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"SO LITTLE TIME, SO MUCH TO DO" - Bald Eagle

March 21, 2026 • Leave a Comment

"SO LITTLE TIME, SO MUCH TO DO" Bald Eagle (Female) - 10 Photos Being one of a pair, this female Bald Eagle was probably making the most of her down time to attend to a full feather groom. As she spent a great deal of time perched on a tree branch ensuring all feathers were in perfect working order, assume she had had a successful morning catching...

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"GUESS I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE ..... " - Coyote

March 21, 2026 • Leave a Comment

"GUESS I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE SO INTENT ON NAVIGATING THE LANDSCAPE" Coyote - 6 Photos Note: All photos taken from a safe distance, with a long lens. Looking for wildlife can entail travelling through meadows full of tall grasses, which can cover small gnawed stumps at ground level. (Generally these stumps are remnants from beaver activity.) So i...

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"EVEN SWANS HAVE THEIR MOMENTS" - Trumpeter Swans

March 16, 2026 • Leave a Comment

"EVEN SWANS HAVE THEIR MOMENTS" Trumpeter Swans (and Canada Geese) - 7 Photos Adult Trumpeter Swans with their magnificent white feathers, elegance and regal appearance can seem almost angelic particularly when they display their huge wings. Angelic looking, perhaps, but even swans have their "grumpy" moments, particularly when they feel their...

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"WITHOUT CONTEXT, SOME MOMENTS CAN BE DECEIVING"

March 16, 2026 • Leave a Comment

"WITHOUT CONTEXT, SOME MOMENTS CAN BE DECEIVING" Coyote - 4 Photos Note: All photos taken from a safe distance with a long camera lens. I had crossed over into a thick wooded area, turned around and up the path between two lines of trees, came this young coyote (Photo #1). (He/she may look large but it's because of the lens size.) The second...

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"A BRIDGE BETWEEN TWO WORLDS" - Coyote

March 10, 2026 • Leave a Comment

"A BRIDGE BETWEEN TWO WORLDS" Coyote - 5 Photos Coyotes, as a means to surviving among ever increasing human populations into natural areas, have become one of the most successful stories of wildlife adapting to our encroachment on the landscape. They have made this possible, for example, by modifying the times of day/night when they hunt, bein...

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"I'M ALMOST READY FOR MY CLOSE-UP" - Trumpeter Swan

March 09, 2026 • Leave a Comment

"I'M ALMOST READY FOR MY CLOSE-UP" Trumpeter Swan (Immature) - 7 Photos Note: All photos taken from a safe distance, with a long lens. It is a privilege when wildlife allows a photographer into a more intimate space that could offer close-ups of an often but necessary act such as grooming. Feathers represent life for birds. They provide the nec...

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"DAYS LIKE THESE" - Bald Eagle

March 09, 2026 • Leave a Comment

"DAYS LIKE THESE" Bald Eagle (Adult - Female) - 7 Photos Partial lyrics of a song by Luke Combs: "Days like these are worth more than gold But they can't be bought, and they can't be sold...... " The day began with a small breeze which quickly turned into gusty Chinook winds. All the waterfowl, except for a few Common Goldeneyes had left...

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"NURSERY SCHOOL" - Rocky Mountain Sheep

February 17, 2026 • Leave a Comment

"NURSERY SCHOOL" Rocky Mountain Sheep - 6 Photos Rocky Mountains, Alberta, CA N.B. All photos taken from a safe distance & location, with a long lens. The photos below are of a Rocky Mountain Sheep nursery group, i.e. females & youngsters. As it's Winter, everyone is in their thick wooly coats, looking for the very last remains of the now dr...

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"IT'S TIME TO HAVE THAT CHAT" - Moose (North American)

February 17, 2026 • Leave a Comment

"IT'S TIME TO HAVE THAT CHAT" Moose (North American) Female & Calf - 3 Photos Foothills, Alberta, CA N.B. All photos taken from a safe distance & location, with a long lens. This is the final chapter/blog in this particular series. As previously mentioned, although being a "moose in waiting", once Mum appeared in the clearing, her calf immed...

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