This week I’d like to introduce you to a family of foxes I met when camping in Fort Smith earlier this year. Most of the foxes I have the pleasure of photographing are urban critters, familiar with humans and I dare say many are even accustomed to us to the point that they have no fear. Of course, much of …
During my recent camping trip to Fort Smith, NT, I identified 68 species of birds plus a few that I couldn’t. It was a wonderful week brushing up on birding skills in a new and exciting territory. As an artist and photographer, it is far easier for me to identify birds visually. With an artist’s eye, I can usually ID …
Welcome back to Wildknife Photography’s Sunday edition. If you’ve been following along for a while you’ll know that any trip to Fort Smith is incomplete without a visit to the American White Pelican colony on the Slave River. This year’s camping trip was no different. The pelican colony in Fort Smith is the only colony in North American that breeds …
Welcome to the Sunday edition. This week I’m sharing some photos of the most magnificent mammal in the NWT – the Wood Bison. I had plenty of opportunities to see these incredible animals up close while on my camping trip in June. Wood Bison are a distinct northern subspecies of the American bison and are North America’s largest land mammal. …
Hello and welcome! This week’s Sunday edition will showcase the gorgeous Great Grey Owl I spotted on my first day in Fort Smith. I’m not used to seeing owls in the daytime exactly but since it stays light out most of the summer I suppose this shouldn’t have been entirely unexpected. Usually, I see owls in March or April along …
Well if you’re talking about birds there are a number of potential suspects. Arctic tern, common tern, Caspian tern, Bonaparte’s Gull, and Franklin’s Gulls are all similarly attired in black and white and red. Welcome to this week’s Sunday edition. Bonaparte’s and Franklin’s gulls both have a black head, white body, grey back and wings, and black wingtips. To differentiate …
Hello! Thanks for checking in on this week’s story about black bears and their love of dandelions. I spent a week camping in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories. It is one of my favourite places in the NWT because it is teeming with wildlife and is in close proximity to Wood Buffalo National Park. I spotted at least five bears while …
Foxes are such delightful animals to photograph. Each has its own personality. There are some that are very shy and others who would be happy to come right up to your camera to get a better idea of what you are doing. Foxes have a natural curiosity much like a cat thought I’m not sure if they have as …
I made a post a couple of weeks ago about some of the more common ducks you might see around water. There are other birds that are often seen hanging out in marshes and ponds that are often heard before they are seen. Who hasn’t heard the lonely call of a common loon late in the evening while near a …
I finally found some fox kits! This year they seem to have been particularly elusive though that may be perhaps this litter was quite young. The younger the kits the more difficult it can be to photograph them as parents often chase them back into the den at the first sign of danger. I was fortunate to capture some …