farm.
The Farm was pretty busy. So much wonderful colour everywhere that I almost forgot about the weather. That is, until I was eating outside under the open shelter. It was so cold, I had goosebumps, and the wind increased, sending a huge picnic table umbrella flying fast through the air. Just a short bit of rain and all returned to normal.
As usual, I wandered around the grounds, shooting flowers, rabbits, landscape, clouds, and old tractors. One barn stood out to me and had me puzzled. I have visited the farm many times before, but I don't remember seeing this particular barn before. It looked so pretty, with its colourful flower border.
Eventually, I continued my drive to Frank Lake. The storm clouds stayed with me. One side road has a small wetland on either side of the road and I pulled over to check what birds might be there. I was about to turn off my car when a loud buzzer sounded and a tornado alert was announced - to take shelter and if there was no shelter nearby, to get into a ditch or ravine. Then I heard that the area covered was further SE - in fact, where I had been a week earlier.
"Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) confirmed a weak EF0 tornado touched down two kilometres northeast of Crossfield at around 2:15 p.m. Sunday, 14 July 2019, marking the 12th confirmed twister of the season." (This was roughly 50 km north of Calgary.)
According to the weather agency, Alberta typically sees an average of 15 tornadoes per year with the peak season starting mid-to-late June and ending early-to-mid August.
So far in 2019, there have been 12 confirmed tornadoes in Alberta and three probable ones. There have also been many reports of funnel clouds." From Global News.
While i was standing by this wetland a White-faced Ibis flew in. I believe this was the first one I had really seen and photographed this year. Further on, when I was at the blind, there were so many Ruddy Ducks. The Barn Swallow pair flew back and forth to their nest that is just out of sight. I had checked to see if I could spot the Red Knot (bird), but without binoculars, it was pretty much impossible to check the very distant water birds.
A very enjoyable afternoon/evening. Mid-evening, the main highway wasn't very busy, and the rain only started when I arrived home and had to get out of the car.
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Saturday, 20 July 2019 - our temperature is 13C (windchill 11C) around noon. Risk of a thunderstorm this afternoon. This is summer??
A couple of days ago, after seven or so long, brutal months of winter (coldest on record?) and now endless weeks of rain and cloud, I finally decided, enough is enough. I have become a fair-weather photographer, and we don't get that much fair weather, especially this year. So, on 18 July 2019, despite the weather forecast for a thunderstorm, I decided to drive SE of the city mid-afternoon. A few more days, and I will be spending the day with my daughter, though I'm not sure yet where she will choose to go. She (me, too) loves the Saskatoon Farm, but also wants to get out to a few golden Canola fields. Thought I would scout around beforehand. My plan had been to go to the Farm first and have a meal, and then continue on to Frank Lake. Seeing the beautiful storm clouds on my drive south, I was torn as to whether to go to Frank Lake first and catch a few photos. Then it occurred to me that I could also get a few sky shots once I had turned off the main highway and on to the country road leading to the Farm.
The Farm was pretty busy. So much wonderful colour everywhere that I almost forgot about the weather. That is, until I was eating outside under the open shelter. It was so cold, I had goosebumps, and the wind increased, sending a huge picnic table umbrella flying fast through the air. Just a short bit of rain and all returned to normal.
As usual, I wandered around the grounds, shooting flowers, rabbits, landscape, clouds, and old tractors. One barn stood out to me and had me puzzled. I have visited the farm many times before, but I don't remember seeing this particular barn before. It looked so pretty, with its colourful flower border.
Eventually, I continued my drive to Frank Lake. The storm clouds stayed with me. One side road has a small wetland on either side of the road and I pulled over to check what birds might be there. I was about to turn off my car when a loud buzzer sounded and a tornado alert was announced - to take shelter and if there was no shelter nearby, to get into a ditch or ravine. Then I heard that the area covered was further SE - in fact, where I had been a week earlier.
"Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) confirmed a weak EF0 tornado touched down two kilometres northeast of Crossfield at around 2:15 p.m. Sunday, 14 July 2019, marking the 12th confirmed twister of the season." (This was roughly 50 km north of Calgary.)
According to the weather agency, Alberta typically sees an average of 15 tornadoes per year with the peak season starting mid-to-late June and ending early-to-mid August.
So far in 2019, there have been 12 confirmed tornadoes in Alberta and three probable ones. There have also been many reports of funnel clouds." From Global News.
While i was standing by this wetland a White-faced Ibis flew in. I believe this was the first one I had really seen and photographed this year. Further on, when I was at the blind, there were so many Ruddy Ducks. The Barn Swallow pair flew back and forth to their nest that is just out of sight. I had checked to see if I could spot the Red Knot (bird), but without binoculars, it was pretty much impossible to check the very distant water birds.
A very enjoyable afternoon/evening. Mid-evening, the main highway wasn't very busy, and the rain only started when I arrived home and had to get out of the car.
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