Socafighter's Pictures of Canada Dec 2013

[socafighter]

“Words that soak into your ears
are whispered… not yelled.”
~ Author Unknown


Sunrise, Loughrigg, United Kingdom


Horjul, Slovenia


Horse back riding , Katwijk, Netherlands


Calm Egret


I captured of Comet C 2013 R1 Lovejoy this morning


Early Morning Dancing Lights


Pastel Sky


Golab Dareeh, Tehran, IRAN


After the rain, Białystok, Poland


Can you see the honeyeater. The last blooms before winter


Cirrus Condition


Cold winter morning sunrise


Leeuwin Light House and Water Wheel, Australia


Mountains a glow, Kapfenberg, Austria


Put your left foot out then shake it out


Morning Fog , Alberta , Canada


Rogue Sunset


Sunset ,大畠, Japan

[socafighter]

“Wise men speak because they have something to say;
fools because they have to say something.”
― Plato



Thermal inversion sunrise, Ostellato, Italy


Enjoying all of mother natures gifts


Cold cardinal over in woods was all puffed up.


The wind has been picking up from the northeast and Cold


Handsome fella


Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia Canada


No Cold Feet


Bighorn Ram


Front and Franklin, Juneau, Alaska


Kotka, Finland


Ruby Peaks


Water color clouds, Kapfenberg, Austria


Cape Leeuwin and Light House, Australia


Robert's Arm, Newfoundland and Labrador Canada


Low sun, BC , Canada


Istanbul sunset , Üsküdar, Turkey


Winters Evening glow

[socafighter]

“A closed mouth gathers no foot.”
~ Zen Proverb



Sunrising


Sunrise through a copse of Aspens


BC , Canada


A snowy owl perch on a power line pole


We share


Blue Caves , Ζάκυνθος, Greece


Cochrane, Alberta Canada


Pizza sized Plates of Ice


Sidney, British Columbia Canada


Purple Headed Finch


Placid, Loughrigg, United Kingdom


The Acropolis and Parthenon from the roof restaurant at my hotel


Blue Mountains, Collingwood , Ontario , Canada


Red Tail hawk sun bathing


Rock Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador Canada


Was simply elated to find snow when hiking


Western Sunset


when fall and the leaves are gone and haze is in


Sunset , Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria

[socafighter]

We do not see things as they are.
We see them as we are.

~ The Talmud ~


Sunrise


Beautiful Sky


Bird Of paradise


Cardinal


Chilly nights makes a beautiful day,


Orchids


Rough Lake


Bled, Slovenia


Vancouver BC Perfect just Perfect!!


Cold and Frosty


Unexpected beauty


Christmas Cactus


A simple Christmas decor is adorned with a beautiful ornament


Heavy snowstorm, Troms, Norway


Simcoe Panorama Lights


White Chrysantemum


Undercurrent


Red flowers


Beautiful sunset here tonight

[socafighter]

"In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce and brave man,
hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join
him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot."
~ Mark Twain ~



Sunrise,Ilha do Mel, Parangua, Brazil


Comet Panstarrs over Big Stone Lake


Beautiful Ontario, Canada


Awesome Nature


Evening Light on the Pasture


Lesser Yellowlegs


You wonder if the visiting Snowy owls get homesick for the North


Would you believe a train stuck in snow


Will you stop it , I love your new hair doo  hon.


White necked Jacobin,Costa Rica


Sun Bathing


Berne, Switzerland


Dragon fly eyes


A fight


Countryside Garmisch Partenkirch, Bayern


Buckeye Butterfly


singing away


Phases of Sunset


Sunset and Brama Bull at the Barn

[socafighter]

Men are disturbed not by the things that happen,
But by their opinion of the things that happen.

~ Epictetus ~


Sand between your toes at sunrise


Young Bald Eagle at sunrise


Wonderful and magnificent ,sadly their habitat is getting smaller each day


Yellow dragon fly


Albino Deer


Wolf hunting rodents


Young male Osprey , angry at me for taking his picture


Beautiful nature


strdimil


This Hawaiian Sea Turtle popped his head out of sea .


