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"SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME" - North American Porcupine

April 10, 2020 • Leave a Comment

"SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME" North American Porcupine (3 Photos) To paraphrase some of the words from that beautiful song by George & Ira Gershwin,: "I'm a little lamb (sorry that's porcupine) who's lost in the woods (well maybe not lost); I know I would always be good; To one who who'll watch over me......." And why is this porcupine asleep...

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Photo of the Week - Apr 5, 2020 - "SPRING HAS SPRUNG ...." - North American Mink

April 05, 2020 • 2 Comments

"SPRING HAS SPRUNG & THE MINK HAS COME!" Mink (North American) Although over the early part of this year I have seen numerous tracks of the little mink in the snow, including where it has plowed through deep snow to access the Bow River, this is the first sighting (albeit brief) I have had in some months. From its appearance, "ice fishing" has...

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"BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY" - Bohemian Waxwings

April 03, 2020 • Leave a Comment

"BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY" Bohemian Waxwings (6 Photos) Personally, I usually hear these delightful birds first. If you have never heard them in the trees, to me it sounds like a harmonious whirring sound, which intensifies as more and more individual birds join the flock. So followed the sound into a densely forested thicket, stopped and looked up. I...

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Photo of the Week - Mar 29, 2020 - WHEN THE WORLD WARIES ..........." - Porcupine

March 31, 2020 • Leave a Comment

"WHEN THE WORLD WEARIES & CEASES TO SATISFY..." North American Porcupine - 3 Photos To paraphrase a line of poetry by "Winnie Aumonier": "When the world wearies & ceases to satisfy, there is always nature". (Winnie Aumonier's actual wording was "When the world wearies & ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden".) And how does Nature han...

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"THE CASE OF THE VANISHING PORCUPINE, A MOTHER NATURE'S MYSTERY"

March 28, 2020 • 1 Comment

"THE CASE OF THE VANISHING PORCUPINE, A MOTHER NATURE'S MYSTERY" PORCUPINE (NORTH AMERICAN) - 3 Photos I think most of us have heard of "the pub quiz", well this is "the porcupine quiz". This porcupine will feature in tomorrow's Photo of the Week. However, in the interim, there was a moment that I caught on camera while the porcupine was doing...

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Photo of the Week - Mar 21, 2020 - "MY PERSONAL TRAINER" - Weasel (Long Tailed)

March 23, 2020 • 1 Comment

"MY PERSONAL TRAINER" Weasel (Long Tailed) - 5 Photos Believe in these restricted times, I have found my new "personal trainer" - yes, it is a Long Tailed Weasel in its winter coat. The distances this little member of the Mustalid family travels at speed is incredible. Was fortunate enough to catch some close-up shots but also having had the ch...

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Photo of the Week - Mar 14, 2020 - "INDIVIDUALS ALL!" - American Bald Eagle (Mature)

March 14, 2020 • Leave a Comment

"INDIVIDUALS ALL!" American Bald Eagle (Mature) - 8 Photos We do recognize people as individuals within our species. However, we should remember that individuality does not only apply to humans but to animals as well. As with people, animals have individual looks as well as personalities. These three mature eagles (one almost achieving its whit...

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Photo of the Week -- Mar 8, 2020 - "WAR & PEACE" - Canada Geese, etc.

March 08, 2020 • Leave a Comment

"WAR & PEACE" Canada Geese, etc. - 6 Photos Spring may be in the air (although more snow in Calgary, AB yesterday) and with that love. And with courtship, comes competition. Out of dozens of Canada Geese onshore, these two decided to take each other on with feather grabbing & wing thumping. And any competition would be amiss without one imparti...

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"FAMOUS FIVE" - Trumpeter Swans (Adult & Immature)

March 07, 2020 • 1 Comment

"FAMOUS FIVE" Trumpeter Swans (Adult & Immature) - 7 Photos Have been fortunate on several occasions, to photograph this group of swans, who appear to be one adult (potentially female) & four immature offspring. Some individuals who have observed the swans while I have been in the throes of photography have made inquiries as to the species, as...

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