Delicate blossom
Showing off his colours
Purple Iris
Black-billed Magpie
Sunflower beauty
Before and after the petals fall
Bleeding hearts
Snack time for baby Coot
Shades of orange
A little blossom flower
Well, hello, little Chickadee
Spiny Rose Gall
A lovely splash of colour
Fritillary
American Goldfinch female with Sunflower seed
Clouds and Dandelions
Pasqueflower / Pulsatilla vulgaris
Eastern Phoebe / Sayornis phoebe
Colour for a dreary day
Flashing his neck feathers
Yellow Lady's-slipper
Grape Hyacinth / Muscari sp.
Chionodoxa forbesii, white
Masterwort / Astrantia major
Barberry
Ten little bundles of joy
The dreaded Goat's-beard / Tragopogon dubius
Muscari sp., white
Osprey family
Welcoming the sun
Sharp and soft
Osprey family
Prairie Gentian / Gentiana affinis
Cooper's Hawk
A flower for Mother's Day
Life in the cemetery
Redhead beauty
The Famous Five
Changes by new owners in "The Famous Five" field
Elephant's ears / Bergenia cordifolia
Finally .... little goslings
Red-necked Grebe & reflection
Yellow and red
Puffed up for warmth
Like the sun on a grey, gloomy, rainy day
Lovely lady
Siberian Bugloss / Brunnera macrophylla
A time to reflect
Caragana - invasive beauty
Double Bloodroot / Sanguinaria canadensis f. multi…
Feed me
Pasqueflower / Pulsatilla vulgaris
Red-necked Grebe
Blossom - pretty in pink
Lesser Scaup male
Jack Rabbit turning from white to brown
Signs of spring
Common Grackle / Quiscalus quiscula
Canada Buffaloberry / Shepherdia canadensis
Blossom
Beautiful Hellebore
The joy of spring
Old Puffballs
A welcome splash of red
Wild Gooseberry
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Yesterday, 27 May 2015, I had a volunteer shift and afterwards, as the sun was shining, I called in at the Reader Rock Garden. There is rain in the forecast for most of the next 12 days, which will drive me crazy, so I thought I'd better make the most of the blue sky while I could. Alberta is bone dry everywhere, with wildfires especially further north. Actually, one was burning near Water Valley the day after my daughter and I were there three days ago. So, much as I really dislike the rain, we desperately need it.
Right next to Reader Rock Garden is the Union Cemetery, where I photographed this American Robin. The Jack Rabbits and birds spend time in both places, needless to say.
From the Union Cemetery, I also called in at another nearby cemetery, hoping to find a Wild European Rabbit (none to be seen). There are several bird feeders there, especially by one of the gravestones. I always wonder if the person who was buried there had been a birder. Seemed such a beautiful idea.
My last stop was at a wetland in SW Calgary, where I found a Common Grackle. Normally, I just don't see Grackles, but I had seen one there recently, and I'm always happy when I do see one.
Right next to Reader Rock Garden is the Union Cemetery, where I photographed this American Robin. The Jack Rabbits and birds spend time in both places, needless to say.
From the Union Cemetery, I also called in at another nearby cemetery, hoping to find a Wild European Rabbit (none to be seen). There are several bird feeders there, especially by one of the gravestones. I always wonder if the person who was buried there had been a birder. Seemed such a beautiful idea.
My last stop was at a wetland in SW Calgary, where I found a Common Grackle. Normally, I just don't see Grackles, but I had seen one there recently, and I'm always happy when I do see one.
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