Productive Wetland Important to Hundreds of Bird Species Frank Lake is a restored wetland located 6 km east of High River, Alberta, 50 km south of Calgary. The lake is controlled by Ducks Unlimited Canada for wildlife management purposes, and is an Important Bird Area and Key Biodiversity Area. I recently made two visits, accompanied…
Kananaskis
A view of The Wedge from across The Wedge Pond.
Verdant Vermilion (Lakes)
Summer Hues My celebration of Canada Day included a morning visit to the nearby Vermilion Lakes. This is one of my favourite photography sites that I visit regularly, winter, spring/summer and autumn. Today’s pictures are definitely summer scenes, as evidenced by the abundance of the colour green. I begin with this early morning view across…
Ice Field Parkway II
Water, water everywhere… Today’s post is the second of a series on our photographic journey along the Ice Field Parkway to Jasper. I expect there will be 1-2 more such trips to complete the collection. Those trips may be later in the summer or even early autumn. We are now in the tourist season and…
Ice Field Parkway I
I’ve now been home in Alberta since early May. Last week, I resumed photography, having paused after some pretty intensive shooting in April. Last week, I went out with Bob Bear to begin a project we’ve undertaken for this summer. We plan to photograph our favourite scenes along the Ice Field Parkway, between Lake Louise…