The flirting Centurion


Orange Moon


Grey Fox cubs


the purple finch


Natures creations


So what do we do next


Eyes of a child


The rose in snow


The Opera Singer


The Thorn Bird


Thunderstorm Sunset


Pretty Sunset

[socafighter]

Do what you feel in your heart to be right -
for you'll be criticized anyway.
You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.

~ Eleanor Roosevelt ~



Sunrise Through Fog and Clouds


Unique sunrise


Winter storm


Cold rain drops


Our farm , Trails , Kingston , Ontario , canada


My Eldest Daughter


Whistler, British Columbia , Canada


the observer


The red soil of Prince Edward Island , Canada


The fishing pond


Winter in Englee, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada


There is one in every crowd a trouble maker


Wild horses and fresh snow, Calgary, Alberta, Canada


Butterfly


Red Tail Hawk


Snow  has arrived in lake Louise , Alberta , Canada


Walkerton, Ontario Stream


sunset , As seen in English Bay, BC, Canada


Sunset

[socafighter]

It is because we are different that each of us are special.
Don't set your goals by what other people deem important.
Only do what is best for you.

Nancye Sims


Sunrise


Taking A Bow After Mother Lightening Natures Show , Canada


Valemount, British Columbia cold day Canada


Tumalog Falls Cebu, Philippines


Butterfly


Understudy quietly observes more senior monk. Thailand


Cold unforgiving Rockies, Canada


The cubs are curious,Moremi Wildlife Reserve, Botswana


Red enjoying the sunshine


Transparent Burnet


The hunt , Moremi Wildlife Reserve, Botswana


We gonna beat you up Reds


This is the first time I saw the butterfly eating


Owl Hunting


Revelstoke, British Columbia What a pretty sight


Rhodendrums


Tawny Owl hunting


Lussari is a nice small place located at 1800m on the Italian Alps.


Sunsetting in Bermuda


Friends


Snowy Fishing


sunset on  James Bay , Quebec, Canada


Sunsetting over the sea Torrevieja , Spain

[socafighter]

‘If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light.
Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness,
selfishness, and fears.’

~ Glenn Clark, Author ~


Dun Laoghaire, Ireland


Dawn


Bittersweet


Crisp In Blue


Bluebird Takeoff


Brisk


Christiansted, Virgin Islands


He is chubby


Early Winter Morning


Freeze in progress


it was 6 degrees this evening when I took these


I See Lunch


Festive Frost


Looking A Little Lean


Morfa Nefyn, United Kingdom


Ponderosa Pine on Sandstone


Snowy Owl


Cold Morning


As the sun fades


Pleasant Ridge Sunset

[socafighter]

Treat the earth well.
It was not given to you by your parents,
it was loaned to you by your children.
We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors,
we borrow it from our Children.

Ancient Indian Proverb



Storm Sunrise


The summers in Alberta, Canada


Unique Flower


Butterfly


Wild asters


Up , Up ...


Moon corona


This cormorant posed for me


Unclothed


This incredible cloudfront hung over the area


very curious osprey


Tortosa , Spain


The Dragonfly Effect


Ran into a lightning laden storm while traveling


The ole barns Canada


Seen from the trail on a sunny day, Alberta , Canada


The Low lands of canada


Haunting sunset

[socafighter]

DAD - A son's first hero. A daughters first love.
 Unknown quotes 


Cold Dawn


Autumn Sunrise


Cedar Waxwings


An immature Cooper's Hawk with a freshly caught meal


Greenland from the airplane


Espanola, Ontario Canada


2 Roosters & a Hen Pheasant


Dryden, Ontario Canada


Aurora over top of An inukshuk Nunavut Canada


Pisa, Toscana ( Tuscany) Italy


Zama City, Alberta Canada


Tis the Season



St Basil Moscow, Moskva Russia


2011 Podgradina , Croatia



A peeling glowing orange attraction sunset


Got my meal , a mouse


A beautiful sunny day


Pretty Sunset


A nice day on Paudash lake


City lights sky at sunset Christa

[Agent Jack Bauer]

Well done

[socafighter]

TRUE tolerance is loving your enemy,
accepting their differences and remaining humble.
 Unknown quotes 


Cook Inlet , Canada  Sunrise


Dawn on the farm, with a heavy frost and fog


A bit of sugar


A broken heart living in despair


My son caught this catfish and released it back into the river .


