Dainty little Common Redpoll
Tropical - cultivar of Tillandsia ionantha?
Remembering a winter day
A sky filled with clouds
Rolling hills and distant peaks
Perched on a broken tree trunk
One of my few Snowy Owls of 2016
From days gone by
Popular with the Aphids
A life left behind
Built with love
Blowing in the wind
Blackie Grain Terminal, Alberta
Fence post with a difference
Surveying its territory
One of the first of the season
Passing the time
Floral beauty
The return of the Swans
Bubbles at Frank Lake
A close landing
Branch treasures
Varied Thrush
'Hiding' in the grass
Himalayan Blue Poppy
One of a pair
Siberian Squill
A little corner of Reader Rock Garden
One of my favourite barns
Mountain view on an owl-less day
Davisburg Community Church, Alberta
A quick glance
Farmyard scene on the prairie
Stavely, Alberta, grain elevator
The Famous Five from a distance
Datura flower?
Just a splash of colour
Hunting for Meadow Voles
Wild Blue Columbine / Aquilegia brevistyla
Remembering the snow
Another day closer
A local Great Horned Owl
Ice carving at Lake Louise
01 Varied Thrush / Ixoreus naevius
02 Mountain Lady's Slipper / Cypripedium montanum
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This, I believe, is the same owl as in the photo I posted yesterday. This is where it was perched when I first saw it. Again, not in the best light (in the shade) and I had to brighten the photo quite a lot.
I was thrilled to bits to see this Great Gray Owl and its mate when I did another long drive NW of the city two days ago, on 13 March 2016. I had been up there the previous day, but had seen absolutely nothing - several other people had also been looking, without success.
I was so very lucky the day before yesterday, as there was a car already pulled over at the edge of the road. I could see two guys standing in the road and, when I got there, I spotted a third man just a little way into the trees. They had seen an owl fly across the road and fly into the trees, landing on top of this tall, broken tree trunk. After sitting there for a while, it suddenly dove down to the ground, disappearing from my sight, and apparently caught a Meadow Vole, which it then carried back to the dense trees to give to its mate. We had a brief view of the two owls and then one flew off. I'm not sure if the owl in my photo is the male, but I think it could be. After sitting for a while, it, too, flew off.
My thanks definitely go to these three guys, whom I didn't know, for being the reason that this day was not a complete wash-out like the previous day! I really didn't feel like doing a long drive again, but the number 13 is my lucky number, so I reckoned I would make myself do it. Also, at that time, the forecast for the coming week was for snow and rain, so I thought I had better make the most of such a beautiful, sunny day. After seeing these two owls, I saw absolutely nothing for the rest of my time out there.
Met a lovely young woman out there, who had never seen a Great Gray Owl and was so hoping to see one. We tried to find one, but no luck. Nice to meet you, Barbara : ) Hope you get a chance to come to Calgary again and manage to see one.
I was thrilled to bits to see this Great Gray Owl and its mate when I did another long drive NW of the city two days ago, on 13 March 2016. I had been up there the previous day, but had seen absolutely nothing - several other people had also been looking, without success.
I was so very lucky the day before yesterday, as there was a car already pulled over at the edge of the road. I could see two guys standing in the road and, when I got there, I spotted a third man just a little way into the trees. They had seen an owl fly across the road and fly into the trees, landing on top of this tall, broken tree trunk. After sitting there for a while, it suddenly dove down to the ground, disappearing from my sight, and apparently caught a Meadow Vole, which it then carried back to the dense trees to give to its mate. We had a brief view of the two owls and then one flew off. I'm not sure if the owl in my photo is the male, but I think it could be. After sitting for a while, it, too, flew off.
My thanks definitely go to these three guys, whom I didn't know, for being the reason that this day was not a complete wash-out like the previous day! I really didn't feel like doing a long drive again, but the number 13 is my lucky number, so I reckoned I would make myself do it. Also, at that time, the forecast for the coming week was for snow and rain, so I thought I had better make the most of such a beautiful, sunny day. After seeing these two owls, I saw absolutely nothing for the rest of my time out there.
Met a lovely young woman out there, who had never seen a Great Gray Owl and was so hoping to see one. We tried to find one, but no luck. Nice to meet you, Barbara : ) Hope you get a chance to come to Calgary again and manage to see one.
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