Prince's Pine / Chimaphila umbellata
Beetle on Fringed Grass-of-Parnassus
Hungry little Muskrat
Rough-fruited Fairybells / Prosartes trachycarpa
Harebell / Campanula rotundifolia
Clustered Broomrape / Orobanche fasciculata
Canada Violet / Viola canadensis
Wild bergamot, Monarda fistulosa
Louisiana Broomrape / Orobanche ludoviciana
Mariposa Lily / Calochortus apiculatus
02 Mountain Lady's Slipper / Cypripedium montanum
Wild Blue Columbine / Aquilegia brevistyla
Pink Monkeyflower / Mimulus lewisii
My first sighting of the season
Munch, munch, munch ....
Wild Blue Columbine / Aquilegia brevistyla
Just look at those toenails
Pika / Ochonta princeps
Backlit beauties
Indian Breadroot
Early Cinquefoil
Nuttall's Sunflower / Helianthus nuttallii
03 Blowing in the wind
Red Baneberry
Paintbush, with a visiting Crab Spider
Bracted Honeysuckle / Lonicera involucrata
Orange False Dandelion / Agoseris aurantiaca
Thimbleberry / Rubus parviflorus
Mariposa Lily
Purple Prairie Clover
Shakin' all over
White Prairie Clover / Dalea candida
Paintbrush - green flowers, red bracts
Yellow Owl's-clover / Orthocarpus luteus
The cutest little furball
Yellow Columbine
A brief moment's rest
A brief moment of rest
Between a rock and a hard place
Push!
Light-coloured Pika
Mid-squeak!
It's that little guy (gal) again
Mariposa Lily
A brief close encounter
Muskrat ripples
Water Smartweed / Polygonum amphibium
Love those little Pika feet
Pika pose
It's Pika time - again
Wild Bergamot
Chocolate chip lichen / Solorina crocea
Muskrat, SW Calgary
Wild and wonderful Lupines
Indian Breadroot / Pediomelum esculentum
Red Baneberry, Waterton Lakes National Park
Pink Monkeyflower
Orange False Dandelion / Agoseris aurantiaca
Small and fast .... and adorable
Pika, on a windy day
Cinnamon Black Bear, Waterton Lakes National Park,…
Blue Flax / Linum lewisii
American Pika - such a cutie
Fringed Grass-of-Parnassus / Parnassia fimbriata
Nuttall's Sunflower / Helianthus nuttallii
European Skipper on Pearly Everlasting / Antennari…
Clustered Broomrape / Orobanche fasciculata
Orange False Dandelion / Agoseris aurantiaca
Yarrow with tiny visitor
Many-flowered Monkeyflower / Mimulus floribundus
Thimbleberry / Rubus parviflorus
Busy little Muskrat
Strawberry Blite / Chenopodium capitatum
Pretty shade of Paintbrush
Gairdner’s Yampah (Yampa) / Perideridia gairdneri,…
Rough-Fruited Fairybells / Prosartes trachycarpa
Pink Monkeyflower / mimulus lewisii
Harebell
A delicate shade of Paintbrush
Water Hemlock / Cicuta
Pink Monkeyflower / mimulus lewisii
Mountain Lady's Slipper / Cypripedium montanum
Orobanche / Orobanche fasciculata
Brightening up the forest
Shrubby Penstemon / Penstemon fruticosus
Mountain Lady's Slipper / Cypripedium montanum
Nodding Silverpuffs / Microseris nutans
Mariposa Lily / Calochortus apiculatus
Arrowleaf Balsamroot with Crab Spider
Bird's-eye primrose / Primula mistassinica
Horned Lark in April snow
Pika, up close
Jack Rabbit turning from white to brown
Growing at Pine Coulee Reservoir
Prairie Crocuses covered in water droplets
Early Blue Violets
Brrr ... shiver
Love a Pika's ears
Ice crystals on Prairie Crocus
Love those big ears and big feet
Gathering food for the winter
White-tailed Deer
Columbian Ground Squirrel
A moment of closeness
Horned Lark
"Just" a Mallard
Nibble ... nibble ... nibble
Stocking up on food for the winter
Pika storing food for the winter in its cave
Young North American Beaver
Just a small mouthful
Living in a rocky world
Nibble, nibble, nibble
Just for the record
On golden pond
A moment to ponder
Eye-catching Fireweed
Supper time for a hungry young Beaver
Filling up on berries before winter
Young Beavers at play
Quick march
A change from Marmots
Harebell and tiny visitors
Sometimes, all you get is a silhouette
A glance over the shoulder
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European Skipper on wild Bergamot
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Argh! I overslept by almost an hour - will have to finish all my descriptions, etc., later today.
On 23 July 2015, five of us spent the day botanizing the land belonging to Darryl Teskey, SW of Calgary and W of Millarville (maybe a 40-minute drive from Calgary). This was the first time I had been there and I'm so glad I was invited to go - I would have missed all sorts of things, including a family of Ruffed Grouse and several fungi. These Grouse were the rare rufous-morph, and we startled them when we were walking through the forest in their direction. Usually, you don't see Grouse because they are so well-hidden. When you get fairly close (sometimes very close) to them, they suddenly "explode" from the tangle of shrubs and plants of the forest floor, making ones heart beat fast! We were taken by surprise when we came across a nearby statue of Saint Francis of Assisi, who is known as the patron saint of animals and the environment. A nice idea, I thought.
Our walk took us over grassland and through forest, many places treacherous with so many fallen logs which were often barely visible. I have never, ever seen so many tiny Skipper butterflies - there must have been hundreds or even thousands of these bright orange beauties that were flying or perched on flowers of every colour.
Fortunately, the rain stayed away until we started driving back to Calgary. Quite a lot of black clouds, reminding me of the tornado that passed through Calgary just the day before (22 July 2015).
Our purpose, as always, was to find and list everything that we saw - wildflowers, trees, grasses, birds, insects, fungi, etc.. Our leader then compiles an extensive list of our finds and this is later sent to the landowner, along with any photos that we might take. Always a win/win situation, as the landowner then has a much better idea of just what is on his property, and we have a most enjoyable day.
On 23 July 2015, five of us spent the day botanizing the land belonging to Darryl Teskey, SW of Calgary and W of Millarville (maybe a 40-minute drive from Calgary). This was the first time I had been there and I'm so glad I was invited to go - I would have missed all sorts of things, including a family of Ruffed Grouse and several fungi. These Grouse were the rare rufous-morph, and we startled them when we were walking through the forest in their direction. Usually, you don't see Grouse because they are so well-hidden. When you get fairly close (sometimes very close) to them, they suddenly "explode" from the tangle of shrubs and plants of the forest floor, making ones heart beat fast! We were taken by surprise when we came across a nearby statue of Saint Francis of Assisi, who is known as the patron saint of animals and the environment. A nice idea, I thought.
Our walk took us over grassland and through forest, many places treacherous with so many fallen logs which were often barely visible. I have never, ever seen so many tiny Skipper butterflies - there must have been hundreds or even thousands of these bright orange beauties that were flying or perched on flowers of every colour.
Fortunately, the rain stayed away until we started driving back to Calgary. Quite a lot of black clouds, reminding me of the tornado that passed through Calgary just the day before (22 July 2015).
Our purpose, as always, was to find and list everything that we saw - wildflowers, trees, grasses, birds, insects, fungi, etc.. Our leader then compiles an extensive list of our finds and this is later sent to the landowner, along with any photos that we might take. Always a win/win situation, as the landowner then has a much better idea of just what is on his property, and we have a most enjoyable day.
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