"Great Blue Heron" - Project 365 - Day 181 of 365

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"Great Blue Heron"

Day 181 of 365

A great blue heron in flight above a marsh on the shores of Lake Ontario.

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"Stormy Skies" - Photo of the Day - June 30th, 2010

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"Stormy Skies"

The cold, brilliant blue glacial waters of Vermillion River (in Kootenay National Park, British Columbia, Canada) flow past dark green pine forests and lofty Rocky Mountains beneath a sky filled with dark, angry storm clouds.

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"Family Reflections" - Project 365 - Day 180 of 365

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"Family Reflections"

Day 180 of 365

A mute swan mother with her gaggle of cygnets.

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"Leaves of Red and Gold" - Photo of the Day - June 29th, 2010

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"Leaves of Red and Gold"

A close-up of a tree branch with alternate leaves that have turned a "bright red colour, with veins of gold, with the coming of Fall.

Captured in Long Sault Conservation Area, near Kirby, Ontario, Canada.

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"Grey Wolf" - Project 365 - Day 179 of 365

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"Grey Wolf"

Day 179 of 365

Went to the Haliburton Forest Wolf Centre today. Meet Grissom the grey wolf.

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"Columbine" - Photo of the Day - June 28th, 2010

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"Columbine"

A close-up of the brightly red and yellow coloured flower of a wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis). Captured in late May 2009 near Thessalon in rural Ontario, Canada.

Also known as Canadian Columbine , or (ambiguously) called “Red Columbine”, wild columbine is a wildflower of the Ranunculaceae family. Leaves are both basal and cauline, lobed and divided. The distinctive flowers appear in late spring, above the foliage. Flowers consist of coloured sepals, and petals elongated into a spur.

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"Choke Cherries!" - Project 365 - Day 178 of 365

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"Choke Cherries!"

Day 178 of 365

A vignetted close-up of a cluster of choke cherries.

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"Daisy Bee" - Photo of the Day - June 27th, 2010

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"Daisy Bee"

A close-up shot of a bee enjoying the sweet nectar of a beautiful common daisy on a warm spring day.

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"Sunset From Above" - Project 365 - Day 177 of 365

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"Sunset From Above"

Day 177 of 365

Playing a little catch-up on the blog tonight, since I spent the day travelling yesterday, as you can see from my Project365 photo.

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"Almost Sunset" - Project 365 - Day 176 of 365

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"Almost Sunset"

Day 176 of 365

The setting sun lit the sky in a blaze of orange.

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"Blue Dancer" - Photo of the Day - June 25th, 2010

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"Blue Dancer"

An Ojibwe man in bright blue and white traditional fancy dance regalia dances in a blur of feathers and ribbons.

Captured at the Curve Lake Pow Wow near Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

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"Summer Phlox" - Project 365 - Day 175 of 365

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"Summer Phlox"

Day 175 of 365

One thing that may come from all this rain, a few more wildflowers this summer.

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"On Alert" - Photo of the Day - June 24th, 2010

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"On Alert"

A Richardson’s ground squirrel (Spermophilus richardsonii) watches alertly from the entrance to it’s burrow.

Captured in St. Mary’s Reservoir Provincial Recreation Area, near Magrath, Alberta, Canada.

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"Chatty Magpie" - Project 365 - Day 174 of 365

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"Chatty Magpie"

Day 174 of 365

This black-billed magpie was chatting up a storm while I was in the park today.

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"Windmills in the Fog" - Photo of the Day - June 23rd, 2010

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"Windmills in the Fog"

A vignetted image of a row of windmills shrouded by fog.

Captured near Magrath, in rural southern Alberta, Canada.

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"Flower Power" - Project 365 - Day 173 of 365

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"Flower Power (HDR)"

Day 173 of 365

An old derelict truck has has some new life breathed into it by a creative gardener.

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"Portrait of a Bald Eagle" - Photo of the Day - June 22nd, 2010

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"Portrait of a Bald Eagle"

A close-up profile of a majestic bald eagle.

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"Solstice Sunrise" - Project 365 - Day 172 of 365

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"Solstice Sunrise"

Day 171 of 365

For those of you that know me well...this is more rare than chasing bears or climbing mountains...lol!

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"Red Dun" - Photo of the Day - June 21st, 2010

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"Red Dun"

A red dun mare enjoys the wind in her mane and the sun on her back as she strolls in her pasture.

Captured on a ranch in rural southern Alberta, near Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, Canada.

