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This crocus is a wildflower that can be found towards the end of April or early May. It's Manitoba's provincial flower and the first wildflower to bloom in our Canadian province.
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This summer, I've been on the lookout for insects, especially ones that I've not seen before. With their large snouts, these weevils sure took the cake! I'm fairly certain that these are Poplar's Snout Weevils, but if you know otherwise, please let me know.
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Just returned from a trip to Manitoba that my pal David Cree and I have been planning for a few years now. This bird was our primary goal, and it completes my goal of photographing all of the eastern warblers. We actually found 7 of this species in the one and a half days we spent looking (I am not counting the first half day which was an overcast and windy afternoon). We searched some areas east of Winnipeg, and most of the birds were in bog areas, except this one, which we found in a forested area. We were able to work with just two of the 7 birds we found, all the others being either indifferent or just wouldn't give us open looks. We have some thoughts as to why that is the case, but suffice it to say when doing small bird photography it is generally best to find birds that others likely have not found, and even better to find birds that others also will not likely find.
It was great getting to hear this species on territory, and to observe it well visually in two separate encounters with different individuals. This bird landed much closer to the trunk of the tree, and we got to see it walk along the branch to the position above, where it sang it's heart out. Few warbler species walk but this is one species that does.
As devoted grandparents, we sometimes leave the house at silly o'clock to watch our youngest grandson play indoor soccer. This was one of those mornings - a two hour plus drive for two Tristan goals and a 5-3 win. No editing here...
I have phtographed before the two Hadashville buildings posted today but I liked the backlight of this one and the view I had of the other in this light. The buidlings have something in common besides location: both have fake brick exteriors. This has insulbrick, whereas the other has metal cladding that looks like brick.
I got eaten by many mosquitos to get this shot blue hour shot of Paint Lake near Thompson, Manitoba, and in Northern Manitoba in the summer, they get quite hungry at dusk. The rain was really coming down at this point.
A pedestrian corridor lined by illuminated alabaster inside the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Architect: Antoine Predock
I know I haven't posted in a long time; I don't know how the summer got away from me.
Back in July I did a one-week trip to Manitoba in the Canadian Prairies to continue working on my grain elevator series. Most of the time, the conditions were hard, photographically - long, blue sky days - but one day there was this dramatic storm which I chased on my own. Luckily I didn't get into any trouble, though there was a moment when I got caught in a spot I shouldn't have been with lightning popping off all around me.
The light at the end of the road is obviously an approaching car. As he passed me, he honked and I choose to think that he was applauding my chutzpah, rather than saying, "Get off the road, you idiot, don't you see there is lightning all around and you're standing there with a tripod!!". : )
This is the first of my Manitoba image but, unfortunately, the last of my storm chasing images. I'm pretty sure, though, that I'll be chasing again next year!