Old and the new
Barn of an unusual shape
Little country church
Red barn in winter
Country scene in winter
Old barns in the foothills
Winter's beauty
Our last morning on island of Trinidad
A favourite, well-kept barn
Prairie life in winter
Old country church
On its way down
A favourite old barn
Standing up well
Old barn in spring snow
A rural "winter" scene
Almost missed, but gratefully seen
Little country church, Carmangay
Once was home
Best Western Hotel, Leamington, Ontario
A new addition
Old barn on drive to Pt Pelee from Toronto, Ontari…
So many old barns between Toronto and Pt Pelee
Prince of Wales Hotel, Waterton
A favourite view, Waterton Lakes National Park
Hummingbird at feeder
One Eyed Sphinx Moth / Smerinthus cerisyi
Love an old, red barn
Glorious Canola
On a cold summer day with mist and drizzle
Another red barn
Old and weathered
Day 2, Common Five-lined Skink barn, Rondeau PP
Day 2, Five-lined Skink barn, Rondeau PP
Day 2, reflected 'Geese', Rondeau PP
On its last legs
A favourite barn
Filtered barn
Day 2, an old barn near Rondeau PP, Ontario
Two of my favourite things
Barn with ducks, chickens and rabbit
Bringing the straw bales
The Straw Barn
Rural decay down south
Day 3, Delaurier Homestead and Trail, Pt Pelee, On…
Day 3, DeLaurier house, Pt Pelee
Day 3, front of the DeLaurier house, Pt Pelee
Day 6, Hotel Tadoussac, Quebec
Day 6, the Chauvin Trading Post, Tadoussac, Quebec
Day 6, shared by generations, Tadoussac
Day 6, part of Tadoussac, seen from up on the clif…
Day 6, Tadoussac Golf Course, Quebec
Day 6, beautiful family home, Tadoussac
Day 6, working on his boat, Tadoussac drydock, Que…
Day 6, Marine Mammal Interpretation Centre, Tadous…
Day 6, Beluga, Marine Mammal Interpretation Centre…
Day 6, and so ends another day, Tadoussac
Day 7, Tadoussac
Searching for a Great Horned Owl - with permission
Red barn, High River Christmas Bird Count
A favourite old barn
Boldly red
A quick drive-by shot
Rural decay
A glimpse through the trees
Happy New Year, everyone!
Red barn in winter
Barn with the fallen cupola
A simple, natural Christmas
Happy Christmas Eve!
Here comes the snow
The difference four days make
Under a Chinook arch
A sunrise sky that lasted till sunset
Fine old house
Little country church
One of my favourite barns
Colourful shed at the Cochrane Ecological Institut…
Rural decay on the prairie
Where countryside and civilization meet
Part of an abandoned mining camp
Old country church
Modern barn
A happy find
Behind the tangled branches
A country scene
New "barn", Granary Road
Down on the farm
Old, see-through barn
The new "Famous Five" at Granary Road
Granary Road
Christmas Market
Old house next to metal silo
Weathered wood
Old weathered shed
A beauty of a barn
Old house on the prairie
In winter time
Beyond repair
The difference 10 days make
The red barn
Old barns in late afternoon sun
In fairly good condition
Fragile and leaning
Autumn Stripes
Beauty in old age
Finally, the search is over
Rural decay
A favourite subject with photographers
A fine old barn
Old granaries on the prairie
A new-to-me old barn
Once a home
Complete with little red birdhouse
Old barn
Side by side
Old homestead, Alberta
Blackened remains of McDougall Memorial United Chu…
Another favourite Alberta barn
The charred remains of McDougall Memorial United C…
Common Raven keeping watch
Part of an old miners' camp
A new-to-me old barn
Pine Coulee Reservoir, Alberta
A popular row of old granaries
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Cochrane Wildlife Reserve Christmas Bird Count, December 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018
Cochrane Wildlife Reserve Christmas Bird Count, December 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018
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If it looks cold, it's because it WAS cold - brutally cold!
This photo was taken on 29 December 2017, when four of us (using just one car) took part in the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count for the Cochrane Wildlife Reserve area. I'm not sure why it's called Wildlife Reserve, as it consists of back roads and farms just like on our other Counts. The area we covered (right on the east edge of the count circle) was east of Highway 22/Cowboy Trail. I added a touch of filter in post-processing, as the barns needed a bit sharper detail.
The first evidence of any wildlife for me, first thing in the morning, was a Jackrabbit that was nibbling on snow-covered plants right outside our leader's house. Of course, at 7:15 in the morning, it was still dark.
