As a pilot, wings have obviously been a large part of my life, something that started with watching birds when I was very young and wishing I could fly like them. So herewith are a few of my favourite “wings” photos – of both aircraft and birds.
A juvenile yellow-headed blackbird.Royal Canadian Air Force’s military aerobatics flight demonstration team. Swans. I didn’t capture their landing, unfortunately.As the sun rises, takeoff from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories over a frozen Great Salve Lake.
I very much enjoyed this challenge; I had fun looking through my archives and then finding photos I had all but forgotten.
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This very famous lake in Banff National Park also gives its name to the historic Chateau Lake Louise hotel as well as to the hamlet where many park and hotel employees live.
Lake Louise from the air showing the historic Chateau Lake Louise at the right of the picture.
Known for its milky green colour – caused by glacial run-off – and nearby hiking trails, Lake Louise is an example of iconic, must-see Canadiana.
And, to all our American family and friends, Happy Thanksgiving Day. However you choose to spend it, I hope you enjoy it.
Geese across a cloud.The pretty fan-shaped leaves of a gingko biloba tree. A dragonfly.A September pond. A lovely tea rose. Cameron Lake, Waterton National Park. Upper Waterton Lake, Waterton National Park. A pink petunia.
A beautiful photo and travel quote from Tricia at Travels Through My Lens. To see more of Tricia’s photography or to read about her travels, please click the link above.
One of the trails we took at Waterton Lakes National Park was from Lower Waterton Lake to Middle Waterton Lake and then through to Upper Waterton Lake.
Much of the trail was through prairie grasslands with increasing forest density as we came closer to the mountains.
In the photo above you can spot the iconic Prince of Wales hotel in the far distance. It is an historic building that was erected in honour of Prince Edward’s – he later became King Edward VIII and then abdicated a few months later – extended visit to Canada in 1927. Unfortunately he never made it to his namesake hotel.
We saw a couple of bears on the other side of the lake above and immediately changed our route. We admired them from afar. They were play fighting and in and out of the water but I wasn’t able to get a picture of them because they strolled among the bushes and shadows and I couldn’t seem to get a good capture.
We sat in the Parks Canada red muskoka chairs to admire the Middle Waterton Lake. Every national park has at least one set of these red chairs placed at advantageous viewpoints.
The photo above shows the little channel – very quaintly called “the Bosphorus” – that connects Middle and Upper Waterton Lakes.
In some of the pictures I’ve posted you can see evidence of a forest fire. The fire was started by lightning in 2017 and destroyed huge swaths of forest in the park. It is recovering well though and there are many small pine, spruce and aspen trees growing among the remains of the previous forest.
A beautiful set of travel photos from Michaela and Phil of the Hungry Travellers. Please click the link above to see more of their fantastic pictures and to browse their blog.
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