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"GIVING THANKS TO NATURE"

October 11, 2020 • 1 Comment

"GIVING THANKS TO NATURE" It's Thanksgiving weekend in Canada and I would like to take this opportunity to thank Nature for all her many opportunities she has gifted me this year so far. There are many more such as the Porcupine, the Bald Eagle, etc. land hopefully they won't hold it against me for not including their photos at this time. I lik...

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Photo of the Week - "Berried Treasure" - Grizzly Bear (Female Adult)

October 10, 2020 • 1 Comment

"BERRIED TREASURE" Grizzly Bear (Adult Female) - 7 Photos Rocky Mountains, Alberta, CA These photos were taken on that extraordinary day in the mountains. While the three cubs scampered around, their mother got down to business and found the "Mother" berry load, so to speak. To see a large adult Grizzly Bear harvest berries was one of those "li...

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Photo of the Week - "ROCKY MOUNTAIN SCRAMBLE" - Grizzly Bear Cubs

September 26, 2020 • Leave a Comment

"ROCKY MOUNTAIN SCRAMBLE" Grizzly Bear Cubs - Rocky Mountains, AB, Canada - 7 Photos Was thinking a title for this series could have been "WILD SUGAR BERRY HIGH"! These three cubs were keeping fairly close together but they were tearing around through the shrubbery and around their mother. i don't know if it was all that berry sugar or just the...

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"GONE FISHING" - Mink (North American)

September 26, 2020 • 1 Comment

"GONE FISHING" Mink (North American) - 6 Photos In the event anyone has been wondering what has happened to the adult female mink's offspring: Have not seen the young male since that initial "break-out". However, the young female has followed her mother upstream and to the creek on a number of occasions. (You know you have spent a lot of time w...

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Photo of the Week - "IF YOU SHOULD GO IN THE WOODS TODAY ..." - Grizzly Bear

September 20, 2020 • 1 Comment

"IF YOU SHOULD GO IN THE WOODS TODAY...." Grizzly Bear (3 Photos) - Rocky Mountains, Alberta, CA A quick trip to the mountains and Nature truly outdid herself. I had seen this mother Grizzly Bear and her three cubs in June 2019. The female has a distinct slack lower lip. She nurtured her three cubs through another Winter, into Spring and Sum...

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Rocky Mountain Stand Off - Rocky Mountain Sheep

September 19, 2020 • Leave a Comment

"ROCKY MOUNTAIN STAND-OFF' Rocky Mountain Sheep (3 Photos) It may not be the large rams deciding who is "King of the Mountain" but the ladies in the nursery group can have their moments as well! PHOTO #1 TO #2 PHOTO #3

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Photo of the Week - "SUNRISE, SUNSET" - Mink (North American)

September 14, 2020 • Leave a Comment

"SUNRISE, SUNSET" Mink (North American) - 2 Photos Two photos of the adult mink. One taken near sunrise and one sunset. Two very different perspectives. The first photo taken from the mink's point of view while fishing, One of the most striking details is the length of the mink's tail. Never really appreciated what a "rudder" it had for navigat...

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"SIZE OF A KITTEN - HEART OF A LION" - Mink (North American)

September 10, 2020 • 1 Comment

"SIZE OF A KITTEN - HEART OF A LION" Mink - North American Sometimes you only get one shot of this and the mink kindly paused ever so briefly on its way home with its catch. From the size of its prize, I didn't think it would be returning to fish anytime soon.

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Photo of the Week Sep 6, 2020 - "THE HEART OF A FAMILY" - Osprey

September 05, 2020 • Leave a Comment

"THE HEART OF A FAMILY" Osprey (Immature) - 6 Photos I fear I may have neglected our "feathered" friends the past few weeks. The two ospreys who appeared in a previous link, where they were re-establishing their partnership had a late start in their nest building. The shorter period in which to raise offspring, resulted in only one offspring,...

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