One of my favourite things to photograph on this annual Count are the Llamas at one of the farms.. This farmer has several of these large, amusing animals, and they are always one of the highlights of this Count for me. I'm not sure how many Llamas they have - somewhere around 7? Most of these animals were given to them by other farmers who no longer wanted them.
"Llamas appear to have originated from the central plains of North America about 40 million years ago. They migrated to South America and Asia about 3 million years ago. By the end of the last ice age (10,000–12,000 years ago) camelids were extinct in North America. As of 2007, there were over 7 million llamas and alpacas in South America and, due to importation from South America in the late 20th century, there are now over 100,000 llamas and 6,500–7,000 alpacas in the US and Canada." From Wikipedia.
One of my favourite farms to stop at has a beautiful, old dog named Fang, along with beautiful cats, and I always look forward to seeing them each year. This day, though, with a temperature of -23C all day (windchill probably at least -30 to 35C), cats stayed indoors. I caught a brief glimpse of only one cat outside. The neighbouring farm, which is also included in our area, has two beautiful old, red barns and I was longing to see these again. Unfortunately, no one was home, so we couldn't search the farmyard, but I did get the chance to take two rapid shots through the trees of one of the barns, from a side view.
Another farm we stopped at had beautiful Pine Grosbeaks and Common Redpolls coming to a feeder. A joy to see these splashes of colour in a very cold, white, white world.
So, it was a very enjoyable day, though there were not all that many species or individual birds to be seen. Too cold and too much snow to spend much time searching various farmyards, and we had finished the Count by 2:30 pm. I will add a list of the bird species seen, in a comment box below. Many thanks, Dave, for driving us. You did a great job of handling roads that were not in the greatest condition, and it was greatly appreciated. The light was awful all day, and it was so difficult to see where the ditch was and where one road turned off to another. There is no way I would ever try driving on our back roads in such weather! Also, a huge thank-you to the various landowners who were kind enough to allow us to wander round their farmyards. These visits make our day so much more interesting and rewarding!
This photo was taken on 29 December 2017, when four of us (using just one car) took part in the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count for the Cochrane Wildlife Reserve area. I'm not sure why it's called Wildlife Reserve, as it consists of back roads and farms just like on our other Counts. The area we covered (right on the east edge of the count circle) was east of Highway 22/Cowboy Trail. I added a touch of filter in post-processing, as the barns needed a bit sharper detail.
The first evidence of any wildlife for me, first thing in the morning, was a Jackrabbit that was nibbling on snow-covered plants right outside our leader's house. Of course, at 7:15 in the morning, it was still dark.
One of my favourite things to photograph on this annual Count are the Llamas at one of the farms.. This farmer has several of these large, amusing animals, and they are always one of the highlights of this Count for me. I'm not sure how many Llamas they have - somewhere around 7? Most of these animals were given to them by other farmers who no longer wanted them.
"Llamas appear to have originated from the central plains of North America about 40 million years ago. They migrated to South America and Asia about 3 million years ago. By the end of the last ice age (10,000–12,000 years ago) camelids were extinct in North America. As of 2007, there were over 7 million llamas and alpacas in South America and, due to importation from South America in the late 20th century, there are now over 100,000 llamas and 6,500–7,000 alpacas in the US and Canada." From Wikipedia.
One of my favourite farms to stop at has a beautiful, old dog named Fang, along with beautiful cats, and I always look forward to seeing them each year. This day, though, with a temperature of -23C all day (windchill probably at least -30 to 35C), cats stayed indoors. I caught a brief glimpse of only one cat outside. The neighbouring farm, which is also included in our area, has two beautiful old, red barns and I was longing to see these again. Unfortunately, no one was home, so we couldn't search the farmyard, but I did get the chance to take two rapid shots through the trees of one of the barns, from a side view.
Another farm we stopped at had beautiful Pine Grosbeaks and Common Redpolls coming to a feeder. A joy to see these splashes of colour in a very cold, white, white world.
So, it was a very enjoyable day, though there were not all that many species or individual birds to be seen. Too cold and too much snow to spend much time searching various farmyards, and we had finished the Count by 2:30 pm. I will add a list of the bird species seen, in a comment box below. Many thanks, Dave, for driving us. You did a great job of handling roads that were not in the greatest condition, and it was greatly appreciated. The light was awful all day, and it was so difficult to see where the ditch was and where one road turned off to another. There is no way I would ever try driving on our back roads in such weather! Also, a huge thank-you to the various landowners who were kind enough to allow us to wander round their farmyards. These visits make our day so much more interesting and rewarding!
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