https://www.ipernity.com/tag/293827/keyword/305778 https://cdn.ipernity.com/p/101/C3/7B/293827.buddy.jpg https://www.ipernity.com/tag/293827/keyword/305778 Sat, 26 Sep 2026 15:45:48 +0000 Sat, 26 Sep 2026 15:45:48 +0000 https://www.ipernity.com https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23478571 tag:ipernity.com,2009-01-18,doc-23478571 Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:32:06 +0000 2009-01-16T10:29:31-06:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Anne Elliott) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/293827">Anne Elliott</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23478571"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/132/85/71/23478571.4cba6b78.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="183" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Lac des Arcs is a hamlet located opposite Exshaw, on the other side of the Bow River. This area is not far into the mountains as one drives westwards from Calgary. Highway 1 (the Trans-Canada Highway) borders Lac des Arcs on the south. It is located at an elevation of 1,320 meters (4,331 ft). This lake, that goes under the same name, attracts wind surfers and fishermen, and the north shore hosts the Lafarge Exshaw Plant, a limestone quarry (which is off to the right of my photo.<br /> <br /> Yesterday, I was invited to go with friends to Lake Louise, out past Banff, and we stopped at Lac des Arcs to take a few photos. I love the patterns and shadows of these mountain slopes. As you can see, the weather was beautiful (apart from being very cold at Lake Louise), around +10C. I think we have passed on our bitter winter weather to those living in eastern Canada - sorry, everyone : ) Honest!</div> Lac des Arcs <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/293827">Anne Elliott</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23478571"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/132/85/71/23478571.4cba6b78.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="183" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Lac des Arcs is a hamlet located opposite Exshaw, on the other side of the Bow River. This area is not far into the mountains as one drives westwards from Calgary. Highway 1 (the Trans-Canada Highway) borders Lac des Arcs on the south. It is located at an elevation of 1,320 meters (4,331 ft). This lake, that goes under the same name, attracts wind surfers and fishermen, and the north shore hosts the Lafarge Exshaw Plant, a limestone quarry (which is off to the right of my photo.<br /> <br /> Yesterday, I was invited to go with friends to Lake Louise, out past Banff, and we stopped at Lac des Arcs to take a few photos. I love the patterns and shadows of these mountain slopes. As you can see, the weather was beautiful (apart from being very cold at Lake Louise), around +10C. I think we have passed on our bitter winter weather to those living in eastern Canada - sorry, everyone : ) Honest!</div> Anne Elliott https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23477349 tag:ipernity.com,2008-11-27,doc-23477349 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 23:38:24 +0000 2008-11-24T13:16:57-06:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Anne Elliott) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/293827">Anne Elliott</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23477349"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/132/73/49/23477349.7d7f8931.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="182" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">A distant photo (unfortunately) of Pronghorns, near Brooks, Alberta, east of Calgary. I had seen maybe two very distant ones a couple of years ago, in southern Alberta, but this was the first time I had really "seen" one. I fail to understand how it is allowed to hunt and kill these magnificent animals! <br /> <br /> "The Pronghorn belongs in a Family (Antilocapridae) all by itself and has no other close, living relatives; it is not related at all to the "antelopes" of Africa. Pronghorns in Alberta are at the extreme northern limit of their range in North America, found in wide, flat, open areas where they can see their enemies from a long way off."</div> Pronghorns <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/293827">Anne Elliott</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23477349"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/132/73/49/23477349.7d7f8931.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="182" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">A distant photo (unfortunately) of Pronghorns, near Brooks, Alberta, east of Calgary. I had seen maybe two very distant ones a couple of years ago, in southern Alberta, but this was the first time I had really "seen" one. I fail to understand how it is allowed to hunt and kill these magnificent animals! <br /> <br /> "The Pronghorn belongs in a Family (Antilocapridae) all by itself and has no other close, living relatives; it is not related at all to the "antelopes" of Africa. Pronghorns in Alberta are at the extreme northern limit of their range in North America, found in wide, flat, open areas where they can see their enemies from a long way off."</div> Anne Elliott https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23477299 tag:ipernity.com,2008-06-03,doc-23477299 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:35:06 +0000 2008-05-31T10:49:35-06:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Anne Elliott) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/293827">Anne Elliott</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23477299"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/132/72/99/23477299.788d6a8c.