Arethusa Cirque trail, Kananaskis
Shoo-fly / Nicandra physalodes
Lest We Forget
Slime Mold
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Love those hairy bracts
Beautiful Sacred Lotus
Shocking PINK
Common Indian Crow butterfly (Euploea core)
Just a few more weeks
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An oldie from my archives
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Misleading beauty
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Larch flowers
Watch out for its stranglehold
Arethusa Cirque, Kananaskis
Carnations for his sweetheart : )
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Wavy shadows
Concentration
Timber Wolf enjoying the sun
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One-flowered Wintergreen / Moneses uniflora
Unidentified
Little pink bells
Hidden amongst the branches
Glorious Gazania - and tiny friend
Spring delight
Banded Orange, Dryadula phaetusa
Wilson's Snipe
Yellow-headed Blackbird from the archives
Santa's on his way
Gentle curves
A fancy fungus
House Wren
Eye-catching red
Such a beauty
Tiny Saddle Fungus in the sunlight
Rocky Mountains around Canmore, near Banff
Forgotten fungus
Fall in the Rockies
Common Sargeant / Athyma perius
Pink and pretty
Cloud dominance
Lamb's Ear / Stachys sp.
Time to feed a hungry youngster
The (almost) perfectionist
Little orange beauties
A sad ending, I suspect
Is this Clavulinopsis laeticolor?
Splash of blue
Forest goblets
False Coral fungus
A closer look
Anthurium
Pretty little thing
Tiny Lemon Drops / Bisporella citrina
Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park in the rai…
Basking in the early morning sun
Look what I unearthed : )
Chunky fungi
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Last night, when choosing three photos to post this morning, I happened to come across this old shot from my archives. It was taken at the Calgary Zoo on 2 May 2011, when a pair of Snowy Owls was in a small enclosure near the Tigers. SInce then, the only Snowies at the Zoo are over in the Aviary. It has been too long to remember for sure, but I think this was most likely the female rather than a juvenile bird.
With so many people now going outside the city to look for, and photograph, these amazing birds of prey that have moved south in search of food, I thought this photo might be a good reminder of yet another reason to keep ones distance, lol. Those talons mean business! I sometimes think I must be the only person who isn't out to get photos of these owls in flight! Please don't deliberately flush them - they are already tired and stressed enough. Of course, they sometimes fly simply because they want to, in their search for yet another rodent.
Actually, I was lucky enough to see two very, very distant Snowy Owls yesterday, when I went with a group of 7 friends to take part in the first annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count of the season. This is one of my favourite counts, mainly because our small group covers one of my favourite areas, SE of the city.
With so many people now going outside the city to look for, and photograph, these amazing birds of prey that have moved south in search of food, I thought this photo might be a good reminder of yet another reason to keep ones distance, lol. Those talons mean business! I sometimes think I must be the only person who isn't out to get photos of these owls in flight! Please don't deliberately flush them - they are already tired and stressed enough. Of course, they sometimes fly simply because they want to, in their search for yet another rodent.
Actually, I was lucky enough to see two very, very distant Snowy Owls yesterday, when I went with a group of 7 friends to take part in the first annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count of the season. This is one of my favourite counts, mainly because our small group covers one of my favourite areas, SE of the city.
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