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I will be away from Flickr for the next week while attending "The Wings Over the Rockies Festival" in Invermere BC.
Glenn Parker and I went to Grandin Pond in St. Albert where there are great opportunities to catch close looks at Horned Grebes and several other waterfowl species.
I added an archive shot of an Eared Grebe for comparison in the comment box below. The golden-coloured feathers on the side of the head of the Eared Grebe are more wispy and do not form the "horns" as they do in the Horned Grebe. The black feathers on the forehead of the Eared Grebe are often raised forming a crest. The neck of the Eared grebe is black, while the neck of the Horned Grebe is the same rufous colour of the flanks of both species. The tip of the bill of the Horned Grebe is white. The bill of the Eared Grebe is all black.
Eared Grebes also tend to nest in large colonies. Horned Grebes are quite territorial and defend their nesting sites.
I have also added shots of a preening female Gadwall and Mallard. Female Mallards and Gadwalls look similar at first glance. The shots below show the difference in the wing speculum of each. Female Gadwalls do not have the iridescent blue that the female Mallard shows.
The bill colour of the female Gadwall is also consistently orange with a dark stripe on top and is thinner than a Mallard bill which can be more variable in terms of colour distribution.
The bluest lake in the mountains, known by a couple of names at least, Buster Lake or Azure Lake, surrounded by fading larch trees
Mt Swansea rises above the Columbia Valley village of Invermere, BC in the Canadian Rockies. It is beautifully developed for hiking and mountain biking, and the summit is used for launching hang gliders as well. At the top is a strange structure which houses a weather station. While there was little snow in the valley, at the summit the snow was still quite deep, but it still early March after all.
This is a lifer bird. I was hoping to catch one during my trip to Invermere.
The Long-billed Curlew is the largest shorebird in North America. In Canada it is found in isolated populations in south and central British Columbia, southern Alberta, and southwestern Saskatchewan.
Atlas of Breeding Birds of Alberta.
Member of the Flickr Bird Brigade
Activists for birds and wildlife
A Japanese expression for 'are you okay?
Dusk at the Invermere Kinsmen Park. A waxing gibbous moon under a soft blanket of wildfire smoke.
"Remember when the weather was just a matter of small talk, or a cool lyric for a Cole Porter song, “Too Darn Hot,” or a great double entendre title for a Billy Wilder comedy, “Some Like It Hot”? Now, the scariest thing on TV is the Weather Channel." — Maureen Dowd, winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary and author. Quote is from a New York Times piece on climate change.
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We were blessed with gorgeous sunshine for one of our days near Invermere, BC. We hiked the Old Coach Trail, then rented a kayak and explored the Columbia River north of Invermere.
Photos of the newlywed couple on their wedding day at the Eagle Ranch Resort in Invermere BC.
You can see more photos from their wedding day on our Northern Pixel Photography Blog
Photos from Greg and Nicole's amazing wedding day at the Eagle Ranch Golf Resort located overlooking the beautiful Columbia River Valley above Invermere BC.
This is one of our new favourite wedding venues in British Columbia, and we can't wait to get back here for another wedding someday soon!
You can see more photos from their wedding day on our Northern Pixel Photography Blog
Red-eyed Vireo Adult
I will be away from Flickr for a few days. I am going to Invermere, BC to visit with friends for a few days. I hope I come back with a lot of different bird images. Happy summer days to all.
The young Vireos are all over the parks I walk here and they are learning how to eat the Dogwood berries and Saskatoon berries. They still beg for food from their parents and have a kind of rasping, insistent call to stimulate the parents to bring food. They are all over the bush at various height levels which makes it easier to catch a shot of an adult as it brings food to one closer to eye level. This is a great time of year to capture Vireos because the Dogwoods are low shrubs and the berries are ripe now. Vireos typically sing from higher in the tree tops. I cropped this one to eliminate the out of focus twig that covered the tail.
Kinsmen Park Edmonton. August 07, 2009.
My sister Jill and I warming up at the Bonfire at the Christmas Tree Lot in Invermere, BC
I have been tagged by Kitteh.PrincessTorchie.Sally!!; and her and James inspired me to share 16 buried treasures of me....
16. I am the oldest of the 4 daughters, Auntie to 7 neices (we don't seem to begat boys in my family!)
15. I was born at Madigan Army Hospital in Fort Lewis, WA while my father was serving in Japan during the Korean War
14. I graduated from the University of Victoria, with a degree in Urban Planning, and worked in many dept. in the Provincial Goverment for 25 years, before I choose a buy-out in 1999.
13. After my gov't career, I had many fun adventures working and playing....I was the snow queen at Red Mountian in Rossland, opening up the mtn every morning at 5 am and updating the snow phone and www to market the snow to all the skiiers and borders (and I did learn to snowboard!) as I could ski by 9 am every morning, I also worked at a physio and massage therapy clinic at the mountain, moved back to the coast and lived on Mayne Island for 5 years, where I was the marriage commisioner, and married many couples from around the world, (a beauty of a job), was a barista, fitness coach, and now a Personal Assistant to a professor and a doctor couple, where I have the pleasure of keeping thier lives organaized and plan parties and travel and flower agrranging and.....
12. I volunteer at the Senior Centre accross the street from my home and with the Special Olympics Athletes as the fotographer to capture all their special moments for thier www and marketing (I also am hostess on bus trips at the seniors centre, to out of town destinations and we all have a barrel of fun)
13. I love to garden and would be most happy to spend hours weeding and watering and enjoying what pops out of the ground.....
