17. Apr, 2011

Robins! I had about 50 in the yard at once. Pictures from Calgary. In the snow.

Robin on a branch while snow is falling.

Sunday, April 17, 2011 Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada The robins came in droves over the weekend. It was also snowing the whole time. The whole scene was unusual. Robins and snow aren’t supposed to go together. Snow in April is not particularly welcome (though not at all uncommon). Robins in flocks, very unusual for me.

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08. Apr, 2011

Cross Iron Mills Shopping Centre near Calgary

Friday, April 8, 2011 Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada A quick trip to the airport yesterday. Since we were already up at the north end of the city, decided to go a little further up the road and check out the monster shopping centre, Cross Iron Mills. I’ve been there twice before. The first was to […]

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07. Apr, 2011

Policeman on horseback at the shopping centre, Calgary

Thursday, April 7, 2011 Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Went out foraging for food at the big Safeway. Had a coffee in the Starbucks and while I was just sitting there minding my own business, a policeman rode by on a horse. I lept up, ran to the window and snapped a picture. The guy I […]

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06. Apr, 2011

Breakfast at London Fog, Calgary

Wednesday, April 6, 2011 Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Our Wednesday breakfast club has grown to three, at least for now, depending upon work schedules. Today we went to London Fog, in the same complex as the London Drugs on Macleod Trail at Heritage Drive. I really should go here more often. They do an all-day […]

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05. Apr, 2011

Robins in Calgary

Tuesday, April 5, 2011 Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada The robins have been here for at least a couple of weeks, but now I’m hearing them at least once a day. I put 200 mealworms (dried) out for them to eat on Sunday afternoon. They were still untouched this morning. Need a more visible spot. North […]

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04. Apr, 2011

Calgary loses a road: Barlow Trail is closed

Monday, April 4, 2011 Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Up at the airport yesterday to drop my friend off, I saw the newly-closed Barlow Trail. The feds are expanding YYC, Calgary International Airport. This means building a runway where we now have a road, Barlow Trail. In fact it’s the main road for reaching the airport […]

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03. Apr, 2011

The prairie dogs are awake near Edmonton

Sunday, April 3, 2011 Away: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Drove back home to Calgary It was one of those blue Alberta days, the high-pressure, semi-euphoric air mass finally giving us an uplift. The winter dust and grime didn’t look so thick today. Best of all, the little gophers, aka prairie dogs, Richardson’s ground squirrels, were standing […]

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02. Apr, 2011

A relaxing Saturday in Edmonton. Buy Eighteen Bridges magazine.

Saturday, April 2, 2011 Away: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada What a nice day to hang out with good friends doing nothing in particular. It’s been a long time since I lived here. My Edmonton experience breaks into two periods. The first time, I was on my own, had just arrived in Alberta, didn’t know anything about […]

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01. Apr, 2011

April Fool’s: Winter weather warning for Calgary

Friday, April 1, 2011 Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Away: Drove to Edmonton I didn’t look forward to the drive north to Edmonton today. OK, let’s get it over with, no one in Calgary looks forward to going to Edmonton, thanks to our inter-city rivalry. But, shock, horror, I’ve lived in both places and each has […]

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31. Mar, 2011

Poor robins, a Calgary winter isn’t good to them

Thursday, March 31, 2011 Home: Calgary, Alberta, Canada How are robins supposed to deal with snow? They aren’t exactly tiny, fragile birds, but still, there’s just not a lot of food around for them yet and I don’t think they enjoy being out in the snow. Birds are such miraculous creatures. They can fly and […]

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