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That's a Castilleja or paintbrush taking my eye off Mount Rundle in the background. The location is a favourite photo spot for me at Cold Shoulder, 5.5 km out on the trails from the lodge at Canmore Nordic Centre. In the winter we ski it, and in the summer we bike it.
I post science and education topics on my blog I'll use this photo to illustrate my next post on secondary succession with some Spanish science history as well.
EDIT More about this photo posted here Castilleja – a colourful natural history
It's been so cold recently that I have hardly been out of the house, and the extreme cold warnings have remained in place. I'm hoping in the coming week that I'll be on the trails again.
In the meantime, check out my newest YouTube video: Nature's Winter White
This spot is on the boundary between Banff National Park and the Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park. It's 5.5 km out from the Day Lodge. It is a great spot for a snack and rest spot whether winter skiing or summer biking. Today there was a very fine haze in the sky giving the mountains an almost pastel appearance in the photos for the day.
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This viewpoint is at the border between the Banff National Park and Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park. We stopped long enough for a flapjack and a few photos.
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Best of the season to all my Flickr friends. I've enjoyed seeing your pics through the year!
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This is the southern border of Banff National Park with the far end of the Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park. I like that singular tall tree in the middle of the clearing framed by part of Rundle.
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Yesterday, these were ungroomed trails. today we might have been among the first to get out to Cold Shoulder.
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Yes, I'm surrounded by the mountains, but sometimes I just need to look at the trees. If I look hard enough, I can see the forest for the trees.
The sun just doesn't get very high in the sky these days.
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I'm at the Canmore Nordic Centre looking east from Cold Shoulder. I can say for certain that those mountains are part of the Fairholme Range, but I don't know if the peak is Mount Peechee. Perhaps someone will help me out with this one. Harvey Heights is below the horizon on the far right. the Banff Gates are just below the lone tall tree. It was a great day out.
On perhaps my last ride out to Cold Shoulder, I spotted what must surely be the last leaf before winter. They were already working on 'frozen thunder' at the Canmore Nordic Centre and within a week there was in fact a snow storm.
As temperatures rise above the melting point, a back country snowbear starts to lose some form. On closer investigation, we could also see tracks showing that a cougar was checking out the snowbear only a few hours prior to our arrival.
At the border between Banff National Park and Canmore Nordic Centre, there is a junction with four choices of trail. From this vantage point, I try to capture the trail back to the Day lodge 6km to the right and Cold Shoulder about a kilometre down the trail to the left.. The photo below is taken looking the other way showing trails to Banff and an alternate harder trail back to the day lodge.
I wondered if peak and peek were related words or simply homonyms. Peek comes from the old Dutch for a quick glance. Peak comes from pike, old French for the sharp end. Peep, that's a quick hidden glance. Well, I wasn't hiding my look at this magnificent scene.
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Bow Trail at the Canmore Nordic Centre near the Banff park boundary. In the winter we ski this trail, in the summer it is time for the mountain bikes. And what a great day on the trails. That is the turn-off to Harvey Heights way down at the highway.
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It starts this way every year. He tries to convince the woman of his dreams to help build a nest. She tells him she wouldn't build a nest with him if he were the last male on earth. He'll persist, she'll deny him, and the courtship goes on. They'll remain together throughout, until one day, a nest appears, and the rest is not fit for a family safe page.
On a twenty-mile bicycle ride yesterday on the edge of the Florida Everglades I had the privilege of an encounter with this beautiful raptor perched high in a dead tree. It was quite curious as to what I was doing here in its territory and seemed brave and stoic in its home environment. I enjoyed its company for a little while and then went on my way, leaving it to its wonderful, carefree and natural life in the wild. March 9th, 2016 ~ Red-shouldered Hawk ~ Florida Everglades U.S.A.
