Anne Elliott's photos

I zoomed in to the Rocky Mountains from the top of Weaselhead to catch this orange glow.

A close-up of one of my favourite little birds. They work so hard, and constantly, finding seeds during the winter, so the very occasional seed from the hand really doesn't make that much difference.

Saw this Ornamental Cabbage in the rather fine gardens at Fort Calgary. They also have a wildflower garden next to their cultiavted garden.

Another find at the Fort Calgary gardens. I was fascinated by the opening flower of this Zucchini - some interesting patterns and texture, not to mention colour.

Heavily cropped image of a very striking bird seen amongst the cattails in a local park.

The vibrant blue colour of these small birds is almost unreal. Seeing them for the first time after a long, cold winter takes ones breath away. They are very active, so I never find it easy to get even a distant photo of them. Was lucky to get both a female (top) along with a male (bottom) at the same time.

These little birds visit Alberta in winter time, in varying numbers, depending on the year. I saw this female in Weaselhead in March 2005 and this is the only time I have ever seen any Common Redpolls. The male's breast is often pinkish.

The "usual" photo of this common damselfly! However, I never tire of seeing that brilliant blue when out on a walk - and those eyes!

Often seen along roadsides and other grassy places, these attractive ink caps gradually expand, turn black and liquefy.