Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: interestingness#336

Not sure what this flower is - some kind of onion? The delicate, intricate design with the sun shining on it caught my eye at the Reader Rock Garden.

I took so many photos from different viewpoints around the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, and have ended up just grabbing one. Quite breathtaking scenery with dizzying drops! Distant haze from one of the fires in the park (we saw billowing smoke in several places during our few days there, but saw no flames). Really need to go through so many photos from my wonderful week away. "The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is the first large canyon on the Yellowstone River downstream from Yellowstone Falls in Yellowstone National Park. The canyon is approximately 24 miles long, between 800 feet (244m) and 1,200 feet (366m) deep and between one quarter of a mile (.45 km) and three quarters of a mile (1.2 km) wide." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Canyon_of_the_Yellowstone

Lots of people photograph these spectacular tropical plants, but the shape and colour fascinate me, so I couldn't resist. Saw this at the Calgary Zoo.

A view taken at the Bow Valley Provincial Park in Alberta, right at the start of the mountains. An amazing area of wetlands and river as far as wildife and plants are concerned. You can find several different kinds of orchids here.

The following was written by Peter Sherrington: "The visitors that day were just a few of the 1,500 people who came last year to witness the amazing spectacle. But they would not even have known about the site had it not been for a single bird -- a Golden Eagle -- that soared over the valley on the morning of March 20, 1992, as I was conducting a bird survey in the area with my friend Des Allen. The eagle was followed by another and then another. Quickly we realized that the birds were moving systematically along the ridges of the Fisher Range, crossing the Kananaskis Valley to Mount Lorette, where they'd soar briefly before disappearing to the northwest. At the end of the day, we had counted 103 Goldens, and I was convinced that we had discovered a previously unknown migration route. Two days later I returned to the area with a small group of observers, and in a single afternoon we counted 247 eagles moving along exactly the same route." I have been out to this location twice now and watched a trail of teeny black specks that are Golden Eagles. Fascinating that these birds know exactly where to fly on their migration route. Peter Sherrington does absolutely amazing, dedicated work recording every single one of these Golden Eagles each migration period.