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">For some strange reason, the descriptions for the last four photos completely disappeared!! Annoying. Anyway, this is the innerside of the lower jaw of a Deer (that I had incorrectly ID'd as a Coyote jaw), seen at the Highwood Ranch on Saturday. The owners of the Ranch leave everything on their property where it's found. That way, too, anyone who is lucky enough to visit gets to see these interesting finds. Also, a jaw bone like this one is a valuable source of calcium to other creatures that might take a few nibbles : ). We had such an enjoyable time walking on this land, and they even have their own two Great Horned Owlets, LOL. Lots of interesting plants, too.</div> Deer teeth <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/293827">Anne Elliott</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23477299"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/132/72/99/23477299.788d6a8c.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">For some strange reason, the descriptions for the last four photos completely disappeared!! Annoying. Anyway, this is the innerside of the lower jaw of a Deer (that I had incorrectly ID'd as a Coyote jaw), seen at the Highwood Ranch on Saturday. The owners of the Ranch leave everything on their property where it's found. That way, too, anyone who is lucky enough to visit gets to see these interesting finds. Also, a jaw bone like this one is a valuable source of calcium to other creatures that might take a few nibbles : ). We had such an enjoyable time walking on this land, and they even have their own two Great Horned Owlets, LOL. Lots of interesting plants, too.</div> Anne Elliott https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23477247 tag:ipernity.com,2007-12-23,doc-23477247 Sun, 23 Dec 2007 03:42:40 +0000 2007-12-22T14:25:17-06:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Anne Elliott) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/293827">Anne Elliott</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23477247"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/132/72/47/23477247.3f320f0b.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="181" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Spent the whole day, from about 6:45 a.m.. (yes, A.M.!) till early evening, on a Christmas Bird Count east of the city, in the Drumheller area. I hadn't been out this way for maybe 12 years, so I REALLY appreciated the chance to be driven out there today! Not a bad day weather-wise, though it was very cold. Dropped down to -21C, but had soared to a balmy -4C when we got back to Calgary.<br /> <br /> We were lucky to see two groups of these rabbits today, two in one group and three in the other. I don't remember ever seeing a Nuttall's Cottontail before, so that was exciting. This photo shows the rufous nape and black eyes. <br /> <br /> "The Nuttall's Cottontail, also known as the Mountain Cottontail, occurs in the Red Deer River valley at Drumheller and the Bow River at Carseland. It is most common along the Milk River. The species was first recorded in Alberta in 1917 and may still be expanding its range northward, perhaps due to global warming. <br /> <br /> It is mainly an inhabitant of coulees and river bottomlands, rocky valley sides, scrubby bush lands or arid sagebrush areas. It finds shelter in banks, badger or ground squirrel burrows, among rocks or under human-created brush or lumber piles or abandoned machinery. It prefers edges where it can feed in the open, and if necessary, quickly dash into protective brushy cover. It often spends the day resting in a sheltered ‘form', usually in dense, shrubby vegetation. <br /> <br /> Unlike hares which change colour with the seasons, the Nuttall's Cottontail retains a greyish pelage all year. Its sides are paler than the back. The nape of the neck is rufous, as are the back of its thighs. The short, powder-puff tail is grey on top, white below, as is its underside. The endearing eyes are coal black. The rounded ears are usually shorter than those of the somewhat similar-sized Snowshoe Hare, whose range it seldom overlaps." From <a href="http://www.weaselhead.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.weaselhead.org</a>.</div> Nuttall&#039;s Cottontail <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/293827">Anne Elliott</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23477247"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/132/72/47/23477247.3f320f0b.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="181" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Spent the whole day, from about 6:45 a.m.. (yes, A.M.!) till early evening, on a Christmas Bird Count east of the city, in the Drumheller area. I hadn't been out this way for maybe 12 years, so I REALLY appreciated the chance to be driven out there today! Not a bad day weather-wise, though it was very cold. Dropped down to -21C, but had soared to a balmy -4C when we got back to Calgary.<br /> <br /> We were lucky to see two groups of these rabbits today, two in one group and three in the other. I don't remember ever seeing a Nuttall's Cottontail before, so that was exciting. This photo shows the rufous nape and black eyes. <br /> <br /> "The Nuttall's Cottontail, also known as the Mountain Cottontail, occurs in the Red Deer River valley at Drumheller and the Bow River at Carseland. It is most common along the Milk River. The species was first recorded in Alberta in 1917 and may still be expanding its range northward, perhaps due to global warming. <br /> <br /> It is mainly an inhabitant of coulees and river bottomlands, rocky valley sides, scrubby bush lands or arid sagebrush areas. It finds shelter in banks, badger or ground squirrel burrows, among rocks or under human-created brush or lumber piles or abandoned machinery. It prefers edges where it can feed in the open, and if necessary, quickly dash into protective brushy cover. It often spends the day resting in a sheltered ‘form', usually in dense, shrubby vegetation. <br /> <br /> Unlike hares which change colour with the seasons, the Nuttall's Cottontail retains a greyish pelage all year. Its sides are paler than the back. The nape of the neck is rufous, as are the back of its thighs. The short, powder-puff tail is grey on top, white below, as is its underside. The endearing eyes are coal black. The rounded ears are usually shorter than those of the somewhat similar-sized Snowshoe Hare, whose range it seldom overlaps." From <a href="http://www.weaselhead.