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
A tiny, speckled find
A different kind of perch
I love Dandelions
Evening Grosbeak
Lavendula
Through a fancy window
The intelligent Common Raven
Wonders of the forest
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
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Three days ago, my friends, Cathy and Terry, drove to this lookout point, where we saw the most wonderful sight! I was beyond thrilled to see the mountain peaks appearing and disappearing from sight. When we got up that morning, just three days ago (15 May 2014), we could see the low cloud over the mountains from the motel we stayed at overnight. I was hoping so much that it would hang around long enough so that we could get a few beautiful views on our early morning drive. The sight that greeted us, as we pulled off the road at this particular lookout, was absolutely breathtaking! I've never seen anything like it before - though I don't get to the mountains very often at all. Each peak in turn would disappear and then reappear, changing the scene before our eyes. For a photographer, this half hour or so could not have been more amazing - just ask my friends if I was happy or not, lol! When I think how easily we could have missed this experience, if we had arrived half an hour later. I still haven't gone through all the photos I took, but basically grabbed one that I liked the look of.
My friends 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 : ) This includes the wonderful low cloud in this image - possibly the highlight of the trip for me : ) On the other hand, everything was a highlight in my eyes!
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 : )
My friends 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 : ) This includes the wonderful low cloud in this image - possibly the highlight of the trip for me : ) On the other hand, everything was a highlight in my eyes!
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 : )
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