Shadows of birders taken at Carburn Park on January 23rd.

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Saw this wildflower on a walk at Carburn Park this morning.

"Cicer milkvetch (Astragalus cicer) is a cool season, perennial legume introduced to North America from Europe."

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Hound's-tongue wildflower, seen on 14th July 2007 at Carburn Park. A non-native plant, introduced from Europe.

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Saw this female Hairy Woodpecker on 11th May at Carburn Park.

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I barely came to a halt to take this quick shot of (Brome?) grass covered in hoar frost the other day, but just had to try : ) Sometimes, birders keep walking at a steady pace and I get can easily get left behind if I stop to photograph something I want to shoot. The ice crystals have always completely melted by the time we have walked for three hours - but I never seem to get up early enough to get out there on my own to catch the frost, LOL. To those of you who never get snow or frost, it must be difficult to imagine everything around you covered in such ice crystals - so very beautiful. This was photographed at Carburn Park on December 11th. The background is the Bow River.

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