Always a treat to see
Reflected peaks
One Eyed Sphinx Moth / Smerinthus cerisyi
Coral Fungus
Purple Avens / Water Avens / Geum rivale
Tiny spider with a death wish
Water Lily
Black-crowned Night-heron
Mountain Bluebird with food for his babies
Nodding Thistle / Musk Thistle / Carduus nutans
A beautiful catch
Scaly Pholiota / Pholiota squarrosa
European Skipper
Hard working Dad
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, adult male
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker male
Creeping Thistle / Cirsium arvense, pure white, no…
Peony seedpods
American Goldfinch juvenile / Spinus tristis
Downy Woodpecker and American Goldfinch
Pine Siskin
Jackie's squirrel - Red or Eastern Gray?
Pine Siskin
Pine Siskin taking a bath
Vesper Sparrow
Impressive creature
Enjoying a good meal
Ferruginous Hawk
Ferruginous Hawks - now safely grown and gone
A classic light/intermediate-morph adult Swainson'…
Many-plume moth / Alucita sp.
Smokey Eagle Lake
Cute goat at Eagle Lake
Rough cocklebur / Xanthium strumarium
Columbian Ground Squirrel / Urocitellus columbianu…
Beautiful guttation droplets on a polypore
Beauty of a weed
Swainson's Hawk juvenile
Mourning Dove - love the blue eye-ring
A spider's creation
Yesterday's Chinook Arch
Living on the edge
Spooked by a barking dog
Wood Duck male / Aix sponsa
Wood Duck male / Aix sponsa
On a cold summer day with mist and drizzle
Swainson's Hawk / Buteo swainsoni
Clouded Sulphur on Lettuce sp.?
Another red barn
Swainson's Hawk watching for its next snack
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel
Turkistan Burning Bush / Euonymus nanus turkmenist…
Maple sp.?
Sea Holly
Rufous Hummingbird male / Selasphorus rufus
Two-month-old American Kestrel
Photo-bombed by Blackbirds
Happy Thanksgiving!
After our first major snowstorm
Powderpuff flower
Common Nighthawk / Chordeiles minor
Eastern Kingbird, SW of Calgary
Male Snowy Owl
Horsetail strobilus
Barn Swallow
Barn Swallow
Hummingbird at feeder
Rufous Hummingbird
Cinnamon Black Bear, Waterton Lakes National Park,…
Eastern Kingbird
Bluebird bling
Calliope Hummingbird / Selasphorus calliope
Pileated Woodpecker
On the way to Canmore - seven Swans a-swimming :)
Red Fox (just for the record)
Twice the beauty
Pileated Woodpecker seen in Canmore
Far, far away
Great Gray Owl, highly zoomed
Great Gray Owl hunting
Great Gray Owl, watching and listening
You never know where you'll see a Snowy Owl
Two male Snowy Owls in the same field
A most welcome find
A change from a world of white
A digital setting capture of the Laing house, Albe…
Swainson's Hawk
Bee on Sunflower
Swainson's Hawk juvenile
Mountain Bluebird
Gaillardia
Forgetmenot Pond, Kananaskis
Elbow Falls, Kananaskis
Showing off all his "bling"
A slight touch of blue
Red-winged Blackbird male
Jumpingpound Loop trio
Don't get excited - an old image, LOL!
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Colobus monkey - such a poser
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Independence Day, 4th July! Thinking of our neighbours to the south and Americans around the world on this special day. A special thought to all those who serve to protect the American people.
"Independence Day, also referred to as the Fourth of July or July Fourth, is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The Continental Congress declared that the thirteen American colonies regarded themselves as a new nation, the United States of America, and were no longer part of the British Empire. The Congress actually voted to declare independence two days earlier, on July 2." From Wikipedia.
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"At one time the colobus was hunted excessively for its beautiful fur, leading to its extermination in some areas. Its skin has been used to make dance costumes, hats and capes. Today, the greatest threat to its continued existence comes from loss of habitat as forests are cut down." From www.awf.org/content/wildlife/detail/colobusmonkey.
The last time I visited the Calgary Zoo was on 6 October 2015. I used to go fairly often, but my usual parking lot and Zoo entrance then closed for the winter. Since then, road construction and bridge replacement have been going on, but has now been completed. The drive to the north entrance of the Zoo is definitely out of my driving comfort zone, so I had been waiting for this day for a long time. June 26th 2018 was THE day - for me and for half the people in the city!! It was packed! I had decided to go before schools close for the summer. However, I suspect some schools had end-of-term Zoo visits on this day. Also, when I checked the weather forecast, rain was in the forecast for the next six days, so I knew i needed to go straight away.
