Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: 16 April 2013

This beautiful Water Lily was standing tall and upright when I first started taking photos of it at the Calgary Zoo on 16 April 2013. Then, on came the sprinklers, and the weight of the water made it lean right over. Gave me the chance, though, to see the flowerhead from different angles. Truly beautiful from which ever way you look at it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphaeaceae

This is a photo from way back in my archives. I was lucky enough to be with birding friends at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary on 16 April 2013, when about 10 beautiful Mountain Bluebirds (male and female) were flying over the Bow River and landing on the rocks not too far from where we were standing. They repeated this a number of times. Normally, one has to drive out of the city to see these birds, so it's always a treat to see one within city limits. In Bluebirds, the blue colour is produced by the structure of the feather - there is no blue pigment. "Tiny air pockets in the barbs of feathers can scatter incoming light, resulting in a specific, non-iridescent color. Blue colors in feathers are almost always produced in this manner. Examples include the blue feathers of Bluebirds, Indigo Buntings, Blue Jay's and Steller's Jays." www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mountain_Bluebird/id www.jstor.org/discover/pgs/index?id=10.2307/4077277&i... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Bluebird