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Masterwort / Astrantia major
Moose kneeling to lick salt from the road
Blue and banded
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird, flashing his colour
Muscari sp., white
Swainson's Hawk
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Yellow-headed Blackbird female
Peace and late evening sun
Very young Mule deer
Mariposa Lily / Calochortus apiculatus
Three days in Waterton Lakes National Park
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Mountain Lady's Slipper / Cypripedium montanum
Red Rock (Canyon) Parkway, Waterton Lakes National…
Shrubby Penstemon / Penstemon fruticosus
Maidenhair Fern / Adiantum aleuticum
Checkerspot sp.
Red Rock Canyon, Waterton Lakes National Park
Chionodoxa forbesii, white
Eared Grebe
Brant grain elevator
Grape Hyacinth / Muscari sp.
Moose in the late evening sun
Yellow Lady's-slipper
Flashing his neck feathers
A snack that is sure to tickle
Colour for a dreary day
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Almost time to fledge
Having fun with its reflection
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Eared Grebe / Podiceps nigricollis
Pasqueflower / Pulsatilla vulgaris
Western Tent Caterpillars
Clouds and Dandelions
American Goldfinch female with Sunflower seed
Fritillary
A lovely splash of colour
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Well, hello, little Chickadee
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A scene from the past


On 20 April 2015, I got up early to go on a birding walk with friends. I checked the weather forecast for this week and when I saw that rain was expected for four days in a row, starting the next day, I changed my mind and went for a long drive NW and SW of the city for the day instead. Left home around 8:45 am and got back about 6:45, driving about 330 km. The day before, I had been out on a day trip to Pine Coulee Reservoir with birding friends, but only got half a dozen very distant, blurry shots of birds.
I just couldn't wait any longer to go and see if I could find one of the Great Gray Owls that a few people had been seeing recently, NW of the city. No luck at all, though I did see a Moose and a pair of Bluebirds, all of which helped lessen the disappointment of not finding an owl. The Moose had been feeding near the edge of the road when I spotted it. A minute or two later, it crossed the road and began feeding there. Suddenly, it took off across that road, leaping over a barbed-wire fence to the safety of the forest. Took me by surprise until I noticed a couple of cows (bulls) that had walked up behind the Moose and spooked it! I almost watched disaster, as the Moose got its leg briefly tangled in the barbed-wire as it leapt and almost stumbled.
The only other thing that I found to photograph were cows, so on my way home, I took the long way and came back via backroads SW of the city. Drove a couple of roads that were new to me and was glad to find a wooden structure that I had seen on someone's Facebook page. He had very kindly told me where to look, though I wasn't quite sure which road it was on until I was there. I also called in briefly at Brown-Lowery Provincial Park, hoping that I might just be lucky enough to see one particular bird species (a Varied Thrush that a couple of people had seen near the parking lot recently), that I hadn't seen before - out of luck, again.
I just couldn't wait any longer to go and see if I could find one of the Great Gray Owls that a few people had been seeing recently, NW of the city. No luck at all, though I did see a Moose and a pair of Bluebirds, all of which helped lessen the disappointment of not finding an owl. The Moose had been feeding near the edge of the road when I spotted it. A minute or two later, it crossed the road and began feeding there. Suddenly, it took off across that road, leaping over a barbed-wire fence to the safety of the forest. Took me by surprise until I noticed a couple of cows (bulls) that had walked up behind the Moose and spooked it! I almost watched disaster, as the Moose got its leg briefly tangled in the barbed-wire as it leapt and almost stumbled.
The only other thing that I found to photograph were cows, so on my way home, I took the long way and came back via backroads SW of the city. Drove a couple of roads that were new to me and was glad to find a wooden structure that I had seen on someone's Facebook page. He had very kindly told me where to look, though I wasn't quite sure which road it was on until I was there. I also called in briefly at Brown-Lowery Provincial Park, hoping that I might just be lucky enough to see one particular bird species (a Varied Thrush that a couple of people had seen near the parking lot recently), that I hadn't seen before - out of luck, again.
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