Category Archives: mammals

  Two perquisites of rural living are the occasional presence of megafauna alongside a road, and the ease with which one can pull over to watch them. So it was that I was able to offer my compliments to some Bighorn Sheep.  Sometimes … Continue reading →

  I suppose that we should be grateful that River Otters have a strange compulsion to use boat docks as potties. If it were not so, we would not see them nearly as often as we do. The otter swam to … Continue reading →

  When it comes to the mating of Bighorn Sheep, the sequence is well known. The first step is to establish dominance over competitors. A good head butting should do this. The second step is to pursue a fecund ewe. … Continue reading →

  For most of the year, adult bighorn rams and ewes live separately. This is obviously not conducive to species propagation, so in the fall, they come together and the wooing begins. Rams gather and jostle one another probably as … Continue reading →

  There are no Bighorn Sheep on mountain slopes on the sides of Kootenay Lake. The forest is just too dense. However, there are many herds of them within a hundred kilometres of the shoreline. This is the first of … Continue reading →

  Nature is often described as beautiful, but rarely as endearing. These four images of mommy grizzly’s little boy (larger) and girl (smaller) might qualify.

  Another jaunt to spend time in the company of grizzlies has proven amazingly successful. It will take time to make sense of the many shots from two image-filled days. Until then, here are two non-grizzlies and one grizzly from today. On the … Continue reading →

  October has arrived and so have Grizzly Bears. There will be more of each.