Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: interestingness#499

This little Great Horned owlet was seen in one of the parks in the city. It had apparently fallen out of the nesting tree and couldn't climb back up, of course. Hopefully, it will survive its lower-level existence until it has grown enough to be able to at least fly a little. I was told that the adults have been feeding it, which is good news, and it seems to be well and healthy despite being out on its own for two nights. Both adults are nearby and keeping good watch over it.

Bird'sfoot Trefoil is one of my favourite wildflowers. Love the way the small, brilliant yellow flowers form a circle. It is a non-native plant and unfortunately, has become invasive. This particular plant was growing at Strathcona Ravines Park. I wish you all could have seen me today, LOL. It was a long, almost 12-hour day, exploring two different areas north west of the city, way out past Cochrane. Eight of us searched for plants, fungi, insects, birds - anything beautiful and of interest. The first place was a wonderful BOG! When I was there a year ago, I was so thrilled at seeing new plants, including Bog Bean, that I completely forgot to walk over and see and photograph the carnivorous plant, Sundew! So, finally, a year later, I got my chance. In order to get to these plants and various others, we had to kneel and half lie in bog water that was several inches deep, gradually sinking deeper and deeper. It was SO much fun and so rewarding! The second place was the Mountainview Sports and Handicapped Centre, set amongst wonderful forest. Now I need to download all my photos, recharge my battery and get ready for a lovely day out with a friend tomorrow, up in Banff, Rocky Mountains. Am I lucky, or what?? Of course, the downside of all these things is that I'm getting hardly any time for Flickr!

Bought three of these beautiful orange Roses from Safeway two weeks ago. I think they look as if they have their own personal little light inside.