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"Rawr!!! "
Day 156 of 365
A male American white pelican raises his wings high while taking off into flight, reminding me of a pose of a friend pretending to be large and threatening. ;)
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Saturday, June 5, 2010
"Rawr!!!" - Project 365 - Day 156 of 365
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"Rawr!!! "
Day 156 of 365
A male American white pelican raises his wings high while taking off into flight, reminding me of a pose of a friend pretending to be large and threatening. ;)
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"Indian Head" - Photo of the Day - June 5th, 2010
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"Indian Head"
An image of the rock formation known as the Indian Head, along the side of the huge Ouimet Canyon.
Captured in Ouimet Canyon Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada.
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Ouimet Canyon is a large gorge in northern Ontario, near Thunder Bay. It is 100 metres deep, 150 metres wide and 2 kilometres in length,
The canyon is believed to have formed when a diabase sill dating from a billion years earlier was split open, either by the weight of advancing glaciers or the large volumes of water released during their retreat. Erosion by wind and rain continued the formation of the canyon. Due to the combination of limited sunlight reaching the bottom of the canyon, and the canyons depth itelf, the canyon is home to a fragile ecosystem of artic plants that could not normally survive at this latitude. A large rock column known as the Indian Head can be seen from one of the viewing areas.
There is a native American legend associated with the canyon and the Indian head rock formation.
A long time ago, there was a giant Omett. He helped Nanabijou make mountains and lakes. Omett fell in love with Nanabijou’s daughter Naiomi. One day, Omett was moving a mountain when part of it fell off and killed Naiomi. Omett quickly hid Naiomi. Nanabijou desperately looked for his daughter. When he sensed something underground, he sent a thunderbolt to split open the ground which created a canyon and he discovered his daughter at its bottom. He buried her there and to punish Omett he turned him into stone and put him on the canyon walls to watch Naiomi’s grave forever.
Friday, June 4, 2010
"Male Yellow Warbler" - Project 365 - Day 155 of 365
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"Male Yellow Warbler"
Day 155 of 365
This darling was very difficult to catch an image of, I only managed to get one shot of him.
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"Rhodendrum" - Photo of the Day - June 4th, 2010
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"Rhodendrum"
A bright pink Rhodendrum blossom is highlighted in the foreground of an image of sunlight streaming through a dense green forest. Captured on the grounds of Edward’s Gardens in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Thursday, June 3, 2010
"A Little Too Much Rain" - Project 365 - Day 154 of 365
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"A Little Too Much Rain"
Day 154 of 365
This is a farmer's field on my way home from work, there should be crops growing there by now but instead it is covered in over 3 feet of water. The two little black dots in the water are the tops of his fence posts!
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"Hidden City" - Photo of the Day - June 3rd, 2010
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"Hidden City"
Seen from the river’s edge, the sandstone hoodoos along the banks of the Milk River in Writing-On-Stone Provincial park appear as if they are some sort of ruined city.
Captured in Writing-On-Stone Provincial Park, in southern Alberta, Canada.
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"Male and Female American White Pelicans" - Project 365 - Day 153 of 365
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"Male and Female American White Pelicans"
Day 153 of 365
A male and female pair of pelicans soar past a background of green above the Old Man River in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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Wednesday, June 2, 2010
"Dandelion 'Clock'" - Photo of the Day - June 2nd, 2010
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"Dandelion 'Clock'"
A close-up of the spherical, fluffy white “clock” of a mature dandelion, with it’s seeds waiting to catch the first breeze to carry them away.
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Tuesday, June 1, 2010
"A Bump On The Head" - Project 365 - Day 152 of 365
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"A Bump On The Head"
Day 152 of 365
An interesting arrangement of signs. I wonder if it hurt?
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"Downy Woodpecker" - Photo of the Day - June 1st, 2010
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"Downy Woodpecker"
A downy woodpecker perches amidst the barren branches of a local woodland during winter.
Captured in the river valley of the Old Man River, near the Helen Schuler Nature Center in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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The Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) is the smallest woodpecker in North America. This diminutive woodpecker is a familiar sight at backyard feeders and in parks and woodlots, where it joins flocks of chickadees and nuthatches, barely outsizing them. An often acrobatic forager, this black-and-white woodpecker is at home on tiny branches or balancing on slender plant galls, sycamore seed balls, and suet feeders.
Learning to tell the difference between the Downy Woodpecker and it’s larger almost look-alike cousin the Hairy Woodpecker is one of the first challenges faced by most beginning birders in Canada and the United States.
It is actually fairly simple once one knows what to look for.
The Downy’s outer tail feathers are barred with black, unlike the Hairy Woodpecker’s, which are all white. The Downy is about 6 cm smaller than the Hairy, measuring only 15 to 18 cm from the tip of its bill to the tip of its tail. And the Downy’s bill is shorter than its head, whereas the Hairy’s bill is as long as or longer than its head length. The Downy’s name refers to the soft white feathers of the white strip on the lower back, which differ from the more hairlike feathers on the Hairy Woodpecker.
Monday, May 31, 2010
"My New Toy" - Project 365 - Day 151 of 365
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"My New Toy"
Day 151 of 365
I got all set up to take a picture of my new toy, and then of course someone wondered what I was up to and came to investigate..
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"Tiny Tot Dancer" - Photo of the Day - May 31st, 2010
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"Tiny Tot Dancer"
A young Blackfoot girl garbed in red coloured traditional native American regalia dances at a pow wow.
Captured at the 10th Annual International Peace Pow Wow hosted by the Blackfoot Canadian Cultural Society, in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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"Above The Trees!" - Project 365 - Day 150 of 365
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"Above The Trees!"
Day 150 of 365
I climbed a mountain today! Hiked up to Lake Agnes from Lake Louise in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
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Sun-Kissed Mule Deer - Photo of the Day - May 30th, 2010
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"Sun-Kissed Mule Deer"
Two female mule deer walking through a wooded park in Autumn seem to glow as the sunlight through the trees touches them.
Captured in Writing-on-Stone Provincial park in southern Alberta, Canada
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Sunday, May 30, 2010
"Lilacs in the SNOW!!!" - Project 365 - Day 149 of 365
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"Lilacs in the SNOW!!!"
Day 149 of 365
Well, we thought we had spring... Don't think the lilac blossoms are gonna survive this.
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"Deadfall" - Photo of the Day - May 29th, 2010
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"Deadfall"
A dead white pine tree lies half fallen in a meadow.
Captured near Waterton Lakes National Park in southern Alberta, Canada.
Taken with a Canon Digital Rebel using a 55-200mm @ 200mm, f/5.6, 1/200 sec. ISO 100.
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