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Abandoned Alberta @abandonedalberta.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Did you know I have a YouTube channel. You can subscribe for free at: m.youtube.com/@abandonedal... #abandoned #alberta #youtube

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Abandoned Alberta @abandonedalberta.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

That was a nice storm that rolled through #yeg last night. #storm #abwx #lightning

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Abandoned Alberta @abandonedalberta.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Happy 34th anniversary to my wife Rami. She has been on many of journeys with me and cooked they saying ‘when driving with Joe and the road goes to shit, you are close to your destination.’ #happyanniversary #anniversary @ramisthoughts.bsky.social

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Abandoned Alberta @abandonedalberta.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Phalaropes in a pond near Bittern Lake, Alberta yesterday. (May 16, 2026). The most I have seen on at one time. #birds #nature

A flock of phalaropes fly towards the camera.

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Abandoned Alberta @abandonedalberta.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Farthest north I have seen pronghorns. Saw about 8 of them just south of Bruce. #nature #wildlife #pronghorn

A female pronghorn stares curiously at the camera guy.

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Abandoned Alberta @abandonedalberta.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

And here is the cover for 'Abandoned Alberta III'. Photographed during the amazing solar storm on May 11th, 2024. Arriving in stores and online late June / early July. #abandoned #alberta #book #newrelease

Cover image features the silhouette of an abandoned church under a purple Aurora sky.

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Abandoned Alberta @abandonedalberta.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Yesterday - next round of monoclonal antibody to try and put the anca vasculitis in remission. How rare is this autoimmune disease 10-20 / million are diagnosed each year. Or think if it as 400-800 in Canada a year. #health #anca #rituximab

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Abandoned Alberta @abandonedalberta.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

A little tease of the cover for ‘Abandoned Alberta III’. Arriving in bookstore and online in late June or early July. In addition, reprints of ‘Abandoned Alberta I and II’ reprints will arrive at the same time. #abandoned #alberta #books #newrelease

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Abandoned Alberta @abandonedalberta.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Sandhill cranes heading north this afternoon in central Alberta. #nature #alberta #birds

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Abandoned Alberta @abandonedalberta.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Here is the Kirkpatrick grain Elevator. Built in 1924. It was closed in the 1980s and is now privately owned by Andrew Farms. Its sits in its original location beside the abandoned rail line that passes through the area. #alberta #history #explore #abandoned #rural #canonA

Abandoned grain elevator against the backdrop of the Alberta badlands.

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Abandoned Alberta @abandonedalberta.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Another magical morning with nature. Red-winged blackbird singing his song. Cold enough to see his breath with the backlit sunrise. #yeg #nature #birds #canon

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Abandoned Alberta @abandonedalberta.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

As far as I am concerned, the 301,620 people that signed the separation petition are free to move to the US.

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Abandoned Alberta @abandonedalberta.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Another photo from yesterday morning .. Temperatures were just right to catch the breath of the red-winged blackbird as it sung at sunrise. #nature #birds #canon #yeg #shareyourweather

A red-winged blackbirds sings at sunrise. The temperatures were just right so you could see its breath as it it backlit in an orange glow from the sunrise.

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Abandoned Alberta @abandonedalberta.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

A little video from this morning of the red-winged blackbird ... breath can be seen as he sings... Morning Notes ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nLT... #nature #wildlife #bird #canon #wow

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Morning Notes - Red Winged Blackbird/

YouTube video by Joe Chowaniec

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Abandoned Alberta @abandonedalberta.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

What a magical morning! Only a few times a year, when the temperature is just right, you can catch the breath of the red-winged blackbird as they sing at sunrise. #nature #wildlife #bird #canon. Thanks @timosborne.ca for the inspiration.

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Abandoned Alberta @abandonedalberta.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

First red-wing blackbird of the year. For me, Spring is now here. #yeg #birds #nature

Red winged blackbird mid call showing off its red shoulders.

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Abandoned Alberta @abandonedalberta.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

The beaked hazelnuts are flowering in the river valley. The flowers are so tiny and bright. #flower #yeg #nature #hazelnut.

Thee ref flower of the beaked hazelnut that looks like the head of the muppet Beaker.

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Abandoned Alberta @abandonedalberta.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Since humans are flying by the moon n today. Here is my best photo of the moon. #moon #space #nasa #artemis

Since humans are flying by the moon n today. Here is my best photo of the moon. Almost full moon. Amazing details of the craters.

