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This was early morning yesterday, I was up before the dawn. Fog rolled down the Burrard Inlet and swallowed Stanley Park and the Lions Gate Bridge. This was the moment the first rays of sunrise caught the fog and lit the highrises downtown. Captured from West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada ~ October 27, 2017 ☁
The Bald Eagle has been the national emblem of the United States since 1782 and a spiritual symbol for native people for far longer than that. Their white-feathered heads gleam in contrast to their chocolate-brown body and wings.
Merlin pairs have been seen teaming up to hunt large flocks of waxwings: one Merlin flushes the flock by attacking from below; the other comes in moments later to take advantage of the confusion.
Hard to believe that this place has been abandoned and in bad shape for over 10 years. Gorgeous place.
Unique among North American raptors for its diet of live fish and ability to dive into water to catch them, Ospreys are common sights soaring over shorelines, patrolling waterways, and standing on their huge stick nests, white heads gleaming. These large, rangy hawks do well around humans and have rebounded in numbers following the ban on the pesticide DDT. Hunting Ospreys are a picture of concentration, diving with feet outstretched and yellow eyes sighting straight along their talons.
This Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) was slowly foraging in a smaller pond. Copyright © Kim Toews/All Rights Reserved.
A San Francisco style trolley cruises up Water Street near Cambie in Gastown. Captured in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada ~ Throwback 12/5/16
It's snowing today in Vancouver!
Happy Boxing Day
Quebec, CANADÀ 2024.
The Fairmont Le Château Frontenac, commonly referred to as the Château Frontenac, is a historic hotel in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The hotel is situated in Old Quebec, within the historic district's Upper Town, on the southern side of Place d'Armes. The Château Frontenac was designed by Bruce Price, and was built by the Canadian Pacific Railway company. The hotel is managed by Fairmont Hotels and Resorts.
Opened in 1893, the Châteauesque-styled building has 18 floors; its 79.9-metre (262-foot) height is augmented by its 54-metre (177-foot) ground elevation. It is one of the first completed grand railway hotels, and was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1981.[6] The hotel was expanded on three occasions, with the last major expansion taking place in 1993.
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The Château Frontenac is situated on 1, rue des Carrières, at the eastern edge of Old Quebec's Upper Town, built on the promontory of Quebec, a raised mass of land that projects into the Saint Lawrence River. The hotel property is bounded by rue Saint Louis to the north, and rue Mont Carmel to the south. Terrasse Dufferin is a terrace that wraps around the hotel from the northeast to the southeast, overlooking the Saint Lawrence River. Two public roads run through the hotel, rue du Trésor, and rue des Carrières. The hotel building was designated as a National Historic Site of Canada, known as the Château Frontenac National Historic Site of Canada. The area was designated as a National Historic Site in January 1981.
Located near the edge of the promontory of Quebec, the Château Frontenac is situated near several major historic attractions within the historic district of Old Quebec's Upper Town. To the northeast of the hotel lies the Ursulines Monastery of Quebec, a 17th-century monastery founded by a missionary group of Ursuline nuns, and another National Historic Site of Canada. To the south of the hotel lies the Plains of Abraham, a historic area within The Battlefields Park, and the site of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. Another major attraction south of the hotel is the Citadelle of Quebec, situated at the atop Cap Diamant, an elevated point of the promontory. The Citadelle serves as an active military installation for the Canadian Armed Forces, as well as a secondary official residence for the Canadian monarch and the Governor General of Canada. East of the hotel lies the Terrasse Dufferin, and Old Quebec's Lower Town directly below it.
The Château Frontenac was not the first large building on the site. The first one was built during the 1780s, and was known as the Château Haldimand, named after the Governor of Quebec who ordered its construction. It was demolished in 1892 to make way for the present hotel.
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Shrikes are rare among songbirds for their lifestyle of hunting and eating animals. they often kill more prey than they need at one time, but they don't let it go to waste. They often store food for later by impaling their prey on spines or barbed wire, earning the nickname "butcher birds."
North American Elk is a sociable animal and seldom found without other elk nearby. It is highly vocal for an ungulate, or hoofed animal.
A bull moose in full spread of antlers is the most imposing beast in North America. Big bulls weigh up to 600 kg in most of Canada; the giant Alaska-Yukon subspecies weighs as much as 800 kg. In fact, the moose is the largest member of the deer family.
A juvenile bald eagle on a thin layer of ice at the edge of Bow river. The young raptor’s sharp gaze and powerful stance evoke a sense of resilience in the harsh winter landscape. Set against a stark, frozen backdrop, the eagle appears both majestic and solitary, embodying the raw beauty and untamed spirit of wildlife.
“Hooded” is something of an understatement for this extravagantly crested little duck. Adult males are a sight to behold, with sharp black-and-white patterns set off by chestnut flanks. They nest in tree cavities; the ducklings depart with a bold leap to the forest floor when only one day old. www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Hooded_Merganser/id
Ospreys search for fish by flying on steady wingbeats and bowed wings or circling high in the sky over relatively shallow water. They often hover briefly before diving, feet first, to grab a fish. You can often clearly see an Osprey's catch in its talons as the bird carries it back to a nest or perch.
In summer, the buttery yellow males sing their sweet whistled song from willows, wet thickets, across almost all of North America. The females and immatures aren’t as bright, and lack the male’s rich chestnut streaking.
Another one from the archives making its debut.
LaHave is a Canadian community in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia. The community is located across the river from Riverport and approximately 15 kilometres from the town of Bridgewater. Once the capital of Acadia, it is located on Highway 331 at the mouth of the 97 km long LaHave River.
Lights, camera and action on Granville Island last night. Home to performing arts theatres, art galleries, a marina, a boutique hotel, dining, shopping but most well known for it's large Public Market. A great place for the romantic at heart. Captured from underneath the Granville Bridge, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada ~ July 22, 2016
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