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"TAKE AN "AWWW" MOMENT" - Beaver (North American)

May 04, 2025 • Leave a Comment

"TAKE AN "AWWW" MOMENT" Beaver (North American) - 4 Photos Am not certain as to the relationship of the two beavers who appear in the photos that follow. One was much larger so they may have been siblings, separated by a year or perhaps an adult accompanied by last year's kit. But having swam away the lodge, they were never apart for long an...

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"THE POWER OF NATURE" - Beaver (North American)

April 30, 2025 • Leave a Comment

"THE POWER OF NATURE" Beaver (North American) - 7 Photos Note: Some individuals may find some of the content below disturbing. Some years ago, I was party to a sequence of events that revolved around the removal of beavers from Fish Creek Provincial Park, Calgary, Alberta. I won't go into detail as to the who but trap(s) were set within the...

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"SPRUCE IT UP" - Beaver (North American)

April 29, 2025 • Leave a Comment

"SPRUCE IT UP" Beaver (North American) - 5 Photos The phrase "spruce it up" has a very different meaning for beavers come Spring. Now they may be also be attending to their appearance by grooming and re-oiling their fur but it appears from my latest visit to their pond, that these beavers have made another trip to the near by woods to harvest a...

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"WELL, I'LL BE DAMMED" - Beaver (North American)

April 27, 2025 • Leave a Comment

"WELL, I'LL BE DAMMED" Beaver (North American) - 7 Photos It was much like Goldilocks & The Three Bears minus Goldilocks, beavers not bears and although the beavers kept getting progressively larger, this was probably three siblings crossing the dam. Although the last one to cross the dam was large, he/she is not the biggest by far within this...

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"REFLECTIONS" - Wood Duck

April 22, 2025 • Leave a Comment

"REFLECTIONS" Wood Duck (Male & Female) - 6 Photos What could be better than a Wood Duck but a Wood Duck x 2, i.e. reflected in the water. All one needs is a Wood Duck (male or female), a still pond & some ambient light. The last two photos are of a female Wood Duck, who I believe is often overlooked by her more flamboyant counterpart but wi...

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"SHAKE, RATTLE & ROLL" - Great Blue Heron

April 21, 2025 • Leave a Comment

"SHAKE, RATTLE & ROLL" Great Blue Heron - 5 Photos One Great Blue Heron and a short visit to the pond. 1. Shake out those wet feathers (Photo #1 & Photo #2) 2. Rattle from head to toe (Photo #3) 3. Roll on (Photo #4 & Photo #5) PHOTO #1 PHOTO #2 PHOTO #3 PHOTO #4 PHOTO #5

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"KNOCK ON WOOD" - Pileated Woodpecker

April 21, 2025 • Leave a Comment

"KNOCK ON WOOD" Pileated Woodpecker (Female) - 5 Photos A wet cool day in the woods probably explains the fluffy feather appearance of this female Pileated Woodpecker and her attentiveness to grooming. She seemed more pre-occupied with looking after her feathers than drilling into a tree uncovering insects or insect larvae, deep within the wood...

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"BEAVER FIR" - Beaver (North American)

April 16, 2025 • Leave a Comment

"BEAVER FIR" Beaver (North American) - 5 Photos No, there is no spelling error in the title. The "fir" refers to a conifer (or evergreen) tree not the beaver's coat. Conifers are considered emergency food for beavers, i.e. they will eat them when other food sources are scarce. And, of course, although the ice has completely disappeared from the...

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"COLOUR THE WORLD" - Wood Duck

April 15, 2025 • Leave a Comment

"COLOUR THE WORLD" Wood Duck (Male) - 9 Photos Male Wood Ducks are so striking in colour it's as if Nature opened her paint box and endowed the male ducks with all the iridescent colours at hand. One would wonder how a duck so vibrant could be camouflaged and not be easily targeted by predators. The female Wood Duck's colouring is, of course, m...

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