Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: interestingness#326

I knew that a group was going to Brown-Lowery Provincial Park today (16 July 2013) and, as this place absolutely creeps me out, I reckoned I should go when I knew there would be quite a few people in the forest! A video was being made of this outing, so, even though I was told I would be welcome to join them (I knew at least two of them), I don't like cameras when they are pointing towards me, lol! They were going further than me, and anyway, I wanted to take photos and walk at a very slow pace. So, it all worked out well. Got lots of blurry photos (don't ask me why, lol!) and some that were thankfully sharp enough. On the way home, I drove some of the backroads that I love to drive. Completed the day with urgent food shopping : ( Tomorrow, I have a volunteer shift, but in the evening, I have no choice but to install updated Anti-virus software (which I bought, and now have just one day left) and I HAVE to back up a few photo files and delete from my hard drive. Has to be done before I'll be able to download any new photos from my camera ... sigh.

Taken way back mid July, along the Bearspaw Lasso Trail. This really was one beautiful Bolete mushroom!

A pair of these beautiful Trumpeter Swans lives in the aviary at the Calgary Zoo, along with the Great Gray Owls, two Snowy Owls and Barred Owls. Today, though, I noticed a new owl that I had never seen in there before. I think they have added a Long-eared Owl! I have seen Trumpeter Swans in the wild here, but they are either flying high overhead or are too far away on a slough. "The Trumpeter Swan was hunted almost to extinction for its feathers and meat in the early 20th century. Although their breeding numbers in Alberta are not up to pre-colonial levels, biologists are now growing concerned about overcrowding of Trumpeter Swans on their southern wintering areas. Their voice is a loud, resonant "bugle"." From Birds of Alberta by Fisher and Acorn.