Later today, 26 January 2020, after returning home from a morning walk in Fish Creek Park with good friends, I heard the devastatingly sad news about Kobe Bryant (aged 41) and his 13-year-old daughter, both killed today in a helicopter crash, along with seven other people. Such a tragedy to lose such a good, hard-working, family man. My heart goes out to his wife and their other young children. Such a lot for them to have to deal with. Also to the whole basketball community, who have lost such a good friend, player and role-model.
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Sunday, 26 January 2020: our temperature very early this morning is -7C (windchill -9C), Sunrise is at 8:21 am, and sunset is at 5:16 pm.
The weather was beautiful yesterday, 25 January 2020, so I made a last-minute decision to drive SE of the city to take a few winter photos. For about five hours, I drove along wet, muddy, gravelly roads which were atrocious to drive on. You can barely tell that I have a white car : )
Needless to say, I did keep my eyes open in case there was a Snowy Owl somewhere. No luck until much later, after I thought it was time to turn around and start heading for home. I suddenly spotted this beautiful bird perched on a distant fence line. Far away, but at least it wasn't sitting on a utility pole insulator. Most of the time, it either sat there with its back turned towards me, or it kept looking away from me. Luckily, I did manage a few shots that are fit to post.
On this drive, I passed various old barns and houses that I always stop and photograph when I am out that way. A few new ones added to the joy of the day.
The day ended with my getting lost in exactly the same way as I did once before. To get out of it, I had to waste a lot of time having to drive back south again in order to turn around. However, the thought of seeing the Snowy Owl kept a smile on my face.
Tags: Alberta Canada SE of Calgary E of High River
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Later today, 26 January 2020, after returning home from a morning walk in Fish Creek Park with good friends, I heard the devastatingly sad news about Kobe Bryant (aged 41) and his 13-year-old daughter, both killed today in a helicopter crash, along with seven other people. Such a tragedy to lose such a good, hard-working, family man. My heart goes out to his wife and their other young children. Such a lot for them to have to deal with. Also to the whole basketball community, who have lost such a good friend, player and role-model.
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Sunday, 26 January 2020: our temperature very early this morning is -7C (windchill -9C), Sunrise is at 8:21 am, and sunset is at 5:16 pm.
The weather was beautiful yesterday, 25 January 2020, so I made a last-minute decision to drive SE of the city to take a few winter photos. For about five hours, I drove along wet, muddy, gravelly roads which were atrocious to drive on. You can barely tell that I have a white car : )
Needless to say, I did keep my eyes open in case there was a Snowy Owl somewhere. No luck until much later, after I thought it was time to turn around and start heading for home.
I suddenly spotted this beautiful bird perched on a distant fence line. Far away, but at least it wasn't sitting on a utility pole insulator. Most of the time, it either sat there with its back turned towards me, or it kept looking away from me. Luckily, I did manage a few shots that are fit to post.
On this drive, I passed various old barns and houses that I always stop and photograph when I am out that way. A few new ones added to the joy of the day.
The day ended with my getting lost in exactly the same way as I did once before. To get out of it, I had to waste a lot of time having to drive back south again in order to turn around. However, the thought of seeing the Snowy Owl kept a smile on my face.
Tags: Alberta Canada SE of Calgary
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Later today, 26 January 2020, after returning home from a morning walk in Fish Creek Park with good friends, I heard the devastatingly sad news about Kobe Bryant (aged 41) and his 13-year-old daughter, both killed today in a helicopter crash, along with seven other people. Such a tragedy to lose such a good, hard-working, family man. My heart goes out to his wife and their other young children. Such a lot for them to have to deal with. Also to the whole basketball community, who have lost such a good friend, player and role-model.
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Sunday, 26 January 2020: our temperature very early this morning is -7C (windchill -9C), Sunrise is at 8:21 am, and sunset is at 5:16 pm.
The weather was beautiful yesterday, 25 January 2020, so I made a last-minute decision to drive SE of the city to take a few winter photos. For about five hours, I drove along wet, muddy, gravelly roads which were atrocious to drive on. You can barely tell that I have a white car : )
Needless to say, I did keep my eyes open in case there was a Snowy Owl somewhere. No luck until much later, after I thought it was time to turn around and start heading for home.
