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"THE FOX ROCKS - Part 2" - Fox (North American Red)

September 28, 2021 • 1 Comment

"THE FOX ROCKS - PART 2" North American Red Fox - 9 Photos Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada I most likely will never have an encounter like the one documented in this blog and the previous one. On a "Far Side" point of view, I thought one of the fox's friends was going to appear and pass the hat around looking for donations for viewing privileges! T...

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"THE FOX ROCKS" - Red Fox

September 23, 2021 • 2 Comments

"THE FOX ROCKS (noun & verb)!" Part 1 Red Fox - Kananaskis, Alberta, CA - 7 Photos So was just about to enter one of the Provincial Parks in Alberta when I saw what I thought, for a micro second, was a new piece of commissioned art at the park entrance. Alberta Parks have been updating signs, etc. so for that split second I envisioned statue. W...

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"COYOTES HOWLING HALLELUJAH" - Coyote

September 22, 2021 • 2 Comments

"COYOTES HOWLING HALLELUJAH" (Chorus from Gord Bamford's song "Heaven on Dirt") Coyote (Kananaskis, Alberta, CA) - 8 Photos This line of a chorus from the Alberta raised, country music singer, Gord Bamford's song "Heaven on Dirt", I felt was fitting for this canid spotted in the tall grass in Kananaskis, Alberta. The coyote was hunting in the t...

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"THE LAST DANCE" - American White Pelican

September 18, 2021 • 1 Comment

"THE LAST DANCE" American White Pelican - 9 Photos As September is rapidly coming to a close, the pelicans visiting Alberta will be soon departing for warmer climates for the Winter. I haven't seen a group fishing for some time, so it was a great treat to see a number fishing a shallow shoal on the Bow River, Calgary, Alberta. Their white fl...

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"NATURE'S LIFE LESSONS" - Common Merganser

September 15, 2021 • 1 Comment

"NATURE'S LIFE LESSONS" Common Merganser (Female & Immatures) In the natural world, wildlife's offspring learn by watching & doing to achieve those important life lessons which will enable them to survive and thrive. The following photos depict to different families of Common Mergansers. The first series (Photos #1 - 5) are of a young family &...

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"THE FAWN DAWN" - White-Tailed Deer (Immature)

September 11, 2021 • 1 Comment

"THE FAWN DAWN" White-Tailed Deer (Immature) - 6 Photos Thought I had better post these before Summer comes to an end and the spots completely "wear off":)! These are different fawns. There were twins with one doe and a single fawn with the other. The soft early morning light in the first two photos certainly intensified those "soft" deer ey...

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'MYTHICAL VS PREHISTORIC" - Great Blue Heron

September 08, 2021 • 2 Comments

"MYTHICAL VS PREHISTORIC" Great Blue Heron - 8 Photos It was early in the morning. The sun was slowly filtering through the fir trees when I spotted this Great Blue Heron relaxing & grooming high up in a nearby evergreen tree. The colouring is exactly what the camera shot. I don't know if it was the contrast of the dark green against the blue o...

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"NOTCHO, NOTCHO MINK" - Mink (North American)

September 02, 2021 • 1 Comment

"NOTCHO NOTCHO MINK!" Mink (North American) - 4 Photos One day last year I had sat down near what I thought would be a great bird/mammal fishing area and had a very short glimpse of a mink. Being that the creek where I usually see the family of four mink this year was almost completely dry due to lack of rain, I thought I would give this site a...

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"HEY DUDE, AM I PHOTO WORTHY NOW?" - Northern Water Thrush

August 31, 2021 • 2 Comments

"HEY DUDE, AM I PHOTO WORTHY NOW?" Northern Water Thrush (5 Photos) So there I was, sitting on a log at the new potential mink location. I kept seeing these small birds darting along and in among the logs. In the gloominess of the area, I couldn't see any colouring, only little brown birds. One kept walking along the fallen log in front of me...

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