I Spy With My Little Eye…

I Spy With My Little Eye…

Apr 21, 2021 | Forests, Rabbits & Hares, Wild Herbivores

Look really carefully and you’ll find that there’s a Snowshoe Hare trying to make himself invisible in the woods. Unfortunately, his movements caught my eye and put me on the hunt to get a good photo of him!

Taken at J.J. Collett Natural Area (near Ponoka, Alberta) on April 30, 2017, armed with my old Canon Rebel XS DSLR with Canon EF 70-300 mm f/4-5.6 IS USM telephoto lens.

Aspen Menagerie

Aspen Menagerie

Apr 20, 2021 | Forests, Plants, Mosses & Lichens, Trees

J.J Collett Natural Area, south of Ponoka, Alberta, is in the Aspen Parkland area. These Trembling Aspen (Populus tremuloides) are part of a “climax” plant community, before going into White Spruce (Picea glauca). These deciduous trees form as a colony of daughter clones of the parent tree, making for a colony of genetically identical trees that can be hundreds, if not thousands, of years old.

Taken on April 30, 2017, with my old Canon Rebel XS DSLR plus Canon EF 100 mm f/2.8 macro lens.