A fox at 1200m where is he going


a beam of light Early morning


A Barn Swallow


She allowed me one picture then left , Botswana, Africa


A calm day in Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada


a Canadian Lynx


A splash of red in a winter woodland Canada


A Concerned mom


Aren't you cute


Cosmic Delight , Yukon, Canada


About to fly away


a Boreal Chickadee


A Cuban Tody Hummer


A cutie stealing a meal


a cricket feeding a juicy orchid


A dot that is golden Sunset, Puławy , Poland


A dog enjoying a pretty sunset .

[socafighter]

People think being alone makes you LONELY, But I don't think that's true.
Being surrounded by wrong people is the loneliest thing in the World.

unknown Author


Beautiful Morning


Cold winter morning


Abbotsford, British Columbia Canada


All nice and frosty


Afternoon frost


Before the snow


beautiful hoar frost


discussing what they should do today


Fire in the Sky


Frozen Mums


Butterball Chickadee


Deep Freeze!


Cooper's Hawk


Frigid Hot Sky


Fall Pond


Great Horned Owl


Snow Pals


Ice cold sunset


Just after sunset

[socafighter]

A hater's job is to find all of your flaws,
then throw them in your face every day.
Your job is to love yourself and keep smiling.

Sonya Parker quotes


The sun is coming up


This time at sunrise I just can't have enough of these


Creative Canadians


Muscovy duck


Mums in the snow


Mr December


an American Kestrel


Its all mine


Old Homestead


Pelican Stop


Perfect Landing


Santa work shop


The gang busy singing away


Canada, eh


Christmas Lights


Humming BURRRRRRRD


Male Northern Harrier Hawk


quite the pretty boy


Snow plow


Spotted Towhee


Snowy Owl


nice Teasel


Sunset Magic


virga at sunset

[socafighter]

“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”

― Mark Twain


Beauty of light


Beautiful Morning


Winter Wonderland


Jeez Mom its only 730am let me alone


Early Morning Low Fog Sunrise


Serenity


Anna's Hummingbird


A female Cardinal on her approach to the feeder


Bearing Gifts


Wind makes strange patterns around the sage brush


Anticipating


Cardinal


This is a composite image of the Geminid meteors


This pink frosted antique ornament adds to such holiday greetings


Winter wonder land


Sleigh Ride at the Farmstand


another beautiful sunset


Amazing sunset

[socafighter]

“There's a world of difference between truth and facts.
Facts can obscure truth.”

― Maya Angelou


Flaming sunrise


A beautiful frozen waterfall just outside of Penticton, BC , Canada


Baltimore Oriole


American University of Beirut


A castle from the Festival of Lights


a raven a powerfull mystical bird


a nice eerie yellow moon this morning


Rockies , BC , Canada


A face like this, makes me crave for more pictures


Black Wolf , BC , Canada


Alberta's Mountains


Bald Eagle


Female Snowy Hunting


Eastern Blue Bird


Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


Snow and crab apples


Dancing Northern lights


Sparkling in the sun


Kuummiut, East Greenland With Orion's Belt


Yellow Mums in the snow


What a show in the closing hour of such a warm winter day


Sunset,Prince George , BC , Canada

[socafighter]

“Logic will get you from A to B.
Imagination will take you everywhere.”