I suddenly spotted this beautiful bird perched on a distant fence line. Far away, but at least it wasn't sitting on a utility pole insulator. Most of the time, it either sat there with its back turned towards me, or it kept looking away from me. Luckily, I did manage a few shots that are fit to post.
On this drive, I passed various old barns and houses that I always stop and photograph when I am out that way. A few new ones added to the joy of the day.
The day ended with my getting lost in exactly the same way as I did once before. To get out of it, I had to waste a lot of time having to drive back south again in order to turn around. However, the thought of seeing the Snowy Owl kept a smile on my face.
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Later today, 26 January 2020, after returning home from a morning walk in Fish Creek Park with good friends, I heard the devastatingly sad news about Kobe Bryant (aged 41) and his 13-year-old daughter, both killed today in a helicopter crash, along with seven other people. Such a tragedy to lose such a good, hard-working, family man. My heart goes out to his wife and their other young children. Such a lot for them to have to deal with. Also to the whole basketball community, who have lost such a good friend, player and role-model.
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Not sure if that is a pigeon flying across the front of the barn.
Sunday, 26 January 2020: our temperature very early this morning is -7C (windchill -9C), Sunrise is at 8:21 am, and sunset is at 5:16 pm.
This is one of my favourite old barns, though I don't see it very often. I was looking into the sun, unfortunately.
The weather was beautiful yesterday, 25 January 2020, so I made a last-minute decision to drive SE of the city to take a few winter photos. For about five hours, I drove along wet, muddy, gravelly roads which were atrocious to drive on. You can barely tell that I have a white car : )
Needless to say, I did keep my eyes open in case there was a Snowy Owl somewhere. No luck until much later, after I thought it was time to turn around and start heading for home.
I suddenly spotted this beautiful bird perched on a distant fence line. Far away, but at least it wasn't sitting on a utility pole insulator. Most of the time, it either sat there with its back turned towards me, or it kept looking away from me. Luckily, I did manage a few shots that are fit to post.
On this drive, I passed various old barns and houses that I always stop and photograph when I am out that way. A few new ones added to the joy of the day.
The day ended with my getting lost in exactly the same way as I did once before. To get out of it, I had to waste a lot of time having to drive back south again in order to turn around. However, the thought of seeing the Snowy Owl kept a smile on my face.
Tags: Alberta Canada SE of Calgary
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Later today, 26 January 2020, after returning home from a morning walk in Fish Creek Park with good friends, I heard the devastatingly sad news about KOBE BRYANT (aged 41) and his 13-year-old daughter, both killed today in a helicopter crash, along with seven other people. Such a tragedy to lose such a good, hard-working, family man. My heart goes out to his wife and their other young children. Such a lot for them to have to deal with. Also to the whole basketball community, who have lost such a good friend, player and role-model.
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Sunday, 26 January 2020: our temperature very early this morning is -7C (windchill -9C), Sunrise is at 8:21 am, and sunset is at 5:16 pm.
This beautiful Snowy Owl was perched facing to the right. A couple of times, it reached back to deal with a brief itch. A highly zoomed and slightly cropped image, as this owl was way down a fence line.
The weather was beautiful yesterday, 25 January 2020, so I made a last-minute decision to drive SE of the city to take a few winter photos. For about five hours, I drove along wet, muddy, gravelly roads which were atrocious to drive on. You can barely tell that I have a white car : )
Needless to say, I did keep my eyes open in case there was a Snowy Owl somewhere. No luck until much later, after I thought it was time to turn around and start heading for home. I suddenly spotted this beautiful bird perched on a distant fence line. Far away, but at least it wasn't sitting on a utility pole insulator. Most of the time, it either sat there with its back turned towards me, or it kept looking away from me. Luckily, I did manage a few shots that are fit to post.
On this drive, I passed various old barns and houses that I always stop and photograph when I am out that way. A few new ones added to the joy of the day.
The day ended with my getting lost in exactly the same way as I did once before. To get out of it, I had to waste a lot of time having to drive back south again in order to turn around. However, the thought of seeing the Snowy Owl kept a smile on my face.
Tags: Alberta Canada SE of Calgary nature wildlife avian ornithology bird bird of prey owl Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus dealing with an itch head turned round perched fence wooden field snow outdoor winter 25 January 2020 Canon SX60 Canon SX60 Powershot annkelliott Anne Elliott
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