Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: interestingness#215

This is a beautiful (can't believe I can actually call a snake "beautiful"!) Red-sided Garter Snake that has slithered into a wooden trap through the wire cone. Several of these boxes are placed in a hibernaculum and people record the number of snakes and their length and then the snakes are free to go on their merry way.

One of the last Poppies in flower at the Reader Rock Garden recently. Spent the afternoon at the Calgary Zoo today. I hadn't been for ages, but finally managed to get over there today. I was really hoping to find some flowers still in bloom in the Zoo gardens, and I wasn't disappointed : ) While I would much rather be trudging through a damp forest somewhere, photographing nature in the wild (like a REAL nature photographer, LOL), I still find the occasional trip to the Zoo very enjoyable and photographically rewarding. Not sure why, but my computer is displaying my photostream much larger than usual, with photos larger and also all the typing is in large size - so annoying and I can't remember how to get it back to normal. Can anyone help me - please? A bit later: thanks Lorien, Rebecca and Suzie for taking the time to try and help!