Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: explore2013September07

This is another photo of this beautiful little Burrowing Owl, taken on 21 July 2013, when several of us went west from Calgary to Bow Valley Provincial Park. We were going on a birding hike, but had the wonderful chance to also see an exhibit by the Coaldale Bird of Prey Centre near Lethbridge, in the park for Park's Day. I had no idea that this was taking place until we met with the leader at our meeting place - and I was thrilled to bits! Coaldale also brought with them a Short-eared Owl, a juvenile Great Horned Owl, a Barn Owl (which we don't have in the wild in Alberta), a Golden Eagle and a Turkey Vulture.

Another shot taken on 29 August 2013, on my second recent visit to Bow Lake, Icefields Parkway (Highway 93), Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. The turquoise, glacially-fed lake lies at the foot of the mountains, behind the patch of coniferous trees, The Crowfoot Glacier is seen in the centre of the image. Crowfoot Mountain lies at 3050m (10007ft.). The Bow Glacier and Bow Lake Falls lie further round the lake, off to the right of my photo. This is the source of the Bow River that is the main river that runs through Calgary. The river that flooded and devastated so many places in June during our Alberta Flood of the Century. In the fall, we don't get the magnificent red Maples that you see in Eastern Canada, but I reckon Fireweed does a pretty good job of making sure we still get some vibrant colour with its glorious leaves! They positively glowed.