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.weaselhead.org</a>.</div> Anne Elliott https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23476789 tag:ipernity.com,2009-02-06,doc-23476789 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 01:59:19 +0000 2009-01-27T16:00:13-06:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Anne Elliott) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/293827">Anne Elliott</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23476789"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/132/67/89/23476789.c243c4dd.240.jpg?r2" width="183" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Snapped a few quick shots along one of the gravel roads just south of the city on 27th January. I love it when the sun shines on the snow. I still can't get used to seeing hay bales covered in white.</div> Winter star <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/293827">Anne Elliott</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23476789"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/132/67/89/23476789.c243c4dd.240.jpg?r2" width="183" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Snapped a few quick shots along one of the gravel roads just south of the city on 27th January. I love it when the sun shines on the snow. I still can't get used to seeing hay bales covered in white.</div> Anne Elliott https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23476787 tag:ipernity.com,2009-01-15,doc-23476787 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:21:42 +0000 2009-01-13T14:55:46-06:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Anne Elliott) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/293827">Anne Elliott</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23476787"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/132/67/87/23476787.c436a352.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is about all I photographed yesterday afternoon, when I drove an area I'd never driven before - all in the slim hope that I might just see a Northern Hawk Owl that had been seen there. This bird is at the top of my Wish List : ) My concentration went on the unfamiliar road, not to mention the fast-moving vehicles that always seemed to appear out of nowhere each time I wanted to slow down and look for birds : ) I think these bushes are Willows of some kind - they added such gorgeous colour to the snowy landscape here and there. Oh, and needless to say, I never did find the Owl. This area is in the Foothills of the Rockies, just before Bragg Creek, west of Calgary. I made no turn-offs on this road, to make sure I didn't get myself lost - and, oh, how I hate that feeling of not knowing where I am.</div> Splash of colour <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/293827">Anne Elliott</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23476787"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/132/67/87/23476787.c436a352.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This is about all I photographed yesterday afternoon, when I drove an area I'd never driven before - all in the slim hope that I might just see a Northern Hawk Owl that had been seen there. This bird is at the top of my Wish List : ) My concentration went on the unfamiliar road, not to mention the fast-moving vehicles that always seemed to appear out of nowhere each time I wanted to slow down and look for birds : ) I think these bushes are Willows of some kind - they added such gorgeous colour to the snowy landscape here and there. Oh, and needless to say, I never did find the Owl. This area is in the Foothills of the Rockies, just before Bragg Creek, west of Calgary. I made no turn-offs on this road, to make sure I didn't get myself lost - and, oh, how I hate that feeling of not knowing where I am.</div> Anne Elliott https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23475135 tag:ipernity.com,2008-10-28,doc-23475135 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:16:37 +0000 2008-09-26T12:51:07-06:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Anne Elliott) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/293827">Anne Elliott</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23475135"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/132/51/35/23475135.5621e2d5.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Looking up at the underside of beautiful orange fungi showing the gills - but probably too blurry for enough detail for ID. Seen at Bowness Park a month ago.</div> Glowing orange <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/293827">Anne Elliott</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23475135"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/132/51/35/23475135.5621e2d5.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Looking up at the underside of beautiful orange fungi showing the gills - but probably too blurry for enough detail for ID. Seen at Bowness Park a month ago.</div> Anne Elliott https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23475111 tag:ipernity.com,2008-10-27,doc-23475111 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:21:16 +0000 2008-08-28T14:11:01-06:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Anne Elliott) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/293827">Anne Elliott</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23475111"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/132/51/11/23475111.578433fa.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">I don't usually see black mushrooms, so this one made a change. When I looked more carefully at the image, I noticed green markings on the cap. I don't know if these are part of the mushroom pattern or if it is some kind of plant growth. Seen at Brown-Lowery Provincial Park.