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Grizzly family
A sighting of Grizzly Bears in the South Selkirks revealed a more healthy looking family than the lone bear seen elsewhere. These grizzlies appeared to be feeding on tubers, rather than the grass the gaunt grizzly relied upon. Displaying the confidence … Continue reading
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Grizzly foraging
Grizzly Bears are omnivorous: pine nuts, tubers, grasses, rodents, moths, scavenged carcasses, but particularly when fattening up for hibernation, salmon. In the fall when rivers and streams are filled with spawning kokanee salmon, a grizzly grows fat. This year, … Continue reading
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Bull elk
Yesterday’s sighting was a first for me: a bull elk with a full set of antlers.
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A week of two falcons
Falcons are small raptors built for speed. We have two: Merlins and Kestrels. I watched each this last week. A Merlin was harassed by three Crows. They were merely a nuisance for this highly manoeuvrable killing machine. After driving off … Continue reading
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Grizzly family
A family of Grizzly Bears has been spotted high in the southern Selkirks. Do you want to see if we can find them? This invitation from Derek Kite did not require a second bidding. Alongside a dirt road high … Continue reading
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Otter romp
I have taken dozens of pictures of otters around the Lake. Many of the otters were swimming; Others were visiting docks (where they preened and defecated); Others appeared on ice or snow. This is the first picture I have taken … Continue reading
August goulash
This is an end-of-the-month collection of images, none of which rated a posting on its own. An osprey pauses on the branch of a snag to eat a fish head first. A sub-adult Gull (Herring? Ring-billed?) is eating something … Continue reading
Bat hunting
For ingenuity and technical prowess, there are few exploratory projects around the Lake that can rival that of Derek Kite’s photography: He has set out to take pictures of bats. But, not just bats in a roost, but bats on the … Continue reading
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Fawns
At this time of the year, the delight is to see the newly born. Usually, the fawns are so well hidden as to be unobservable. Needless to say, seeing these two fawns of the White-tailed Deer in the tall … Continue reading
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Dawn otter
The River Otter treated my presence with surprising insouciance. I wasn’t standing far away as it chewed on its fishy breakfast in the light of dawn. It would sometimes look my way, but more-or-less ignored me. I am otter; hear … Continue reading