~ Albert Einstein
(1879-1955)



A peeling glowing orange attraction sunrise


Delisle, Saskatchewan Sunrise


Beautiful golden light this morning


A bluebird day below Paddy's Peak in the Selkirk Mountains , BC , Canada


A beautiful Snowy Owl scouts for its next meal


A farm in Agassiz, British Columbia, Canada


Beautiful lady Cardinal


A beautiful winter afternoon


Christmas


Caught this bald eagle having lunch


Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada


Christmas flower


Elk with mountains as back ground with light fog, Alberta , Canada


Continuing Chinook Winds bring us beautifully colors , Calgary , Canada


Creative Canadians


Freight train and snow stuck


Festival of Lights at Van Dusen Botanical Garden


Now how do we get Ollie in without snow on the floor..


Two little dark eyed Juncos enjoying the sunshine


Winter sunset

[socafighter]

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”

― William Shakespeare, As You Like It


Early morning sunrise


Campbell River, British Columbia


Ah got my prey


A male elk, relaxing


Christmas lights in snow


Alaska Hwy , Swift River, Yukon


a short eared owl hunting for mice or voles


Flowers of nature


Get Out of my Way


Glistening snow


Great Grey Owl babies hoot hoot


Harbour Breton, Newfoundland and Labrador , Windy Day


Hunting mice under the snow in Okotoks, BC , Canada


Male snowy looking at me


Talons of a snow owl...


Lights on Victoria's Legislative Building, BC ..Canada


Looking slick and ready to go hunting


Looks like Xmas,Cardinal in the snow


Late afternoon Vancouver, British Columbia


Male Northern Flickers fighting over a nesting tree


Last Bit of Light

[socafighter]

“I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.”

― Mark Twain


Early morning sunrise


Early Morning Sioux Lookout, Ontario


An angel with wings


Coming in for a landing


A Christmas Picture


Beautiful Snowy Owl


Noel


Trust


Winter creations


What gorgeous colour


Rain drops on the flower


Canada's Wonderland in Winter


White wing crossbill feeding


Warm Colors of winter Prince George, British Columbia , Canada


Witless Bay , Newfoundland


Take my picture before I fly away


Vaseux Lake Oliver, British Columbia


The owl and the moon


Wedgeport, Nova Scotia Canada


This Short eared owl gave me a glance as it flew by


Vancouver, British Columbia


Dawson Creek sunset, Mackenzie , BC


Melting Sunset , Lake Ontario , Kingston , Ontario , Canada

[socafighter]

“In my opinion, we don't devote nearly enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.”

― Bill Watterson


Sending Warm Thoughts


Sea View, Prince Edward Island, Treelined sunrise


a white albino pheasant hen in among the flock


A few deer on the ridge near Windy Point , Alberta , Canada


A rarely seen Boreal Chickadee hunts for seeds


Doing what nature intended!


A lovely couple on the cusp of breeding season


Enterprise, Northwest Territories Canada


Eastern Bluebird mid flight


Elk, Canal Flats, British Columbia


Eagle spots prey


Blue Mooon


Dragon fly


Common Redpoll


I am the enforcer


English Bay, Vancouver, BC


Evening Grosbeak in Flight


Hummingbird Moth


Long eared Owl having a nap


I am trying to get an exercise class going


Rosseau, Ontario Sunshine


Total gray afternoon and at the very last minute


Esquimalt, British Columbia

[socafighter]

The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is
that it has never tried to contact us.

Bill Watterson


Sunrise to admire


Beautiful sunrise over Spaniard's Bay


Dawn of a new day,, Revelstone , BC, Canada


Fog and snow Woody Point, Newfoundland and Labrador


Flower


Feeding time


christmas colors


Walleye fishing in Woodland Caribou Provincial Park...


Snowy taking off


The Dunvegan Bridge across the Peace River, Alberta , Canada


Tusket Falls canal


White Throated Sparrow


Tears From Heaven rain drops


the awesomeness that is Mother Nature


Yellow rumped Warbler


Xmas homes


White Shadows


Sunshine Village Ski and Snowboard Resort, Banff, Alberta


White Beauty


Sunset on the Rockies , Alberta , Canada


Dawson Creek sunset, Mackenzie , BC

[socafighter]

There are only two races on this planet - the intelligent and the stupid.

