This month's calendar image features a flock of American White Pelicans on the Bow River at Wyndham Carseland Provincial Park near Carseland on the prairies south east of Calgary. Large groups of Pelicans return to the prairies every spring and stay all summer.
This month's calendar image features the big male lion from the Calgary Zoo. Normally a very calm and quiet bunch, the lions were very active during a recent visit on cloudy spring day. This male walked all around the enclosure and politely paused and looked right at me for a few portraits.
This month's calendar image features the full moon setting over the Calgary city skyline just before sunrise. The glowing lights of the city sparkling in the morning mist match perfectly with the glow from the moon itself!
This month's calendar image features a pair of horses in a farm field just east of Calgary at sunset. The dramatic sunset lit up the clouds over the horizon and created a beautiful silhouette of the Rocky Mountains on the western horizon and a chinook arch high overhead. The horses observing me from the farm field near the road were a lucky break and a fun addition to the photo!
This months calendar image features a stand of beautiful white birch trees in winter. We went snowshoeing at the West Bragg Creek Provincial Recreation Area in the foothills southwest of Calgary. We made our way around the Snowshoe Hare trail, which is a very popular trail for beginners to snowshoeing. It's not too terribly busy but popular enough that the trail is well marked and beaten down by other visitors. It's also a good distance (about 6 km) if you want to take your kids.