Welcome! This week I have some images of red-winged blackbirds for you. Now you might be thinking, “ugh, how boring” those birds are everywhere! It’s true, they are prevalent in almost every corner of North America, but it you stick with me for a moment you might find some facts about these birds fascinating. Red-winged blackbirds are one of the …
If you have been following this page for a while then you know I am quite fond of terns. They are incredible birds designed to fly and spend the majority of their lives in the air. And its a good thing too as Common terns have one of the longest migrations of any bird nearly circumnavigating the globe every year! …
I took a trip to Fort Providence at the end of June to go birding and do some fishing with my son. Fort Providence is approximately four hours from Yellowknife by car and is a Yellowknifer’s closest access to the Mackenzie River. During the spring and fall migration, Big River hosts thousands of birds from gulls, and ducks, to swans, …
Welcome back! This week I wanted to share some photos of one of my favourite summer birds, the yellow warbler. It doesn’t feel like summer until I hear the males singing out their sweet whistling song. Honestly sometimes summer is most often still a few weeks off as Yellow warblers arrive in Yellowknife before the leaves emerge on the trees! …
Welcome! This week I wanted to introduce you to a pretty rare visitor around Yellowknife, the Ruddy duck. This species is one of the smaller uduck species, being a little larger than Buffleheads but smaller than Common Goldeneye. This probably doesn’t help if you don’t have a good understanding od the different sizes of ducks. Buffleheads and Green-Winged Teals are …
Welcome! This week I have a few images of a fox doing some fishing. I captured these images over the course of a couple of days earlier this summer. I hope you enjoy! I stopped by the lake in mid May to do some birding and kayaking and saw this fox chasing after something in the marsh. It took me …
Common Loons are abundant across Canada and you’ve likely heard heard their lonesome call if you have been out near a lake near dawn or dusk. The Common Loon is the largest of the loons and their black and white pattern is familiar to nearly all Canadians. The lake where I do the majority of my paddling hosts at least …
This week I have some images of Horned Grebes and their grebettes which is what baby grebes are called. Yellowknifers are quite fortunate to have a number of small lakes within city limits where you can see over 100 different bird species. One of the lakes is a reclaimed sewage pond surrounded by a walking trail. This is one of …
I have more fox images for you this week. I know it’s been two weeks since we’ve had foxes! I’ve been trying to do something “new” with my fox photos using a 35mm lens rather than a 300mm lens. It means that I need to get much closer to the foxes than I like. Some foxes around Yellowknife …
This week I have some images of a Great Horned Owl family to share with you. One of the benefits of getting up at the crack of dawn and getting out on a lake is that the birds are up that early too. Last weekend I visited a lake I don’t often paddle due to the number of speed …