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"MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS!" - Trumpeter Swan

December 24, 2018 • Leave a Comment

"MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS!" Trumpeter Swan One swan on an icy shore, perhaps one from those "Seven Swans A Swimming" of "The Twelve Days of Christmas". A very Merry Christmas and all the best for 2019!

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Photo of the Week - Dec 23, 2018 - "CHEWY" - North American Porcupine

December 23, 2018 • 1 Comment

"CHEWY" North American Porcupine (3 Photos) Here is "Chewy", hanging out (literally) in a deciduous tree, doing what porcupines probably like to do best (other than sleep), chewing away on some bark. (I think I may now know why they fall out of trees more often than one would think!) PHOTO #1 PHOTO #2 PHOTO #3

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"PIN UP PORCUPINE" - North American Porcupine

December 22, 2018 • Leave a Comment

"PIN UP PORCUPINE" North American Porcupine Here is the star of today's blog and also, this week's Photo of the Week. According to Canadian Geographic, a porcupine has approximately 30,000 quills on its body. There are no quills on its stomach, nose and bottoms of its feet. (I do think they have the cutest faces!) A porcupine will defend its...

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Photo of the Week - Dec 16, 2018 - "EAGLE STAR" - American Bald Eagle (Immature)

December 16, 2018 • Leave a Comment

"EAGLE STAR" American Bald Eagle (4 Photos) Was originally going to go with a mammal today for Photo of the Week but this young Bald Eagle was such a star and so cooperative, it moved to the "head of the class"! PHOTO #1 PHOTO #2 PHOTO #3 PHOTO #4

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"Lazing on A Sunny Afternoon" - Coyote

December 15, 2018 • 1 Comment

"LAZING ON A SUNNY AFTERNOON" Coyote (4 Photos) I was fortunate to catch this gorgeous coyote sunning itself in the afternoon, all decked out in its winter finery. (Photo #1). It must have had a great morning of successful hunting. Perhaps, I have been lucky in that in all the encounters with coyotes, (touch wood), I have never experienced eith...

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Photo of the Week - Dec 9, 2018 - "ALL NATURE IS AKIN" - American Bald Eagles (Immature)

December 09, 2018 • Leave a Comment

"ALL NATURE IS AKIN" American Bald Eagles (Immature) - 3 Photos Hanging out by the Bow River (Calgary, AB), there were two young immature eagles and one three to four year old (not having yet acquired its totally distinctive white head). One juvenile eagle flew up river, leaving the other two. The two actually hung out together, sitting togethe...

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"FROZEN" - White Tailed Jackrabbit

December 08, 2018 • Leave a Comment

"FROZEN" White Tailed Jackrabbit It appears I may have caught this rabbit mid-chew, when it completely froze as its defense. "Stay perfectly still. Absolutely still. We are one with the landscape." - NOT!

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Photo of the Week - Dec 2, 2018 - "ICE FISHING" - American Mink

December 02, 2018 • 1 Comment

"ICE FISHING" American Mink (4 Photos) Having spotted the "little fisherman" on the ice, it paused, dived in and amazingly came up with a good size fish. One may think it is relatively easy to spot a brown mink on white ice but there are a lot of those annoying stones frozen into that surface that have similar colours and shapes. This little mi...

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"WHISKERS" - American Mink

November 30, 2018 • Leave a Comment

"WHISKERS" American Mink (3 Photos) At the end of a very long walk, saw two bumps on the creek ice, one of which turned out to be this cute little mink. (Got that "oops - busted" look!) It had obviously been in the open water, hunting, but for anyone who has experienced cold temperatures - don't you just hate it when you get that frosted look on...

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