'Superman, where are you now?'
Water patterns in matching colours
Love those Canola fields
Layers
Storm clouds over Canola
Mossleigh grain elevators
American Tree Sparrow
Black-necked Stilt
Greenish sky beneath a Chinook Arch
Storm clouds moving in
The remaining three
Young Brown-headed Cowbirds
"Eyebrows" to match the Canola bokeh
Preening White-faced Ibis
Iridescence
Yay, it's Canola time!
Eared Grebe
Brant grain elevator
The elegant American Avocet
American Avocet
The exotic White-faced Ibis
Brant grain elevator
Blackie grain terminal
Is this a Snowy Owl feather?
A favourite tree
Barn on a hoarfrosty day
Cat on a barn roof
A smudge stick sky
Snow Bunting, still for a moment
Old homestead in sunset light
Prairie Falcon
Mountains at sunset
Barn with a difference
Sitting so pretty
Red barn on a sunny day
Layers and stripes
Old barn with a view
Delicate hoar frost
Yesterday's treat
Hoar frost
A curtain of hoar frost
Hoar frost on barbed-wire
Hoar frost everywhere you look
Late fall on the prairies
Snowy peaks, Chinook Arch, golden stubble - who ne…
Outside looking in
A barn with a difference
Great Horned Owl with fall colours
The Kent (Superman) Farmhouse
Here comes the rain
Western Meadowlark
Gorgeous iridescent feathers
Juvenile European Starling
European Starling juvenile
White-faced Ibis - very rare in Alberta
Distant Snow Geese
Clouds over Frank Lake
Five Swans a-swimming
A different kind of perch
Superman's barn
Western Meadowlark
Trumpeter Swans
Western Meadowlark
Snuggling up to Mom
Yay, Superman!
Northern Shoveler / Anas clypeata
Patterns in the fields
Prairie blues and golds
Follow the lines
Sunrise over the mountains
What a way to end the day
I've been waiting SO long...
Sunrise pink
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Memories of Canola
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On 6 July 2015, the weather forecast looked good for the High River area, SE of Calgary. However, when I got there, the sky was overcast, the distant Rocky Mountains had completely disappeared, and the light was not good for taking photos. For some reason, all the birds, including the Ibis near the blind at Frank Lake, were unusually active, which didn't help!
There were three things that I thought I would try and photograph - yellow Canola fields, any kind of bird sitting on a fence post with Canola behind it, and an Eared Grebe with young ones on her back. Managed the first two, but there was just the one Grebe near the blind but too far to photograph when she had a single baby on her back. Luckily, this little Savannah Sparrow decided to land on a fence post at the edge of the road. I always love the way their yellow "eyebrows" match the colour of the Canola bokeh. I was also lucky to find several close White-faced Ibis at a slough NE of Frank Lake. So, just a short trip, but an enjoyable one.
Today, 5 September 2015, I had planned to go on a birding trip with friends to the same area, but the weather is dreary and raining, so I went back to bed instead. One great thing I read just now about our weather for this coming winter, is that we are forecast to have another mild winter, which would be wonderful!
There were three things that I thought I would try and photograph - yellow Canola fields, any kind of bird sitting on a fence post with Canola behind it, and an Eared Grebe with young ones on her back. Managed the first two, but there was just the one Grebe near the blind but too far to photograph when she had a single baby on her back. Luckily, this little Savannah Sparrow decided to land on a fence post at the edge of the road. I always love the way their yellow "eyebrows" match the colour of the Canola bokeh. I was also lucky to find several close White-faced Ibis at a slough NE of Frank Lake. So, just a short trip, but an enjoyable one.
Today, 5 September 2015, I had planned to go on a birding trip with friends to the same area, but the weather is dreary and raining, so I went back to bed instead. One great thing I read just now about our weather for this coming winter, is that we are forecast to have another mild winter, which would be wonderful!
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