Torch Ginger, deep in the shadows
Unidentified tree, Trinidad
Tropical plant, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Shoo-fly / Nicandra physalodes
Bear Grass, Waterton Lakes National Park
Kohleria tubiflora, Trinidad
Milk Thistle, I believe
Pink Ginger, Trinidad
Pretty in pink
Wolf Willow / Elaeagnus commutata
Yellow Lady's-slipper / Cypripedium parviflorum
Western Wood Lily
On the way home from Cartwrights' land
On the way home from Cartwright bio-blitz
Invasive Yellow Clematis
Botanizing Beagles - Ben and Maggie
Nodding Thistle / Musk Thistle / Carduus nutans
Alfalfa
Butterfly on Joe Pye Weed
Pink (African?) Daisies
Sea Holly
Artichoke in bloom
Pink Showy Cinquefoil
Lest We Forget
Day 3, Cape May Warbler, on way to Hillman Marsh,…
Dreaming of spring
Blossom on red
Colour for an overcast day
Old and rusty tractor
Bee on Tall Larkspur / Delphinium exaltatum
Purple/Water Avens / Geum rivale
False Solomon's Seal
Mountain Death Camas / Zigadenus elegans
Garden flowers - Ligularia?
Yellow Mountain-avens / Dryas drummondii
The first day of fall
Sunflower, against a pink barn
The sunflower droop
Silky Scorpionweed / Phacelia sericea, Pocaterra C…
Tropical flower, Trinidad - Begonia
The end of an Artichoke
Torch Ginger, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Pachystachys coccinea?
In memory of my daughter
The final stage of an Artichoke
Memories of colour
Before "winter" arrived
Lest we forget
September flowers
"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet"
End of the season
A touch of Halloween
Remembering summer colour
Artichoke flower with different bee species
Kohleria tubiflora, Trinidad
Kangaroo Apple flowers / Solanum aviculare (?)
Gentians in a friend's garden
Last days before the snow
Sunflower and visitors
Colours
Memories of Waterton - Bear Grass
Looper Moth sp.
Origanum vulgare
Lasting beauty
Busy little bee
Back-lit Goat's-beard
Grass in bloom
Bees, bees and more bees
Sunflower mural
About to open
Bear Grass bud / Xerophyllum tenax
Sneezewort Yarrow / Achillea ptarmica
American Goldfinch eating Sunflower seeds
A filtered Poppy
When the last petal has fallen
Showy Aster
Jackie's Hummingbird
Geranium sp.
Splash of colour
A pot full of colour
A wild Sunflower from a gravel road
Little green hearts of White Camas
Bear Grass
Star-flowered Solomon's Seal / Maianthemum stellat…
Bear Grass bud
Common Tansy / Tanacetum vulgare
Bear Grass with Crab Spider and prey
Western Wood Lily
Greenish-flowered Wintergreen / Pyrola chlorantha
Celosia sp.
Nemophila sp.
Indian Paintbrush
Purple/Water Avens seedhead / Geum rivale
Garden flowers at the Rusty Bucket Ranch
Hearts at the Rusty Bucket Ranch
Summer colour
A view from Red Rock Canyon, Waterton
Bear Grass / Xerophyllum tenax
Gaillardia
Yellow Prairie Coneflower / Ratibida columnifera
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We are under a Winter Storm Warning - "Significant amounts of snow, with total amounts of 25 to 35 cm is expected.". Not what anyone wants to hear! Snow started falling around 4:30 pm this afternoon (7 February 2018).
This photo was taken on 16 March 2017, at the Asa Wright Nature Centre on the island of Trinidad. I'm not sure if I have the correct ID for this beautiful flower.
This adventure was only the second holiday of any kind, anywhere, that I have had in something like 30 or 35 years! The other holiday was a wonderful, one-week trip with my dear friends from England, Linda and Tony, when we went down south to Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Tetons in September 2012. I have had maybe half a dozen weekends away, including to Waterton National Park, which have helped keep me going.
Six birding/photographer friends and I decided that we would take this exciting trip together (from 12-21 March 2017), spending the first two or three days on the island of Tobago and then the rest of the time at the Asa Wright Nature Centre on the nearby, much larger island of Trinidad. We decided to take a complete package, so everything was included - accommodation at both places, all our food, and the various walks and day trips that we could choose from. Two of my friends, Anne B. and Brenda, saw to all the planning of flights and accommodations, which was so very much appreciated by the rest of us. I could never have done all this myself! We were so lucky with our flights, as we were just in time to get Black Friday prices, which were 50% off!
What a time we had, seeing so many beautiful and interesting things - and, of course, everything was a lifer for me. Some of these friends had visited Costa Rica before, so were familiar with some of the birds. There was a lot more to see on Trinidad, so we were glad that we chose Tobago to visit first and then spend a longer time at Asa Wright. It was wonderful to be right by the sea, though, at the Blue Waters Inn on the island of Tobago. Just gorgeous.
