The intelligent Common Raven
Through a fancy window
Lavendula
Here one minute, gone the next
Through the Rocky Mountains
Moth on a washroom window
Happiness is ... playing in a puddle
Metal and stone
So handsome
Majestic Castle Mountain
Not dressed in their Sunday best
Added for colour
Happily feeding
A happy sign of spring
Columbian Ground Squirrel
Reflected beauty
Totally at home
A disappearing act
Not missing a thing
Little Bluebird on a snowy day
The "rusty farm gate" bird
Takes a lot of grass and leaves to fill a Bear
A cheery trio
Mountain Sheep
A real treat from the weekend
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's)
Colourful lichen on a bridge railing
Keeping an eye on those pesky Tree Swallows
A sky bursting with clouds
Dad, awake for a few minutes
Wind-ruffled feathers
Ornamental Rhubarb / Rheum palmatum
Five Swans a-swimming
Paper Kite
One of three grain elevators at Mossleigh
Birders, doing what they do best
Happy Mother's Day
A different kind of perch
Hybrid Poplar catkins
Thinking about the big leap
Baby cone of a Larch tree
Iridescence
A matching stripe
Hiding in the shadows
Drip ... drip ...drip ...
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At one of our quick stops the other day, I happened to notice this particularly beautiful tree a short distance away, covered in bright yellowy/green Lichen. Couldn't resist taking a shot or two, needless to say. I don't know if it's Wolf Lichen, which is the only Lichen, in my extremely limited knowledge, that is this colour.
My friends, Cathy and Terry, and I, had left Calgary early morning on Wednesday (14 May 2014) and I think it was around 12:15 a.m. midnight (Thursday, 15 May 2014), that they dropped me off at home after two long, wonderful days in the Rocky Mountains, west of the city. Wednesday night was spent in a spotless motel, in a place that had so many Mountain Sheep roaming the streets, lol! Though we were hoping to see at least one Bear, I was happy as can be to see absolutely anything beautiful : )
Over the two days, we had 7 bear sightings, with three definitely different Black Bears (no Grizzlies), and possibly four. The rest of the sightings were of Bears we had already seen. My friends are good at telling individual bears, often by a certain scar and, of course, the actual location. Many of the bears we see, they have seen before. Basically, it's all about timing, as with any wildlife. A few minutes earlier or later and we would have missed seeing something special. We just happened to be lucky. All wildlife/nature photographers know it's all about timing : )
I was so tired after the trip, that I had no choice but to fall into bed at 7:00 p.m. yesterday evening, thinking that a short nap might be a good idea. I slept for something like 13 hours with a couple of hours awake in the middle. I think the excruciating pain in both arms and shoulders was a factor in my utter tiredness, too.
My friends, Cathy and Terry, and I, had left Calgary early morning on Wednesday (14 May 2014) and I think it was around 12:15 a.m. midnight (Thursday, 15 May 2014), that they dropped me off at home after two long, wonderful days in the Rocky Mountains, west of the city. Wednesday night was spent in a spotless motel, in a place that had so many Mountain Sheep roaming the streets, lol! Though we were hoping to see at least one Bear, I was happy as can be to see absolutely anything beautiful : )
Over the two days, we had 7 bear sightings, with three definitely different Black Bears (no Grizzlies), and possibly four. The rest of the sightings were of Bears we had already seen. My friends are good at telling individual bears, often by a certain scar and, of course, the actual location. Many of the bears we see, they have seen before. Basically, it's all about timing, as with any wildlife. A few minutes earlier or later and we would have missed seeing something special. We just happened to be lucky. All wildlife/nature photographers know it's all about timing : )
I was so tired after the trip, that I had no choice but to fall into bed at 7:00 p.m. yesterday evening, thinking that a short nap might be a good idea. I slept for something like 13 hours with a couple of hours awake in the middle. I think the excruciating pain in both arms and shoulders was a factor in my utter tiredness, too.
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