May long weekend was a fantastic weekend for wildlife. Not only did I spot a rare bird in the NWT but also finally got to meet the spring fox kits! The life of a wildlife photographer isn’t always that exciting but after a long winter it’s just great to get outside without mittens! This den is pretty famous in Yellowknife …
RANT/ I went out last night to check in on the fox kits. Sadly, I only saw two of the four kits who were out last weekend. I’m not sure what happened but I found this and was so pissed off I could spit. Someone thought slipping a bucket of dog food under the fence was a good idea. I …
Every year Ecology North hosts a Mother’s Day bird walk for people to get out and meet fellow birders and inventory the species arriving in the North. This year the Mother’s Day walk coincided with International Migratory Bird Day and about fifteen people showed up to join the event. We visited three different parts of the city including Rotary Park, …
This week I thought we’d look at the incredible arctic tern. Terns travel farther than any other animals during their annual migration. Birds breeding in North Atlantic regions travel about miles round trip every year during their 30-year lifespan. Their lifetime travel is equivalent to three round trips to the moon!! Arctic terns often fly thousands of miles out of …
Happy Mother’s Day! I thought it might be fun to have a look at some wild moms (and dads) this week to celebrate the roller-coaster ride that is parenthood. It’s easy to love the eggs. They don’t talk, don’t need to be fed or chased down. You can abandon them for short periods of time without other moms judging. Once …
Welcome to May! Snow buntings are fun little birds to watch if you have a good pair of binoculars. They are quite timid and will fly away the second you get close to them but sometimes if you are patient they will return to the area and you can get close enough for a few photos. Someone once described snow …
How long has it been since I posted photos of Yellowknife foxes? A few weeks at least! We had some beautiful (if intermittent) weather in April and I took full advantage to check in on the local foxes to see how they were making out after the long hard winter. It took a little bit of hanging about for the …
Welcome to another Sunday Edition of Wildknife Photo. Eagles are the first birds to return to Yellowknife in the spring. I use the term spring loosely here because it’s still -20ºC and everything is frozen. Eagles are usually first sighted at the landfill at the end of March or beginning of April. They are a sure sign warmer temperatures are …
Happy Sunday! I was really hoping to be able to share some fantastic snowy owl photos with you from my recent trip to Alberta but things didn’t work out the way I’d hoped. I did see a couple of chickadees and a lot of geese headed north but I didn’t see any owls. The one thing I did spot was …
Happy Sunday and welcome to April! The sun is getting warmer, the snow is beginning to melt and soon we’ll start seeing the first waves of migrating birds returning to the Boreal forest. This week’s story is a tribute to one of the first signs that summer is on its way: gulls. Yellowknife is home to at least five species …