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"NOTCHO, NOTCHO MINK" - Mink (North American)

September 02, 2021 • 1 Comment

"NOTCHO NOTCHO MINK!" Mink (North American) - 4 Photos One day last year I had sat down near what I thought would be a great bird/mammal fishing area and had a very short glimpse of a mink. Being that the creek where I usually see the family of four mink this year was almost completely dry due to lack of rain, I thought I would give this site a...

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"HEY DUDE, AM I PHOTO WORTHY NOW?" - Northern Water Thrush

August 31, 2021 • 2 Comments

"HEY DUDE, AM I PHOTO WORTHY NOW?" Northern Water Thrush (5 Photos) So there I was, sitting on a log at the new potential mink location. I kept seeing these small birds darting along and in among the logs. In the gloominess of the area, I couldn't see any colouring, only little brown birds. One kept walking along the fallen log in front of me...

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"CURIOUS GEORGE" - Mink (North American)

August 26, 2021 • 1 Comment

"CURIOUS GEORGE" Mink (North American) - 10 Photos It was early afternoon when Mink #2 now named "George" appeared from the top of the creek. He scampered down (Photo #1 - Photo #5) and then took up the fishing spot where his mother (LG) caught her Prussian Carp. (See Blog of August 12, 2021, "The Fishing Derby".) It is part of the overhanging...

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"MERLIN THE MAGICIAN" - Merlin

August 24, 2021 • 1 Comment

"MERLIN THE MAGICIAN" Merlin (Adult & Juvenile) - 7 Photos So I was at the new potential mink site by a division of the Bow River, when I looked north and noticed two Merlins perched high in a dead tree. This tree is frequented by Ospreys and American Bald Eagles because of its proximity to great fishing waters. I was a little perplexed as to w...

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"MINK CANDIDS" - Mink (North American)

August 19, 2021 • 2 Comments

"MINK CANDIDS" Mink (North American) - 6 Photos A definition of a "candid shot" can be "a candid photo of an unplanned moment". I suppose that's a description of all the wildlife photography that I have done and will do. Nothing is ever planned and I never know who is going to appear in frame, let alone what they will do. That's the wonderful aspe...

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"A WOODPECKER'S EVEREST" - Pileated Woodpecker

August 17, 2021 • 2 Comments

"A WOODPECKER'S EVEREST" Pileated Woodpeckers - 8 Photos So I was following a White-Tailed Deer & her twin fawns, when there came a knocking. Not the gentle tap tap of a Downy or Hairy Woodpecker but that one that sounds as if you are in a construction zone, with a jackhammer. First one flew in, then a second and finally the third. It was Pilea...

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"THE FISHING DERBY" - Mink (North American)

August 12, 2021 • 2 Comments

"THE FISHING DERBY" Mink (North American) - 7 Photos The day prior I had managed to capture the entire mink family on perhaps one of their first full excursions out. I went back the next day, hoping for at least a glimpse of one of them again. One or two sometimes return to the same area. Well firstly Mum appeared (LG). She quickly went into...

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"OSPREY AIRLINES" - Osprey

August 10, 2021 • 1 Comment

"OSPREY AIRLINES" Osprey (& Eastern Kingbird) - 9 Photos NONE OF THE PHOTOS CONTAINED IN THIS BLOG HAVE BEEN PHOTOSHOPPED As identified on my Home Page, I do not photoshop. I use basic editing and developing. There is no photo layering. Sometimes, Nature just gives you some amazing gifts. Some of the photos may have a "gold" or "ruddy" tone. Th...

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"AND THEN THERE WERE FOUR" - Mink (North American)

August 05, 2021 • 2 Comments

"And Then There Were Four" Mink (North American) - 7 Photos I hadn't managed to catch the mink (Little Girl or LG for short) for some weeks now. The last times I had caught sight of her, she was catching fish and carrying her catch quickly off downstream. And then came Sunday! First LG appeared. She is distinctive by her narrow female but long...

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