Exshaw Legion memorial
Hanging on till the final fall
Sharples grain elevator
Old barn at the Ellis Bird Farm
Winter on the farm
Little country church at Dinton
One of my favourite barns
Can you see what I see?
Snow turns something ordinary into beautiful
An old, red beauty
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Filtered
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With a little filtered help
Old prairie barn
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Well-protected
Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Steps from my cabin to main building, Asa Wright
Pine Coulee Reservoir trip
One of Nanton's grain elevators
Two of the Nanton grain elevators
I LOVE Canola
Old demonstration farm
Old barn in a field of canola
Little country church
Splash of colour
No longer a home
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Yesterday's barn
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Farm in the foothills
Beauty of an old barn, Alberta
Walker House, Inglewood Bird Sanctuary
Four in a row
The Long house, Pioneer Acres, Alberta, Canada
A favourite old barn
A digital setting capture of the Laing house, Albe…
An old grain elevator with character
A fine old barn
A popular row of old granaries
Pine Coulee Reservoir, Alberta
A new-to-me old barn
Part of an old miners' camp
Common Raven keeping watch
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Another favourite Alberta barn
Blackened remains of McDougall Memorial United Chu…
Old homestead, Alberta
Side by side
Old barn
Complete with little red birdhouse
Once a home
A new-to-me old barn
Old granaries on the prairie
A fine old barn
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Autumn Stripes
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A few of the bird houses at Ellis Bird Farm
Grain elevator at Barons
An old barn with character
Tea, anyone?
McDougall Memorial United Church
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Mossleigh grain elevators
Little red cabin
Rural decay
Old glass doorknob
Old cabin on Gottlob Schmidt's (Schmitty's) land
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Kirkpatrick elevator, near Drumheller
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Prince of Wales hotel, Waterton
Love those Canola fields
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Farm seed elevator, Ellis Bird Farm, Alberta
The old barn at the Ellis Bird Farm
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Old barn in winter
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Tucked away near the creek
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Little red barn with green roof
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Davisburg Community Church, Alberta
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McDougall Memorial United Church
A cluster of red barns
McDougall Memorial United Church
Little church in the valley
A fine old barn
Davisburg Community Church, Alberta
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Davisburg Community Church, Alberta
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On 5 July 2016, I finally drove down SE of the city to the Frank Lake area. I have missed almost all the shore birds this year and knew that if I didn't go very soon, they would all have left.
As it was, I saw very few birds of any kind. I drove straight to the blind/hide, where everything was quiet, other than a few Coots with their teenage kids, several Ruddy Ducks including a female lying on her nest, a Marsh Wren that I could hear but not see, a couple of Red-winged Blackbirds, maybe three White-faced Ibis flying by, a few Tree Swallows and a rather handsome Barn Swallow. No Soras, no Eared Grebes. As soon as I had left the blind and taken a few steps down the boardwalk, I was totally taken by surprise by a Black-crowned Night Heron that flew overhead, being chased by a small shorebird. The Heron was letting out a very loud 'hoarse scream' that sounded almost human-like. Just managed to get a rapid shot of the Heron before it flew out of camera view, just for my own record. I so rarely see a Night Heron, though I did see and photograph a beautiful juvenile that was hanging out at Lafarge Meadows in Fish Creek Park last year (2015) and a fairly recent, close adult east of Calgary.
From the blind area at Frank Lake, I drove eastwards and eventually came to Mossleigh, where I stopped at the three grain elevators to take photos. Can't remember if I had been there just once or maybe twice before. On the way, I stopped to photograph an old homestead which, until recently, I have usually seen and photographed in winter, not summer.
The weather forecast was for a risk of thunderstorms, though fortunately there was just a tiny bit of short-lived rain. The previous week, there had been tornadoes north and south of Calgary, but there was no Tornado Warning in effect on this day. A great kind of sky when a few of the fields were turning bright yellow from the Canola crops. However, a real challenge for my camera, which had developed another problem - when I tried to focus on something, it went in and out of focus rapidly and 'shuddered', making it most unpleasant to view as well as making it very difficult to see what I was taking. This was not the usual difficulty of getting the camera to focus. Such a pain, especially as I absolutely had to have a working camera for a weekend trip to Waterton.