</div> Black with a touch of green <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/293827">Anne Elliott</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23475111"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/132/51/11/23475111.578433fa.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">I don't usually see black mushrooms, so this one made a change. When I looked more carefully at the image, I noticed green markings on the cap. I don't know if these are part of the mushroom pattern or if it is some kind of plant growth. Seen at Brown-Lowery Provincial Park.</div> Anne Elliott https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23475105 tag:ipernity.com,2009-03-08,doc-23475105 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 21:15:21 +0000 2008-09-04T13:29:20-06:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Anne Elliott) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/293827">Anne Elliott</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23475105"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/132/51/05/23475105.3bbe0932.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="181" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">One of the many hidden treaures deep within the forest at Brown-Lowery Provincial Park. Can't wait for when the first mushrooms start to appear - for now, the ground is covered in snow, with a new layer added last night : ). Bitterly cold ...</div> Hidden <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/293827">Anne Elliott</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23475105"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/132/51/05/23475105.3bbe0932.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="181" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">One of the many hidden treaures deep within the forest at Brown-Lowery Provincial Park. Can't wait for when the first mushrooms start to appear - for now, the ground is covered in snow, with a new layer added last night : ). Bitterly cold ...</div> Anne Elliott https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23475087 tag:ipernity.com,2008-10-25,doc-23475087 Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:01:36 +0000 2008-08-28T13:44:48-06:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Anne Elliott) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/293827">Anne Elliott</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23475087"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/132/50/87/23475087.2375bbc7.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This little cluster of mushrooms were growing at Brown-Lowery Provincial Park towards the end of August.</div> Memories of summer <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/293827">Anne Elliott</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23475087"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/132/50/87/23475087.2375bbc7.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">This little cluster of mushrooms were growing at Brown-Lowery Provincial Park towards the end of August.</div> Anne Elliott https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23475079 tag:ipernity.com,2008-11-04,doc-23475079 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:15:29 +0000 2008-09-25T11:22:05-06:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Anne Elliott) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/293827">Anne Elliott</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23475079"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/132/50/79/23475079.c148b9b3.240.jpg?r2" width="180" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">One little, solitary mushroom growing in Brown-Lowery Park and seen on 25th September. Too bad I didn't check out the background first, LOL!</div> Standing tall <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/293827">Anne Elliott</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23475079"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/132/50/79/23475079.c148b9b3.240.jpg?r2" width="180" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">One little, solitary mushroom growing in Brown-Lowery Park and seen on 25th September. Too bad I didn't check out the background first, LOL!</div> Anne Elliott https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23475073 tag:ipernity.com,2008-11-21,doc-23475073 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:01:21 +0000 2008-09-25T11:48:57-06:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Anne Elliott) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/293827">Anne Elliott</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23475073"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/132/50/73/23475073.d965f766.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The gills are quite widely spaced on this white, unidentified mushroom. Found growing at Brown-Lowery Provincial Park on 25th September.</div> White gilled <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/293827">Anne Elliott</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23475073"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/132/50/73/23475073.d965f766.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The gills are quite widely spaced on this white, unidentified mushroom. Found growing at Brown-Lowery Provincial Park on 25th September.</div> Anne Elliott https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23475035 tag:ipernity.com,2008-11-08,doc-23475035 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:05:02 +0000 2008-07-26T13:33:04-06:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Anne Elliott) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/293827">Anne Elliott</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23475035"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/132/50/35/23475035.ca58603d.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">We came across this fungus late July, when several of us went to the U of C Open House, held near Barrier Lake, Kananaskis. I'm not sure if it's actually growing out of the log or if it is a "regular" mushroom that just happened to grow a little too close to the log. Don't think I've seen anything with this kind of pattern and texture anywhere else. Doug, have you seen anything the same or similar?