My visit only covered about half the Zoo, as I usually spend a lot of time in the Conservatory, enjoying the plants and tropical butterflies. My daughter had taken a photo of a gigantic lily pad, Victoria Water Lily / Victoria amazonica, and I really wanted to see it. There were three or four of these in a tiny pool. I love the pattern on the underside of the upturned edge of each lily pad, I didn't see a huge variety of butterfly species that day, but there were enough to keep me happily clicking. They vary from day to day, as new butterflies emerge from their chrysalises..
My intention had not been to visit the newly arrived Panda family, as I was sure there would be an extremely long line-up. However, I was able to just walk in, which was great. How lucky we are to have these four amazing animals visit our Zoo. They were in an inside enclosure, full of plants - and Bamboo, of course. I'm not sure how many hours a day these animals sleep, but two of the three that could be seen slept for part of the time I was there. Had to smile at the very uncomfortable positions in which they slept. Part of the enclosure has glass, which made it almost impossible to get photos without the reflections of the crowds of people.
The Bactrian Camel had recently given birth to a baby - such a cute little thing. No sign of the Red Pandas when I passed their enclosure. One of the birds I love to see - though these birds tend to hide! - is the amazing Himalayan Monal. The male, especially, takes my breath away each time I see it.
A few hours well spent happily clicking. Hopefully, it won't be almost three years before my next visit, though the west entrance does close each winter. It felt so good to once again be back in a place full of colour and interest.
"Independence Day, also referred to as the Fourth of July or July Fourth, is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The Continental Congress declared that the thirteen American colonies regarded themselves as a new nation, the United States of America, and were no longer part of the British Empire. The Congress actually voted to declare independence two days earlier, on July 2." From Wikipedia.
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"At one time the colobus was hunted excessively for its beautiful fur, leading to its extermination in some areas. Its skin has been used to make dance costumes, hats and capes. Today, the greatest threat to its continued existence comes from loss of habitat as forests are cut down." From www.awf.org/content/wildlife/detail/colobusmonkey.
The last time I visited the Calgary Zoo was on 6 October 2015. I used to go fairly often, but my usual parking lot and Zoo entrance then closed for the winter. Since then, road construction and bridge replacement have been going on, but has now been completed. The drive to the north entrance of the Zoo is definitely out of my driving comfort zone, so I had been waiting for this day for a long time. June 26th 2018 was THE day - for me and for half the people in the city!! It was packed! I had decided to go before schools close for the summer. However, I suspect some schools had end-of-term Zoo visits on this day. Also, when I checked the weather forecast, rain was in the forecast for the next six days, so I knew i needed to go straight away.
My visit only covered about half the Zoo, as I usually spend a lot of time in the Conservatory, enjoying the plants and tropical butterflies. My daughter had taken a photo of a gigantic lily pad, Victoria Water Lily / Victoria amazonica, and I really wanted to see it. There were three or four of these in a tiny pool. I love the pattern on the underside of the upturned edge of each lily pad, I didn't see a huge variety of butterfly species that day, but there were enough to keep me happily clicking. They vary from day to day, as new butterflies emerge from their chrysalises..
My intention had not been to visit the newly arrived Panda family, as I was sure there would be an extremely long line-up. However, I was able to just walk in, which was great. How lucky we are to have these four amazing animals visit our Zoo. They were in an inside enclosure, full of plants - and Bamboo, of course. I'm not sure how many hours a day these animals sleep, but two of the three that could be seen slept for part of the time I was there. Had to smile at the very uncomfortable positions in which they slept. Part of the enclosure has glass, which made it almost impossible to get photos without the reflections of the crowds of people.
The Bactrian Camel had recently given birth to a baby - such a cute little thing. No sign of the Red Pandas when I passed their enclosure. One of the birds I love to see - though these birds tend to hide! - is the amazing Himalayan Monal. The male, especially, takes my breath away each time I see it.
A few hours well spent happily clicking. Hopefully, it won't be almost three years before my next visit, though the west entrance does close each winter. It felt so good to once again be back in a place full of colour and interest.
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