These big, beautiful buffalo had no trouble roaming around in my head. So why weren’t they roaming around Elk Island National Park? “Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam,” kept running through my head from the moment we decided to go to the park. Somehow I had triggered childhood memories of the opening… Continue Reading
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Animal tracks are mysteries – pieces of an intriguing puzzle just waiting to be solved. If you know what you’re looking for, animal tracks can provide all sorts of wonderful clues to help recreate the story of what happened. The serious flaw in my animal track mysteries is that they have some missing parts. Lots… Continue Reading
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You’ll have to trust me. I really didn’t go looking for it. I was minding my own business, driving down a snowy road looking for signs of wildlife. Out of nowhere an elk would appear. Before I could focus my camera, it would show me a little attitude. I simply took the photos and wrote… Continue Reading
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I have had a complicated relationship with chickadees. It all started years ago when they freaked me out by flying right by my head. This was completely unnerving after watching every other living creature scatter at the sight of my shadow. I thot I must be too close to a nest and they were dive-bombing… Continue Reading
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Have you ever had owl envy? It feels like something is just not right. Over the last few months I have been like a kid desperately wanting that special toy for Christmas. The seed was planted last winter when I took my first photo of a snowy owl. That really whet my appetite! With no… Continue Reading
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An easy wildlife experience? That’s definitely the goal. Sometimes it happens but there’s often a wrinkle so it turns out different than I expect. I was bemused by a comment from fellow blogger 23thorns who was teasing me this week. He said: “It’s tempting to think your photography must be easy in winter, what with… Continue Reading
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