Willowherb / Epilobium sp.
Canyon Church Camp, Waterton Lakes National Park
In a field of bokeh
Busy little Muskrat
Common Tansy / Tanacetum vulgare
Emerald waters
Gathering at the feeder
Wood Nymph sp.
Mystery flower
The beauty of Pinedrops
An attractive little cluster
Young Brown-headed Cowbirds
Thimbleberry / Rubus parviflorus
Small and cute
Milk chocolate curls
Smoke + sun = orange
Red-tailed Hawk / Buteo jamaicensis
First the flower, then the bokeh, then the bee
Wood Frog
Yellowjacket
Pink crinkles
It's beginning to look a lot like autumn
You take what you can get
Decorating a tree
Strawberry Blite / Chenopodium capitatum
Yellow Scabious with bee and bokeh
Doing their best
Insect galls on Rose leaves
Keeping each other company
Bear claw marks on a tree trunk
Peony seedpods
Wing-flapping practice
Sainfoin / Onobrychis viciifolia Scop.
Common Hemp-nettle / Galeopsis tetrahit
Tiny visitor
Yellow Clematis / Clematis tangutica
On a day of heavy rain
Weeping in the forest
Mating Damselflies with bokeh
A breathtaking Lily
Skipper on Goldenrod
Main street, Heritage Park
Spotted Knapweed - PROHIBITED NOXIOUS
Heritage Peony gone to seed
View looking west towards the Rockies
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Ten days ago, on 10 August 2015, I drove to where one of the Osprey families in the city had their nest, built on a high, wooden platform. Luckily, I got there when the family was reasonably active - by the time I left, the three youngsters had settled down into the nest and disappeared from sight. The light was harsh and it was a really hot day. I did lighten this image, but I think that maybe it could have done with a bit more brightening.
I always stay far away so as not to stress any of the birds - also, those talons look really big and really sharp, and I still remember reading a number of years ago that Ospreys will attack anything or anyone that gets near their nest.
When I arrived, one of the adults had been perched on the end of the wooden bar on the right. When it flew off in search of food, a third young one that had been near the adult, very gingerly made its way the few inches to where the adult had been standing, turned around and, after some wing stretches and flapping, very carefully returned to its original spot (off my photo). I also got this shot of one of the other youngsters when, with a powerful flap of its wings, it became airborne for a few seconds.
Some of the time, I could see one or both of the adults flying around, very high up. They returned to the nest with food a couple of times, but I was too slow to catch these moments properly.
"Unique among North American raptors for its diet of live fish and ability to dive into water to catch them, Ospreys are common sights soaring over shorelines, patrolling waterways, and standing on their huge stick nests, white heads gleaming. These large, rangy hawks do well around humans and have rebounded in numbers following the ban on the pesticide DDT. Hunting Ospreys are a picture of concentration, diving with feet outstretched and yellow eyes sighting straight along their talons." From AllABoutBirds.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Osprey/id
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osprey
I always stay far away so as not to stress any of the birds - also, those talons look really big and really sharp, and I still remember reading a number of years ago that Ospreys will attack anything or anyone that gets near their nest.
When I arrived, one of the adults had been perched on the end of the wooden bar on the right. When it flew off in search of food, a third young one that had been near the adult, very gingerly made its way the few inches to where the adult had been standing, turned around and, after some wing stretches and flapping, very carefully returned to its original spot (off my photo). I also got this shot of one of the other youngsters when, with a powerful flap of its wings, it became airborne for a few seconds.
Some of the time, I could see one or both of the adults flying around, very high up. They returned to the nest with food a couple of times, but I was too slow to catch these moments properly.
"Unique among North American raptors for its diet of live fish and ability to dive into water to catch them, Ospreys are common sights soaring over shorelines, patrolling waterways, and standing on their huge stick nests, white heads gleaming. These large, rangy hawks do well around humans and have rebounded in numbers following the ban on the pesticide DDT. Hunting Ospreys are a picture of concentration, diving with feet outstretched and yellow eyes sighting straight along their talons." From AllABoutBirds.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Osprey/id
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osprey
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