This week I have some very special images to share with you of juvenile Canada Jays. I’ve only encountered juveniles a few times in my outings and it is always a treat to spend some time with them. A pair of Canada Jays will stay together as long as both birds are alive. They breed in frigid conditions …
This week I have some images of spring foxes exploring the area around their den. I’ve done so many posts about foxes I’m not sure what’s left to say! I am interested in learning more about relationships between foxes. It seems like there is so much to know about how they teach their young, how they co-parent, and …
I had the pure dumb luck to stumble across a pair of these raptors in the throes of courtship. I followed their “singing” and spotted them in a dense part of a forest that surrounds a lake. Sharp-shinned Hawks prey mostly on small birds including songbirds like sparrows and warblers and their nestlings, small shorebirds, quail, and doves. …
I had a wonderful opportunity to watch and photograph a pair of Sandhill Cranes at a local lake inside Yellowknife city limits. I’ve seen Sandhills numerous times but I have never seen their mating performances! These large birds can dance and leap with the best of them! Sandhill Cranes mate for life, and choose their partners based on dancing …
This week I’m sharing some pictures of a Le Conte’s Sparrow, one of my favourites. The only time I have seen them in the NWT (up until last week) was in Fort Smith. This year I spotted them near the Yellowknife airport and had a chance to spend a bit of time with this one in particular. The …
Hello! Hello! Welcome to the Sunday Edition. I have a few images from last weekend where I had the privilege to spend a few moments with a pair of Canada Jays. You may remember them as Grey Jays. There is a group of scientists and taxonomists who just can’t agree on what names to call birds and every year …
Happy Easter! What luck that I happened across this little hare on Good Friday. I only managed a few images before this little one disappeared into the bush. I followed the trail after this bunny vanished but there were no eggs to be found!
Hello and welcome back. This week I have some great images of a porcupine with whom I spent some time last weekend. I was checking on a nest box and as I was returning to my truck I saw a large fuzzy rock wiggling on a nearby hillside. I grabbed the binoculars thinking that maybe this was the same porcupine …
Hello and welcome back! I hope that the new format isn’t too big of a change. It was getting very difficult to create new posts in a space the size of a postage stamp. After much frustration I decided to write my content on my website where I have lost of room to read over my post and review the …
It’s February and the foxes have been getting back to business. Last month I had a few glimpses of foxes but this month they seem to be everywhere. I hope this means there will be plenty of kits come spring! I love to photograph foxes in the winter. The light, when it’s sunny, is beautiful and the contrast of …