Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: 20

A photo from 7 July 2015, taken at a wetland area in SW Calgary, when I called in for just an hour after a doctor's appointment. Baby Coots are such ugly little things that they are cute, ha. Love the way they flap those tiny wings when they are being fed. I don't know if this is Mom or Dad, but s/he was doing a great job of collecting water plants to feed to the babies. "The waterborne American Coot is one good reminder that not everything that floats is a duck. A close look at a coot—that small head, those scrawny legs—reveals a different kind of bird entirely. Their dark bodies and white faces are common sights in nearly any open water across the continent, and they often mix with ducks. But they’re closer relatives of the gangly Sandhill Crane and the nearly invisible rails than of Mallards or teal." From AllAboutBirds. www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Coot/id

Love these Purple Avens, both their unusual flowers and also when they start sprouting unruly seed hairs : ) Taken on 16 July 2013, at Brown-Lowery Provincial Park, SW of Calgary. "Geum rivale, the water avens, is a flowering plant of the family Rosaceae. Other names for the plant are nodding avens, drooping avens, cure-all, water flower and indian chocolate. It is native to much of Europe, with the exception of Mediterranean areas, as well as some parts of Central Asia and North America. In North America, it is known as purple avens. It grows in bogs and damp meadows, and produces nodding red flowers from May to September." From Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geum_rivale www.flickr.com/photos/annkelliott/9820814413

I have 20,115 Thank You's to shout this morning! Also have a good many apologies to embarrassingly whisper, for not commenting anywhere near as much as I would like to and should. Thank you all SO MUCH for being such faithful visitors and friends - when I received my very first comment, I never dreamed that I would ever see 20,000 views in small print at the top of my page. I appreciate your kindness (and patience when my photos left a lot to be desired!) SOOO much!!! Thank you, MAMA Z, for telling me how to do a screen shot!