The Asa Wright Nature Centre, on Trinidad, is such an amazing place! We stayed in cabins up or down hill from the main building. Really, one doesn't need to travel away from the Centre for birding, as so many different species visit the Hummingbird feeders that are right by the huge, open veranda, and the trees of the rain forest high up the mountainous road. The drive up and down this narrow, twisting, pot-holed road was an adventure in itself! Never would I ever do this drive myself - we had a guide who drove us everywhere in a minibus. I had read many accounts of this road, lol! There was enough room for two vehicles to pass each other, and the honking of horns was almost continuous - either to warn any vehicle that might be coming fast around the next bend or as a sign that drivers knew each other. The drive along this road, from the coast to Asa Wright, took just over an hour each way.
I still miss the great food that was provided every single day at Asa Wright and even the Rum Punch that appeared each evening. I never drink at all, so I wasn't sure if I would even try the Punch - glad I did, though, as it was delicious and refreshing. Breakfast, lunch and dinner were all served buffet-style, with a great variety of dishes from which to choose. To me, pure luxury. So very, very grateful to have been invited to be part of this amazing adventure.
This is a video that I came across on YouTube, taken by Rigdon Currie and Trish Johnson, at many of the same places we visited on Trinidad and Tobago. Not my video, but it made me feel like I was right there still. Posting the link here again, so that I won't lose it.
youtu.be/BBifhf99f_M
I also came across the following 27-minute YouTube video of the flora and fauna of Trinidad, filmed by John Patrick Smith in February 2015.
youtu.be/6HHBm9MIxnk
This photo was taken on 16 March 2017, at the Asa Wright Nature Centre on the island of Trinidad. I'm not sure if I have the correct ID for this beautiful flower.
This adventure was only the second holiday of any kind, anywhere, that I have had in something like 30 or 35 years! The other holiday was a wonderful, one-week trip with my dear friends from England, Linda and Tony, when we went down south to Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Tetons in September 2012. I have had maybe half a dozen weekends away, including to Waterton National Park, which have helped keep me going.
Six birding/photographer friends and I decided that we would take this exciting trip together (from 12-21 March 2017), spending the first two or three days on the island of Tobago and then the rest of the time at the Asa Wright Nature Centre on the nearby, much larger island of Trinidad. We decided to take a complete package, so everything was included - accommodation at both places, all our food, and the various walks and day trips that we could choose from. Two of my friends, Anne B. and Brenda, saw to all the planning of flights and accommodations, which was so very much appreciated by the rest of us. I could never have done all this myself! We were so lucky with our flights, as we were just in time to get Black Friday prices, which were 50% off!
What a time we had, seeing so many beautiful and interesting things - and, of course, everything was a lifer for me. Some of these friends had visited Costa Rica before, so were familiar with some of the birds. There was a lot more to see on Trinidad, so we were glad that we chose Tobago to visit first and then spend a longer time at Asa Wright. It was wonderful to be right by the sea, though, at the Blue Waters Inn on the island of Tobago. Just gorgeous.
The Asa Wright Nature Centre, on Trinidad, is such an amazing place! We stayed in cabins up or down hill from the main building. Really, one doesn't need to travel away from the Centre for birding, as so many different species visit the Hummingbird feeders that are right by the huge, open veranda, and the trees of the rain forest high up the mountainous road. The drive up and down this narrow, twisting, pot-holed road was an adventure in itself! Never would I ever do this drive myself - we had a guide who drove us everywhere in a minibus. I had read many accounts of this road, lol! There was enough room for two vehicles to pass each other, and the honking of horns was almost continuous - either to warn any vehicle that might be coming fast around the next bend or as a sign that drivers knew each other. The drive along this road, from the coast to Asa Wright, took just over an hour each way.
I still miss the great food that was provided every single day at Asa Wright and even the Rum Punch that appeared each evening. I never drink at all, so I wasn't sure if I would even try the Punch - glad I did, though, as it was delicious and refreshing. Breakfast, lunch and dinner were all served buffet-style, with a great variety of dishes from which to choose. To me, pure luxury. So very, very grateful to have been invited to be part of this amazing adventure.
This is a video that I came across on YouTube, taken by Rigdon Currie and Trish Johnson, at many of the same places we visited on Trinidad and Tobago. Not my video, but it made me feel like I was right there still. Posting the link here again, so that I won't lose it.
youtu.be/BBifhf99f_M
I also came across the following 27-minute YouTube video of the flora and fauna of Trinidad, filmed by John Patrick Smith in February 2015.
youtu.be/6HHBm9MIxnk
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