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Took this photo of a beautiful Swainson's Hawk, NW of Calgary, on 15 June 2013. When I left Calgary, the weather was pleasant, but as I got nearer to my hoped-for destination, a massive, black cloud was hanging over the area. I did drive northwards on paved road, but turned around just before the hilly, gravel roads began. They are not good roads to drive on when it is, or has been, raining. Ten minutes later, on the return drive, I saw a white field that looked strangely out of place, lol. In just that short time, it had hailed heavily over just that one huge field, piling up along the edge of the road, too. We do have some strange weather where I live, ha! Little did I know about the major flooding (Alberta's Flood of the Century) that was about to happen on 20 June! Passed this Hawk and presumably its mate, perched on nearby fenceposts. This one flew off after just one shot, but the other one gave me a chance for a few photos. Such spectacular birds of prey.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swainson's_Hawk
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/swainsons_hawk/id
Something is definitely wrong with Flickr this morning. I posted my "daily three" images almost four hours ago and it shows only a total of 10 views for the three photos together. Not one comment, which is highly unusual. I mention this only because it's obvious that Flickr is not working properly. Anyone else experiencing this? Just checked My Contacts' new photos and there are only photos uploaded by four people, so my photos are most likely not showing up on their pages, either! I guess that's another problem, sigh.
8 hours later - just got home, and found that there has been basically no activity on my photos from today. Just left a message on the Help Forum. Hey, Flickr - what's going on? Something needs fixing! Please ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swainson's_Hawk
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/swainsons_hawk/id
Something is definitely wrong with Flickr this morning. I posted my "daily three" images almost four hours ago and it shows only a total of 10 views for the three photos together. Not one comment, which is highly unusual. I mention this only because it's obvious that Flickr is not working properly. Anyone else experiencing this? Just checked My Contacts' new photos and there are only photos uploaded by four people, so my photos are most likely not showing up on their pages, either! I guess that's another problem, sigh.
8 hours later - just got home, and found that there has been basically no activity on my photos from today. Just left a message on the Help Forum. Hey, Flickr - what's going on? Something needs fixing! Please ...
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