What is Project 366? Read more here! It is difficult to have the Monday blues when you got to spend the gorgeous spring weekend in the great outdoors. I did an early morning foray to Elk Island National Park to catch the bison at sunrise (I did not manage to convince anyone else to join…
What is Project 366? Read more here! The female Great Horned Owl in Whitemud Ravine is on her 29’th day sitting the eggs. We have been down checking in on her several times a week in the last little while and she is always in her nest. The male is always on guard in a…
What is Project 366? Read more here! As we are trying to figure how to use our new camera for wildlife photography one of the main challenges always seems to be to try to get close enough to your subject. Well, that is not a problem with the local American Red Squirrel population. This picture…
What is Project 366? Read more here! A few weeks ago, as the ice on the creek still was breaking up, we came across this fuzzy Muskrat sitting on a muddy back grooming himself. I imagine it must have just woken up from the long winter hibernation and was doing his “spring cleaning” of the…
What is Project 366? Read more here! Yesterday my son and I went for a nature walk at the Whitemud Ravine. We quickly encountered the usual suspects. The Black-Capped Chickadees where out in full force as usual, Mr. and Ms. Mallard were swimming around in the swollen creek but got tired of the strong current…
This picture was taken by my son when he first put his hands on our new Canon PowerShot SX70 HS.
Coyotes sometimes get a bad rep. Any creature, however, that survives the long dark cold Canadian winter and comes out at the other end looking this handsome and chilled deserves our respect.
If you spend any time down in the Whitemud Ravine, whether you are a birder, dog walker or fitness buff, you soon realize that something is hiding high up in the trees along the trail.
The Canada Geese are back and with that, spring migration slowly getting started.
What is Project 366? Read more here! Bohemian Waxwings like to hang out in fruit tree. They are frugivores with an attitude. They can be found roaming around in large groups, descending on fruit trees and engaging in noisy fruit eating feasts before moving on. Over the last few weeks we have been seeing Bohemian…