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GordonI
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A proud Canadian (Calgary, AB) 🇨🇦 who enjoys photography (with no AI), reading, 🇨🇦tennis, trivia and kindness. All posted photos are mine unless otherwise credited. Let's stay positive, folks! 😊
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Today's #birdoftheday is #ducksoutofwater. Here is a #photo I took in May of a #lesser #scaup. Also known as the #little #bluebill (I wonder why😜), these two male North American #diving #ducks were resting on the shore of a nearby pond.
#photography #bird #birds 🪶 #nature #Alberta #wildfowl 🇨🇦
Two male lesser scaups.
November 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Morning all. Flanders #Poppies grow in Calgary parks & gardens but not in November. Here are three #photos of ones I've taken. It's Remembrance Day. My father - 18 when he joined the 🇨🇦 army - fought in France & Italy. He died in 1978. I always think of him on November 11. #Photography #LestWeForget
Poppies in Riley Park, Calgary. A real poppy, similar to the ones we wear to commemorate Remembrance Day. A pair of Poppies growing along Memorial Drive in the Summer.
November 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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So the #BirdOfTheDay for today is #least. Hmmm. Here is the only #photo I've ever taken of a #Forster's #Tern. I was at #Frank #Lake in #Alberta 🇨🇦photographing pelicans and a friend pointed out this #bird hovering above us. I got off this one shot before it dove. #birds 🪶 #photography #nature #wild
A Forster's Tern, hovering in the air.
November 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #StandingOnThings except the Floor. May I offer 4 #photos I’ve taken, of an #avocat, a red-winged #blackbird, a #robin and a #mountain #blackbird. 3 of these could also qualify for #balance. 😊
Enjoy your Sunday everyone!
#photography #nature #bird 🪶 #birds #Alberta 🇨🇦
An Avocat standing on one leg on the shore of a lake in Alberta. A red winged blackbird standing on a wire-thin branch. A robin in the Canadian Rockies, standing atop a coniferous tree. A mountain bluebird, standing on an old fence post in the foothills of Alberta 🇨🇦.
November 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Happy Saturday Friends & Followers! Less than 4 months ago I took this #photo of 2 pelicans rising up from #FrankLake #Alberta. Their lovely black feathers are only visible when the #birds are in flight.
#bird #Pelican #BirdOfTheDay #nature #waterfowl 🪶 #takeoffs #photography @alan678.bsky.social
Two pelicans lifting up from Frank Lake, Alberta 🇨🇦. Taken 06/29/25
November 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Near sunset the other day. Here’s looking across the #Bow #River as the sun, low on the horizon, backlights some of the city of Calgary’s #downtown. The iconic #Calgary #Tower (tallest bldg in #yyc from 1968-1984) is on the far left. Have a great weekend folks! #photography #urban #landscape #autumn
The City of Calgary, seen across the Bow River, just prior to sunset.
November 7, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay is all about #CloseUps of any bird, so here’s a #photo of a #mallard #drake I took who just raised his head out of a pond. Viva la #droplets reflected in the #sun. 🙂 #bird 🪶 #duck #nature #photography #birdphotography
A close up of a mallard drake just surfaced with tiny water droplets on its colourful head.
November 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Darn! I just saw that yesterday's #BirdOfTheDay from Rob was #Grebes. I am rather proud of this #Western #Grebe #photo so here it is for your weekend mix viewing pleasure. #waterfowl #photography
#birds 🪶 #birdphotography #naturephotography #nature #Alberta #wildlife #Canada 🇨🇦
A Western Grebe, taken at a swampy area near High River, Alberta 🇨🇦
November 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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So for a #underrated #birdoftheday I’ve chosen a female #mallard (hen). Why? Because hand anyone a camera and tell them to photograph a “duck” they invariably take a #photo of a male mallard with its iridescent green head. But the hen is also stunning, no? #photography #bird 🪶 #nature #duck
A mallard hen.
November 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Taken Saturday. #Mount #Armstrong (elevation: 2,823 m or 9,262 ft) straddles the #Alberta / #BritishColumbia border along the #Continental #Divide. More info in #photos. Have a great Wednesday all! 😊
#Rockies #mountain #fall #nature #wilderness #autumn #Canada
Taken 10/25/25. A stream in Alberta, looking west towards the province of British Columbia. Mount Armstrong, which straddles the border, can be seen, dusted by early snowfall and partially enveloped by clouds. Mount Armstrong was named in 1918 after John Douglas Armstrong, a lieutenant with the Canadian Engineers 🇨🇦, killed in action in World War 1 on April 9, 1917, at Vimy Ridge. Taken 10/25/25.
October 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Taken (checks time) 10 minutes ago. 🙂 This male* #downy #woodpecker was taking a break from the hole he was creating & I was able to capture him & some surrounding #fall #colours.
I hope everyone is having a great Tuesday. #photography #autumn #Calgary #nature #bird 🪶 *only males have the red spot.
A male downy woodpecker above a hole he has been working on for many hours. Taken 28/10/25.
October 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Some of the #Rocky #Mountains in #Alberta 🇨🇦. Taken last Saturday from the site of the former thriving community of #LittleChicago (aka Revenues 1936-1970), where only a cairn now exists to prove it existed. Note the #pumpjack in the field. #photography #Fall #Autumn #Rockies #Longview
The Rocky Mountains of Alberta, having recently received a first snowfall. Taken from the Foothills of Alberta, looking west. Note the pumpjack on a rancher's field. Taken 25/10/25.
