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"TREE RECLINER" - Porcupine (North American)

October 14, 2025 • Leave a Comment

"TREE RECLINER" Porcupine (North American) - 5 Photos I believe most of us like to sometimes just kick back and relax, which is probably easier for us than wildlife. After all, we probably have a comfortable favourite chair or sofa that we can just sink into. But Nature has its own style of furniture. And for a porcupine on a sunny late af...

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"THE FINAL DAYS OF HARVEST" - Pika

October 12, 2025 • Leave a Comment

"THE FINAL DAYS OF HARVEST" Pika (Plus One) - 5 Photos Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Canada With Autumn here and Winter quickly closing in, particularly in the Rockies, it's probably the last days of harvesting this year for the Pikas (Photo #1 & Photo #2). Making quick trips from the rocky slopes to the meadow below and back, with as much vegetati...

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"GOLDEN GIRL" - Porcupine (North American)

October 12, 2025 • Leave a Comment

"GOLDEN GIRL" Porcupine (North American) - 5 Photos It's October and most likely the porcupines are looking for a partner with whom to mate, albeit a very short interval when they look for a companion. Other than the time when mothers and youngsters are together, porcupines lead solitary lives, except for this one brief period. The porcupine wh...

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"MOUNTAIN RETREAT - POOL INCLUDED"

October 07, 2025 • Leave a Comment

"MOUNTAIN RETREAT - POOL INCLUDED" Grizzly Bear (Adult & Sub-Adults) - 6 Photos Rocky Mountains, Alberta N.B. All photos taken from a safe distance with a long lens & from a safe location. At first glance, having rounded the corner, it was ducks splashing in a mountain pool. It was overcast and getting on towards sunset. And then the brain k...

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"THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGING" - Bald Eagle

September 22, 2025 • Leave a Comment

"THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGING" Bald Eagle (Adult) - 7 Photos First time I’ve watched an adult Bald Eagle walk up and across a branch. Guess it was a good spot for grooming at the top end and watching for fish in the river below, at the bottom end. Why waste calories with a flight albeit very brief when an eagle walking stride will do. Or perha...

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"LOOK WHO JUST DROPPED IN" - Black-Crowned Night Heron

September 09, 2025 • Leave a Comment

"LOOK WHO JUST DROPPED IN" Black-Crowned Night Heron (Immature) - 7 Photos There is a statement which says that "it is not the destination that has meaning but the journey itself", In this instance, however, believe the reverse is true. The journey was short (straight down from a tree) and the destination has the meaning, i.e. a potential food...

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"NIGHT FLYER" - Black-Crowned Night Heron

September 08, 2025 • Leave a Comment

"NIGHT FLYER" Black-Crowned Night Heron (Immature) - 5 Photos It appears two chicks born to a pair of Black-Crowned Night Herons, have matured to the point where they can fly and successfully fish on their own. Although I had seen an adult with them over the past few weeks, during the last few days I've only seen the two immature herons in the are...

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"NO WORRIES - SUPERDUCK IS HERE" - Mallard Duck

September 04, 2025 • Leave a Comment

"NO WORRIES - SUPERDUCK IS HERE" Mallard Duck - 5 Photos I t was a steady stream of Prussian Carp coming down the small waterfall from the top pond, across the wall and into the channel below. Obviously, it's spawning season for the carp, again. I pleaded with the Night Heron, who was sitting in the dead fir tree to come and feast. I pleaded...

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"SHAKE IT OUT" - Black-Crowned Night Heron

September 03, 2025 • Leave a Comment

"SHAKE IT OUT" Black-Crowned Night Heron - 6 Photos When I arrived close to the river, I did wonder why all the gulls were flying inland, particularly as the most recent weather forecast called for sunny weather and clear blue skies, with zero chance of precipitation. Found an adult Black-Crowned Night Heron perching on a fir tree so got comfor...

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