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Abandoned Alberta @abandonedalberta.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

The male mountain bluebird. Photographed east of Edmonton yesterday. (April 4, 2026) #bird #birds #blue #nature #wildlife #canon #bluebird #blue #yeg #alberta #spring

A male mountain bluebird .. almost all blue bird compared to the female sits on a stretch of barbed wire against a orange / brown background.

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Abandoned Alberta @abandonedalberta.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

The mountain bluebirds are back. Female coming in for a landing. #bird #birds #nature #wildlife

a female mountain blue bird comes in for a landing ... blue on the tails and outstretched wings.

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Matt Davies @mattdaviescartoon.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Newsday.com/matt

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Abandoned Alberta @abandonedalberta.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

This is how I will be voting on the Alberta referendum questions - NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO and NO. I suspect majority of Albertan’s will as well. #abpoli

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a woman in a black dress is holding a white sign that says no

ALT: a woman in a black dress is holding a white sign that says no

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Abandoned Alberta @abandonedalberta.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

From yesterday .... a beautiful male snowy owl. A view from the road one power pole away and then the shot via a 600mm lens. #birds #nature #wildlife #owl

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Brian Keating @goingwild.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Check out the red circle on the owl pellet photo: any idea of what the heck it is? The answer is here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

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Abandoned Alberta @abandonedalberta.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

See a fox 🦊 Post a fox (or three!) 🧡 #mammals 🌿 #fox

3 very young fox kits sit by their den waiting for mom to return with dinner.

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Abandoned Alberta @abandonedalberta.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Ouch. Miss Charlie is home from surgery. Removal of a large mass from her side. Had a large mass removed. Now to keep her calm for 10-14 days. Biopsy results in 5-7 days. #dog #pet #vizsla

vizsla wearing a medical cone showing off here really big surgery scar on her side.

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Abandoned Alberta @abandonedalberta.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Miss Charlie is going in for surgery tomorrow to remove a large mass from her side. Originally thought to be fat, but the vet is now concerned since it has hardened. From the initial sample it doesn’t appear to be cancer. #pet #dog #vizsla

Vizsla pictured with a circle drawn around a large lump on her side.

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Abandoned Alberta @abandonedalberta.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Winters must have been bleak and cold in this tiny little house, set on a hill in the wide open .. no trees for miles. #abandoned #alberta #history #explore #backroads

A very lonely small house sits in a field on a very bleak winter day. No trees around. Snow covered ground. B and w photo.

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Abandoned Alberta @abandonedalberta.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

This 737 came into service in 1979 with PWA in Edmonton. It was retired from Air Canada’s service in 2005. The aircraft became part of an exhibit at the Alberta Aviation Museum. In 2013, the aircraft was flown to Villeneuve where it now sits. #abandoned #Alberta #yeg #history #plane #airplane

A PWA boeing 737 sits in a field under a storm sky.

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Abandoned Alberta @abandonedalberta.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

What you looking at? Snowy owl looking not to impressed at my long lense. #bird #nature #wildlife #birds #snowyowl #owl

a snowy owl sits on a farm fence at stares at the camera.

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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 23/12/2025

For Day 23 #ArtAdventCalendar Dawn at White Sands 24×36 61x91cm Oil on Canvas 2017 Commission

Abstract landscape: orange swirling sky looking down a beach with water on the left wetlands with reeds on the and a treed hill midground

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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 24/12/2025

This piece was in our main library in 2015 for a couple of months & a woman told me she would stop by on her lunch break & just sit & look at it almost daily because it gave her some peace. Few better compliments. Shore 55×40 140×101cm Oil on Canvas 2015 #ArtAdventCalendar

Abstract landscape: wavy dark blue clouds with a late sunset over a lake with small beach, Full moon in upper right

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Abandoned Alberta @abandonedalberta.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

A purpled striped jelly fish photographed in Black and White at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. #ArtAdventCalendar

A purpled striped jelly fish photographed in Black and White at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Jelly fish is facing down towards the centre of the image with the tail going to the top right.

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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 23/12/2025

For #artAdventCalendar day 21 evening, a not odd but old piece. Ice Falls 22×28 56×71cm Oil on Canvas 1992

Abstract landscape: muted multicolour mountain range with soft flowing edges and a glacier tumbling down the foreground

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Jen the Feisty Librarian @feistywaters.com · 22/12/2025

Local woman wakes up, starts the OAT (oatmeal access tv) network, a media empire that provides unbiased reporting of all news stories unless you say something bad about oatmeal, makes oatmeal.

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