A few hours later, it was time to return home after several very enjoyable hours out. More of a cloud, scenery and old barn trip than a birding trip, but those of you who know me, know I love photographing all of the above.
A very interesting and informative website, with a lot of information about this row of old elevators, is found at the following link. I find myself returning often to Chris and Connie's site to read about other places they have visited. It's well worth a visit to read about their travels.
www.bigdoer.com/2360/exploring-history/mossleigh-elevators/
According to the website at the above link:
" Update: May 2013. The lineage of the Mossleigh grain elevators has been cleared up. One was built for P&H, one for Pioneer which was later taken over by P&H, and finally one was built for the Searle Grain Company, later UGG and finally P&H. All were built in 1930 but it’s not clear exactly when they changed hands. A forth elevator used to sit here (UGG) but it was destroyed by fire in the 1960s.
Update: September 2013. It’s understood that plans are in place to use the track that remains along the subdivision for some sort of tourist train, operating out of the nearby Aspen Crossing campground/garden centre complex. Time will tell if this will come to fruition – Aspen Crossing as it turns out, does have some rail cars sitting on a section of subdivision track just west of Mossleigh."
Today is THE day - voting for the next U.S. President. May the BEST person win.
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On 5 July 2016, I finally drove down SE of the city to the Frank Lake area. I have missed almost all the shore birds this year and knew that if I didn't go very soon, they would all have left.
As it was, I saw very few birds of any kind. I drove straight to the blind/hide, where everything was quiet, other than a few Coots with their teenage kids, several Ruddy Ducks including a female lying on her nest, a Marsh Wren that I could hear but not see, a couple of Red-winged Blackbirds, maybe three White-faced Ibis flying by, a few Tree Swallows and a rather handsome Barn Swallow. No Soras, no Eared Grebes. As soon as I had left the blind and taken a few steps down the boardwalk, I was totally taken by surprise by a Black-crowned Night Heron that flew overhead, being chased by a small shorebird. The Heron was letting out a very loud 'hoarse scream' that sounded almost human-like. Just managed to get a rapid shot of the Heron before it flew out of camera view, just for my own record. I so rarely see a Night Heron, though I did see and photograph a beautiful juvenile that was hanging out at Lafarge Meadows in Fish Creek Park last year (2015) and a fairly recent, close adult east of Calgary.
From the blind area at Frank Lake, I drove eastwards and eventually came to Mossleigh, where I stopped at the three grain elevators to take photos. Can't remember if I had been there just once or maybe twice before. On the way, I stopped to photograph an old homestead which, until recently, I have usually seen and photographed in winter, not summer.
The weather forecast was for a risk of thunderstorms, though fortunately there was just a tiny bit of short-lived rain. The previous week, there had been tornadoes north and south of Calgary, but there was no Tornado Warning in effect on this day. A great kind of sky when a few of the fields were turning bright yellow from the Canola crops. However, a real challenge for my camera, which had developed another problem - when I tried to focus on something, it went in and out of focus rapidly and 'shuddered', making it most unpleasant to view as well as making it very difficult to see what I was taking. This was not the usual difficulty of getting the camera to focus. Such a pain, especially as I absolutely had to have a working camera for a weekend trip to Waterton.
A few hours later, it was time to return home after several very enjoyable hours out. More of a cloud, scenery and old barn trip than a birding trip, but those of you who know me, know I love photographing all of the above.
A very interesting and informative website, with a lot of information about this row of old elevators, is found at the following link. I find myself returning often to Chris and Connie's site to read about other places they have visited. It's well worth a visit to read about their travels.
www.bigdoer.com/2360/exploring-history/mossleigh-elevators/
According to the website at the above link:
" Update: May 2013. The lineage of the Mossleigh grain elevators has been cleared up. One was built for P&H, one for Pioneer which was later taken over by P&H, and finally one was built for the Searle Grain Company, later UGG and finally P&H. All were built in 1930 but it’s not clear exactly when they changed hands. A forth elevator used to sit here (UGG) but it was destroyed by fire in the 1960s.
Update: September 2013. It’s understood that plans are in place to use the track that remains along the subdivision for some sort of tourist train, operating out of the nearby Aspen Crossing campground/garden centre complex. Time will tell if this will come to fruition – Aspen Crossing as it turns out, does have some rail cars sitting on a section of subdivision track just west of Mossleigh."
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