Pronghorn
Vibrant colour to warm us all up
Diamond-studded
Wild Turkeys
Uncommon American Three-toed Woodpecker
White-winged Crossbill
Orange Hawkweed
Ruffed Grouse - from my archives
Boreal Chickadee
Cute as always
Great Gray Owl in early morning light
Cabbage White butterfly
Wild Turkeys
Beetle necklace
Pine Siskin
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Golden
November in Weaselhead
Himalayan Blue Poppy
Backward glance
Grain elevator with a difference
Give it time to age
Creature of the forest
Someone just couldn't resist : )
Livingston House, Heritage Park
Time to reveal
Louisiana Broomrape / Orobanche ludoviciana
A favourite old barn
You can always count on a Chickadee
Travelling the Cobble Flats road
Giant Scabius / Cephalaria gigantea
Ibis iridescence
Why birds are sometimes hard to find
Sparkling in the sunlight
White-winged Crossbill / Loxia leucoptera
Pink or Showy lady's-slipper / Cypripedium reginae
Well, hello there
Face to the sun
Lesser Scaup
Elegant beauty
Being a good mother
Cornflower
Morning awakes
With thoughts of nesting
Sunlight on the low cloud
Licking the salt
Fancy 'Cat's Cradle'
Three-toed Woodpecker
Christmas colours in July
Summer Iris display
Baby Coot
Mariposa Lily / Calochortus apiculatus
Colour for a snowy morning
Early morning fog and hoar frost
Beware!
A beautiful old Ford
A clash of colour
Frosted Cattails
So far away, but better than nothing
A frosty view from Frank Lake blind
A foggy, frosty sunrise
New roof and a fresh coat of paint
Through the frost to the bird blind
Four out of at least 600+
A delicate touch of hoar frost
Happy Thanksgiving!
Sunset over Great Falls, US
Raven, Yellowstone National Park
The beauty of old age
White-winged Crossbill
Rockyview General Hospital, reflected
Caught in the early evening light
Wild bergamot, Monarda fistulosa
Resting near the Cattails
Snow with a touch of hoar frost
Yesterday's walk along the Bow River
Mallard female
The whites and blues of winter
Colour to warm the heart and soul
Yesterday's adventure
Tree Swallow iridescence
At the Saskatoon Farm
Changing from green to white
Mullein / Verbascum thapsus
Dark-eyed Junco / Junco hyemalis
Before the land turned white
Pine Grosbeak male / Pinicola enucleator
Elegant innocence
Water colour version
Should I stay or should I go?
Time to rest awhile
White-winged Crossbill / Loxia leucoptera
Canada Violet / Viola canadensis
Long-billed Dowitchers / Limnodromus scolopaceus
Painted Daisy / Chrysanthemum coccineum
Fall reflections at Carburn Park
The favourite
Gas Plant / Dictamnus albus 'Purpureus'
Black-necked Stilt
Common Loon in emerald waters
Moving into fall
Marsland Basin
Overflowing with colour
Six old granaries
Wonder what she's thinking
"Just" a little House Sparrow
Lest we forget
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Delicate Pinedrops / Pterospora andromedea
Deep pink Peony
Up close and personal
Clustered Broomrape / Orobanche fasciculata
How I love Alberta!
One of Santa's reindeer
Complete with tiny rooster weather vane
Mule Deer buck
Harebell / Campanula rotundifolia
Peking Cotoneaster / Cotoneaster acutifolia
Feeding time excitement
It tickles!
Pennycress seedpods
Taking a closer look at the fish
Elegance
Leucistic Red-breasted Nuthatch
One of my favourite flowers to photograph
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Soaking up the sun
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It was cold yesterday morning, when I met friends for a three hour walk at Griffith Woods. Temperature was -10 to -4°C. Eventually, the warmth of the sun could just be felt, which always makes such a welcome difference. This little Red Squirrel looks like he's puffed out to try and keep warm, with his bushy tail draped over his back. Looks like he has been eating Spruce cone seeds.
Not a huge variety of birds - but we saw so many Bohemian Waxwings flying overhead and sometimes landing near the tops of very tall Spruce trees.
Canada Goose-110
Mallard-10
Bald Eagle-1 juv.
Merlin-1
Downy Woodpecker-1
Hairy Woodpecker-1
Northern Flicker-2
Northern Shrike-1, chasing a Blue Jay
Blue Jay-4+
Black-billed Magpie-7
Common Raven-3+
Black-capped Chickadee-25
Boreal Chickadee-4+
Red-breasted Nuthatch-1
White-breasted Nuthatch-3
Golden-crowned Kinglet-1
Bohemian Waxwing-600+.
Pine Grosbeak-4
White-winged Crossbill-4+
Common Redpoll-2
House Sparrow-1
On a totally different note, I had a wonderful surprise yesterday. After receiving a notificiation e-mail telling me that someone had 'buzzed' me on the FriendsReunited website that I had joined quite a few years ago, I discovered two words, "Remember me?" To my amazement, it was from someone who had been in the class I taught for one year in England (my very first year of teaching, in a mixed class of Grade 5/6 (equivalent). He had been a delightful, quiet, shy boy and I remembered him as if it was yesterday : ) I am so impressed with what he has done with his life - I'm still in awe today! Most of his 36 years of working were spent teaching. When he sent me the message yesterday, he had just finished taking part in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race - the boat he was on came in third place out of twelve! Such a good, good feeling to hear that a student from so many years ago has used his life so well!
Not a huge variety of birds - but we saw so many Bohemian Waxwings flying overhead and sometimes landing near the tops of very tall Spruce trees.
Canada Goose-110
Mallard-10
Bald Eagle-1 juv.
Merlin-1
Downy Woodpecker-1
Hairy Woodpecker-1
Northern Flicker-2
Northern Shrike-1, chasing a Blue Jay
Blue Jay-4+
Black-billed Magpie-7
Common Raven-3+
Black-capped Chickadee-25
Boreal Chickadee-4+
Red-breasted Nuthatch-1
White-breasted Nuthatch-3
Golden-crowned Kinglet-1
Bohemian Waxwing-600+.
Pine Grosbeak-4
White-winged Crossbill-4+
Common Redpoll-2
House Sparrow-1
On a totally different note, I had a wonderful surprise yesterday. After receiving a notificiation e-mail telling me that someone had 'buzzed' me on the FriendsReunited website that I had joined quite a few years ago, I discovered two words, "Remember me?" To my amazement, it was from someone who had been in the class I taught for one year in England (my very first year of teaching, in a mixed class of Grade 5/6 (equivalent). He had been a delightful, quiet, shy boy and I remembered him as if it was yesterday : ) I am so impressed with what he has done with his life - I'm still in awe today! Most of his 36 years of working were spent teaching. When he sent me the message yesterday, he had just finished taking part in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race - the boat he was on came in third place out of twelve! Such a good, good feeling to hear that a student from so many years ago has used his life so well!
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