Today’s #birdoftheday theme is #staredown. I think this #osprey looking into my camera lens qualifies. Here’s hoping everyone seeing this has a great week! #photography #bird #birds 🪶 #raptor #photo #nature #alberta #calgary #yyc

Today's #birdoftheday is #ducksoutofwater. Here is a #photo I took in May of a #lesser #scaup. Also known as the #little #bluebill (I wonder why😜), these two male North American #diving #ducks were resting on the shore of a nearby pond. #photography #bird #birds 🪶 #nature #Alberta #wildfowl 🇨🇦

Morning all. Flanders #Poppies grow in Calgary parks & gardens but not in November. Here are three #photos of ones I've taken. It's Remembrance Day. My father - 18 when he joined the 🇨🇦 army - fought in France & Italy. He died in 1978. I always think of him on November 11. #Photography #LestWeForget

So the #BirdOfTheDay for today is #least. Hmmm. Here is the only #photo I've ever taken of a #Forster's #Tern. I was at #Frank #Lake in #Alberta 🇨🇦photographing pelicans and a friend pointed out this #bird hovering above us. I got off this one shot before it dove. #birds 🪶 #photography #nature #wild

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #StandingOnThings except the Floor. May I offer 4 #photos I’ve taken, of an #avocat, a red-winged #blackbird, a #robin and a #mountain #blackbird. 3 of these could also qualify for #balance. 😊 Enjoy your Sunday everyone! #photography #nature #bird 🪶 #birds #Alberta 🇨🇦

Happy Saturday Friends & Followers! Less than 4 months ago I took this #photo of 2 pelicans rising up from #FrankLake #Alberta. Their lovely black feathers are only visible when the #birds are in flight. #bird #Pelican #BirdOfTheDay #nature #waterfowl 🪶 #takeoffs #photography @alan678.bsky.social

Near sunset the other day. Here’s looking across the #Bow #River as the sun, low on the horizon, backlights some of the city of Calgary’s #downtown. The iconic #Calgary #Tower (tallest bldg in #yyc from 1968-1984) is on the far left. Have a great weekend folks! #photography #urban #landscape #autumn

Today's #BirdOfTheDay is all about #CloseUps of any bird, so here’s a #photo of a #mallard #drake I took who just raised his head out of a pond. Viva la #droplets reflected in the #sun. 🙂 #bird 🪶 #duck #nature #photography #birdphotography

Darn! I just saw that yesterday's #BirdOfTheDay from Rob was #Grebes. I am rather proud of this #Western #Grebe #photo so here it is for your weekend mix viewing pleasure. #waterfowl #photography #birds 🪶 #birdphotography #naturephotography #nature #Alberta #wildlife #Canada 🇨🇦

So for a #underrated #birdoftheday I’ve chosen a female #mallard (hen). Why? Because hand anyone a camera and tell them to photograph a “duck” they invariably take a #photo of a male mallard with its iridescent green head. But the hen is also stunning, no? #photography #bird 🪶 #nature #duck

Taken Saturday. #Mount #Armstrong (elevation: 2,823 m or 9,262 ft) straddles the #Alberta / #BritishColumbia border along the #Continental #Divide. More info in #photos. Have a great Wednesday all! 😊 #Rockies #mountain #fall #nature #wilderness #autumn #Canada

Taken (checks time) 10 minutes ago. 🙂 This male* #downy #woodpecker was taking a break from the hole he was creating & I was able to capture him & some surrounding #fall #colours. I hope everyone is having a great Tuesday. #photography #autumn #Calgary #nature #bird 🪶 *only males have the red spot.

Some of the #Rocky #Mountains in #Alberta 🇨🇦. Taken last Saturday from the site of the former thriving community of #LittleChicago (aka Revenues 1936-1970), where only a cairn now exists to prove it existed. Note the #pumpjack in the field. #photography #Fall #Autumn #Rockies #Longview

It's the last Monday in 🎃ctober. Have a safe and happy week, everyone! On Saturday I took this #photo of #cattle on a #ranch just north of #Longview 🇨🇦. Note the #pumpjack in the distance. They pepper the #landscape in the #Foothills of #Alberta. #photography #cow #scenery #rural. #October #fall

Taken yesterday morning. This is #Upper #Kananaskis #Lake, located in #Peter #Lougheed #Park in the #Rocky #Mountains of #Alberta #Canada 🇨🇦. Located 90 minutes SW of #Calgary, many visit during the summer but at 10am Saturday there were few people around. #photography #nature #wilderness #mountain

Hello everyone. I was in #Kananaskis Country, #Alberta, #Canada 🇨🇦 this morning as the rays from the #sunrise shone on the clouds and these #snow dusted #mountaintops. More #photos later. Have a great weekend all! 🙂 #photography #nature #Rocky #mountains #landscape #Autumn #fall #wilderness

