One of my favourite views
Spotted Sandpiper
Flycatcher sp. - Willow or Alder Flycatcher
Gaillardia
Mountain Death Camas / Zigadenus elegans
Middle Lake, Bow Valley Provincial Park
Willow Flycatcher
Fleabane
Kalm's Lobelia / Lobelia kalmii
Ram's Horn Snail shell
Brown-headed Cowbird juvenile
Little mystery bird - juvenile Yellow-rumped Warbl…
02 Colourful Dock sp.
01 Middle Lake, Bow Valley Provincial Park
Barrier Lake, Kananaskis
Yellow Warbler male
My favourite view in Bow Valley Provincial Park
Morel mushroom in its natural setting
My best bird photo on Thursday : )
First Morel mushroom of the year (for me)
Bird's-eye primrose / Primula mistassinica
The finest of feathers
Baby Barn Owl
Golden Eagle named Spirit
Short-eared Owl
Like rays of sunshine
Burrowing Owl
Harebell and tiny visitors
Moth on Creeping Thistle
Two small, orange butterflies - Northern Crescents
Yesterday's excitement
Fireweed - for a change of colour
Reflected in the eye of an owl
Spirit
Burrowing Owl
Baby Barn Owl : )
White Spiraea, aka Birchleaf Spiraea / Spiraea bet…
Middle Lake, Bow Valley Provincial Park
Come into my parlour, said the spider to the (butt…
Just playing ....
I'm in awe, no matter how many I see
Shootingstars / Dodecatheon
Striped Coralroot
Disappearing peaks
Nothing but fluff
Golden Eagle
Short-eared Owl
Happy Turkey (Vulture) Day to Americans, everywher…
Feather finery
They always look so serious
Great Horned Owl juvenile
Shootingstar
Power of the Golden Eagle
Big, shiny eyes
The stern look
I was in seventh heaven
Fritillary
Dragonfly
Many Springs and Mt. Yamnuska
Crested wheatgrass
Hybrid Yellow-rumped Warbler
Middle Lake, Bow Valley Provincial Park
A treat to see and hear
Another rainy day
Canadian Lynx
Striped Coralroot
Wolf Willow
Saskatoon flowers
Reflections
Yellow Lady's-slippers
Rain-drenched Western Wood Lily
Heart-leaved Alexanders / Zizia aptera
Western Wood Lily
Indian Paintbrush / Castilleja miniata
Windflower
Tiny Cladonia
Middle Lake, Bow Valley Provincial Park
See also...
See more...Keywords
Authorizations, license
-
Visible by: Everyone -
All rights reserved
-
182 visits
Yellow lady's-slipper
![Yellow lady's-slipper Yellow lady's-slipper](https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/75/50/42347550.59704085.640.jpg?r2)
![](https://s.ipernity.com/T/L/z.gif)
All three photos posted this morning were taken yesterday, 28 June 2016, when I went with friends, Dorothy and Stephen, to Bow Valley Provincial Park They are leading a day trip out there in the near future and wanted to do a dry run and very kindly invited me to go with them.
These mountains are the first ones you come to, when you drive westwards from Calgary. Mt. Yamnuska, the mountain ridge on the right, is a spectacular sight, and very popular with rock-climbers and hikers. I've never hiked up there - and am never likely to : ) The flat area at the foot of these mountains is Bow Valley Provincial Park, very popular with botanists and birders. It is less than an hour's drive west from Calgary.
The view from this particular spot is so beautiful - my favourite view in Bow Valley Provincial Park. We stood for a while and soaked it all in. This Many Springs trail is perhaps the most rewarding in the park. On the way out of the park, we stopped at Middle Lake and walked down the path as far as the lake. We were horrified at how low the water level was - we had seen the same thing at Many Springs, too.
We saw a reasonably good variety of wildflowers, including Western Wood Lilies, Yellow Lady's-slippers, Sticky False Asphodel, and lots of Gaillardia. Though the end of June is usually the best time to go for the wildflowers, you still never know what you will find. We barely had a spring this year, it was so hot and so dry, more like summer.
Birds were much harder to find, even though we heard them. There were quite a few small birds flitting about, but our best sightings were of a brightly coloured male Yellow Warbler and some kind of flycatcher near the boardwalk at Many Springs. Both were on the move constantly, though I did manage to get a few less-than-good photos. One of my Warbler shots made me smile when I saw it on my computer. The bird was perched, with a beak full of insects, right next to a large spider's web. Kind of robbing ones neighbour.
The weather forecast for yesterday mentioned the risk of thunderstorms, but we were so lucky. The sun shone all day and the sky was full of puffy clouds. Once our visit was over and we were ready to drive back to Calgary, a bit of rain did arrive.
Thanks so much, Dorothy and Stephen, for such an enjoyable day! It was a real treat to go to the mountains, as I so rarely go.
www.albertaparks.ca/bow-valley-pp/
The link below is a map showing the turn off to the park and the layout of the lake areas. The roads at the junction with highway 1A are quite confusing!
x-powered.com/camping/maps/BowValleyPP_Map.gif
These mountains are the first ones you come to, when you drive westwards from Calgary. Mt. Yamnuska, the mountain ridge on the right, is a spectacular sight, and very popular with rock-climbers and hikers. I've never hiked up there - and am never likely to : ) The flat area at the foot of these mountains is Bow Valley Provincial Park, very popular with botanists and birders. It is less than an hour's drive west from Calgary.
The view from this particular spot is so beautiful - my favourite view in Bow Valley Provincial Park. We stood for a while and soaked it all in. This Many Springs trail is perhaps the most rewarding in the park. On the way out of the park, we stopped at Middle Lake and walked down the path as far as the lake. We were horrified at how low the water level was - we had seen the same thing at Many Springs, too.
We saw a reasonably good variety of wildflowers, including Western Wood Lilies, Yellow Lady's-slippers, Sticky False Asphodel, and lots of Gaillardia. Though the end of June is usually the best time to go for the wildflowers, you still never know what you will find. We barely had a spring this year, it was so hot and so dry, more like summer.
Birds were much harder to find, even though we heard them. There were quite a few small birds flitting about, but our best sightings were of a brightly coloured male Yellow Warbler and some kind of flycatcher near the boardwalk at Many Springs. Both were on the move constantly, though I did manage to get a few less-than-good photos. One of my Warbler shots made me smile when I saw it on my computer. The bird was perched, with a beak full of insects, right next to a large spider's web. Kind of robbing ones neighbour.
The weather forecast for yesterday mentioned the risk of thunderstorms, but we were so lucky. The sun shone all day and the sky was full of puffy clouds. Once our visit was over and we were ready to drive back to Calgary, a bit of rain did arrive.
Thanks so much, Dorothy and Stephen, for such an enjoyable day! It was a real treat to go to the mountains, as I so rarely go.
www.albertaparks.ca/bow-valley-pp/
The link below is a map showing the turn off to the park and the layout of the lake areas. The roads at the junction with highway 1A are quite confusing!
x-powered.com/camping/maps/BowValleyPP_Map.gif
- Keyboard shortcuts:
Jump to top
RSS feed- Latest comments - Subscribe to the comment feeds of this photo
- ipernity © 2007-2024
- Help & Contact
|
Club news
|
About ipernity
|
History |
ipernity Club & Prices |
Guide of good conduct
Donate | Group guidelines | Privacy policy | Terms of use | Statutes | In memoria -
Facebook
Twitter
Admired in ~ I ♥ Nature
Sign-in to write a comment.