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"Red-Winged Blackbird" - Project 365 - Day 171 of 365

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"Red-Winged Blackbird"

Day 171 of 365

A trip out to Beauvais Lake today turned out to be wuite rewarding, with wildlife aplenty, including a flock of these gregarious fellows.

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"Alien Watcher - Photo of the Day - June 20th, 2010

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"Alien Watcher"

Can you see it?

A hoodoo sandstone rock formation in Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park in southern Alberta, Canada.

Strangely, from a particular angle , this hoodoo bears a resemblance to a profile of some sort of humanoid/alien. Sort of fitting considering the ‘alien’ or surreal landscape of the hoodoos.

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"Besom, Besom, Witches Broom..." - Project 365 - Day 170 of 365

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"Besom, Besom, Witches Broom..."

Day 170 of 365

The light of the setting sun created this beautiful image right before my eyes this evening.

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"Nature's Kiss" - Photo of the Day - June 19th, 2010

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"Nature's Kiss"

A lightning strike appears to form the outline of a pair of lips kissing the top of a tree.

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"Overflowing Storm Drains" - Project 365 - Day 169 of 365

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"Overflowing Storm Drains"

Day 169 of 365

All my parks are now closed due to flooding :( Not sure what I'm going to take for pics for the next few days...could get interesting.

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"Stout Goldenrod" - Photo of the Day - June 18th, 2010

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"Stout Goldenrod"

A close-up of bright yellow Stout Goldenrod (Solidago squarrosa) blossoms.

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Stout goldenrod:
- Flowers: Yellow; 10-16 flower rays; 15-30 disk florets; flower head is narrow and elongate; not secund; August – October.
- Leaves: Basal leaves are strongly toothed; egg-shaped to elliptical; lower and basal leaves are 10-25 cm long and stalked; upper leaves are much smaller and unstalked; are horizontal “wings” where the leaves join the stem.
- Stem: Erect, usually solitary; reddish.
- Height: up to 1.5 m tall.
- Habitat: Dry woods, fields, and rocky area
—Source: Andy’s Northern Ontario Wildflowers – Andy Fyon

"Wildflowers in the Rain" - Project 365 - Day 168 of 365

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"Wildflowers in the Rain"

Day 168 of 365

It isn't normally quite this green here in Lethbridge, but it has been raining an awful lot lately.

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"Eastern Kingbird" - Photo of the Day - June 17th, 2010

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"Eastern Kingbird"

An eastern kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus ) perches on the bare branches of a small tree, against the backdrop of bright green foliage in spring.

Captured in Indian Battle Park, near the Helen Schuler Nature Centre in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.

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"Pretty White Flowers" - Project 365 - Day 167 of 365

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"Pretty White Flowers"

Day 167 of 365

These flowers were all growing on a similar to lilacs, in Henderson Park, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.

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"Red-Winged Blackbird" - Photo of the Day June 16th, 2010

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"Red-winged Blackbird"

A red-winged blackbird clings to reeds in a marsh on a warm summer day. Taken in Bluffer’s Park on the shores of Lake Ontario in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.

One of the most abundant birds across North America, and one of the most boldly colored, the Red-winged Blackbird is a familiar sight atop cattails, along soggy roadsides, and on telephone wires. Glossy-black males have scarlet-and-yellow shoulder patches they can puff up or hide depending on how confident they feel. Females are a subdued, streaky brown, almost like a large, dark sparrow. In the North, their early arrival and tumbling song are happy indications of the return of spring.

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"Puffball"- Project 365 - Day 166 of 365

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"Puffball"

Day 166 of 365

I have no idea what these plants are, but they're fluff was flying all over the park like it was snow.

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"Orange Lily" - Photo of the Day - June 15th, 2010

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"Orange Lily"

A macro image of the flower and stamens of a beautiful orange lily.

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"Jacob's Ladder - Project 365 - Day 165 of 365

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"Jacob's Ladder"

Day 165 of 365

Lovely purple flowers. I missed seeing these last year, as I wasn't in Alberta yet when they were in bloom.

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"King of the World" - Photo of the Day - June 14th, 2010

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"King of the World"

A Canadian Goose looking down on me from atop a high stone arch. The arch is actually an artificial structure that is part of one of the habitats at the Toronto Zoo. The goose seemed to feel that he was master of all he surveyed.

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"Grizzly Bear" - Project 365 - Day 164 of 365

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"Grizzly Bear"

Day 164 of 365

A young adult grizzly came to get his photo taken while I was in Waterton today.

