Common or Great Mullein / Verbascum thapsus
Doha seafront, Qatar, 17 February 1967
One
Part of the Old Fort, Doha, Qatar, 1966-67
Purple Prairie-clover
Beauty beneath
Wildlife at Reader Rock Garden
Tomato market in Doha suq, Qatar, 1967
Love of Lilies
Food fit for a Bear
Pressia quadrata Liverwort
A beautiful place to reflect
Qatari children, Doha, 17 Feb 1967
Black Bear feeding on Canada Buffaloberries
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel
Num-Ti-Jah Lodge, Bow Lake
Tree Frog Campervan
Wish List clouds
Beautiful wing pattern
Preparing the meal
Shootingstar
Spotted Sandpiper
Prairie Coneflower
Coral Fungus
Shark on Sidewinder oil rig, Doha, Qatar, 1966
A safe place to hide
Horseshoe Canyon, Alberta
Rare Narrowleaf Four-o'clock / Mirabilis linearis
Thunder, lightning, rain - and an owl!
Posted for the bokeh
A possible Lance-tipped Darner Dragonfly
Posing for the photographer
Scentless Chamomile
Mullein
Barn Owl
Lousewort
Police Car Moth
Power of the Golden Eagle
Pretty in macro size
Hiding
Layers of colour
Woundwort / Stachys pilosus
Blue fungus : )
Bold and beautiful
Slime mold, I'm guessing (wrongly)
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Five of us had such a great day on 21 July 2013. It was a bird outing at Bow Valley Provincial Park, west of Calgary, at the foot of the very eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains. I knew that I would be looking for wildflowers, insects and so on, as well : ) When we got to the meeting place in the city, the leader pulled out a poster for the Parks Day event that also happened to be going on at the park at the same time. To my absolute delight, it mentioned a Bird of Prey exhibit! After our first walk, which was the Flowing Waters trail, we returned to where everyone had parked and we had an hour in which to wander round the various exhibits. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw a row of owls of different sizes - a tiny Burrowing Owl, a Short-eared Owl, a Barn Owl (which we don't get in Alberta), a young Great Horned Owl with enormous eyes, a Turkey Vulture (seen in the photo above) and a Golden Eagle! They were tethered along the edge of the trees and needless to say, there were plenty of other people taking photos, but despite the mix of shade and harsh sunlight, I got the chance to click to my heart's content : ) Later found out that many of my photos really were not well taken, but I got at least one that came out OK for each species ... phew! Thanks so much to the people down at the Coaldale Bird of Prey Centre (near Lethbridge, down towards the Canada/US border) for bringing your gorgeous birds of prey for us to see! I have been south to the Centre three times I think, and always wish I could go back again, but it's not somewhere I can drive to, so this was such a treat!
I have seen a Turkey Vulture in Calgary on three occasions, flying high overhead. Each time, I was fortunately with very experienced birders who noticed it and pointed it out. I appreciate that the bird Ambassador in my image allowed me to see a Vulture close up and really see its details.
"The Turkey Vulture is a scavenger and feeds almost exclusively on carrion. It finds its food using its keen eyes and sense of smell, flying low enough to detect the gases produced by the beginnings of the process of decay in dead animals. In flight, it uses thermals to move through the air, flapping its wings infrequently. It roosts in large community groups. Lacking a syrinx—the vocal organ of birds—its only vocalizations are grunts or low hisses. It nests in caves, hollow trees, or thickets." From Wikipedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey_Vulture
www.flickr.com/photos/annkelliott/9457390701
I have seen a Turkey Vulture in Calgary on three occasions, flying high overhead. Each time, I was fortunately with very experienced birders who noticed it and pointed it out. I appreciate that the bird Ambassador in my image allowed me to see a Vulture close up and really see its details.
"The Turkey Vulture is a scavenger and feeds almost exclusively on carrion. It finds its food using its keen eyes and sense of smell, flying low enough to detect the gases produced by the beginnings of the process of decay in dead animals. In flight, it uses thermals to move through the air, flapping its wings infrequently. It roosts in large community groups. Lacking a syrinx—the vocal organ of birds—its only vocalizations are grunts or low hisses. It nests in caves, hollow trees, or thickets." From Wikipedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey_Vulture
www.flickr.com/photos/annkelliott/9457390701
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