Graecian Shoemaker male / Catonephele numilia
I spy with my little eye
A distant beauty
Held in an icy grip
Great Mormon / Papilio memno
Mallard with reflections
To brighten my photostream
The balance of land and sky
Drip ... drip ...drip ...
Hiding in the shadows
A matching stripe
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Baby cone of a Larch tree
Thinking about the big leap
Hybrid Poplar catkins
A different kind of perch
Happy Mother's Day
Birders, doing what they do best
One of three grain elevators at Mossleigh
Paper Kite
Five Swans a-swimming
Ornamental Rhubarb / Rheum palmatum
Wind-ruffled feathers
A welcome sight
Let the melting begin
Superman's barn
An element of trust
Julia Heliconian / Dryas iulia
Look WAAAAY up!
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The end is near
Swirls of colour
Mossleigh grain elevator
Western Meadowlark
Croaking Boreal Chorus Frog
Red-winged Blackbird in gently falling snow
Fog and a touch of hoarfrost
A taste of spring before the snow returns
Sibling cuteness
Graecian Shoemaker, female underside
Puddle reflection
Gentle Longhorn
Three in a row
Grecian Shoemaker, Catonephele numilia
Enjoying the view
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A cooperative Coot


Usually, these Coots just keep swimming, but this one paused just long enough for me to get a reasonably sharp shot. Taken in SW Calgary on 1 May 2014.
"Though commonly mistaken to be ducks, American Coots belong to a distinct order. Unlike the webbed feet of ducks, coots have broad, lobed scales on their lower legs and toes that fold back with each step in order to facilitate walking on dry land. Coots live near water, typically inhabiting wetlands and open water bodies in North America. Groups of coots are called covers or rafts. The oldest known coot lived to be 22 years old." From Wikipedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Coot
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/american_coot/id
"Though commonly mistaken to be ducks, American Coots belong to a distinct order. Unlike the webbed feet of ducks, coots have broad, lobed scales on their lower legs and toes that fold back with each step in order to facilitate walking on dry land. Coots live near water, typically inhabiting wetlands and open water bodies in North America. Groups of coots are called covers or rafts. The oldest known coot lived to be 22 years old." From Wikipedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Coot
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/american_coot/id
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