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"View from Middle Waterton Lake" - Photo of the Day - June 13th, 2010

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"View from Middle Waterton Lake"

A sea of golden grass leads the eye first to a strip of forest and the tip of Middle Waterton Lake, and then up the slopes of Vimy Mountain. this region, where the prairies abruptly meet the Rocky Mountains with very little in the way of foothills, is often called “the Crown of the Continent”.

Captured from just above the shoreline of Middle Waterton Lake, inside the gates of Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, Canada.

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"Alberta Wild Rose - Our Provincial Flower" - Project 365 - Day 163 of 365

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"Alberta Wild Rose - Our Provincial Flower"

Day 163 of 365

The first of these wonderful flowers I have seen so far this year.

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"Myrtle Beach, South Carolina" - Photo of the Day - June 12th, 2010

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"Myrtle Beach, South Carolina"

A glorious sunrise over the soft, sandy beach of the Grand Strand in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

The Grand Strand is a 60+ mile stretch of uninterrupted beach on the shores of Long Bay, on the Atlantic Ocean, in North and South Carolina.

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"High Rise Kitty" - Project 365 - Day 162 of 365

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"High Rise Kitty"

Day 162 of 365

Sitting high up on a balcony rail, watching the people below. I certainly do not trust my babies enough to let them out on the balcony to try this for themselves.

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"Athabasca Pass" - Photo of the Day - June 11th, 2010

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"Athabasca Pass"

A rustic wooden sign pointing to Athabasca Pass, a high pass through the Canadian Rocky Mountains in Jasper National Park.

Captured along the Yellowhead, the Trans-Canada Highway, where it crosses through the Rocky mountains near Jasper, Alberta, Canada.

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"Tree Swallow" - Project 365 - Day 161 of 365

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"Tree Swallow"

Day 161 of 365

Perched on a barbed wire fence, I think he was as interested in me as I was him.

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"Oh Deer!" - Photo of the Day - June 10th, 2010

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"Oh Deer!"

A female white-tailed deer (or doe) pauses just long enough for a perfect portrait.

Captured in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, Canada.

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"A Tree" - Project 365 - Day 160 of 365

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"A Tree"

Day 159 of 365

The rain let up enough for a nice walk in the park today.

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"Proud Chestnut" - Photo of the Day - June 9th, 2010

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"Proud Chestnut"

A chestnut mare proudly tosses her head as she walks next to a barb-wire fence on a ranch in the wide, open prairie landscape of southern Alberta.

Captured near Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.

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"Cedar Waxwing" - Project 365 - Day 159 of 365

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"Cedar Waxwing"

Day 159 of 365

Some new summer visitors to the area. These fellows winter in Puerto Rico, I'm sort of envious.

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"Moccasin Flower" - Photo of the Day - June 8th, 2010

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"Moccasin Flower"

A close-up of a beautiful Pink Lady’s Slipper orchid.

Captured in Neys Provincial Park, in northern Ontario, Canada.

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Blooming in late spring, the Pink Lady’s Slipper (Cypripedium acaule (Orchidaceae) ) orchid is known in the United States and Canada as the Moccasin Flower, from its resemblance to a shoe or moccasin.

This native orchid prefers acid soil such as is found in pine forests of northern Ontario.

The Pink Lady’s Slipper is the provincial flower of Prince Edward Island, Canada. In Nova Scotia, Canada it is considered endangered and is protected by law.

If the plant’s blossom does not cycle through, it will not regenerate; for this reason, it is recommended that the flower not be picked.

"Double Rainbow" - Project 365 - Day 158 of 365

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"Double Rainbow"

Day 158 of 365

I had to throw my coat on and ran outside to catch this image.

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"Swainson's Hawk" - Photo of the Day - June 7th, 2010

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"Swainson's Hawk"

A Swainson’s Hawk (Buteo Swainson) flares his wings and stretches out his talons as he prepares to land on a fencepost.

Captured near Mountainview in rural southern Alberta, Canada; just east of Waterton National Park.

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"Why Did You Wake Me?" - Project 365 - Day 157 of 365

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"Why Did You Wake Me?"

Day 157 of 365

This mare was so soundly asleep in the grass that she was snoring. Then her colt decided to wake her up cuz he was scared of the lady with the camera. I love the bad 'mane' day and the bleary eyed face, so expressive.

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"Baby Buffalo" - Photo of the Day - June 6th, 2010

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"Baby Buffalo"

A bison calf standing amid a field of prairie grasses and wildflowers.

Captured in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, near Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada.

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"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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