12. Tulips are my fave flower !?!? and lavender, calla lilies, gerbera and freesia are also faves of mine....and I love having fresh flowers fragrant my home
11. I have never been married and have no children (my 7 neices are my beloved angels from age 13 to 22) ha ha yes I have been in relationships and love to date!
10. I love to walk everyday with a goal of 10,000 healthy steps on my pedometer, work out at least 3 times at my fitness center and belong to a walking group
9. Other sports I love are skiing, snowboarding, kayaking, running, sailing, kayaking, softball and .....
8. Peridot Green and Purple are my fave colours (don't tell Cherish at Pinkalicious!)
7. I love to travel and have had many memorable adventures around the world (some faves...Hong Kong, the Greek Islands, Prague, Berlin, Dartmoor, the Costa Brava and Barcelona, Vienna, Budapest, Istanbul, Hana, Florida Keys, St Thomas, Cancun, PV .....and in March Manzanillo!
6. I am a natural red head with blue eyes and freckles
5. I am a graduate of the Klemmer and Associates www.klemmer.com personal and professional workshops and enjoy coaching at these (I have my Samurai Sword)
4. I love selling my paper casting, college and foto cards at Farmers Markets
3. Starfish and hearts are my favourite trigger devices that I surround myself with to remind to be a giver and come from my heart always
2. Food, yes please, I love anything cooked with lavender, sushi, Thai and Korean and Japaneses and Maylasian food, all seafood except oysters, fresh greens and herbs from the garden, (yes chocolate!, dark and fine) and cosmopolitans, Stella Artois Beer and all the locally crafted beer and wine on Vancouver Island
1. I am Joanie, blessed with the gift of health, living in Victoria aka paradise, always ready for fun and learning from flickr friends!!! :~}
This is the red-shafted variety which we don’t see often in central Alberta. The Yellow-shafted variety is much more common here.
Invermere, BC. August 12, 2009.
We're taking a well-deserved break on the 'warm side' of the Rockies in British Columbia, near places like Invermere, Fairmont Hot Springs, and Radium Hot Springs. Couldn't resist a little hike, though... lots of wildflowers and wonderful views.
We were very surprised to see this lovely British bus parked across the street from our favourite coffee stop in Invermere...
We're taking a well-deserved break on the 'warm side' of the Rockies in British Columbia, near places like Invermere, Fairmont Hot Springs, and Radium Hot Springs. Couldn't resist a little hike, though... lots of wildflowers and wonderful views.
I am posting all of my favorite shots from my trip to Invermere. I usually don’t post so many shots all at once, but I want to get them in my photostream. If you care to comment, a comment about the series or a particular shot works for me. Flickr should be fun, not tedious. I will catch up on my contact’s recent shots over the next couple of days.
These guys look a lot like a female Yellow Warbler with a black skull cap.
White Swan Lake BC. August, 2009.
It wasn't our initial plan to summit this stunning mountain. In fact, we only learned of it the day before we ventured out to it after finding out that the area around our first choice had been closed. What a lucky break for us! It was quite the adventure, with 12 km's of rough Forestry Service Road driven on our poor little vehicle, then 16.7 km's return distance walking and 1472 m's of total elevation gain. It was a very hot day, and it took 10 hours to complete, due to some steep scrambling, the time used to cross many snow patches, some precariously positioned, and the many stops to rehydrate.
Road trip Canadian Rockies 2017
Day 13 : Night in Invermere, BC in Copper Resort. Nice hotel and great resting night. Today, I planned on hiking Kindersley Pass / Sinclair Creek loop. During summers and fall days, there is a group restriction for this trail : your hiking group must be at least 4 persons. Since I hike solo, I went to the trailhead and waited for a car to stop. I almost waited 2 hours drinking my coffee when 2 cars stopped. A group of locals and former Parks Canada employees get out and I asked them to join them, and they accepted. I spent a wonderful day with great persons. Thanks again Nora, Doug, and their friends! That was an amazing hike!
Shot with Canon 500D + Tamron SP AF Aspherical Di LD IF 17-35 f/2.8-4 (geolocated in Flick'R map)
We're taking a well-deserved break on the 'warm side' of the Rockies in British Columbia, near places like Invermere, Fairmont Hot Springs, and Radium Hot Springs. Couldn't resist a little hike, though... lots of wildflowers and wonderful views.
....blue sky seen in downtown Invermere, BC during my sojourn at Christmas!
this is the blue sky that I want to see appear in Victoria, NOW!
enough with the gray sky and rain!
create a frisky friday full of fun....
now back to my paper find for my bookeeper to prepare my income tax meeting today!! :~}
Looking at Thunderwater Lake, Whirlpool Lake and Forster Pass, surrounded by Mount Harmon, Mount Galloway and Mount Nanette on the left and The Virgin and Taurus Mountain on the right. Seen from a ridge above the Buster Lakes
Paddling north into a smoky sunset during a 2 1/2 day trip from Invermere to Golden.
As this stretch of the river does not stray far from a railway line and a major highway, I did not expect to see much in the way of wildlife. I was quite mistaken to think that. We saw an abundance of beaver, black bears, and bald eagles. It was very impressive. On top of that, the mosquitos were out in force also. For the four of us that went, the mosquitos didn't dampen the experience of the trip - however, I think we'd all recommend a different time of year to paddle through these wetlands!
Trips like these make me dream of carrying on further... on to Washington, Oregon, and the coast!
Canada's Beautiful Mountains:
Canoeing the Columbia River - Invermere to Golden