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…
Category: Alberta
Kananaskis
A view of The Wedge from across The Wedge Pond.
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…
Banff NP Photo Day
Earlier this week, Bob Bear and I visited nearby Banff National Park, in search of some winter photographs. We visited four locations in the park, beginning with a stop at an old favourite location, Castle Junction. This first photograph, was taken soon after sunrise from the shoreline of the Bow River. It features Castle Mountain,…
Winter at Cascade Mountain
Yesterday morning, I went on a photography excursion, accompanied by Bob Bear, a great photographer and longtime photography companion. We returned to a location we had visited earlier this year, a good viewpoint to photograph Cascade Mountain, near the Town of Banff. My purpose was to get some winter pictures, including some shots of Cascade…