The end
A near full moon rising from the east brought a busy golden hour of wildlife photography to a conclusion. Sturgeon County.
Fake Moose
The root system of an overturned tree near St Albert resembles the outline of a moose (use your imagination!).
Marsh Marigold
Bringing a splash of colour in late May, near St Albert.
Snowbirds
Mid-pandemic the CF Snowbirds demonstration team overfly Edmonton on their cross Canada tour.
Drowning Tree
A Silver Birch tree is overwhelmed by the Sturgeon River that has burst it's banks during the spring melt in Sturgeon County.
Spring Flood
The Sturgeon River has burst it's banks during the spring flood in Sturgeon County, the geese don't seem to mind!
River Ice
Sturgeon River, St Albert.
Muskrat on Ice
A muskrat using the spring ice as a feeding platform. Sturgeon River, St Albert.
Trunks
Lois Hole Park, St Albert
Gulls and towers
The skyline of downtown Edmonton looms above the escarpment on the south side of Big Lake which forms a backdrop to the Franklin gulls colonizing the wetlands on the flood plain. Lois Hole Park, Sturgeon County.
Catkins
Sturgeon County
Spring snow
In the woods of Sturgeon County.
Spring Snow
Outline
The light spring snow outlines the branches of the tree in Sturgeon County.
And so it goes on.....
April 30th and the spring snow storms keep sweeping over Alberta...and continue into May, when will it end? Sturgeon County.
Spring flood
The peak flood having receded I was able to approach the flood plain and record this sunny morning scene over Big Lake. Lois Hole Park, St Albert.
Rising mist
Mist rising from the Sturgeon River early on a spring morning. Sturgeon County.
Spring frost
The warmth from the early morning sun has not yet touched the light frost on the shrubbery on the banks of the Sturgeon River. Sturgeon County.
Big Lake, its floodplain, and the Sturgeon River (in the foreground) all merge during the spring flood. St Albert.
Ice Jam
The Sturgeon River spills it's banks during the spring meltdown as ice jams up the flow. Sturgeon County.
Woodpecker
A distant woodpecker in the woods on the banks of the Sturgeon River. Sturgeon County.
