Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: 59 acres site

We saw this amazing mushroom on a day walk at Nodwell Sanctuary today. This area is down south east of the city, right next to Carseland. Some kind of Ink Cap, Coprinopsis. Love the way the cap flattens, the top cracks, and the edge curls round. Never seen one like this before.

I'd never seen a Viceroy butterfly before, so was thrilled to spot this one today, when we were on a day walk at Nodwell Sanctuary (now called the Western Sky Land Trust Wheatland #1 Property), southeast of Calgary, near Carseland. It looks very much like the Monarch butterfly (which at first I thought it might be, as I didn't know about the Viceroy), but smaller, and both are relatively UNCOMMON in Alberta - this is the northern edge of their range. LOL, not quite the shot I would have liked to get, but still a record of an exciting sighting!