Boreal Chickadee
Chocolate chip lichen / Solorina crocea
Arethusa Cirque trail, Kananaskis
Pinedrops
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Unidentified fungus
Turkey Vulture talons
Female Kestrel
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Kananaskis - a winter wonderland
Northern Hawk Owl with woodland bokeh
Aloe Vera / Aloe Barbadensis Miller, Blue Waters I…
Batteaux Bay, from Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Tropical Mockingbird, Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Crab on the pier at Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Batteaux Bay at Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Ruddy Turnstone / Arenaria interpres, Blue Waters…
Allamanda, Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Frank's Glass-bottomed boat, Blue Waters Inn, Tob…
Blue-gray Tanager / Thraupis episcopus, Tobago
Tropical tree, Blue Waters Inn, Tobago
Crested Wheatgrass / Agropyron cristatum
01 Barred Owl
02 Bald Eagle in late afternoon sun
03 A gift in August
Northern Pygmy-owl
Strawberries and cream fungus / Hydnellum peckii
Mountain Chickadee
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Lovable Llama
Meadow Vole for a late lunch
Farm cat
Wild Bergamot
Bark patterns on a cut log
Greenish sky beneath a Chinook Arch
Colour among the mosses and lichens
Upper Kananaskis Lake
Logging piles in the Porcupine Hills
Skull on a fence post
Northern Hawk Owl
Stubble pattern
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Invasive Goat's-beard and Baby's breath


Some of you will be familiar with this rather beautiful, larger than a Dandelion, seedhead. Unfortunately, despite its beauty, it is a highly invasive species and widespread. This one, along with many others, was growing at the Erlton/Roxboro Natural Area in Calgary, on 27 July 2011. The background is of another invasive weed, Baby's Breath. It is quite likely that someone threw an old pot of these tiny, white flowers over the fence from the cemetery next door, and they have spread and keep spreading.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragopogon_dubius
The Erlton/Roxboro Natural Area is located on the east side of the Elbow River above the southwest community of Roxborough. It was completed in 1996. This is one of the richest areas in Calgary for wildlowers, but unfortunately, many non-native plants and shrubs have taken over much of the area - such as Caragana, Goat's-beard, Baby's Breath and Yellow Clematis.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragopogon_dubius
The Erlton/Roxboro Natural Area is located on the east side of the Elbow River above the southwest community of Roxborough. It was completed in 1996. This is one of the richest areas in Calgary for wildlowers, but unfortunately, many non-native plants and shrubs have taken over much of the area - such as Caragana, Goat's-beard, Baby's Breath and Yellow Clematis.
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