White Pigeon
Just for fun
Splendour
A bird walk treat
Ominous clouds after the harvest
Replica of a Chinese warrior
Seven-spotted Ladybug on Yucca seedpod
Strawberry and Rhubarb tart
Erosion at Red Rock Coulee
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Wall decoration
A joy to see
Coral Fungus sp
Common Sargeant / Athyma perius
Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness month
At least there were cows
Creeping Thistle
A touch of autumn colour
Fake but fun
Mt. Yamnuska, Kananaskis
A look that needs to be shared : )
Split personality
Pinedrops with bokeh
Kinnikinnick / Bearberry sp.
cf Megaspora verrucosa lichen
Uniqueness
Sharp-tailed Grouse
One of my favourite Lichens
Greeting the sun
Pronghorn
Lichens at Red Rock Coulee
Sunset over Elkwater Lake, SE Alberta
The final splurge
Ambush Bug / Phymata americana americana
Oh, what a treat!
Surprise visitor
Pinedrops / Pterospora andromedea
Bow Lake with a difference
Green stripes
Hungry litttle Muskrat
Bad hair day
Lower Falls, Johnston Canyon
Daintiness
Massive
White Camas / Anticlea elegans, formerly Zigadenus…
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Enjoying the sunshine


On 10 August 2013, I went with friend Sandy to Bow Lake, in Banff National Park. It is located along Highway 93, the Icefields Parkway, said to be the most beautiful, scenic road in the world. She had seen a tiny Liverwort (non-vascular plant) maybe a week earlier on a different trip and wanted to go back to check it at a later stage, and asked if I'd like to go with her. How lucky I am! She had hoped that it might be a particular rare species, but as it turned out, it wasn't. Still an interesting species to add to the list of flora and fauna for the area. We walked very slowly along the Bow Glacier Trail, which runs along the right hand edge of the lake, searching for anything of interest and beauty. We went as far as the second rock fall, but didn't hike up to the Bow Glacier Falls. At the first rock fall, we were entertained, while having lunch, by several of these small Golden-mantled Ground Squirrels. They look rather similar to a Chipmunk and are very fast-moving animals, ha. They love a rocky mountain slope for their habitat.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden-mantled_ground_squirrel
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden-mantled_ground_squirrel
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