John Fowles


Sunrise Dartmouth, Nova Scotia


Sunrise on Mountains, Pink snow as the Moon Sets, Alberta , Canada


An Eagle ready to attack


A bit of fog hazes the background


cedar waxwings


Cresent Moon, Ponoka, Alberta, Canada


Glorious Yellow in sunlight


Kamloops, British Columbia Canada Lynx


Blue Jays fighting each other


Freezing rain continues


Snow all day


Black capped Chickadee


New Maryland, New Brunswick , moon rising


Sleigh Ride at the Farmstand


Male & Female Cardinals with the Female In Flight


High Arctic , Canada


evening moonlight


Friendly Raven


Oh Christmas tree, Oh


Sugar Coated Trail


Red at Night, Sailor's Delight


Beautiful sky as the sunset over Port dover last


Swift Current, Newfoundland and Labrador sun set


Downtown Coquitlam with Golden ears mountain as the sun sets

[socafighter]

“Be kind. Every person you meet
is fighting a difficult battle.”

~ Plato


Courtenay, British Columbia Sunrising with colors


Beresford, New Brunswick


A colorful patch of pretty Crocus


after the cocoon


beautiful winter


Cirrus clouds spread above the Red River


Grasshopper in the basil


Fisher Peak is just beautiful all blanketed in snow . BC


Hawk Hunting


Howling At The Midday Sun


Iceberg, Labrador , Canada


Great Grey saying hi


Mt Baker from Esquimalt Lagoon , BC , Canada


Golden Morning


Great Blue heron with a freshly caught vole


Hudson Bay Mountain, Smithers, British Columbia, Canada


Kingston Ontario Aurora


kept eyes on me as I took the picture


Mountain in Banff area, Alberta .


Popping up over the eastern hills


Mountains overlooking Kluane Lake, Yukon, Canada


Memories


Snowy Owl in Flight


farm sunset


breath taking sunset

[socafighter]

It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.

George Bernard Shaw


Beresford, New Brunswick sunrise


First light of morning on the mountains near Twin Butte , Lethbridge , Alberta , Canada


Colorful


Apex Predator all business


Cross bred , silver and red fox


I am snow white


Blue bird, Surrey , BC


Moon and Clouds


Mom and baby loon


The deep reds of the House Finch


Mount Tasman taken from Lake Metheson just outside Fox Glacier , BC , Canada


little kestrel in the yard today


Mother and daughter


Mountains in the High Arctic with their reflections


Nature's beauty


Gorgeous Morning Garmisch Partenkirch, Bayern , Germany


male Great White butterfly


wet and heavy snow


Out of my way


Kamloops, British Columbia Canada


Gorgeous Lake Sunset


Snow Moon Calgary , Alberta


Say ahhhhhhh hon and open wide


Peaceful sunset Sointula, British Columbia


A sunset then made beautiful as the birds showed up.

[socafighter]

An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.

Bryant H. McGill


Sunrise over Talbot Lake, Jasper Alberta


Sunrise Lake Ontario


Eagle and Wigeon


I am leaving follow me hon


American Goldfinch


Comet PAN STARRS setting over Dalhousie Lake


Caribou roaming free near Goose Pond NL


Kaslo, British Columbia, selkirk mountains


Owl in full dive


Foxy hunting


Sunshine Village Ski in Banff , Alberta , sunny


Kingfisher


nice day on the farm


Golden Eagle Close up


snowbirds having breakfast


Northern lights over Innerkip, Ontario


Great Grey Owl in flight


Pair of House Finch's


Rock Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador Canada



snowy coming in for the prey


Colours of the Night


Juvenile red tailed giving me the stare down


They are behaving no fights


Horizon dunes Delta, British Columbia


Long tailed duck heading east


Sunset over the river Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada


sunsetting in Caraquet, New Brunswick, Canada

[socafighter]

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

Plutarch


Sunrise, Youngs Cove Road, New Brunswick, Canada


What a beautiful morning on the lake


He seems to be telling me go home...


