Pink softness
Wild Gooseberry
Just look at those eyes
Two-spotted Ladybug
A view from Leighton Art Centre
Bluebird and bokeh
Red Tree Brain
Prairie Buttercup / Ranuculus rhomboideus
Calgary - big city, but small compared to land and…
All lined up
Sunny Marigold
Old and wrinkled, but still vibrant
Dining on Bamboo
Roadside Agrimony
Wild Strawberry
Richardson's Groundsquirrel
Great Horned Owlet
Mountain Bluebird male
Wolf Willow
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Seafront fishermen, Doha, Qatar
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If every day was like this ....
A Qatari treat
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European Pasque Flower
Lichens and all
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Dressed in all its finery
Female Mallard
Grape Hyacinth
Happy Mother's Day!
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View from the top
The angel owl
Manitoba Maple
Stripes
Matching cap and moustache
Checkered White on Scilla
Up close with Canada Buffaloberry
Rare Hooker's Townsendia / Townsendia hookeri
Changing positions
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Cropped a bit too heavily, but I wanted to get rid of an ugly metal pole to the right. Should have tried a better crop, but I ran out of time and energy late last night, ha. I was happy to see this beautiful Merlin female (I think). perched along a gravel road, when I went for a short drive SW of the city on 14 May 2013. I came across a few nice species, including this Merlin, three Phalarope, Northern Shovellers, a pair of Cinnamon Teal, a pair of Canvasbacks, Mountain Bluebirds, Tree Swallows, Blue-winged Teal, Red-winged and Yellow-headed Blackbirds, Scaup, Red-necked Grebes, two WIlson's Snipes, a Sora, and a few Ring-necked Ducks. Even my first sighting this spring of a pair of Canada Geese with four or five goslings, though unfortunately they were right out in the middle of a huge pond.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin_(bird)
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Merlin/id
Evening: so THAT'S what rain looks like, lol!! Yep, it's raining this evening - other than a few sprinkles, I don't think we've had rain since before winter began, around last October. Needless to say, I washed my car this afternoon, which usually guarantees rain. Thought I'd better wash off all the dried-on mud from driving muddy backroads, before it rained and washed all the mud down on to my parking spot : ) I was so lucky that my auto place was willing to replace my two car headlights late this afternoon. Looked like I was going to have to wait till 23rd May, so I'm really relieved. Botanizing begins tomorrow, so there will be so many long, long days ahead, of walking/hiking and recording plants (and any other things we see, including insects, birds, mushrooms, wild animals, etc.). I always find this coming half of the year totally exhausting and chaotic, but very interesting, of course.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin_(bird)
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Merlin/id
Evening: so THAT'S what rain looks like, lol!! Yep, it's raining this evening - other than a few sprinkles, I don't think we've had rain since before winter began, around last October. Needless to say, I washed my car this afternoon, which usually guarantees rain. Thought I'd better wash off all the dried-on mud from driving muddy backroads, before it rained and washed all the mud down on to my parking spot : ) I was so lucky that my auto place was willing to replace my two car headlights late this afternoon. Looked like I was going to have to wait till 23rd May, so I'm really relieved. Botanizing begins tomorrow, so there will be so many long, long days ahead, of walking/hiking and recording plants (and any other things we see, including insects, birds, mushrooms, wild animals, etc.). I always find this coming half of the year totally exhausting and chaotic, but very interesting, of course.
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