Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Bucephala

Happy SPRING, everyone! I wanted a colourful image to post today, in contrast with my main photo, which shows a winter scene that would more accurately describe today, the first day of spring. Taken at the Calgary Zoo on 9 April 2013, I noticed this male Goldeneye swimming on a small pond there, glowing with spring-time colour created by the reflections from the nearby children's climbing frame : ) Looking out of my window this morning, though, one would never guess that today is the first day of spring. The wind is blowing the heavily falling snow horizontally and I suspect that my planned errands for today might not get done after all. I finally have my new COMPUTER up and running (kind of) after four weeks of total computer stress, complicated by the computer store mess-up, and surgery. Now I am discovering "the good, the bad and the ugly" of Windows 7! Definitely, the"ugly" would apply to the inability to manually rearrange photos in the order you want / need them!!! I am totally amazed and horrified that you can't do this. I searched the Internet and found forums full of endless complaints about this ridiculous issue, many going back to 2010. So, they still haven't changed it, after all this time. I would have thought it would be such a simple thing for Microsoft to change. Every time I want to find a photo, I have to look through many dozens, or more likely many hundreds, of tiny photo icons, trying to find the one photo I need. I would say that being able to arrange photos in the order I (and most photographers, no doubt!) need is one of the most important, necessary functions, so this is not good. If anyone has discovered a way to get round this or has any ideas to make it easier, I would LOVE to hear from you!

When you see a male Common Goldeneye from a distance, it's easy to think it's a black and white bird. In actual fact, the head has beautiful purple iridescence when the sun catches it. Taken at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary on 25 May 2013, when I had a wonderful day out with my youngest daughter. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Goldeneye www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Goldeneye/id ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This handsome male Common Goldeneye popped up a little closer than I was expecting, after yet another dive : ) Thought it showed the black and white pattern and the circular, white cheek mark quite clearly. I was happy that he and his mate visited one of the Zoo ponds when I happened to be there on 9 April 2013. Usually when I see Goldeneyes, they are in the middle of the Bow River, so I can only get distant shots. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Goldeneye www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/common_goldeneye/id