Volcano Mayon located 47 km. from the City of Legzapi Philippines


Sleeping hummer


Wanaka Lake, New Zealand


Dusk as we await the moon


Looking east towards Mt. Baker at sunset, over 100 miles away


male cardinal was not only feeding himself but a friend also


Trnovec, Slovenia


Iceberg, Harrington Harbour, Quebec, Canada


Eagle fishing , check the talons out


Spanish church on top of the pyramid Cholula, Mexico


Magical, Venice, Veneto, Italy


Grosbeaks


scenic view from Digby, Nova Scotia


Duck in flight, Landing gear down


Oh Nooo and I gotta gooooooo


Carolina Wren


Cookhouse at ' Kables Kamp', Jasper,Alberta, Canada


Whites Island, with the glow of Peterborough, Ontario , Canada


Canadian Countryside on a cold morning


sunset on the Rainy River Ontario



Beach sunset Christa Cavendish, Prince Edward Island , Canada

[socafighter]

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Samuel Goldwyn


A Fantastic Cayman island sunrise


Alfonsine, Italy, sunrise


Aurora's of Fox Alaska


And its take off


Big Lunch


After the stom, calm


Anna's Hummingbird,


Benidorm, Spain


Delaware Skipper on Purple Vetch flower


Beautiful Sidney by the sea, BC , Canada


My Daughters horse back riding , BC , Canada


Fog and Snow,Kapfenberg, Austria


Cardinal in Snow


Cape Spear Offshore Storm Surge Wave Newfoundland , Canada


Great Grey Owl in the early morning light


Bird's Hill Park


Hoary and Common Redpoll sitting next to feeder


Cold Outside


Dont mess with me..I am a toughie


Logy Bay Middle Cove Outer Cove, Newfoundland an Labrador, Canada


Living on the edge , Rockies , Alberta,Canada


Sky Fire


Orange sunset


Olympic jump sunset Calgary Alberta

[socafighter]

Smartness runs in my family.
When I went to school I was so smart my teacher
was in my class for five years.
Gracie Allen


Good Morning Canada


Goose Sunrise


Mahone Bay Sunrise


Magpie thief


Big Chief Mountain, Magrath, Alberta , Canada


Great Grey Owl Hunting


Baby, it's cold outside


Lights Aglow


Black Oystercatcher


Celestine rd just outside of Jasper, Alberta, Canada


Christmas Cardinal


Canadian lynx licking lips


Male pileated woodpecker


Clear day , Parksville, British Columbia, Canada



Northern Lights,Quyata lake , Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada


Common Goldeneye


moon setting


Red wing Black bird


On a clear day in Victoria, the views of Mount Baker, Canada


Rincon pellican


Chilly Evening


Como Lake Sunset,


Surfers call the tube the green room, for obvious reasons...


sunsets at Sand Lake


Beautiful Sunset

[socafighter]

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.
Aristotle



Sunrise


Sunrise in Mc Kees Mills, New Brunswick, Canada


A cutie


Afternoon Nap


Amazing reflections Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada


a Merlin having a waxwing for dinner


A pretty golden view of the Mountains taken from Lost Lagoon , BC , Canada


Geneva, Genève ( Geneva) Switzerland


Cardinals coming to feeder


Field, British Columbia , the Rockies, Canada


Spotted Seal basking in the sun


Cap Pele, New Brunswick, Canada


Brown Pelican


Benchlands , Canmore, Alberta, Canada


Black Headed Gull playing on the Gondola Poles, Vatican City , Italy


Beautiful Spring Day in Banff, Alberta, Canada


Hello


Harbour , Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada



he kept an eye on us


I am just to handsome


Fire in the sky


beautiful sunset