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"THE MINKACCINO" - Mink (North American)

May 25, 2021 • 1 Comment

"THE MINKACCINO" Mink (North American) - 7 Photos An internationally known naturalist, once remarked in conversation that minks appear to have had a few strong coffees before heading out on hunting expeditions. That got me thinking, what would you call a coffee beverage named after a mink? Well "A Minkaccino" of course, a derivative of the Moch...

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Photo of the Week - "PORCUPINE HILLS" - Porcupine (North American)

May 22, 2021 • 2 Comments

"PORCUPINE HILLS" Porcupine (North American) - 9 Photos Well, hopefully everyone is not going, "Not another blog about porcupines!" This is Little Bo P, offspring (a male, we believe) of Winnie P. Caught him up in a tree late one afternoon. The weather was overcast, windy and threatening with showers. Generally when I am watching wildlife, I...

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"HAVE YOU EVER LOOKED INTO THE EYE OF A BEAVER?" - Beaver (North American)

May 18, 2021 • Leave a Comment

"HAVE YOU EVER LOOKED INTO THE EYE OF A BEAVER?" Beaver (North American) - 3 Photos Managed to catch the beavers in their biggest pond as they swam and partook of the "pantry" offerings along the shoreline. The first photo is of, I believe, one of the adolescents (a little over a year old). This is probably the closest I have achieved with a lo...

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"WATER SPRITES" - North American Beaver

May 15, 2021 • Leave a Comment

"WATER SPRITES" Beaver (North American) - 5 Photos Now most people wouldn't associate "sprite", its meaning being "a fairy especially one connected with water", with the North American Beaver. Beavers are one of the few species that shape their environment and are known as Nature's ecosystem engineers. NOT BAD FOR A QUADRUPED (to quote that lin...

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Photo of the Week - "MISSHAP" - Porcupine (North American)

May 09, 2021 • 2 Comments

"MISSHAP" Porcupine (North American) - 9 Photos No - this isn't a spelling error, except there should be a space between the last "s" and the "h". It should read Miss Hap P, the name of one of our two young porcupines. Firstly, the reason it's Miss Hap P is revealed in Photo #3. Secondly, porcupines only breed once a year and that period is...

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"RAINY DAYS & OSPREYS" - Osprey (Adult)

May 08, 2021 • 1 Comment

"RAINY DAYS & OSPREYS" Osprey (5 Photos) Well the weather turned from overcast to sleet and then rain into the morning hours. Wasn't expecting to see much in the way of mammal activity (no porcupine in its right mind would venture out during the day in such wet weather) but coming back from a walk along the Bow River, there in a dead tree was t...

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Photo of the Week - "COLOUR MY WORLD" (Wood Duck - Male)

May 02, 2021 • 1 Comment

"COLOUR MY WORLD" Wood Duck (Male) - 7 Photos And now for something completely different. While watching Chewie Porcupine, I happened to look right. Low and behold, just in the little creek, sitting on a log was a male Wood Duck. Two for the price of one. Although the trees are beginning to bud in Calgary, Alberta, the grass and everything i...

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"MAMMA MIA - PORCUPINE VERSION" - Porcupine (North American)

April 29, 2021 • 2 Comments

"MAMMA MIA - PORCUPINE VERSION" Porcupine (North American) - 9 Photos So we have yet another "newbie" in the woods. This very young porcupine appears to be even smaller than Hap P but adorable isn't defined by size. We've assigned him/her the nickname "Little Bo P". 2020 must have been a great year for porcupines getting together or we have got...

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Photo of the Week - "SPRING HAS SPRUNG, THE GRASS HAS RIZ ...." - American Bald Eagle

April 24, 2021 • Leave a Comment

"SPRING HAS SPRUNG, THE GRASS HAS RIZ....." American Bald Eagle - Adult (2 Photos) "Spring has sprung, the grass has riz, I wonder where the birdies is". Well I think this American Bald Eagle is wondering where it is. The weather in April in Calgary, Alberta is always unpredictable. Temperatures in the high teens Celsius one day and below 0 deg...

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