Sakwes Loc: Peace River, Alberta, Canada

My passion is sharing what I see so even though I am most interested in birds I do like to take photos of many other things.
Here is a small sample of some of those other things.

This is a Brittle Prickly Pear Cacti, yes we have cacti in the Boreal Forest and they were here long before the first European set foot on the area.

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It's called a Milbert's tortoiseshell. One of our butterflys that hibernate to get through the winter. And one of the first to appear each spring.

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Emerging Ostrich Fern, at this stage they are known as fiddle heads and they are edible and considered a treat by some.

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A Bald Faced Hornet eating a Dragonfly. A Blue Darner to be exact.

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Abandoned farm machinery, a Massey Harris combine from the 1950s

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Abandoned building just outside of Calgary Alberta. I wish I knew the story behind this building. It is clear it was under construction when abandoned and it must have cost a fortune to even get it to this stage. That's actual copper cladding.

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This is what Tent Caterpillars can do to a forest. The black patches on the trunks and branches are thousands of caterpillars, and they can be a lot worse then this.

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This is a Calypso Orchid, like most true orchids it has one leaf and one flower per plant and it's native to the Boreal forest. And it is small, only about 6 inches tall and the flower is only slightly bigger then a kernel of corn.

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NMGal Loc: NE NM

Wonderful series with interesting information.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

Fantastic set of images!!!

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

Vaun's photography Loc: Bonney Lake, WA

Interesting variety of subjects. Thanks for sharing!

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

Sakwes, Your display of things rarely or never before seen is fascinating as are the stories/comments for each.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Nice set of photos. As I remember, that Massey Harris combine was one of the first self-propelled combines made.

Tdearing Loc: Rockport, TX

Nicely done.

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Great set. If you ever do start shooting birds you'll get hooked. I would love to see some bird images done by you.

Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas

Great series, Sakwes.

Sakwes Loc: Peace River, Alberta, Canada

I'm glad you enjoyed them, and found the commentary informative.

Sakwes Loc: Peace River, Alberta, Canada

Thank you! :)

Sakwes Loc: Peace River, Alberta, Canada

Sakwes Loc: Peace River, Alberta, Canada

You could be right about that. All I know for sure is that this one is a model 26 and the manufactures place shows a date of 1952.