Great Horned Owls
Near St Albert.
Moon rise over St Albert
Illuminated by the sun that has just dropped below the western horizon, the moon rises in the east. Sturgeon County.
Sidewise look
Just after sundown this Great Horned Owl takes a sidewise look at me, photographed off a tripod at very low shutter speed. Sturgeon County.
Hare with Ticks
Sturgeon County
Red-Winged Blackbird
J Poole Wetland, St Albert
Trunks
Lois Hole Park, St Albert
Canada Goose with brood
Grackle
J Poole Wetland, St Albert.
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Lois Hole Park, St Albert.
Catkins
Spring snow
Spring Snow
Snow web
Taking flight
A Yellow legs doesn't appreciate my attention. Sturgeon River, St Albert..
Dining out
A muskrat has found a tasty crayfish to eat in Big Lake. Lois Hole Park, St Albert.
Mouthfull
Now there is something to chew on! Sturgeon County.
Spring Frost
Warm days and cool nights of spring give hoar frost in the morning. Sturgeon County
Ruffed Grouse
Making a nice early spring showing in Sturgeon County.
Keeping Watch
A squirrel chomps on pine cone while making sure that we (me and the dog) are keeping our distance. Sturgeon County
Squirrel
In the woods on the banks of the Sturgeon River.
Snowy Outlook
A Snowy Owl on it's perch on Ray Gibbon Drive, St Albert.
Porcupine climbing
A Porcupine demonstrates it's tree climbing skills as it adjusts position while feeding off a small Aspen tree in the Grey Nuns Forest, St Albert.
Aspen tree trunks
Lois Hole Provincial Park
Tree bark
Aspen detail
Aspen
Young Bull at dusk
Job done, for now
An adult Black Tern shuttles between harassing me and feeding dragonflies to one of the juveniles in the Big Lake wetlands
Long Eared Owl
A recent fledgling near Big Lake
Juvenile near Big Lake
Long Eared Owls
A pair of Juveniles (two of four) near Big Lake
Robe
A golden and black robe suspended in the trees turns out to be the backside of a Porcupine
Porcupine
Early spring near the Sturgeon River
Bull Moose
In the woods near Big LAKE
Rising Full Harvest Moon
Taken From Sturgeon County looking east over St Albert
Virginia Rail
J Poole Wetland