</div> Fungus <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/293827">Anne Elliott</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23475035"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/132/50/35/23475035.ca58603d.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">We came across this fungus late July, when several of us went to the U of C Open House, held near Barrier Lake, Kananaskis. I'm not sure if it's actually growing out of the log or if it is a "regular" mushroom that just happened to grow a little too close to the log. Don't think I've seen anything with this kind of pattern and texture anywhere else. Doug, have you seen anything the same or similar?</div> Anne Elliott https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23475009 tag:ipernity.com,2008-10-25,doc-23475009 Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:51:24 +0000 2008-09-26T08:20:40-06:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Anne Elliott) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/293827">Anne Elliott</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23475009"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/132/50/09/23475009.05a3ad3c.240.jpg?r2" width="168" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">We saw this Ergot fungus on Wheat that was growing in the wild at Beaverdam Flats park.<br /> <br /> "Ergot infects many cereals and grasses; these include (in order of decreasing susceptibility), rye, triticale, wheat and barley. Oats are rarely affected..... The presence of ergot in wheat and barley in Alberta has been strongly correlated with soils that are low in copper, or with management practices that cause a copper deficiency in cereals..... Ergot bodies are HIGHLY POISONOUS. Alkaloids in ergot are extremely toxic to humans and livestock. Ergot alkaloids have been detected in flour and cereals intended for human as well as animal feeds." From <a href="http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www1.agric.gov.ab.ca</a>.</div> Ergot fungus on wheat <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/293827">Anne Elliott</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23475009"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/132/50/09/23475009.05a3ad3c.240.jpg?r2" width="168" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">We saw this Ergot fungus on Wheat that was growing in the wild at Beaverdam Flats park.<br /> <br /> "Ergot infects many cereals and grasses; these include (in order of decreasing susceptibility), rye, triticale, wheat and barley. Oats are rarely affected..... The presence of ergot in wheat and barley in Alberta has been strongly correlated with soils that are low in copper, or with management practices that cause a copper deficiency in cereals..... Ergot bodies are HIGHLY POISONOUS. Alkaloids in ergot are extremely toxic to humans and livestock. Ergot alkaloids have been detected in flour and cereals intended for human as well as animal feeds." From <a href="http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www1.agric.gov.ab.ca</a>.</div> Anne Elliott https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23475003 tag:ipernity.com,2008-10-24,doc-23475003 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:21:12 +0000 2008-08-28T13:22:57-06:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Anne Elliott) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/293827">Anne Elliott</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23475003"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/132/50/03/23475003.06b898f3.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">I'm too short of sleep to be able to come up with a more creative title for this image : ). Found this one at Brown-Lowery Provincial Park on 28th August 2008. I think I've only seen one like this.</div> Mushroom <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/293827">Anne Elliott</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23475003"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/132/50/03/23475003.06b898f3.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">I'm too short of sleep to be able to come up with a more creative title for this image : ). Found this one at Brown-Lowery Provincial Park on 28th August 2008. I think I've only seen one like this.</div> Anne Elliott https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23474969 tag:ipernity.com,2008-10-21,doc-23474969 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:22:00 +0000 2008-09-09T10:11:12-06:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Anne Elliott) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/293827">Anne Elliott</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23474969"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/132/49/69/23474969.209b6d71.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">I came across this mushroom on 9th September, while on a bio-assessment of an acreage down near Millarville. I finally have to accept the fact that mushrooms are over for this year : (. I went for a short walk this afternoon, but found almost nothing, other than a few shelf fungi and one tiny white mushroom. Two huge Mule Deer frightened the life out of me in the forest, especially the second hidden one, which remained motionless until I almost reached it! Saw a group of nine Mule Deer doing a feeding frenzy as I was driving out of the parking lot.</div> Textured <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/293827">Anne Elliott</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23474969"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/132/49/69/23474969.209b6d71.