#Autumn in #Kananaskis Country, #Alberta 🇨🇦. No wind means a mirror-like reflection of #mountains to the west. Some day I may drop this photo from my home page banner, but not anytime soon. 🙂 Please have a happy & safe Saturday, especially you good folks at the #NoKings rallies. #photography #nature

All taken one day in late #September. Between the #Alberta #Rocky #Mountains and #Calgary there lies #Kananaskis Country. No matter when you are there it's hard not to be taken in by the #beauty of #nature, but there is something special about #autumn, no? #photography #fall #colors

I have friends who are excellent photographers who will not go to Nose Hill Park in #Calgary (the 4th largest #urban #park in #Canada) because, "there's nothing worth photographing there." To them, and to anyone agreeing with that sentiment I simply say, "Pshaw!" 😊 #nature #photography #fall #autumn

Happy 🇨🇦 #Thanksgiving all! I like to post #ThenAndNow #photos from the same location. These two bookend just under a #fortnight, taken on September 30 and October 12. There are still lingering remnants of #summer in #Calgary, but not in #Riley #Park after the #frost hit #yyc. #urban #photography

I occasionally am known as a fun guy* (😉). Today while on a #trail near the south bank of the #Bow #River in #Calgary I noticed this unusual cluster of #mushrooms growing out of the centre of a #stump of a #tree felled years ago. So here are three #photos I took of it. #photography #nature * #fungi

After the sun disappears at #sunset there are three stages of #twilight*, taking about 50 minutes before actual #night arrives. * #Civil #Nautical #Astronomical I shot this of the #sky to the west of #Calgary 22 minutes after sunset, during Civil Twilight. 🙂 #photography #minimalism #clouds #yyc

I hope you're enjoying this #fall Sunday in #Alberta. If you dress warmly there's scenery to be seen. Here is a #fall #photo I shot of #Moraine #Lake in #Banff #National #Park 🇨🇦. All the #trees are evergreen so no #autumn colours are present. Still not bad though. 😉 #photography #nature #mountain

An #October #photo of two stand-up paddle boarders drifting towards #downtown #Calgary on the #Bow #River which winds through the #city. The #fall colours on the #trees on both #banks complement the #blueness of the image. Do have a wonderful weekend everyone. 🙂 #photography #autumn #yyc #skyline 🇨🇦

Here's #downtown #Calgary, not long after sunrise this morning. This is looking SE while I was on #Crescent Road NW. The leaves on the #deciduous trees in the #city have really started to turn. Compare this to one I posted one week ago from the same spot #autumn #photography #yyc #fall #changes

Taken yesterday at #Riley #Park in NW #Calgary. There’s not been a sub-zero night yet, so the #flowers are holding up very well. If you’re a #yyc local get out and take them in if you can, for that killing #frost is not far away. #photography #SecondSummer #garden

So, I see the theme for the #birdoftheday is any #bird whose main colour is #white. So today I’ll stick with some shots I took of #pelicans. I’m pretty sure these qualify, no? #birds #photography 🪶#birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #BirdLife

Happy #TruthAndReconciliation Day. 🇨🇦 The #Cree word for #Canada #goose, #Niska, highlights its sacred status within their culture. Here are 4 photos of some I have taken, from very young to adult. Please feel free to click on them and take a gander. 😉 #photography #bird 🪶 #birds #nature #gosling

Time for a #MountainMonday post. 10 posts ago I put up a traditional #photo of #Peyto #Lake in #Banff #National #Park, in the #Alberta #Rocky #Mountains. 🇨🇦 Today: 2 photos showing where glacial water enters the lake. The #telephoto shot was taken without a tripod. #Photography #nature #wilderness

Happy Sunday all. Here are three #photos of The Arthur J. E. Child Cancer Centre in #Calgary. The 1st is the front of the building, the 2nd is the side facing 16th Avenue NW and the 3rd is a #telephoto shot of a few floors taken yesterday right before #sunset. #urban #photography #architecture #yyc

What makes me smile is thinking if everyone who reads this has a wonderful #weekend. Here's #downtown #Calgary at #dawn last Wednesday, with my camera looking SE while I was on #Crescent Road NW. The leaves on some #deciduous trees in the #city are starting to turn. #autumn #photography #yyc #fall

Just before #sunset at a #pond in the #University #District of #Calgary I took these #photos of two #Mallards, a #drake & a #hen. Definitely one of the easiest #bird #species to tell the #male from the #female, no? Have a great weekend folks! 🦆 #photography #ducks #nature #wild #waterfowl #birds 🪶

Here’s hoping everyone has a #ducky Thursday (forgive the cheap segue 🙂). Here are two photos of a #Mallard hen I took during yesterday’s sundown in a #pond in the #University #District of #Calgary. One captures the reflection of unseen #bulrushes. #photography #bird🪶 #duck #nature #yyc #waterfowl

