Osprey with a fish
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Osprey with a fish
Black-crowned Night-Heron / Nycticorax nycticorax
Brown-headed Cowbird juvenile
Black-crowned Night-Heron / Nycticorax nycticorax
Finding fungi
Barn Swallow on nest
Yellow Mountain-avens / Dryas drummondii
Afternoon trip to the mountains
It's Cow Parsnip time!
Marchantia polymorpha, with fruiting body, in a fi…
Police Car Moth
Coral fungus
Skipper butterfly on thistle
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker juvenile / Sphyrapicus va…
Red Baneberry
Badlands near Drumheller on a hazy day
Bethlehem Lutheran Church of Dalum
Remembering the old days
Still standing, tall and proud
Badland beauty
Two old churches in an almost-ghost-town
Black-crowned Night-Heron / Nycticorax nycticorax
Bird vetch / Vicia cracca
Double-crested Cormorant, way down the river
Fungus on a fallen log
Gray Catbird - just for the record
Pink Yarrow / Achillea millefolium
Garden flowers - Ligularia?
Columbine growing in garden
Aspen Bolete
Indian Paintbrush / Castilleja
Bolete
Indian Paintbrush / Castilleja
Puffball
Mountain Death / Zigadenus elegans
Fungus
Sedge sp.?
Puffball
Heart-leaved Alexander / Zizia aptera
Narrow-leaved Collomia / Collomia linearis
Mountain Death Camas / Zigadenus elegans
Spruce Sawyer?
Russula sp.
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Closer view of Bird Vetch


There is so much of this non-native, invasive weed everywhere at the moment. If you gently pull off one tiny individual flower, you will see that it looks like a teeny hummingbird. I will add a macro photo that shows this, in a comment box below. taken years ago,
"Vicia cracca (tufted vetch, cow vetch, bird vetch, blue vetch, boreal vetch), is a species of vetch native to Europe and Asia. It occurs on other continents as an introduced species, including North America, where it is a common weed. It often occurs in disturbed habitats, including old fields and roadside ditches." From Wikipedia.
This evening, I have posted a dozen photos taken yesterday evening, 30 July 2019, on a birding walk in Fish Creek Park. The Black-crowned Night-Heron was the highlight for us. A few other species were seen, but many were distant and either I didn't bother to try and get photos, or else I have posted them just for the record.
I rarely go on an evening walk, but yesterday evening was beautiful weather for walking, and, as always, it was nice to spend time with friends. Thanks, Anne B., for giving up your evening for us!
Today, we are under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch. We have a hot day tomorrow, 29C (to feel like 31C). With my place feeling like an oven, I might just have to make use of my car's air-conditioning. A drive also might help take my mind off a very painful toothache, caused by two teeth I had filled about a month ago. I hadn't had toothache for many, many years - now I remember what it's like.
"Vicia cracca (tufted vetch, cow vetch, bird vetch, blue vetch, boreal vetch), is a species of vetch native to Europe and Asia. It occurs on other continents as an introduced species, including North America, where it is a common weed. It often occurs in disturbed habitats, including old fields and roadside ditches." From Wikipedia.
This evening, I have posted a dozen photos taken yesterday evening, 30 July 2019, on a birding walk in Fish Creek Park. The Black-crowned Night-Heron was the highlight for us. A few other species were seen, but many were distant and either I didn't bother to try and get photos, or else I have posted them just for the record.
I rarely go on an evening walk, but yesterday evening was beautiful weather for walking, and, as always, it was nice to spend time with friends. Thanks, Anne B., for giving up your evening for us!
Today, we are under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch. We have a hot day tomorrow, 29C (to feel like 31C). With my place feeling like an oven, I might just have to make use of my car's air-conditioning. A drive also might help take my mind off a very painful toothache, caused by two teeth I had filled about a month ago. I hadn't had toothache for many, many years - now I remember what it's like.
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