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">I came across this mushroom on 9th September, while on a bio-assessment of an acreage down near Millarville. I finally have to accept the fact that mushrooms are over for this year : (. I went for a short walk this afternoon, but found almost nothing, other than a few shelf fungi and one tiny white mushroom. Two huge Mule Deer frightened the life out of me in the forest, especially the second hidden one, which remained motionless until I almost reached it! Saw a group of nine Mule Deer doing a feeding frenzy as I was driving out of the parking lot.</div> Anne Elliott https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23474963 tag:ipernity.com,2008-10-12,doc-23474963 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:41:44 +0000 2008-09-18T13:38:38-06:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Anne Elliott) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/293827">Anne Elliott</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23474963"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/132/49/63/23474963.34127a80.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Two more mushrooms found at Brown-Lowery Provincial Park.</div> Togetherness <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/293827">Anne Elliott</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23474963"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/132/49/63/23474963.34127a80.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Two more mushrooms found at Brown-Lowery Provincial Park.</div> Anne Elliott https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23474943 tag:ipernity.com,2008-10-17,doc-23474943 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:14:49 +0000 2008-08-28T12:45:43-06:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Anne Elliott) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/293827">Anne Elliott</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23474943"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/132/49/43/23474943.f84a14d9.240.jpg?r2" width="180" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Seen at Brown-Lowery Provincial Park towards the end of August. Sorry I don't know much/anything abgout fungi ID, so if anyone has any suggestions, it would be so much appreciated : )</div> Plain and simple <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/293827">Anne Elliott</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23474943"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/132/49/43/23474943.f84a14d9.240.jpg?r2" width="180" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Seen at Brown-Lowery Provincial Park towards the end of August. Sorry I don't know much/anything abgout fungi ID, so if anyone has any suggestions, it would be so much appreciated : )</div> Anne Elliott https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23474923 tag:ipernity.com,2008-09-10,doc-23474923 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 01:11:42 +0000 2008-09-09T12:11:38-06:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Anne Elliott) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/293827">Anne Elliott</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23474923"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/132/49/23/23474923.be8e3432.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Couldn't believe my eyes today when I caught sight of this quite large mushroom hiding behind branches beneath a Spruce tree. I was out with a couple of friends doing a repeat bio-assessment of an acreage south of the city. I thought I might have overdone my mushroom hunting after a fourth drive southwest of the city yesterday. Felt I needed a break and a "new" subject to photograph for a short while. However, it was back in full force today when I saw this brilliantly coloured fungus. Also came across a few other odds and ends of mushrooms.</div> Made my day <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/293827">Anne Elliott</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23474923"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/132/49/23/23474923.be8e3432.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Couldn't believe my eyes today when I caught sight of this quite large mushroom hiding behind branches beneath a Spruce tree. I was out with a couple of friends doing a repeat bio-assessment of an acreage south of the city. I thought I might have overdone my mushroom hunting after a fourth drive southwest of the city yesterday. Felt I needed a break and a "new" subject to photograph for a short while. However, it was back in full force today when I saw this brilliantly coloured fungus. Also came across a few other odds and ends of mushrooms.</div> Anne Elliott https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23474885 tag:ipernity.com,2008-09-30,doc-23474885 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:07:45 +0000 2008-09-21T13:16:54-06:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Anne Elliott) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/293827">Anne Elliott</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23474885"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/132/48/85/23474885.ed7bd08f.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="233" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">I know it doesn't make a really inspiring photo, but I did want to add this rather fine Puffball to my Fungi of Alberta Set. There were two of these growing in the middle of a huge grassy area/lawn on an acreage south of the city, near Millarville. Looked rather like a couple of golf balls from a distance, LOL.</div> Puffball <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/293827">Anne Elliott</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/293827/23474885"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/132/48/85/23474885.ed7bd08f.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="233" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">I know it doesn't make a really inspiring photo, but I did want to add this rather fine Puffball to my Fungi of Alberta Set. There were two of these growing in the middle of a huge grassy area/lawn on an acreage south of the city, near Millarville. Looked rather like a couple of golf balls from a distance, LOL.</div> Anne Elliott