#Autumn has been in #Calgary for two full days & though it's been warm many of the #summer flowers are wilting away. Not so these #purple #coneflowers (#Echinacea) which I photographed today in #Riley #Park. Here's hoping your Wednesday is great wherever you may be. #yyc #photography #flower #garden

Good Tuesday morning. 🙂 Yesterday evening, near sundown, I stood on the shore of a small pond in the #University #District of #Calgary and this lone #Mallard #hen drifted towards me. I've always been fascinated by the trim of their feathers. I hope you all have a good day. #photography #duck #nature

I’m not usually a shill for new businesses, but if you’re anywhere near the Arthur J. E. Child Cancer Centre in #Calgary and find yourself in need of a great #coffee ☕️ +/or a treat, please visit the new CAFÉ BEANO, located across 16th Ave NW from the hospital. No need to thank me. 😉 #yyc #city

I was sorting the #photos I took last Saturday in the #Canadian #Rocky #Mountains. These 3, shot around #glacier-fed #Bow #Lake in #Banff #National #Park, stood out. Summer officially ended an hour ago. I hope all you friends & followers had some memorable times. 🙂 #photography #nature #wilderness

Happy last #summer weekend all! 🙂 Last Saturday I was in #Banff #National #Park 🇨🇦 taking #nature photos when I realized #mountain #landscapes are greatly enhanced by the abundant #spruce trees in the area. So I took this before I hiked above the tree line. #photography #Bow #Lake #outdoors #beauty

Peyto Lake, #Alberta, in the Canadian #Rocky #Mountains, a ways north of #Lake #Louise. The intense #turquoise hue comes from fine #glacial #silt suspended in the water, refracting sunlight to create its unique colour. Taken last Saturday morning. Enjoy your Thursday, all! 🙂 #photography #nature

Happy Wednesday all. I've never posted a #photo of a #Bombus #mixtus before. I took this last Saturday near Bow Lake in the #Alberta #Rocky #Mountains. This small #bumblebee lives in mountains and meadows around these parts. Don't ask me what the flower is. 😉 #photography #nature #bees #insects

Taken Saturday near #Peyto Lake in the #Alberta #Rocky #Mountains. The golden-mantled #ground #squirrel is native to mountain and #meadow regions and this one is starting to get plump in preparation for hibernation. I thought posting something #cute today was called for. 🙂 #photography #nature

Is this #MountainMonday? 😉Regardless, here is a #photo of #Bow Lake (altitude: 1920 m), north of #Lake #Louise in #Banff National #Park. Taken early Saturday morning, the lake is one of a series lining the #Icefields #Parkway. Have a great week, all! #photography #dawn #mountain #Canadian #Rockies

A beautiful #butterfly on a wonderful #waterlily. ISO200 85mm f5.6 1/125s #photography

Alliteration dictates that today could be Meerkat Monday, so here is a photo of one I took Saturday afternoon at the #Calgary #zoo. Here's hoping everyone has a good week, considering all the weirdness going on in our world these days (another reason to post something #cute). #photography #animal

Taken last night. it is rare to find 19th century ruins in a big city but that's exactly what this is. On east 12th Avenue in #Calgary are remnants of the city's first major #hospital, built in 1899. It featured 35 beds, an operating room & a nursing school. #photography #architecture #yyc #history

I know I've not posted a #photo in a while, so on #SkyscraperSaturday (I kind of made that up), I took this early evening shot of the south facing side of the 3rd tallest #building in #Calgary, the 60 storey #TelusSky. That's the #downtown Hyatt in its reflection. #photography #architechture #yyc

On this #wildfowl #Wednesday I confess that when photographing a #mallard I get so distracted by the #iridescence of a drake's head 🦆 I often ignore the #beauty of a hen. Here's me making amends today with this #photo of an awake but resting female #duck. 🙂 #photography #bird 🪶 #birds #nature #fowl

Have a good Tuesday, all! This was taken east of #Strathmore, which itself is east of #Calgary. There are many picturesque #fields of yellow #canola in southern #Alberta this time of year. The trees separating the two properties and the wispy #clouds added to the #photo. #photography #summer

Good Monday morning, all! Is #MooseMonday even a thing on #BlueSky? 🥴 Today it is for me as I post two #photos of a very healthy adult #moose couple I spotted from a distance in January while on a logging road near #Sundre, #Alberta. Such a magnificent animal! #photography #wild #nature #wildlife

Happy Sunday everybody! Time for something #cute. Yesterday I took a photo of 4 #mallard #chicks huddled together and resting on the bank of a stream in #Confederation #Park in #Calgary. Their mother was nearby and didn't mind me getting close. #photography #duck #bird 🪶 #birds #nature #wild #yyc