Finally got out after five weeks! - a photo on Flickriver

Finally got out after five weeks!

            Adding four photos this evening that were taken yesterday, 31 January 2024, and one photo from my archives.  I will add the description that I wrote under a similar shot taken on the same day back in 2015. 

Yesterday, 31 January 2024, was the first time I had been out since 28 December 2023!!  About 5 weeks, which is pretty much unheard of for me.  Our parking lot had to be salted yesterday, and then any snow and ice was scraped away today.  Looks nice and clean - ready for the next snowfall that is forecast to arrive the day after tomorrow!  Too bad they couldn't have waited till after the snow had fallen.   Actually, today felt like spring, with a temperature around PLUS 11C-14C.  

Yesterday's drive was all in the SE area.  I was curious about the Snowy Owls, as a couple of people who mention seeing these beautiful birds had not been reporting any very recently.    My daughter and I had seen six of them on 28 December 2023, but I found none yesterday or today.  With this warm weather, I wonder if they have flown north.

The only birds I happened to notice were about half a dozen Black-billed Magpies that were hanging around this stretch of fence.  Zoomed in from the car - the mountains are much further away in reality.

A few familiar old barns, silos and sheds and an old grain elevator kept me and my camera happy for a few hours.  The back roads were grim!  A mix of gravel and muddy ruts.  Same today.  Also, the sun is GLARING and makes driving so unpleasant.

Taken on: January 31, 2024

Tags:

Alberta

Canada

scenery

prairie

farmland

mountains

distant

snow

snow-covered

fence

wooden

nature

wildlife

avian

ornithology

bird

Black-billed Magpie

Pica hudsonia

three

perched

fenceposts

outdoor

winter

31 January 2024

Canon

SX60

Canon SX60

Powershot

annkelliott

Anne Elliott

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Sets appears in: • Drive SE of Calgary, 31 January 2024 • Canon SX60 more » • Scenery 5 • Winter 4 • Birds of Alberta 11 « less

Groups appears in: • Birds • PHOTOGRAPHERS OF CANADA more » • Birds , Birds Birds • *Winter MADNESS* • Unlimited Birds • *I Love Birds* • Love of the Great Outdoors • The Birds Of Flickr • Beauty in Winter • EVERYTHING SCENERY! • Birds of the world/ Oiseaux du monde • Flickr P&S Camera Club • Canon SX30 / SX40 / SX50 / SX60 / SX70 • Canon SX40 to SX70 and other Canon SX Bridge Cameras • "Fun and Happiness" « less

Camera: Canon PowerShot SX60 HS, f/5.6, 1/640 sec, 183.8mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
Lens:	3.8-247.0 mm
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/640)
Focal Length:	183.8mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 12.0 Windows
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