Red Panda / Ailurus fulgens
After our first major snowstorm
Heading into the mountains
Harlequin Duck / Histrionicus histrionicus
Unwanted in early October!
First year Iceland (Thayer's) Gull
Gadwall
Early fall, looking (and feeling) like winter
Yellowlegs - Lesser or Greater?
Unusual metal fence at Chestermere Lake
Vapor trails
Yellowlegs
Female Gadwall
Horned Grebe or Eared Grebe in winter plumage
Chestermere Lake reflections
Ducks and Geese
Wilson's Snipe
Greater White-fronted Geese
Yellowlegs
Early fall birding
Yes, this is early fall, not winter!
Female Gadwall
Much-needed colour!
Snow Leopard / Panthera uncia
Happy Thanksgivng, everyone!
Greater White-fronted Geese / Larus glaucoides
Perfectly purple
Japanese Macaque
Gobi, baby Bactrian Camel
Victoria Water Lily / Victoria amazonica
Happy Gobble Gobble weekend!
Fall colours near the Highwood River
Mushrooms galore
Fun to spend time with
Old and weathered
Pink Showy Cinquefoil
Our majestic mountains
Chinese Lantern
Hello, winter!
Jackrabbit
American Pika - such a cutie
Old barn in early fall
Snow Geese & Greater White-fronted Geese
The start of fall in Kananaskis
Spikes against a soft background
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING! A lovely sunny day, with a temperature of -2C this morning. However, a second snowstorm is forecast for the next two days (8 and 9 October). The first snowfall at the beginnng of October gave Calgary a record-breaking 38 cm of the white stuff and as much as 60 cm in Kananaskis.
My daughter finally had a day free for us to get together on 23 September 2018. She suggested we could go to the Saskatoon Farm, a place we both love, for breakfast and a wander round the grounds with our cameras. After that, we drove west to Granary Road. Though the Active Learning Park had closed for the fall and winter, it was open for the day on the day we went. It covers a large area and has all sorts of educational areas, including a mushroom area and a farm animal area. We had fun trying to photograph a group of funny Alpacas there. This Turkey took me totally by surprise! I had never seen a white Turkey before, only the darker Wild Turkeys. This domestic Turkey was beautiful with its white feathers edged in black.
I had been hoping to get over to Granary Road all summer, but it just didn't happen. This is a fairly new market garden, SW of the city, with an Active Learning Park, too. Before this, the area was simply a huge, empty field, except for the row of five old, red granaries/sheds. I was very disappointed some time ago, when I first saw what was being planned for that particular area. Most of all, I and many other photographers, were horrified when we discovered that the row of old granaries had been removed from the landscape. Some of you may remember my photos of these granaries, which I called "The Famous Five". They have been replaced by five new, red sheds which, I have to say, look better than I had originally thought.
There was thick fog in places on this day, but it didn't seem to affect photographing objects that were close. It was still an overcast, dreary kind of day, though. My favourite kind of day, spending time with my daughter.
My daughter finally had a day free for us to get together on 23 September 2018. She suggested we could go to the Saskatoon Farm, a place we both love, for breakfast and a wander round the grounds with our cameras. After that, we drove west to Granary Road. Though the Active Learning Park had closed for the fall and winter, it was open for the day on the day we went. It covers a large area and has all sorts of educational areas, including a mushroom area and a farm animal area. We had fun trying to photograph a group of funny Alpacas there. This Turkey took me totally by surprise! I had never seen a white Turkey before, only the darker Wild Turkeys. This domestic Turkey was beautiful with its white feathers edged in black.
I had been hoping to get over to Granary Road all summer, but it just didn't happen. This is a fairly new market garden, SW of the city, with an Active Learning Park, too. Before this, the area was simply a huge, empty field, except for the row of five old, red granaries/sheds. I was very disappointed some time ago, when I first saw what was being planned for that particular area. Most of all, I and many other photographers, were horrified when we discovered that the row of old granaries had been removed from the landscape. Some of you may remember my photos of these granaries, which I called "The Famous Five". They have been replaced by five new, red sheds which, I have to say, look better than I had originally thought.
There was thick fog in places on this day, but it didn't seem to affect photographing objects that were close. It was still an overcast, dreary kind of day, though. My favourite kind of day, spending time with my daughter.
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