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"EVEN BEAVER MOTHERS NEED A MOMENT" - Beaver (North American)

June 15, 2025 • 1 Comment

"EVEN BEAVER MOTHERS NEED A MOMENT" Beaver (North American) - 8 Photos The term "busy beaver" implies that beavers are busy working all night long (and sometimes during the day too). But beavers like people need time to just chill out, even for a short period. For beavers, it can be grabbing a quick snack (Photo #2 & Photo #3) or even taking a...

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"BRONZE AGE" - Bald Eagle

June 15, 2025 • Leave a Comment

"BRONZE AGE" Bald Eagle (Adult) - 6 Photos For the past few weeks, Calgary's skies have been hazy with smoke from fires occurring in the north. The smoke impacts air quality but it also can produce an interesting lighting effect with the sun shining through the smoke. So a late afternoon, a slight layer of smoke between the clear blue sky an...

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"DAM BUSTING" - Beaver (North American)

June 09, 2025 • Leave a Comment

"DAM BUSTING" Beaver (North American) - 5 Photos Received my first lesson in dam building (or Dam Building 101) from a young beaver late one evening last week. Of course, it was a lesson completed vicariously. I did not physically participate. His/her mother had already done some of the heavy lifting but every beaver when they come of age, are...

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"RESIDENT ALIEN" - Sora

June 08, 2025 • 1 Comment

"RESIDENT ALIEN" Sora - 9 Photos I do realize that the Sora is not an alien but it is a resident during the warm months in Calgary, Alberta, where they nest and produce eggs & offspring. But those feet! If you were in low light conditions and all you could see were those green/yellow legs & feet protruding from the marsh grasses & reeds, you...

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"GUESS WHO HAS NEW ANTLERS!" - Mule Deer

June 05, 2025 • Leave a Comment

"GUESS WHO HAS NEW ANTLERS!" Mule Deer - 7 Photos It's well into Spring, almost Summer and male deer are beginning to regrow their new sets of antlers. Perhaps that's why the males are beginning to let their presence known again (and are not so sheepish). Only time will tell how large each set of antlers will grow and how many points will...

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"ITCH, SCRATCH, RELIEF" - Bald Eagle

June 02, 2025 • Leave a Comment

"ITCH, SCRATCH, RELIEF" Bald Eagle - 9 Photos A Bald Eagle's talons can measure from 1 1/4 inches to 2 inches long depending upon gender. Of course, they are an important tool for snatching fish but extremely useful, as well, in reaching those difficult places in an eagle's feathers when grooming or satisfying an itch. If eagles could spell...

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"BEAVER SHORES" - Beaver (North American)

June 02, 2025 • Leave a Comment

"BEAVER SHORES" Beaver (North American) - 9 Photos Beavers are more versatile than one might think. Most individuals know that they are superb swimmers with the ability to hold their breath under water theoretically for 15 minutes, although generally it is only for shorter periods of 5 to 6 minutes. But they are also adept at standing on their...

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Beaver (North American) - "A ROSE AMONG THE THORNS"

May 25, 2025 • 1 Comment

"A ROSE AMONG THE THORNS" Beaver (North American) - 9 Photos The photos that follow were taken from a high vantage point at the top of a river bank. The beaver hauled his/her beaver butt out of the water, climbed up the rocky escarpment and with incredible nimbleness & dexterity managed to balance between the rocks to dine on the new green fo...

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"BEAVER, YOU ARE THE SUNSHINE OF OUR LIVES" - Beaver (North American)

May 20, 2025 • Leave a Comment

"BEAVER, YOU ARE THE SUNSHINE OF OUR LIVES" Beaver (North American) - 7 Photos The sound of rain last week on the beavers' lodge was most likely a signal to the beavers that the channels interconnecting their ponds would soon be once again available for passage. The beavers have constructed a series of dams on each of the channels so that water...

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