Category Archives: mammals

  I assumed that after the variety of yesterday, I would lie low today, but then a muskrat stopped by. Muskrats get a bad rap: They aren’t rats, they are large aquatic voles; They don’t attack swimmers, they are herbivores. … Continue reading →

  “My modelling agent insists that I always pose with a strong backlight so as to highlight my golden pelage.”

  I see River Otters only a few times a year, but I have to wait two or three years for a sighting such as this: an otter that arrived with its own breakfast. 

  I sometimes see the Columbian Ground Squirrel during my wanderings. Although I try to take pictures, usually little more than a head is seen cautious peeking from a burrow, and it quickly vanishes. Yesterday, I was pleased to see one standing … Continue reading →

  Doug Thorburn’s camera has provided me with a recent, but uncommon, view of Elk grazing in the forests of the South Selkirks high above Kootenay Lake. Elk are social animals, but at this time of year, groups of cows, calves, … Continue reading →

  For three consecutive mornings, an otter has paid a short visit to a local dock. It arrives, defecates, preens, looks around, and leaves. An otter monitors its surroundings at daybreak.