Welcome back to the Sunday edition of WildKnife Photography! This week I wanted to share a couple of wonderful encounters I had with raptors over the summer. Raptors are larger carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals for food. Some raptors are hunting specialists such as osprey who hunt fish. Others specialize in hunting birds and many raptors are …
Welcome Back and thank you for your patience while I worked to get my computer back up and running. Hopefully, no more repairs! Last weekend I was up early and took my kayak out for a paddle. The wind was calm and the lake was quiet as could be save for a few ducks and grebes paddling around for their …
Welcome back to your Sunday edition of Wildknife Photography. I am continuing my exploration and identification of sparrows this week. I hope that you had a chance to try identifying some sparrows over the past week. This week we’re going to get into the more challenging birds to identify. (at least for me!) The sparrows that I have trouble telling …
I’ll be in Ulukhaktok for the next week visiting and exploring the high arctic. I’m hoping to return with some more great memories and at least a few interesting wildlife images. In my absence, I thought this would be a great time for a two-part series on sparrows and how to identify them. “Sparrows” is a sort of blanket term …
Beavers are Canada’s national animal. They are abundant across the country and not to brag or anything, but here in the north our beavers are pretty spectacular. I don’t ever remember seeing such large rodents when I lived in Alberta or British Columbia. Perhaps it is our abundance of pristine lakes and ample food sources, or perhaps they are just …
Welcome to this week’s Sunday edition. It’s that time of year when baby birds are crying out from their nests for food food more food and parents tirelessly collect insects, larvae, seed, fish and other prey to satiate their fluffy little offspring. There are plenty of opportunities to watch birds mate, nest, incubate, rear and fledge because Yellowknife is surrounded …
Welcome to woodpecker week. There are a number of woodpecker species that make their home around Yellowknife. Some of them even spend the winters with us. Woodpeckers are hearty little birds who spend much of their time banging their heads against trees. So how do they avoid concussions? Woodpeckers have flexible skulls because of their plate-like bones which help minimize …
Bears have always been one of my favourite animals. I can’t remember the first time I ever saw a bear but I do remember bear sightings were really rare. For the most part bears are shy and not interested in anything except food. Unfortunately, humans are not as diligent as they could be when it comes to securing attractants. Bears …
Owls are one of my favourite birds to photograph. Each of them have their own personality some are tolerant and patient of a photographer and others are skittish and irritable. A couple of years ago I had the pleasure and opportunity to document the growth of a great-horned owlet. This series of photos was taken over the course of just …
A couple of weeks ago I had an exciting moment as a birder; I apparently spotted and recorded the first sighting of an Audubon’s Warbler in the Northwest Territories! The Audubon’s warbler is a sub-species of the Yellow-rumped warbler, the other is the Myrtle warbler, however 40 years ago they were 2 separate species. According to a local bird expert, …