[Those big golden feet look large for its body, don't they!? LOL]
(two more red-shouldered hawk photos in the comments)
There seems to be a Squiggy imposter, and I think this is him (or her). Squiggy and another contender for the "Seeds in the Basket" program had a small battle on the back deck the other day. Since then another squirrel has been showing up...he likes to eat all the seeds I put out for the thrushes, not just the sunflower seeds. Yesterday he was still there eating after I walked the dogs for an hour and a half!
Letting the veterans know their service is appreciated.
Shot at a Veterans Day Parade in downtown San Jose with a Sony 100-400mm GM lens on Sony a7r iii.
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This female kingfisher turns her back on me to show me her pretty end !! She's getting famous for this treatment of us bird photographers . The newt is giving her A sad story to I think (didn't work ). Please have A look in Large.
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I think I get out to Cold Shoulder between 15 and 20 times per year either on a mountain bike or on cross country skis. And every time, I think I see a different view of Mount Rundle.. This is my 97th Flickr photo of Mount Rundle.
With Eugenia announced as the upgrade, I wonder if she'll still be part of the convention collection? I loved the idea of the fashion being given out at the bazaar (which will return this year) so I'm hoping we get another glam ensemble.
I must confess that I thought Cold Shoulder would have gone out of fashion by now, but it's been surprisingly long-lived. Perhaps we're at the tail end of it now as this cute jumper by Select Fashion was in a sale.
The skirt is by Per Una and the boots by DUO.
Taken at Lady of the Lake in Lowestoft at a gig by the band Iconic.
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Red-shouldered Hawk ~ in the wild
South Florida ~ Florida Everglades U.S.A.
[FYI: Above was an old capped-off metal pipe (in the fields) in
the middle of nowhere. I think it was his/her favorite perch! LOL
Was far away. Inched-up four-times when its head was turned!]
(three more photos of this 'beautiful local raptor' in the comments)
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-shouldered_Hawk/id
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-shouldered_Hawk
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everglades
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The Red-shouldered Hawk is a medium-sized hawk. Its breeding range spans eastern North America and along the coast of California to northeastern-central Mexico. Red-shouldered Hawks are permanent residents throughout most of their range, though northern birds do migrate, mostly to central Mexico. The main conservation threat to the widespread species is deforestation.
Adults have brownish heads, reddish chests, and pale bellies with reddish bars. Their tails, which are quite long, are marked with narrow white bars. Red "shoulders" are visible when the birds are perched. These hawks' upper parts are dark with pale spots and they have long yellow legs. Western birds may appear more red, while Florida birds are generally paler. The wings of adults are more heavily barred on the upper side. Juvenile Red-shouldered Hawks are most likely to be confused with juvenile Broad-winged Hawks, but can be distinguished by their long tails, crescent-like wing markings, and a more flapping, Accipiter-like flight style. In direct comparison, it is typically larger and longer proportioned than the Broad-wing, though is slightly smaller and more slender than most other common North American Buteos. This bird is sometimes also confused with the widespread Red-tailed Hawk. That species is larger and bulkier, with more even-sized, broad wings and is paler underneath, with a reddish tail often apparent. The Red-tail is also more likely to soar steadily, with wings in a slight dihedral.
Prior to 1900, the Red-shouldered Hawk was one of the most common North American raptors. Population densities have decreased precipitously due to the clearing of mature forests (principally the wet hardwood forest they prefer) since that time. The changing of habitats has led to a general population increase of the Red-tailed Hawk, an occasional predator of its cousin. Additionally affecting the Red-shouldered Hawk was the greater availability of firearms in the early 1900s, leading to unchecked hunting of this and all other raptor species until conservation laws took effect in the latter half of the 20th century. Local forest regrowth and the ban of hunting has allowed Red-shouldered Hawk populations to become more stable again and the species is not currently considered conservation dependent. In Florida, the Red-shouldered Hawk is perhaps the most commonly seen and heard raptor species. However, human activity, including logging, poisoning from insecticides and industrial pollutants, continue to loom as threats to the species.