Yellow-bellied Sapsucker juvenile
A burst of sunshine
Mount Engadine Lodge, Kananaskis
Vanishing into the smoke
Afternoon tea at Mount Engadine lodge
A smoky view from Mount Engadine lodge
Bird's-foot trefoil / Lotus corniculatus
Bighorn Sheep
Old-fashioned snowshoes
Smoke from wildfires
Old-fashioned snowshoe decoration
The meadow on a smoky day
A moth and a spider, too
Smoky sun
Spray Lakes through the wildfire smoke
Fritillary butterfly
Kananaskis through the windscreen
Bighorn Sheep
Mt Engadine Lodge trip
Nodding Onion / Allium cernuum
Once-married Underwing / Catocala unijuga, left fr…
Puffballs / Calvatia sp.
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, adult male
Hard working Dad
European Skipper
Jelly fungus - Witches' butter (Witch's butter)?
Scaly Pholiota / Pholiota squarrosa
Magpie Inky Cap / Coprinus picaceus?
Pale Coral Fungus / Ramaria sp.
Smoke haze from US, BC or Alberta wildfires
Magpie Inky Cap / Coprinus picaceus?
Colour in the forest - The Sickener / Russula emet…
Hericium sp.
A beautiful place to spend a few hours
Fritillary butterfly sp. on Red Clover
More fungi at Akesi Farms
Spruce Sawyer / Spruce Longhorned Beetle
Old shed at Akesi Farms
Fantastic fungi
Memories of my childhood
Love this barn
Chickens
Mule Deer
Yellow Avens seedhead
A newer addition
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Yesterday's bioblitz


Added yesterday: off to the mountains for a few hours. The temperature for today is supposed to get up to 30C, but tomorrow 35C and the following day 37C! With no air-conditioning, this is not going to feel good. Will add descriptions, etc. later today.
Finally adding a brief description on 9 August 2018. The area we visited on 7 August was an 80-acre site near Bottrel, NW of Calgary. The site consisted of mostly open, low, hilly, ungrazed land, with a few Aspens and Spruce, and willows around three ponds (two of which were dry). On 25 May 2018, four people had visited this site for the first time - I had been unable to go, as I was spending the day with my daughter. I am not sure if these are Aspen trees - the lower part of the trunk is so dark.
I believe this recent visit was the result of the owners winning a free bioblitz at a Silent Auction, in connection with the Ghost Valley Community. A great idea and always a win-win situation, with the land owners learning a lot about what is found on their land, and the leader and participants enjoying a visit to a different location.
Did you know that photographing mushrooms can be dangerous? I believe I knew this already and I was reminded of this on this bioblitz. Towards the end of our hike, I stopped to photograph a not particularly photogenic mushroom that was growing on a very slight incline. I took one step back to focus better and lost my balance - not sure if my foot went down into a shallow hole or if I was tripped up by one of the many very small, short tree stumps. Whatever the cause, I did a most inelegant, slow-motion fall backwards, hitting my head hard on the ground, surrounded by my friends. Because I was wearing a backpack, I think this resulted in some whiplash, with my head falling back. It was not pleasant to drive yesterday, especially each time I had to start off when traffic lights turned green. The muscles all around my neck and my shoulders are painful, but hopefully it will clear up before too long.
Finally adding a brief description on 9 August 2018. The area we visited on 7 August was an 80-acre site near Bottrel, NW of Calgary. The site consisted of mostly open, low, hilly, ungrazed land, with a few Aspens and Spruce, and willows around three ponds (two of which were dry). On 25 May 2018, four people had visited this site for the first time - I had been unable to go, as I was spending the day with my daughter. I am not sure if these are Aspen trees - the lower part of the trunk is so dark.
I believe this recent visit was the result of the owners winning a free bioblitz at a Silent Auction, in connection with the Ghost Valley Community. A great idea and always a win-win situation, with the land owners learning a lot about what is found on their land, and the leader and participants enjoying a visit to a different location.
Did you know that photographing mushrooms can be dangerous? I believe I knew this already and I was reminded of this on this bioblitz. Towards the end of our hike, I stopped to photograph a not particularly photogenic mushroom that was growing on a very slight incline. I took one step back to focus better and lost my balance - not sure if my foot went down into a shallow hole or if I was tripped up by one of the many very small, short tree stumps. Whatever the cause, I did a most inelegant, slow-motion fall backwards, hitting my head hard on the ground, surrounded by my friends. Because I was wearing a backpack, I think this resulted in some whiplash, with my head falling back. It was not pleasant to drive yesterday, especially each time I had to start off when traffic lights turned green. The muscles all around my neck and my shoulders are painful, but hopefully it will clear up before too long.
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