October 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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It's the last Monday in 🎃ctober. Have a safe and happy week, everyone! On Saturday I took this #photo of #cattle on a #ranch just north of #Longview 🇨🇦. Note the #pumpjack in the distance. They pepper the #landscape in the #Foothills of #Alberta. #photography #cow #scenery #rural. #October #fall
Cattle in a rancher's field. Taken 10/25/25 in the Alberta Foothills, just north of Longview. Note the pumpjack in the distance.
October 27, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Taken yesterday morning. This is #Upper #Kananaskis #Lake, located in #Peter #Lougheed #Park in the #Rocky #Mountains of #Alberta #Canada 🇨🇦. Located 90 minutes SW of #Calgary, many visit during the summer but at 10am Saturday there were few people around.
#photography #nature #wilderness #mountain
Upper Kananaskis Lake in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Alberta is known for its turquoise-blue water and stunning mountain backdrop. A recent snowfall made the mountains look stunning in the morning sun. Taken 10/25/25.
October 26, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Hello everyone. I was in #Kananaskis Country, #Alberta, #Canada 🇨🇦 this morning as the rays from the #sunrise shone on the clouds and these #snow dusted #mountaintops. More #photos later. Have a great weekend all! 🙂
#photography #nature #Rocky #mountains #landscape #Autumn #fall #wilderness
Taken Oct 25, 2025. Sunrise on the mountaintops in Kananaskis Country, Alberta 🇨🇦.
October 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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#Autumn in #Kananaskis Country, #Alberta 🇨🇦. No wind means a mirror-like reflection of #mountains to the west. Some day I may drop this photo from my home page banner, but not anytime soon. 🙂 Please have a happy & safe Saturday, especially you good folks at the #NoKings rallies. #photography #nature
Late September in Kananaskis Country, Alberta 🇨🇦. No wind means a mirror-like reflection of mountains to the west.
October 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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All taken one day in late #September. Between the #Alberta #Rocky #Mountains and #Calgary there lies #Kananaskis Country. No matter when you are there it's hard not to be taken in by the #beauty of #nature, but there is something special about #autumn, no? #photography #fall #colors
Late September in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada. 🇨🇦 Late September in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada. 🇨🇦 Late September in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada. 🇨🇦 Late September in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada. 🇨🇦
October 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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I have friends who are excellent photographers who will not go to Nose Hill Park in #Calgary (the 4th largest #urban #park in #Canada) because, "there's nothing worth photographing there." To them, and to anyone agreeing with that sentiment I simply say, "Pshaw!" 😊 #nature #photography #fall #autumn
Deciduous trees with their fall colours in Nose Hill Park, natural park in the northwest quadrant of Calgary. 🇨🇦 Deciduous trees with their fall colours in Nose Hill Park, natural park in the northwest quadrant of Calgary. 🇨🇦
October 13, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Happy 🇨🇦 #Thanksgiving all! I like to post #ThenAndNow #photos from the same location. These two bookend just under a #fortnight, taken on September 30 and October 12. There are still lingering remnants of #summer in #Calgary, but not in #Riley #Park after the #frost hit #yyc. #urban #photography
Many flowers are still blooming in Riley Park in Calgary, Alberta. Taken September 30, 2025. After a killing frost the flower beds in Riley Park, Alberta are mostly beds of earth. Taken October 12, 2025.
October 13, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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I occasionally am known as a fun guy* (😉). Today while on a #trail near the south bank of the #Bow #River in #Calgary I noticed this unusual cluster of #mushrooms growing out of the centre of a #stump of a #tree felled years ago. So here are three #photos I took of it. #photography #nature * #fungi
A small cluster of mushrooms are growing from the centre of a stump of a tree felled long ago. Taken Sunday, October 12, 2025. A closeup of a cluster of mushrooms growing out of the centre of a stump of a tree felled long ago. Mushrooms growing from the centre of a stump of a tree felled long ago.
October 12, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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After the sun disappears at #sunset there are three stages of #twilight*, taking about 50 minutes before actual #night arrives.
* #Civil #Nautical #Astronomical

I shot this of the #sky to the west of #Calgary 22 minutes after sunset, during Civil Twilight. 🙂
#photography #minimalism #clouds #yyc
The sky over Calgary during Twilight
October 7, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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I hope you're enjoying this #fall Sunday in #Alberta. If you dress warmly there's scenery to be seen. Here is a #fall #photo I shot of #Moraine #Lake in #Banff #National #Park 🇨🇦. All the #trees are evergreen so no #autumn colours are present. Still not bad though. 😉
#photography #nature #mountain
A fall photo of Moraine Lake in Banff National Park, Alberta. 🇨🇦
October 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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An #October #photo of two stand-up paddle boarders drifting towards #downtown #Calgary on the #Bow #River which winds through the #city. The #fall colours on the #trees on both #banks complement the #blueness of the image.
Do have a wonderful weekend everyone. 🙂 #photography #autumn #yyc #skyline 🇨🇦
A pair of stand-up paddle boarders on the relatively calm waters of the Bow River as it flows towards downtown. As it is October, the leaves on both banks of the river are acquiring their fall colours.
October 3, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Here's #downtown #Calgary, not long after sunrise this morning. This is looking SE while I was on #Crescent Road NW. The leaves on the #deciduous trees in the #city have really started to turn. Compare this to one I posted one week ago from the same spot #autumn #photography #yyc #fall #changes
Downtown Calgary from Crescent Road NW. Taken 40 minutes after sunrise.
October 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Taken yesterday at #Riley #Park in NW #Calgary. There’s not been a sub-zero night yet, so the #flowers are holding up very well. If you’re a #yyc local get out and take them in if you can, for that killing #frost is not far away. #photography #SecondSummer #garden
The flowers and plants at Riley Park in Calgary are holding up well on September 30, 2025 thanks to an unseasonably warm month, with no sub-zero temperatures.
October 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM