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Bird's-eye primrose / Primula mistassinica
Cooper's Hawk
First Morel mushroom of the year (for me)
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Morel mushroom in its natural setting
My favourite view in Bow Valley Provincial Park
Tree Swallow on road sign
The joy of Dandelions
Evening Grosbeaks / Coccothraustes vespertinus
Female Red-winged Blackbird / Agelaius phoeniceus
Arrow-leaved Coltsfoot / Petasites sagittatus
Glorious splash of colour
Sun halo
Before they go to seed
One of three
American Avocet
Sunlit moss
American Goldfinch
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Life in the cemetery
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The Famous Five
Changes by new owners in "The Famous Five" field
The highlight of my day
Elephant's ears / Bergenia cordifolia
Long-billed Curlew / Numenius americanus
Finally .... little goslings
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Dark phase Swainson's Hawk
Red-necked Grebe & reflection
Yellow and red
Horned Lark in April snow
Puffed up for warmth
Like the sun on a grey, gloomy, rainy day
Red-necked Grebe pair
Lovely lady
Siberian Bugloss / Brunnera macrophylla
One of my favourite barns
Swainson's Hawk
A time to reflect
Caragana - invasive beauty
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A flower for Mother's Day


This is a quick, telemacro shot taken last night, of a chocolate flower from Purdy's that my daughter gave me for Mother's Day : ) In Canada, Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May. This happened to be 10 May 2015, and my daughter had asked if I wanted to spend the day out with our cameras, looking for birds and old barns and anything else that was interesting and/or beautiful. I couldn't imagine a nicer way to spend this special day : )
We started off locally, visiting a wetland in the SW of the city, where we had good or reasonable views of several different bird species, including Lesser Scaup, Redheads, Red-necked Grebe, a Killdeer, Savannah Sparrow, American Wigeon, and a Common Grackle (which I love to see).
From that location, we drove some of my familiar backroads SW of the city, where we saw a Snipe walking across a gravel road (it had such a cute way of walking), another pair of Red-breasted Grebe, a quick glimpse of a Mountain Bluebird, a pair of juvenile Swans (very distant, but I think they were Trumpeters).
Our drive then took us further south than I had ever driven before. We knew we wanted to see an old grain elevator at Azure (near Cayley) and we were able to find it. Drove a few of the country backroads in that whole area, eventually ending up at Silver Lake, where we watched some American Avocets and Black-necked Stilts.
From there, we drove backroads all the way north to Frank Lake, where we saw Eared Grebes, a Western Meadowlark, Yellow-headed and Red-winged Blackbirds, Coots, Canada Geese (of course!), and RAIN! A lot of the day, apart from when we first started the drive, was overcast and we did have a bit of rain on and off. There were some pretty black clouds seen from Frank Lake.
Managed to get a few photos of a couple of different Swainson's Hawks during the day. Twice, when we had a great opportunity to get photos, they were disturbed by another vehicle. The driver of one car thought it would be fun to drive past as noisily as he could, of course making the hawks fly.
We called in at the Saskatoon Farm on the way home, hoping to have a delicious meal there, or at least we drove as far as the entrance. The parking lots were full and overflowing and there was a constant stream of new arrivals. No idea if it was because it was Mother's Day, or perhaps there was a wedding being held there. Whatever the reason, we knew that there was no chance of ever getting a table in the restaurant. Thanks for the treat at Tim Horton's, Rachel : ) And thank you for spending the whole day with me - it made a lovely Mother's Day!
We started off locally, visiting a wetland in the SW of the city, where we had good or reasonable views of several different bird species, including Lesser Scaup, Redheads, Red-necked Grebe, a Killdeer, Savannah Sparrow, American Wigeon, and a Common Grackle (which I love to see).
From that location, we drove some of my familiar backroads SW of the city, where we saw a Snipe walking across a gravel road (it had such a cute way of walking), another pair of Red-breasted Grebe, a quick glimpse of a Mountain Bluebird, a pair of juvenile Swans (very distant, but I think they were Trumpeters).
Our drive then took us further south than I had ever driven before. We knew we wanted to see an old grain elevator at Azure (near Cayley) and we were able to find it. Drove a few of the country backroads in that whole area, eventually ending up at Silver Lake, where we watched some American Avocets and Black-necked Stilts.
From there, we drove backroads all the way north to Frank Lake, where we saw Eared Grebes, a Western Meadowlark, Yellow-headed and Red-winged Blackbirds, Coots, Canada Geese (of course!), and RAIN! A lot of the day, apart from when we first started the drive, was overcast and we did have a bit of rain on and off. There were some pretty black clouds seen from Frank Lake.
Managed to get a few photos of a couple of different Swainson's Hawks during the day. Twice, when we had a great opportunity to get photos, they were disturbed by another vehicle. The driver of one car thought it would be fun to drive past as noisily as he could, of course making the hawks fly.
We called in at the Saskatoon Farm on the way home, hoping to have a delicious meal there, or at least we drove as far as the entrance. The parking lots were full and overflowing and there was a constant stream of new arrivals. No idea if it was because it was Mother's Day, or perhaps there was a wedding being held there. Whatever the reason, we knew that there was no chance of ever getting a table in the restaurant. Thanks for the treat at Tim Horton's, Rachel : ) And thank you for spending the whole day with me - it made a lovely Mother's Day!
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